Evidence: | Saturday, 31 May 1828:
'I have finishd Napier's War in the Peninsula. It is written in the spirit of a Liberal but the narrative is distinct and clear and I should suppose accurate [comments further on specific points in text] [...] Good even to him untill next volume which I shall long to see.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 May 1828 and 31 May 1828 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Walter Scott |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1771 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | Scotland |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Colonel W. F. P. Napier |
Title: | History of War in the Peninsula (vol. 1) |
Genre: | History |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | Vol. 1 published 1828. |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 26780 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Walter Scott | |
Editor: | W. E. K. Anderson | |
Title: | The Journal of Sir Walter Scott | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1972 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 487 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Walter Scott, W. E. K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott (Oxford, 1972), p. 487, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26780, accessed: 24 April 2024 |
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