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George Borrow achieved instant literary fame when John Murray published his The Bible in Spain (1843). The four editions of this three-volume work in the year of publication, followed in 1846 by a single-volume edition (the first title in Murray's Colonial & Home Library), ensured that this mid-century best-seller was widely known in England; pirated editions in the United States were similarly popular. The book that so pleased the reading public was the turning point in a long life and a remarkable career.
That the obscurity of his origins affected George Borrow deeply became apparent when he wrote the autobiographical books that made him famous. His father, Thomas Borrow (1758-1824), who had left his family home in Cornwall when his apprenticeship to a Liskeard maltster terminated, served first in the Coldstream Guards and later in the West Norfolk Militia, initially as the sergeant and later as the officer in charge of the regiment's recruiting team.
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