Format:
1 online resource (351 pages)
ISBN:
9780300231724
Content:
An intimate portrait of two pivotal Restoration figures during one of the most dramatic periods of English history.
Content:
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- INTRODUCTION Curiouser and Curiouser -- Plates -- PART I 'The World Do Not Grow Old at All' -- 1 TWO WORLDS -- 2 THE DECADE OF THE DIARIES -- 3 PRODIGIOUS REVOLUTIONS -- PART II 'Even Private Families are . . . the Best of Governments' -- 4 PRIVATE LIVES -- PART III 'I Do Indulge Myself a Little the More in Pleasure' -- 5 TAKE NOBODY'S WORD FOR IT -- 6 PLEASURE ABOVE ALL THINGS -- 7 HORTULAN AFFAIRS -- 8 EXOTIC EXTRAVAGANCES -- 9 THE AFFECTION WHICH WE HAVE TO BOOKS -- EPILOGUE And So to Bed -- APPENDIX The True Domestick Intelligence -- NOTES -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780300221398
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780300221398
Language:
English
