Author: Samuel Pepys
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780742642317
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Pepys on the Restoration Stage
Author: Samuel Pepys
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780742642317
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780742642317
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Quicksilver
Author: Neal Stephenson
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061792772
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Quicksilver is the story of Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursuing knowledge in the company of the greatest minds of Baroque-era Europe, in a chaotic world where reason wars with the bloody ambitions of the mighty, and where catastrophe, natural or otherwise, can alter the political landscape overnight. It is a chronicle of the breathtaking exploits of "Half-Cocked Jack" Shaftoe -- London street urchin turned swashbuckling adventurer and legendary King of the Vagabonds -- risking life and limb for fortune and love while slowly maddening from the pox. And it is the tale of Eliza, rescued by Jack from a Turkish harem to become spy, confidante, and pawn of royals in order to reinvent Europe through the newborn power of finance. A gloriously rich, entertaining, and endlessly inventive novel that brings a remarkable age and its momentous events to vivid life, Quicksilver is an extraordinary achievement from one of the most original and important literary talents of our time. And it's just the beginning ...
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061792772
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Quicksilver is the story of Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursuing knowledge in the company of the greatest minds of Baroque-era Europe, in a chaotic world where reason wars with the bloody ambitions of the mighty, and where catastrophe, natural or otherwise, can alter the political landscape overnight. It is a chronicle of the breathtaking exploits of "Half-Cocked Jack" Shaftoe -- London street urchin turned swashbuckling adventurer and legendary King of the Vagabonds -- risking life and limb for fortune and love while slowly maddening from the pox. And it is the tale of Eliza, rescued by Jack from a Turkish harem to become spy, confidante, and pawn of royals in order to reinvent Europe through the newborn power of finance. A gloriously rich, entertaining, and endlessly inventive novel that brings a remarkable age and its momentous events to vivid life, Quicksilver is an extraordinary achievement from one of the most original and important literary talents of our time. And it's just the beginning ...
Pepys on the Restoration Stage
Author: Samuel Pepys
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Pepys and His Contemporaries
Author: Richard Lawrence Ollard
Publisher: National Portrait Gallery Comp
ISBN: 9781855145856
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Samuel Pepys's Diary stands with Shakespeare and the King James Bible as an indisputable treasure of English literature. As a picture of England, and especially of London, in the age of King Charles II, of Wren and Newton and Nell Gwyn, of the Plague and the Great Fire, it is a rare and honest report that charts the key events of the day. In this book, Richard Ollard introduces the man himself, his friends and acquaintances - including Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, Charles II and John Evelyn - who Pepys wrote about with such humour and abandon. Illustrated with painted portraits, busts, engravings, and an extract from the Diary in Pepys's original shorthand, this is a highly visual book that charts those men and women who surrounded Pepys.
Publisher: National Portrait Gallery Comp
ISBN: 9781855145856
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Samuel Pepys's Diary stands with Shakespeare and the King James Bible as an indisputable treasure of English literature. As a picture of England, and especially of London, in the age of King Charles II, of Wren and Newton and Nell Gwyn, of the Plague and the Great Fire, it is a rare and honest report that charts the key events of the day. In this book, Richard Ollard introduces the man himself, his friends and acquaintances - including Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, Charles II and John Evelyn - who Pepys wrote about with such humour and abandon. Illustrated with painted portraits, busts, engravings, and an extract from the Diary in Pepys's original shorthand, this is a highly visual book that charts those men and women who surrounded Pepys.
Fault Lines and Controversies in the Study of Seventeenth-century English Literature
Author: Claude J. Summers
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826264085
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Written by various experts in the field, this volume of thirteen original essays explores some of the most significant theoretical and practical fault lines and controversies in seventeenth-century English literature. The turn into the twenty-first century is an appropriate time to take stock of the state of the field, and, as part of that stocktaking, the need arises to assess both where literary study of the early modern period has been and where it might desirably go. Hence, many of the essays in this collection look both backward and forward. They chart the changes in the field over the past half century, while also looking forward to more change in the future.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826264085
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Written by various experts in the field, this volume of thirteen original essays explores some of the most significant theoretical and practical fault lines and controversies in seventeenth-century English literature. The turn into the twenty-first century is an appropriate time to take stock of the state of the field, and, as part of that stocktaking, the need arises to assess both where literary study of the early modern period has been and where it might desirably go. Hence, many of the essays in this collection look both backward and forward. They chart the changes in the field over the past half century, while also looking forward to more change in the future.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys ...
Author: Samuel Pepys
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Restoration Literature, 1660-1700
Author: James Sutherland
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198122340
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 589
Book Description
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198122340
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 589
Book Description
Pepys on the Restoration Stage
Author: Samuel Pepys
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781290487320
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781290487320
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
The Dial
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
The Multicoloured Glass:Critical Essays On Eng.
Author: Partha Kumar Mukhopadhyay
Publisher: Sarup & Sons
ISBN: 9788176257077
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Publisher: Sarup & Sons
ISBN: 9788176257077
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description