Harry Peckham's Tour
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2008
Nonsuch Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-84588-619-6 (ISBN)
Nonsuch Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-84588-619-6 (ISBN)
Harry Peckham provides an engaging eighteenth-century perspective on The Netherlands, Belgium and France.
Harry Peckham was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, before being called to the Bar and becoming, in time, a King's Counsel, a Commissioner for Bankrupts and Recorder of Chichester. He was also a witty rake, a keen sportsman (he was a member of the committee that drew up the laws of cricket) and a relentless tourist. Harry Peckham's Tour is a collection of letters he wrote in 1769 while travelling through the Netherlands, Belgium and France and contains insights into the society and culture of the places that he visited, including Rotterdam, The Hague, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent, Paris, Rouen and Calais. Perceptive and funny, Harry Peckham's Tour is written in a very engaging style and is a delight to read. This edition contains a new introduction and notes by Martin Brayne and is the only available version of Peckham's text.
Harry Peckham was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, before being called to the Bar and becoming, in time, a King's Counsel, a Commissioner for Bankrupts and Recorder of Chichester. He was also a witty rake, a keen sportsman (he was a member of the committee that drew up the laws of cricket) and a relentless tourist. Harry Peckham's Tour is a collection of letters he wrote in 1769 while travelling through the Netherlands, Belgium and France and contains insights into the society and culture of the places that he visited, including Rotterdam, The Hague, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent, Paris, Rouen and Calais. Perceptive and funny, Harry Peckham's Tour is written in a very engaging style and is a delight to read. This edition contains a new introduction and notes by Martin Brayne and is the only available version of Peckham's text.
Martin Brayne is chairman of the Parson Woodforde Society and editor of its journal, as well as the author of a book on the Great Storm of 1703, The Greatest Storm (Sutton, 2002). He lives in Derbyshire
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 20.10.2008 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Stroud |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 330 g |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84588-619-4 / 1845886194 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84588-619-6 / 9781845886196 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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