Cox's Fragmenta - An Historical Miscellany

Erotic misdemeanours in an Irish bean-field, the recipe for a frog barometer fresh from the French court, a parrot convicted of heresy and burnt at the stake in Spain and a Dutch stage effect for ejecting a wig (by means of a spring) during Hamlet's ghost scene are just some of the masterpieces of understated journalism collected by Francis Cox and contained in his Fragmenta. At ninety-seven volumes, Cox's scrapbook has to be one of the largest collections of journalistic ephemera ever. For sixty years during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries he accumulated articles on everything from duels to playhouses, and foreign travel to warfare. Simon Murphy has selected the most amusing and bizarre to create an historical miscellany which will intrigue and delight.

About the author

Simon Murphy has taught in South Africa and America, and now lives in London.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Murphy
• Assisted by: Simon Murphy (Editor)
• Publisher: The History Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780752463292
• ISBN: 978-0-7524-6329-2
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 173 mm x 134 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 138 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism