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William Beckford : first prime minister of the London empire / Perry Gauci.
LIBRA DA501.B38 2013
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gauci, Perry.
- Series:
- Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
- The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Beckford, William, 1709-1770.
- Merchants.
- Mayors.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1727-1760.
- Great Britain.
- Politics and government.
- Mayors--England--London--Biography.
- Merchants--England--London--Biography.
- England--London.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]
- Contents:
- The torrid zone
- Transatlantic man
- Fitting in
- Empire and patriotism
- The friend of liberty
- The cultural chameleon
- Apotheosis.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-279) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300166750
- 0300166753
- OCLC:
- 813392770
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