Who's Who in Early Hanoverian Britain, 1789-1839 by Geoffrey Treasure (GT286)

Published 2002: First Stackpoole Books Edition / Hardcover / Very Good Condition

Original beige cloth with gilt titles on the spine and original pictorial dust jacket. 435 as new very clean and bright pages. Slight shelf wear might be expected.  (GT285)

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Who's Who in Early Hanoverian Britain spans the period from the death of Queen Anne in 1714 to the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789. These 75 years witnessed two Jacobite risings, the evolution of cabinet government, major additions to the British Empire despite the loss of the American colonies, and at home the stirrings of radical reform - it was the age of The Enlightenment. This volume contains over 190 short biographies of eminent personalities: the range is extensive, embracing royalty, politicians, philosophers, poets, artists, writers and inventors. Each entry places the subject in the context of their age and evokes what was distinctive and interesting about their personality and achievement. The biographies are arranged in a broadly chronological rather than alphabetical sequence so that the reader may easily browse from one contemporary to the next. The index, with its many cross-references, reveals further linkages between contemporaries. [Google Books]