The unfortunate court-favourites of England, exemplied in some remarks upon the lives, actions, and fatal fall of divers great men, who have been Favourites to several English Kings and Queens; namely, I. Fierce Gaveston Earl of Cornwall. II. Hugh Spencer, Earl of Winchester. III. Hugh Spencer the Son, Earl of Glocester. IV. Roger Mortimer, Earl of March. V. Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham. VI. Thomas Woolsey, Cardinal of York. Vii. Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex. Viii. Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex. IX. George Villars, Duke of Buckingham. X. Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford. with the picture of every monarch and favourite. By R. B.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crouch, Nathaniel, 1632?-1725?

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Court and courtiers--Early works to 1800.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184,[8]p.,plate ) ill. ;

Edition:

The second edition.

Other Title:

Unfortunate court-favourites of England,

Place of Publication:

London : printed for Nath. Crouch, at the Bell over-against Grocers-Alley in the Poultry, near Cheapside, 1706.

Notes:

R. B. = R. Burton, i.e. Nathaniel Crouch.

With an 8p. catalogue at the end.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T70875.

OCLC:

642666937