9781333306649 - The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D. D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Vol. 7: With Notes, Historical and Critical (Classic Reprint) di Swift, Jonathan (4 risultati)

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Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book is a political history of the last four years of Queen Anne's reign, written by the author of Gulliver's Travels. The book focuses on the reasons for the peace treaty that ended the War of the Spanish Succession and the political turmoil that followed. The author had access to the papers of senior politicians and was personally acquainted with many of them. The book is full of sharp character sketches and provides an insider's view of the machinations of the political elite at the peak of Britain's role as a world power. It is widely considered to be an important primary source for the history of the period. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.