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The first full-length biography of one of the most significant literary and diplomatic figures of the late 17th century. The fruit of over ten years of study, this work provides new and valuable material on a key period of political and military history.

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Author:   Susan Spens
Publisher:   James Clarke & Co Ltd
Imprint:   James Clarke & Co Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.670kg
ISBN:  

9780227679401

ISBN 10:   0227679407
Pages:   418
Publication Date:   25 July 1997
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Illustrations Author's Note Introduction I. Antecedents II. Education III. Apprenticeship IV. Tutelage V. Independence VI. The Imperial Court VII. Romance, Death and Subsidies VIII. Hope Deferred IX. Diplomat, Soldier and Country-Gentleman X. The Envoy to the Princes of the Rhine XI. The End of the Nine Years' War XII. Brandenburg and Poland XIII. The Commissioner of Trade XIV. The Turn of the Century XV. The Grand Alliance XVI. The New Reign XVII. The Hungarian Mediation (I) XVIII. The Hungarian Mediation (II) XIX. The Quarrel with Wratislaw XX. The Hungarian Mediation (III) XXI. Interlude - The Principality of Mindelheim XXII. The End of the Hungarian Mediation and the Transfer to the Netherlands XXIII. George Stepney's Poetry XXIV. The Netherlands XXV. England XXVI. Epilogue Appendices Notes and References Bibliography Nominal Index Subject and Place Index

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Susan Spens M.B.E. worked for many years in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, serving in Germany, Bulgaria, Senegal and Austria. She has two degrees from London University, the second specialising in English Social and Economic History of the 16th and 17th centuries. She is now working on the Arundel rape of Sussex for the Victoria History of the Counties of England.

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