The journey was prompted by the author's discovery of a series of letters addressed to Boswell's wife Margaret, and read as if serial adulterer Boswell may have been a biter who was himself unknowingly bitten. The letters accompanied Campbell on his own tour of Scotland, exactly following the route of the two men but powered by the author's newly acquired bus pass.

Author Biography

Stuart Campbell has worked as an English teacher, Advisor, communications Lecturer, Education Manager, and Consultant in the Lothians for longer than he cares to remember. He is now gainfully employed as a mental health trainer for Health in Mind, an Edinburgh based charity. He has previously co-written A Dead Man's Chest, an educational resource published by the BBC as part of the Stevenson centennial celebrations. He has also written for the Guardian and The Scottish Book Collector and is the author of the acclaimed RLS in Love.