| Evidence: | MS annotations incl. v.1 p.534: "A ludicrous map, palpably incorrect at every point. Malplaquet is on the wrong side of the French line, and the attack on the French left flank in the wood is not represented at all, though the chief feature of the day." P. 575 next to the text "the artifices and baseness of William III", Sir George writes: "Fool read thy Macaulay". |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | George Otto Trevelyan |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 20 Jul 1838 |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | Historian and statesman |
| Religion: | n/a |
| 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: | James Grant |
| Title: | British battles on land and sea |
| Genre: | History |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.1873-5 (3v.) |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 22677 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | MS note in book cited below , |
| Citation: | MS note in book cited below , http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22677, accessed: 30 November 2023 |
| This book was a Christmas gift to Robert Trevelyan, Sir George's son, from "Aunt Maggie Xmas 1884". It is therefore possible that Sir George read it to or with his sons and found it wanting in historical accuracy! |
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