Quennell, Peter.

Four Portraits. Studies of the Eighteenth Century.

London, Collins, 1945. 22cm x 14.5cm. 242 pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket. Good condition with some signs of wear. Sellotape markings and minor foxing to paste downs and end papers and edges. Ink stamp (Brookings Bookshop, Auckland) on paste down. Dustjacket slightly worn. Text itself in excellent condition.

Includes for Example: A picture of the second half of the eighteenth century. The contribution it made to English civilization, through the careers of four famous and representative personalities of the period – James Boswell, Edward Gibbon, Laurence Sterne and John Wilkes. Using 1793, the year that marked the conclusion of the Seven Years War, as a biographical watershed. The book follows the lives of the four protagonists up that date – a decisive date for each of them – and follows their very different yet complimentary courses.

Quennell is also the author of “Byron: The Years of Fame” and “Byron in Italy”.

• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 40542AB

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