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The history of the Rebellion : a new selection /

Clarendon's History chonicles the English Civil War from the perspective of someone intimately involved in the events he describes. This classic work is admired for its literary quality as well as its historical value; this new selection also contains passages from The Life, Clarendon's au...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609-1674
Otros Autores: Seaward, Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Colección:Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Clarendon's History chonicles the English Civil War from the perspective of someone intimately involved in the events he describes. This classic work is admired for its literary quality as well as its historical value; this new selection also contains passages from The Life, Clarendon's autobiography, to produce a vivid narrative history. - ;'I am doing your Majesty some service here, whilst I am preparing the story of your sufferings; that posterity may know by whose default the nation was even overwhelmed with calamities, and by whose virtue it was redeemed.'Clarendon's massive History has s.
Notas:Includes passages from The life, Clarendon's autobiography.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxxii, 501 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages xxviii]-xxix).
ISBN:9780191567360
0191567361
9780199228171
0199228175