A Tour in Wales, MDCCLXXIII 2 Volume Set

Thomas Pennant

• Boek | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th
• Antiquary, zoologist and traveller, Thomas Pennant (1726-98) is remembered for his work in bringing natural history to popular attention and for his e... Lees meer

Some Account of the Public Life, and a Selection from the Unpublished Writings, of the Earl of Macartney 2 Volume Set

John Barrow, George Macartney

• Boek | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th
• George Macartney (1737-1806) had a long and distinguished political and diplomatic career. He held the post of Secretary for Ireland, was successively... Lees meer

The Life of Richard Earl Howe, K.G.

John Barrow

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th
• Richard, Earl Howe (1726-99) participated in some of the Royal Navy's most significant conflicts. As captain of the Dunkirk, he fired the first shots ... Lees meer

Memoirs of Mrs Inchbald: Volume 1

James Boaden

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th
• Although she overcame a stammer to fulfil her acting ambitions, Elizabeth Simpson (1753-1821), known as Mrs Inchbald after her marriage in 1772, was m... Lees meer

The Life of Thomas Paine

Thomas Clio Rickman

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th
• Best known for this 1819 biography of his friend Thomas Paine, Thomas Clio Rickman (1761-1834) is sometimes called Paine's Boswell. His sympathetic po... Lees meer

Our First Ambassador to China

Helen Henrietta Macartney Robbins, George Macartney

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th
• George Macartney (1737-1806) was a British statesman, diplomat and administrator who held a succession of important appointments. In 1764 he was sent ... Lees meer

History of England from the Accession of James I to the Outbreak of the Civil War, 1603-1642 10 Volume Set

Samuel Rawson Gardiner

• Boek | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th
• Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1829-1902) was a distinguished Victorian historian of the seventeenth century who coined the term 'Puritan Revolution' and was... Lees meer

Correspondence of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham 4 Volume Set

William Pitt

• Boek | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th
• Famed for his masterful oratory and fearless criticism of parliamentary opponents, William Pitt the Elder (1708-78) distinguished himself through the ... Lees meer

Three Seventeenth-Century Yorkshire Surveys

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th
• Originally founded in 1863 to promote interest in the history and archaeology of the Huddersfield area, the Yorkshire Archaeological Society expanded ... Lees meer

Correspondence of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham: Volume 1

William Pitt

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th
• Famed for his masterful oratory and fearless criticism of parliamentary opponents, William Pitt the Elder (1708-78) distinguished himself through the ... Lees meer

The Life of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A. 2 Volume Set

John Whitehead

• Boek | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th
• Published in 1793-6, amid controversy following the death of John Wesley (1703-91), this two-volume work vied with others for status as the most authe... Lees meer

The History of England from the Accession of James I to That of the Brunswick Line: Volume 4

Catharine Macaulay

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th
• A landmark in female historiography, this work first appeared in eight volumes between 1763 and 1783. Notable for her radical politics and her influen... Lees meer

The Rural Economy of the West of England: Volume 2

William Marshall

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th
• Between 1787 and 1798, the agricultural writer and land agent William Marshall (1745-1818) published a number of works on the rural economies of Engla... Lees meer

An Essay on the First Principles of Government

Joseph Priestley

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th
• In this 1768 publication, Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) expounds his political philosophy, revealed in part through his earlier writings on education a... Lees meer

The History of England from the Accession of James I to That of the Brunswick Line: Volume 1

Catharine Macaulay

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th
• A landmark in female historiography, this work first appeared in eight volumes between 1763 and 1783. Notable for her radical politics and her influen... Lees meer

A Tour in Wales, MDCCLXXIII: Volume 2, the Journey to Snowdon

Thomas Pennant

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th
• Antiquary, zoologist and traveller, Thomas Pennant (1726-98) is remembered for his work in bringing natural history to popular attention and for his e... Lees meer

Memoirs of the Life of Sir Samuel Romilly: Volume 1

Samuel Romilly

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th
• A friend of Wilberforce and Bentham, Sir Samuel Romilly (1757-1818) combined considerable legal expertise with commitment to progressive political cau... Lees meer

Memoirs of the Life of Sir Samuel Romilly: Volume 3

Samuel Romilly

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th
• A friend of Wilberforce and Bentham, Sir Samuel Romilly (1757-1818) combined considerable legal expertise with commitment to progressive political cau... Lees meer

Memoirs of the Life of John Philip Kemble, Esq. 2 Volume Set

James Boaden

• Boek | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th
• Born into the theatre, though originally intended for Catholic holy orders, John Philip Kemble (1757-1823) made as great a name for himself on the Eng... Lees meer

The History of England from the Accession of James II 5 Volume Set

Thomas Babington Macaulay

• Boek | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th
• Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-59) was one of the foremost nineteenth-century historians in the Whig tradition, which saw history as a series of deve... Lees meer

Memoirs of John Horne Tooke

Alexander Stephens

• Boek | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th
• Equally revered and reviled, the radical John Horne Tooke (1736-1812) enjoyed a well-deserved reputation as a political firebrand. Having attended Eto... Lees meer

The Journey from Chester to London

Thomas Pennant

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th
• In this 1782 travelogue, naturalist Thomas Pennant (1726-98) immortalised the local history, churches, homes and antiquities he encountered on his yea... Lees meer

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Mary Wollstonecraft

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th
• Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) published A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in 1792. It was written in reaction to Rousseau's Emile (1762), which a... Lees meer

Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson

Lucy Hutchinson

• Paperback | Engels | Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th
• These Memoirs, first published in 1806, show the determination of Lucy Hutchinson (1620-1681) to justify the stance of her husband Colonel John Hutchi... Lees meer