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Harry Peckham´s Tour

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Description for Harry Peckham´s Tour Paperback. A collection of letters written by Harry Peckham in 1769 while travelling through the Netherlands, Belgium, France. It contains insights into the society and culture of the places that he visited, including Rotterdam, The Hague, Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, Rouen and Calais. Editor(s): Brayne, Martin. Num Pages: 200 pages, 12 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 1DDF; 1DDN; 3JF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 330.

Harry Peckham was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, before being called to the Bar and becoming, in time, a King's Counsel, a Commissioner for Bankrupts and Recorder of Chichester. He was also a witty rake, a keen sportsman (he was a member of the committee that drew up the laws of cricket) and a relentless tourist. Harry Peckham's Tour is a collection of letters he wrote in 1769 while travelling through the Netherlands, Belgium and France and contains insights into the society and culture of the places that he visited, including Rotterdam, The Hague, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Brussels, ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Nonsuch Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845886196
SKU
V9781845886196
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-10

About Harry Peckham
Martin Brayne is chairman of the Parson Woodforde Society and editor of its journal, as well as the author of a book on the Great Storm of 1703, The Greatest Storm (Sutton, 2002). He lives in Derbyshire

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