Author: Pamela Clemit
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000748286
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 405
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This volume sheds light on contemporary perception of William Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley, a biographically and intellectually compelling literary family of the Romantic period. The writings reveal the personalities of the subjects, and the motives and agendas of the biographers.
Author: James Bindley
Publisher:
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Category : Book auctions
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Author: Peter Reese
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1844151794
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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The victory at Dunbar of Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army over the Scots under David Leslie merits a major place in the long succession of Anglo-Scottish battles. The Scots had brought Cromwell's invading army to its knees, but Cromwell took the offensive and, in one of the great upsets of military history, the Scots army was routed. The triumph secured Cromwell's reputation as the outstanding general of the age and demonstrated the toughness and flair of the New Model Army he commanded. Peter Reese's exciting account of this extraordinary battle is the first full-length study to be published.
Author: Massachusetts Historical Society. Library
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Category : Private libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 230
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![A Catalogue of the ... Library of James Edwards ... Also His Collection of ... Greek Vases. Which Will be Sold by Auction, on ... April 5, 1815, and the Five Following Days ... by R.H. Evans at ... No. 26, Pall-Mall. [With Plates.] PDF](https://books.google.com/books/content/images/frontcover/37RrvkvwsfcC?fife=w80-h100)
Author: Esq. James Edwards
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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Author: John Fitchett Marsh
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Author: Susan E. Whyman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192518704
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 238
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The Useful Knowledge of William Hutton shows the rapid rise of a self-taught workman and the growing prominence of the city of Birmingham during the two major events of the eighteenth-century - the Industrial Revolution and the Enlightenment. Hutton achieved wealth, land, status, and literary fame, but later became a victim of violent riots. The book boldly claims that an understanding of the Industrial Revolution requires engagement with the figure of the 'rough diamond', a person of worth and character, but lacking in manners, education, and refinement. A cast of unpolished entrepreneurs is brought to life as they drive economic and social change, and improve their towns and themselves. The book also contends that the rise of Birmingham cannot be understood without accepting that its vibrant cultural life was a crucial factor that spurred economic growth. Readers are plunged into a hidden provincial world marked by literacy, bookshops, printing, authorship, and the spread of useful knowledge. We see that ordinary people read history and wrote poetry, whilst they grappled with the effects of industrial change. Newly discovered memoirs reveal social conflict and relationships in rare detail. They also address the problems of social mobility, income inequality, and breath-taking technological change that continue to perplex us today.
Author: Library Company of Philadelphia
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 458
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Author: Virginia State Library
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Author: Virginia State Library (RICHMOND, Virginia)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 386
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