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The Private Memoirs Of Madame Roland

by Manon Roland

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 The memoirs of the Girondist Manon Roland were written in prison and smuggled out to a friend, the botanist Louis Augustin Bosc, who published them in 1795 as the Terror abated; the English version appeared in the same year, and was reissued in this edition in 1901.
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An Historical Review Of The Spanish Revolution - Including Some Account Of Religion, Manners, And Literature, In Spain

by Edward Blaquiere

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 This 1822 work on the Spanish revolution against the absolutist King Ferdinand VII combines an account of the beginning of the so-called 'liberal triennium' (three years of liberal rule from 1820) with a general view of the land, people and culture of Spain, in a series of sixteen letters.
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Despatches Of Michele Suriano And Marc' Antonio Barbaro - Venetian Ambassadors At The Court Of France, 1560â€“1563

by Marcantonio Barbaro e Michele Suriano

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 Published in 1891, this work reproduces and translates the despatches of Michele Suriano and Marcantonio Barbaro, Venetian ambassadors to France in 1560â€"1 and 1561â€"4 respectively. Addressed to the Doge of Venice, the documents provide valuable accounts of one of the most fascinating periods of French history.
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The Civilisation Of The Period Of The Renaissance In Italy

by Jacob Burckhardt

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 Revolutionary in his all-encompassing view of the Italian Renaissance, Jacob Burckhardt (1818â€"97) saw developments in statecraft and war as the cause of more publicised artistic progress. First published in 1860, this work is considered his magnum opus and is reissued here in the 1878 two-volume English translation.
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The Civilisation Of The Period Of The Renaissance In Italy

by Jacob Burckhardt

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 Revolutionary in his all-encompassing view of the Italian Renaissance, Jacob Burckhardt (1818â€"97) saw developments in statecraft and war as the cause of more publicised artistic progress. First published in 1860, this work is considered his magnum opus and is reissued here in the 1878 two-volume English translation.
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A History Of Greece - From Its Conquest By The Romans To The Present Time, B.C. 146 To A.D. 1864

by George Finlay

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 A philhellene participant in the Greek war of independence alongside Lord Byron, George Finlay (1799â€"1875) thereafter devoted decades to historical research. This classic seven-volume work, tracing the history of Greece across two millennia, was edited from Finlay's earlier monographs by Henry Fanshawe Tozer (1829â€"1916) and published in 1877.
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A History Of Greece - From Its Conquest By The Romans To The Present Time, B.C. 146 To A.D. 1864

by George Finlay

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 A philhellene participant in the Greek war of independence alongside Lord Byron, George Finlay (1799â€"1875) thereafter devoted decades to historical research. This classic seven-volume work, tracing the history of Greece across two millennia, was edited from Finlay's earlier monographs by Henry Fanshawe Tozer (1829â€"1916) and published in 1877.
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A History Of Greece - From Its Conquest By The Romans To The Present Time, B.C. 146 To A.D. 1864

by George Finlay

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 A philhellene participant in the Greek war of independence alongside Lord Byron, George Finlay (1799â€"1875) thereafter devoted decades to historical research. This classic seven-volume work, tracing the history of Greece across two millennia, was edited from Finlay's earlier monographs by Henry Fanshawe Tozer (1829â€"1916) and published in 1877.
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A History Of Greece - From Its Conquest By The Romans To The Present Time, B.C. 146 To A.D. 1864

by George Finlay

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 A philhellene participant in the Greek war of independence alongside Lord Byron, George Finlay (1799â€"1875) thereafter devoted decades to historical research. This classic seven-volume work, tracing the history of Greece across two millennia, was edited from Finlay's earlier monographs by Henry Fanshawe Tozer (1829â€"1916) and published in 1877.
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A History Of Greece - From Its Conquest By The Romans To The Present Time, B.C. 146 To A.D. 1864

by George Finlay

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 A philhellene participant in the Greek war of independence alongside Lord Byron, George Finlay (1799â€"1875) thereafter devoted decades to historical research. This classic seven-volume work, tracing the history of Greece across two millennia, was edited from Finlay's earlier monographs by Henry Fanshawe Tozer (1829â€"1916) and published in 1877.
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A History Of Greece - From Its Conquest By The Romans To The Present Time, B.C. 146 To A.D. 1864

by George Finlay

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 A philhellene participant in the Greek war of independence alongside Lord Byron, George Finlay (1799â€"1875) thereafter devoted decades to historical research. This classic seven-volume work, tracing the history of Greece across two millennia, was edited from Finlay's earlier monographs by Henry Fanshawe Tozer (1829â€"1916) and published in 1877.
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A History Of Greece - From Its Conquest By The Romans To The Present Time, B.C. 146 To A.D. 1864

by George Finlay

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 A philhellene participant in the Greek war of independence alongside Lord Byron, George Finlay (1799â€"1875) thereafter devoted decades to historical research. This classic seven-volume work, tracing the history of Greece across two millennia, was edited from Finlay's earlier monographs by Henry Fanshawe Tozer (1829â€"1916) and published in 1877.
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Travels In Sicily, Greece And Albania

by Thomas Smart Hughes

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 Between 1812 and 1814, Cambridge fellow and cleric Thomas Smart Hughes (1786â€"1847) and Robert Townley Parker, later MP for Preston, embarked on a tour of Mediterranean countries, beginning in Gibraltar and proceeding through Sicily, Greece and Albania. This illustrated two-volume account of their travels was first published in 1820.
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Travels In Sicily, Greece And Albania

by Thomas Smart Hughes

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 Between 1812 and 1814, Cambridge fellow and cleric Thomas Smart Hughes (1786â€"1847) and Robert Townley Parker, later MP for Preston, embarked on a tour of Mediterranean countries, beginning in Gibraltar and proceeding through Sicily, Greece and Albania. This illustrated two-volume account of their travels was first published in 1820.
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Travels In Albania And Other Provinces Of Turkey In 1809 And 1810

by John Cam Hobhouse

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 John Cam Hobhouse, later Lord Broughton (1786â€"1869), became a friend of Lord Byron when they were at Cambridge, and was frequently his travelling companion. He first published an account of their journey to Albania and Greece in 1814, and reissued this updated and corrected two-volume version in 1855.
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Travels In Albania And Other Provinces Of Turkey In 1809 And 1810

by John Cam Hobhouse

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 John Cam Hobhouse, later Lord Broughton (1786â€"1869), became a friend of Lord Byron when they were at Cambridge, and was frequently his travelling companion. He first published an account of their journey to Albania and Greece in 1814, and reissued this updated and corrected two-volume version in 1855.
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The Last Days Of Lord Byron - With His Lordship'S Opinions On Various Subjects, Particularly On The State And Prospects Of Greece

by William Parry

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 Of the many accounts of Lord Byron's mission to Greece and his death at Missolonghi in 1824, very few were by eyewitnesses. This 1825 book by William Parry (1773â€"1859) is an important and detailed narrative of Byron's last days and death, and of the creation of a myth.
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The Greek Revolution - Its Origin And Progress, Together With Some Remarks On The Religion, National Character, &C. In Greece

by Edward Blaquiere

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 Edward Blaquiere (1779â€"1832) was influenced by the liberal philosophy of Jeremy Bentham, and in 1823 helped form the London Greek Committee to raise money for the Greek war of independence. In this 1824 book, Blaquiere describes recent events in Greece, emphasising his credentials as an eyewitness.
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Greece, In 1823 And 1824 - Being A Series Of Letters And Other Documents On The Greek Revolution, Written During A Visit To That Country

by Leicester Stanhope

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 Leicester Stanhope played a controversial role in the struggle for Greek independence. In 1823, the London Greek Committee sent him as its agent to Greece, but his paternalistic view of the Greeks led to resentment, and he was recalled. This 1824 account was published to deflect criticism of his conduct.
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Narrative Of A Second Visit To Greece - Including Facts Connected With The Last Days Of Lord Byron, Extracts From Correspondence, Official Documents, Etc.

by Edward Blaquiere

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 Edward Blaquiere (1779â€"1832) was influenced by the liberal philosophy of Jeremy Bentham, and in 1823 helped form the London Greek Committee to raise money for the Greek war of independence. In this 1825 book, he describes his own travels in Greece and the last days of Lord Byron.
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A Narrative Of Lord Byron'S Last Journey To Greece

by Pietro Gamba

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 Count Pietro Gamba (1801â€"27) accompanied Byron on his mission to Greece in 1823, and was described by the poet as 'one of the most amiable, brave, and excellent young men' he had ever encountered. This eyewitness account of the mission and of Byron's death was published in 1825.
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A History Of Modern Culture

by Preserved Smith

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 This two-volume work, published in 1930â€"4, is a remarkable and readable overview of the emergence of modern society in the wake of the Protestant reformation. Its starting point is the scientific revolution which, from the mid-sixteenth century, became the driver of rapidly evolving cultural, social and political changes.
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A History Of Modern Culture

by Preserved Smith

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 This two-volume work, published in 1930â€"4, is a remarkable and readable overview of the emergence of modern society in the wake of the Protestant reformation. Its starting point is the scientific revolution which, from the mid-sixteenth century, became the driver of rapidly evolving cultural, social and political changes.
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The Court And Reign Of Francis The First, King Of France

by Julia Pardoe

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 This two-volume work by the historian Julia Pardoe (1804â€"62), published in 1849, attempts to remove the accretions of myth which have clung to Francis I and to his court. Volume 2 considers the tumultuous consequences of the Protestant reformation, and ends with Francis's death in 1547.
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