Swimming with Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale : sport, health and exercise in eighteenth-century England /

Swimming with Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale challenges the popular image of Samuel Johnson as a man who favoured energetic discussion over physical exercise, enthroned in an armchair peering short-sightedly at a book. Thanks to the diarist and author Hester Thrale we have many anecdotes that connect Dr...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Allen, Julia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK : Lutterworth Press, 2012.
Temas:
1700-1799
Sports > England > 18th century > History.
Sports > Social aspects > 18th century > History.
Sports > Angleterre > 18e siècle > Histoire.
Sports > Aspect social > 18e siècle > Histoire.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Manners and customs
Sports
Sports > Social aspects
England > Social life and customs > 18th century.
Angleterre > Mœurs et coutumes > 18e siècle.
England
History
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