UID:
almahu_9947415918702882
Format:
1 online resource (506 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781139177726 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. European History
Content:
Nathaniel Wraxall (1751–1831) worked for the East India Company before becoming an MP in 1780. He travelled extensively in Europe and moved in royal and diplomatic circles, collecting anecdotes which later made their way into several popular travel narratives and memoirs that were to bring him great fame. In this work, published in two volumes in 1799 and using an epistolary form, Wraxall gives his impressions of a number of European courts that he visited in the late 1770s. Volume 2 describes Poland as a country in decline, and discusses the historical background to its present condition. He also provides anecdotes of the court and people of Vienna, and especially of the Habsburg monarchs Maria Theresa and Joseph II.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781108045506
Language:
English
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139177726
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