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Benjamin Franklin secretly loved London and in the decade before the outbreak of the American Revolution, thousands of his fellow colonists flocked to the city. This book recreates the city's hey day as the centre of an empire that encompassed North America and the West Indies.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Flavell, Julie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2010.
Temas:
1700-1799
Americans > England > London > History > 18th century.
Americans > England > London > Biography.
Visitors, Foreign > England > London.
Visiteurs étrangers > Angleterre > Londres.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Americans
Intellectual life
Visitors, Foreign
Amerikaner
Amerikanen.
Amerikaner > historia > i utlandet > 1700-talet.
Intellektuellt liv > historia > England > London > 1700-talet.
London (England) > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Londres (Angleterre) > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
England > London
London
Londen.
London > kultur och samhällsliv > 1700-talet.
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
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  • The London world of Henry Laurens
  • Upstairs, downstairs: master and slave in Georgian London
  • English lessons in London: a tale of two teenagers
  • Young and rich in fleet street: the decadents abroad
  • A Long Island Yankee in the city
  • "The handsome Englishman"
  • London's American landscape
  • Franklin and son in London
  • 'The most cautious man I have ever seen': Ben Franklin's London career.

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