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William Beckford: First Prime Minister of the London Empire - The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History Perry Gauci
William Beckford: First Prime Minister of the London Empire - The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
Perry Gauci
A biography of William Beckford that provides a look at eighteenth-century British history from the perspective of the colonies. He was born in 1709 into a family of wealthy sugar planters living in Jamaica, when the colonies were still peripheral to Britain.
256 pages, 24 b&w illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 21, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9780300166750 |
| Publishers | Yale University Press |
| Pages | 304 |
| Dimensions | 165 × 242 × 25 mm · 580 g |
| Language | English |