ISBN: 9781845886196

Weitere detailsTitel: Harry Peckham's TourZustand: NeuAutor: Harry PeckhamContributor: Martin Brayne (Edited by)Produktart: TaschenbuchEAN: 9781845886196ISBN: 9781845886196Verlag: Nonsuch… Mehr…

Weitere detailsTitel: Harry Peckham's TourZustand: NeuAutor: Harry PeckhamContributor: Martin Brayne (Edited by)Produktart: TaschenbuchEAN: 9781845886196ISBN: 9781845886196Verlag: Nonsuch PublishingGenre: HistoryThematik: Travel & Transport, BiographyRelease date: 20/10/2008Description: 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.Sprache: EnglischAnzahl der Seiten: 200Herstellungsland und -region: GBHöhe: 235mmLänge: 156mmBreite: 10mmGewicht: 330g Information fehlt?Bitte kontaktieren Sie uns, wenn Details fehlen und wir werden diese solange möglich zu unserer Beschreibung hinzufügen., Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Buchtitel: Harry Peckham's Tour, Contributor: Martin Brayne (Edited by), Produktart: Taschenbuch, EAN: 9781845886196, Genre: History, Thematik: Biography, Release date: 20/10/2008, Sprache: Englisch, Anzahl der Seiten: 200, Herstellungsland und -region: GB, Höhe: 235mm, Länge: 156mm, Breite: 10mm, Gewicht: 330g, Nonsuch Publishing<

ISBN: 9781845886196

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… Mehr…

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. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>World History>Europe History>Europe History, The History Press Core >1<

2008, ISBN: 9781845886196

Editor: Brayne, Martin, Nonsuch Publishing, Paperback, Auflage: Reprint, 200 Seiten, Publiziert: 2008-10-20T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.33 kg, Verkaufsrang: 4074258, Special Feature… Mehr…

Editor: Brayne, Martin, Nonsuch Publishing, Paperback, Auflage: Reprint, 200 Seiten, Publiziert: 2008-10-20T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.33 kg, Verkaufsrang: 4074258, Special Features, Books, Books Global Store, Essays, Journals & Letters, Biography, Subjects, Historical, Literature & Fiction, Crafts, Hobbies & Home, Poetry, Drama & Criticism, Travel Writing, Travel & Holiday, Nonsuch Publishing, 2008<

2008, ISBN: 1845886194

[EAN: 9781845886196], Neubuch, [PU: HISTORY PUB GROUP INC Okt 2008], TRAVEL - GENERAL; HISTORY / EUROPE WESTERN; ESSAYS & TRAVELOGUES, Besorgungstitel Neuware - Rare Book Procurement - Ha… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781845886196], Neubuch, [PU: HISTORY PUB GROUP INC Okt 2008], TRAVEL - GENERAL; HISTORY / EUROPE WESTERN; ESSAYS & TRAVELOGUES, Besorgungstitel Neuware - Rare Book Procurement - Harry Peckham provides an engaging eighteenth-century perspective on The Netherlands, Belgium and France. 200 pp. Englisch, Books<