| Evidence: | Mary Berry to the Countess of Morley, 24 December 1848: 'Talking of Macaulay, I hope you have got his book, as the [italics]very[end italics] most entertaining reading I ever met with ... The first edition of 3,000 copies was sold in the first week; another, of 3,000 more, is to come out on Thursday next.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1848 and 24 Dec 1848 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Mary Berry |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 16 Mar 1763 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Thomas Babington Macaulay |
| Title: | The History of England from the Accession of James the Second |
| Genre: | History |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1848 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 9478 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Lady Theresa Lewis | |
| Title: | Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852 | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1865 | |
| Vol: | 3 | |
| Page: | 508 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Lady Theresa Lewis (ed.), Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852 (London, 1865), 3, p. 508, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=9478, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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