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Men and places / J.H. Plumb.
LIBRA - Special DA480 .P56 1966
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Plumb, J. H. (John Harold), 1911-2001.
- Series:
- Pelican books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Discoveries in geography.
- Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- Africa--Discovery and exploration--English.
- Africa.
- English literature.
- English literature (Title).
- Discoveries in geography--English.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 318 pages ; 18 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1966.
- Contents:
- Part 1: The eighteenth-century scene. The world beyond America at the time of the Revolution.
- George III.
- A conscientious bull in a china shop.
- The grand tour.
- The noble houses of eighteenth-century England.
- The Brighton Pavilion.
- Chatsworth and the Devonshires.
- Bath.
- The Earl of Chatham.
- Josiah Wedgwood.
- The Walpoles: father and son.
- Sir Robert Walpole's wine.
- Sir Robert Walpole's food.
- The first Earl of Shaftesbury.
- Part 2: African exploration. The discovery of western Africa.
- The search for the Nile.
- Cecil Rhodes.
- Part 3: Men and books. History and biography.
- G.M. Trevelyan.
- Thomas Babington Macaulay.
- John Evelyn.
- Pope: the dwarf of genius.
- Daniel Defoe and 'The journal of the plague year'.
- Henry Fielding and 'Jonathan Wild'.
- Oliver Goldsmith and 'The vicar of Wakefield'.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- OCLC:
- 4762477
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