Who's who in Early Hanoverian Britain (1714-1789)Shepheard-Walwyn, 1991 - 450 sider This is part of an eight-volume series providing short biographies of men and women from Roman to Victorian times. Each entry places the subject in the context of their age and evokes what was distinctive and interesting about their personality and achievement. |
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... troops , contributed to the defeat of the Dutch at Denain . At Anne's death he was a recognized leader of the Jacobites , but his ineffectual conduct in the year that followed damaged rather than aided the cause . Although the evidence ...
... troops , contributed to the defeat of the Dutch at Denain . At Anne's death he was a recognized leader of the Jacobites , but his ineffectual conduct in the year that followed damaged rather than aided the cause . Although the evidence ...
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... troops south from Aberdeen , at Prestonpans . The two forces , at about 2,500 , were equal but Cope's troops were panicky and handicapped further by a morning mist . ' They escaped like rabets ' , the Prince wrote to his father , after ...
... troops south from Aberdeen , at Prestonpans . The two forces , at about 2,500 , were equal but Cope's troops were panicky and handicapped further by a morning mist . ' They escaped like rabets ' , the Prince wrote to his father , after ...
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... troops to use in his defence against the Maratha princes . When he died , in 1775 , the Council raised the price of Company troops , forced the new ruler , Asaf - ud - daula , to give Benares to the Company and to allow the begums ...
... troops to use in his defence against the Maratha princes . When he died , in 1775 , the Council raised the price of Company troops , forced the new ruler , Asaf - ud - daula , to give Benares to the Company and to allow the begums ...
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Who's who in Early Hanoverian Britain (1714-1789) Geoffrey Russell Richards Treasure Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 1991 |
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