A modern Plutarch : comparisons of the most influential modern statesmen / Robert Lloyd George.
A modern Plutarch : comparisons of the most influential modern statesmen / Robert Lloyd George.
A modern Plutarch : comparisons of the most influential modern statesmen / Robert Lloyd George.
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Publisher
New York : Overlook Duckworth, 2016.
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G 2016/4398
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiii, 328 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Duke of Wellington and George Washington -- William Penn and Brigham Young -- William Pitt, Earl of Chatham and Benjamin Franklin -- William Pitt the Younger and Alexander Hamilton -- Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine -- William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield and John Marshall -- Lord Melbourne and James...
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Publisher
New York : Overlook Duckworth, 2016.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
One of the most significant and enduring texts to have survived from Ancient Greece is Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, written by Plutarch in the first century AD. In the work, the man known as the "Father of Biography" paired off the most notable and influential figures of the classical world, placing their lives and legacies next to each ot...
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A modern Plutarch : comparisons of the most influential modern statesmen / Robert Lloyd George.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-328).
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G 2016/4398
Record Identifier
74VKV66Pp7KZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV66Pp7KZ
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ISBN
1468312499 hardcover
9781468312492 hardcover
DDC
920.02
MMS ID
991024020505802626
