WRITINGS ON BRITISH HISTORY AND MILITARY REFORM
2004 · London
by MARTINEAU, Harriet
London: Pickering & Chatto, 2004. Six volumes. 8vo, pp. lviii, 417; 453; 429; v, 313; 341; xx, 459. Notes, biographical directory, bibliography, index. Frontis illustrations. Green paper over boards, spines stamped in red and gilt. [The Pickering masters.] About as new. As a utilitarian, feminist, abolitionist, free-trader, and world traveller, the author was an astute observer of her own compatriots, as well as of foreign cultures. This history was first published in the U.S. as History of the Peace: Being a history of England from 1816 to 1854. This set also includes England and her soldiers, and some material relating to the Martineau-Nightingale collaboration. (Inventory #: 43448)