 | Dawson, William, & Sons, of London - 1809 - 344 pages
...with portraits, 12 vols. post 8vo. cloth, £3. 18s. SCARCE. 1853 " These volumes have the fascination of romance united to the integrity of history. The...learning, indefatigable industry, and careful judgment. It is a lucid arrangement of facts, derived from authentic sources, exhibiting a combination of industry,... | |
 | Annie Forbes Bush - France - 1843 - 424 pages
...hard to determine whether the utility or the entertainment predominated." — Morning Post. " This work is written by a lady of considerable learning,...for a biographer and an historian she has brought to bear upon the subject of her volumes, and from them has resulted a narrative interesting to all, and... | |
 | Horatio Nelson (1st visct.) - 1845 - 594 pages
..." A charming work — full of interest, at once serious and pleasing." — Monsieur Guizot. " This work is written by a lady of considerable learning,...for a biographer and an historian she has brought to bear upon the subject of her volumes, and from them has resulted a narrative interesting to all, and... | |
 | T. M. Hughes - Spain - 1845 - 424 pages
..." A charming work — full of interest, at once serious and pleasing." — Monsieur Guizot. " This work is written by a lady of considerable learning,...for a biographer and an historian she has brought to bear upon the subject of her volumes, and from them kas resulted a narrative interesting to all, and... | |
 | Horatio Nelson (1st visct.) - 1845 - 602 pages
...Gazette. " A charming work— full of interest, at once serious and pleasing."— Monsieur Guizot. " This work is written by a lady of considerable learning,...for a biographer and an historian she has brought to bear upon the subject of her volumes, and from them has resulted a narrative interesting to all, and... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1846 - 270 pages
..." A charming work — full of interest, at once serious and pleasing." — Monsieur Guizot. " This work is written by a lady of considerable learning,...for a biographer and an historian she has brought to bear upon the subject of her volumes, and from them has resulted a narrative interesting to all, and... | |
 | Sir Richard George Augustus Levinge - Canada - 1846 - 302 pages
..." A charming work — full of interest, at once serious and pleasing." — Monsieur Guizot. " This work is written by a lady of considerable learning,...for a biographer and an historian she has brought to bear upon the subject of her volumes, and from them has resulted a narrative interesting to all, and... | |
 | Charles Frederick Henningsen - Russia - 1846 - 400 pages
..." A charming work — full of interest, at once serious and pleasing.'' — Monsieur Guizot. " This work is written by a lady of considerable learning,...for a biographer and an historian she has brought to bear upon the subject of her volumes, and from them has resulted a narrative interesting to all, and... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1846 - 268 pages
...Gazette. " A charming work—full of interest, at once serious and pleasing."—Monsieur Guizot. " This work is written by a lady of considerable learning,...qualifications for a biographer and an historian she has brought.to bear upon the subject of her volumes, and from them has resulted a narrative interesting... | |
 | Richard Cobbold - 1846 - 276 pages
...Gazette. "A charming work — full of interest, at once serious and pleasing." —Monsieur Guizot. " This work is ^written by a lady of considerable learning,...these qualifications for a biographer and an historian the has brought to bear upon the subject of her volumes, and from them has resulted a narrative interesting... | |
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These volumes have the fascination of romance united to the integrity of history. The work is written by a lady of considerable learning, indefatigable industry, and careful judgment. All these qualifications for a biographer and an historian she has... 
