A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., from 1831-1847 - Volume 1 : Comprising Reminiscences of Social and Political Life in London and Paris during that Period
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Europe
ISBN-10
1108045227
ISBN-13
9781108045223
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 23rd, 2012
Print length
336 Pages
Weight
432 grams
Dimensions
13.90 x 21.60 x 2.20 cms
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Social & cultural historySocial and cultural history
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The social world of 'dandy' Thomas Raikes (1777–1848) included some of the most influential people of his day. Raikes was best known for his diaries, extracts from which were published in four volumes from 1856 to 1857. Volume 1 covers 1832–4, encompassing the Reform Act and Irish unrest.
Diarist Thomas Raikes (1777–1848) was an Old Etonian whose social world included some of the most influential people of his day. Raikes was no politician - he had an established reputation as a 'dandy' - and he spent much of his time in gentlemen's clubs in London, especially the Carlton and White's. He was ostensibly employed by his father, a merchant and later governor of the Bank of England, and was married with four children. His reputation as a man about town was confirmed by the posthumous publication of these diary extracts, in four volumes from 1856 to 1857; they focus on his time abroad, mostly in Paris. Volume 1 covers the period from January 1832 to autumn 1834, a time of dramatic events in Britain and elsewhere, including the adoption of the Reform Act, uncertainty in Europe over Belgium and the abolition of slavery in the West Indies.
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