Download or read book Letters from the Year 1774 to the Year 1796 of John Wilkes Esq Addressed to His Daughter the Late Miss Wilkes written by John Wilkes and published by . This book was released on 1805 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Letters from the year 1774 to the year 1796 of J Wilkes Esq to his daughter With a collection of his miscellaneous poems To which is prefixed a memoir of the life of Mr Wilkes Edited by Sir William Rough written by John Wilkes and published by . This book was released on 1804 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Life of Mr Wilkes Poems v 2 Letters 1774 1783 v 3 Letters 1784 1789 v 4 Letters 1789 1796 Introduction to his History of England written by John Wilkes and published by . This book was released on 1804 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catalogue of the Extensive and Valuable Library of His Royal Highness the Duke of York Deceased written by Sotheby's (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1827 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book John Wilkes written by John Sainsbury and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Wilkes remains one of the most colourful and intriguing characters of eighteenth-century Britain. Born in 1725, the son of a prosperous London distiller, he was given the classical education of a gentleman, before entering politics as a Whig. Finding his party in opposition following the accession of George III in 1760 he took up his pen with sensational effect, and made a career out of excoriating the new administration and promoting the Whig interest. His charismatic style and vicious wit soon ensured that he became a figurehead for the radical cause, earning him many admirers and many enemies. Amongst the latter were the king, and the artist William Hogarth who famously depicted Wilkes as a grinning, squint-eyed, pug-nosed agent of misrule. Whilst Wilkes's political career has been much explored, particularly the period between 1763 and 1774, much less has been written about his remarkable private life. This biography provides a more comprehensive examination of Wilkes throughout his long life than has hitherto been available. Taking a thematic, rather than chronological approach it is divided into six main chapters covering family, ambition, sex, religion, class and money, which allows a much more rounded picture of Wilkes to emerge. In so doing it provides a fascinating insight, not only into one of the most intriguing characters of the Georgian period, but also into wider eighteenth-century British society and its shifting attitudes to morality, politics and gender.
Download or read book Catalogue of the Extensive and Valuable Library of His Royal Highness the Duke of York Deceased written by Sotheby & Co. (London, England) and published by . This book was released on 1827 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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