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John Leslie Garner
Best known for books on the Borgias and other historical subjects, this Milwaukee artist and engraver brought a visual eye to his writing. His work ranges from Renaissance biography to translations and retellings, with a clear interest in culture and history.
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Caesar Borgia: A Study of the Renaissance
by John Leslie Garner
About the author
John Leslie Garner was an American artist and engraver from Milwaukee who is remembered today chiefly through his books and translations. Sources found during this search describe him as best known for his work connected to The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám and Ferdinand Gregorovius's Lucretia Borgia, and library listings show his name on historical works including Caesar Borgia: A Study of the Renaissance.
His catalog suggests a writer drawn to big historical and literary subjects. Alongside Borgia-related titles, bibliographic records link him with works such as The Aztecs and other books that point to a long-standing interest in history, biography, and cross-cultural literature.
Some biographical details about his life are hard to confirm from readily available reliable sources, so this overview stays close to what those sources consistently show: a Milwaukee-based artist-engraver whose historical books and translations have kept his name in circulation.