Sir Francis Henry Drake (1723-1794) - Letters from the Country, Letters from the City

Letters offering a rich insight into eighteenth-century life both in Devon and in London

List of contents

General Introduction
Elections and Infrastructure
Buckland Abbey and Nutwell Court: Buildings
Nutwell: Planting the Landscape
Healthways and Two Eighteenth-Century Devonshire Estates
Editorial method
The Letters I: From Nicholas Rowe to Sir Francis Henry Drake, 1740-1754
The Letters II: From Nicholas Rowe to Sir Francis Henry Drake, 1754-1775
The Letters III: From William Hudson to Sir Francis Henry Drake, 1767-1778
Bibliography

About the author

Charity Scott-Stokes, Alan Lumb

Summary

Letters offering a rich insight into eighteenth-century life both in Devon and in London

Product details

• Authors: Charity Scott-Stokes
• Assisted by: Alan Lumb (Editor), Charity Scott-Stokes (Editor)
• Publisher: Devon & Cornwall Record Society
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9780901853622
• ISBN: 978-0-901853-62-2
• No. of pages: 347
• Dimensions: 235 mm x 156 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 674 g
• Illustrations: 12 colour, 1 line illus.
• Series: Devon and Cornwall Record Soci; Devon and Cornwall Record Society
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918