Sir Francis Henry Drake (1723-1794): Letters from the Country, Letters from the City 9780901853622

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Автор: Charity Scott-Stokes, Alan Lumb
Название: Sir Francis Henry Drake (1723-1794): Letters from the Country, Letters from the City
ISBN: 9780901853622
Издательство: Boydell & Brewer
Классификация:

История Британии и Ирландии

История нового времени до 20 века: с 1700 по 1900

ISBN-10: 0901853623
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 347
Вес: 0.70 кг.
Дата издания: 18.10.2019
Серия: History
Язык: English
Размер: 231 x 155 x 25
Читательская аудитория: Professional and scholarly
Ключевые слова: British & Irish history
Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: In 1740, at the age of 17, Sir Francis Henry Drake of Buckland and Nutwell in Devon succeeded his father as Baronet and in due course followed him as MP for Bere Alston. This volume presents 320 letters written to Sir Francis between 1740 and 1778 by his Devon overseer, Nicholas Rowe, and by his London agent, William Hudson, who was a well-known apothecary and botanist and author of Flora Anglica (1762). The early letters from Devon have much to say about elections and related property dealings in the pocket borough of Bere Alston, while the later ones centre on Sir Franciss reshaping of Nutwell Court and its gardens. Health matters are an issue throughout, and the letters from London are a rich source of information on eighteenth-century medical practice in the city as well as in the country. They also informed Sir Francis about London society and parliamentary business during the months he spent in Devon. Taken as a whole, they offer a rich insight into eighteenth-century life both in Devon and in London. CHARITY SCOTT-STOKES (M.A., D.Phil.) is a retired university lecturer, secondary school teacher, free-lance translator and editor. ALAN LUMB (B.A., M.A.) is a retired sociology lecturer and secondary school teacher with special interests in vernacular architecture, plants and gardens.

Sir Francis Henry Drake (1723-1794): Letters from the Country, Letters from the City, Charity Scott-Stokes, Alan Lumb