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  • Curialia Miscellanea, or Anecdotes of Old Times

    by Samuel Pegge ...
    In 'Curialia Miscellanea, or Anecdotes of Old Times', Samuel Pegge presents a compelling exploration of historical anecdotes and curiosities from the late medieval and early modern periods. The book is characterized by its blend of meticulous scholarship and engaging prose, drawing from a rich tapestry of sources that bring to life the societal customs, governance, and everyday experiences of past ... Read more

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  • Curialia Miscellanea, or Anecdotes of Old Times

    Exploring Literary Anecdotes and Curiosities of Bygone Eras

    by Samuel Pegge ...
    Samuel Pegge's "Curialia Miscellanea, or Anecdotes of Old Times" is an engaging collection that delves into the often-overlooked facets of historical court life and culture in England. Structured as a series of anecdotes, Pegge employs a rich, descriptive literary style that interweaves humor with insight, inviting readers into the intrigues, ceremonies, and eccentricities that defined the ... Read more

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  • Complete Works of Horace Walpole (Delphi Classics)

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    The eighteenth century man of letters Horace Walpole is accredited with writing the first Gothic novel, ‘The Castle of Otranto’, as well as producing an accomplished range of literary texts in various genres. This comprehensive eBook presents Walpole’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual ... Read more

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  • The Queens and the Hive

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    In this moving chronicle a modern poet magnificently recaptures the splendid colour and sordid intrigue of the most spectacular period of history in Britain.No hive can tolerate two Queens. In the fatal clash between the Protestant Queen of England and the Catholic Queen of Scots, many were determined that 'The death of Mary is the life of Elizabeth'.In this moving chronicle a modern poet ... Read more

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  • The Diary of John Evelyn (Complete)

    by John Evelyn ...
    The two chief diarists of the age of Charles the Second are, mutatis mutandis, not ill characterized by the remark of a wicked wit upon the brothers Austin. "John Austin," it was said, "served God and died poor: Charles Austin served the devil, and died rich. Both were clever fellows. Charles was much the cleverer of the two." Thus John Evelyn and Samuel Pepys, the former a perfect model of ... Read more

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  • THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON - All 6 Volumes in One Edition

    Enriched edition. Including Journal & Diary

    by James Boswell, Grosvenor Osgood, Hunter Reeves ...
    THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON - All 6 Volumes in One Edition encapsulates a comprehensive and nuanced portrait of one of literature's most formidable figures, Samuel Johnson. This anthology not only traces Johnson's intellectual journeys and personal idiosyncrasies but does so through a mosaic of narratives that capture the spirit of 18th-century English literature. The range of literary styles, from ... Read more

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  • A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

    by Samuel Johnson, James Boswell ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    In 1773, James Boswell made a long-planned journey across the Scottish Highlands with his English friend Samuel Johnson; the two spent more than a hundred days together. Their tour of the Hebrides resulted in two books, A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (1775), a kind of locodescriptive ethnography and Johnson's most important work between his Shakespeare edition and his Lives of the ... Read more

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  • The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford (Complete)

    by Horace Walpole ...
    You were both so entertained with the old stories I told you one evening lately, of what I recollected to have seen and heard from my childhood of the courts of King George the First, and of his son the Prince of Wales, afterwards George the Second, and of the latter's princess, since Queen Caroline; and you expressed such wishes that I would commit those passages (for they are scarce worthy of ... Read more

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  • The History of the Rebellion: A new selection

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    'I am doing your Majesty some service here, whilst I am preparing the story of your sufferings; that posterity may know by whose default the nation was even overwhelmed with calamities, and by whose virtue it was redeemed.' Clarendon's massive History has since its first publication in 1702-4 dominated our images of the English Civil War. Written by a man who for over a quarter of a century was ... Read more

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  • The Collected Works of Horace Walpole

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    by Horace Walpole ...
    This comprehensive eBook presents significant works of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole • Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century by Samuel Johnson, Horace Walpole, and William Beckford • Hieroglyphic Tales by Horace Walpole • The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford by Horace Walpole • Letters of Horace ... Read more

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  • Life and Times of George Villiers, The Duke of Buckingham

    by Mrs. A. T. Thomson ...
    No complete life of this favourite of James I. and Charles I. has hitherto appeared, except the biographical sketch by Sir Henry Wotton. That interesting account deserves all credit, from the character of its author; yet coming from one who owed Buckingham great obligations, it is more of a eulogy than a memoir; and is evidently written with a view to silence those slanderous attacks which not ... Read more

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