1st Edition
Kings and Desperate Men Life in Eighteenth-century England
By Louis Kronenberger
Copyright 2010
386 Pages
by
Routledge
386 Pages
by
Routledge
353 Pages
by
Routledge
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The goal of Kings and Desperate Men is to provide a picture of eighteenth-century England up to the French Revolution. Kronenberger's work lies much closer to a social chronicle than an orthodox history, and is more concerned with manners and tastes than with treaties and wars. Kings and Desperate Men reveals what life was like for both aristocrats and commoners: their family lives,... Read more
Introduction to the Transaction Edition, by Justin D. LyonsNotePART I: The Capital of EnglandI. The Last StuartII- Details of the PlotIII Two or Three CharactersIV Walpole and the House of HanoverV. Aristocrats, with a Portrait of One of ThemVI Shopkeepersvn. The PoorVIII The ArtsIX The ArtistsPART II: Provincial SketchesI. Country MattersII The Country GentlemanIII Oxford and CambridgeIV Bathv. The Wesleyan MovementPART III: HeydayI. Empire and RevolutionII Kings and CounsellorsIII The Great WorldIV The World BelowV. The World WithinVI The Bully and the FopREADING LISTINDEX follows page
Biography
Louis Kronenberger
