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      William Gilpin’s Letter-Writer

      Alain Kerherve

      Among the numerous letter-writing manuals which were printed in eighteenth-century Britain, a few were authored by such famous novelists as Samuel Richardson or Daniel Defoe.

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      William Writes to William: The Correspondence of William Gilpin (1724-1804) and his Grandson William (1789-1811)

      Alain Kerherve

      William Gilpin (1724-1804) is commonly known as one of the originators of the idea of the picturesque. He was also an Anglican clergyman, a schoolmaster with modern educational ideas and…

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      Polite Letters: The Correspondence of Mary Delany (1700-1788) and Francis North, Lord Guilford (1704-1790)

      Previously unedited, the letters exchanged by Mary Delany (1700-1788), one of the most prolific women in eighteenth century English correspondence, and Lord Guilford (1704-1790), the father of one of England’s…

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      The Ladies Complete Letter-Writer (1763)

      How did people learn to write letters in the eighteenth century? Among other books, letter-writing manuals provided a possible solution. Although more than 160 editions can be traced for the…

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      First Letters in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

      ‘First letters’ can be understood in various ways: as the first letters written by a person, such as the letters of children, or of drafts which were preserved, amended and…

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      British Sociability in the Long Eighteenth Century

      Explores how a distinctively British model of sociability developed through appropriation, emulation and resistance to what was happening in Europe.

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      Mary Delany (1700-1788) and the Court of George III: Memoirs of the Court of George III, Volume 2

      Lorna J. Clark,Peter Sabor

      Though she failed to become a handmaiden to Queen Anne, Mary Delany went on to become a figure at Court, eventually lodging at Windsor

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      Memoirs of the Court of George III: The Memoirs of Charlotte Papendiek (1765-1840)

      Michael Kassler,Lorna J. Clark,Alain Kerherve,Peter Sabor

      Mrs Papendiek’s Memoirs record events at court from 1761 - when the future Queen Charlotte came to England to marry King George - until 1792

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      Memoirs of the Court of George III: The Diary of Queen Charlotte, 1789 and 1794

      Michael Kassler,Lorna J. Clark,Alain Kerherve,Peter Sabor

      Queen Charlotte kept a diary in which she recorded her daily activities as well as those of George III and other members of the royal family

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      Memoirs of the Court of George III: The Diary of Lucy Kennedy (1790-1816)

      Lorna J. Clark,Alain Kerherve,Peter Sabor

      Lucy Kennedy (c.1731-1826), had an insider'sview of life in Windsor castle and of members of the Royal Family for fifty-three years. Her diary, preserved in the Royal Library, Windsor Castle…

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      British Sociability in the Long Eighteenth Century: Challenging the Anglo-French Connection

      This innovative collection explores how a distinctively British model of sociability developed in the period from the Restoration of Charles II to the early nineteenth century through a complex process…

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