Louis-Sebastian Mercier

Gebundenes Buch

Neighbours and Rivals

An Eighteenth-Century Journey Between Paris and London

Beschreibung

The great French journalist Louis-SÃ bastien Mercierâ s descriptions of an optimistic, utopian 18th-century London. First English translation by Laurent Turcot and Jonathan Conlin. Contemporary illustrations in colour.

Autor

Laurent Turcot is a professor of history at l’Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, and specializes in the 16th to the 19th century, and in urban culture and leisure. Jonathan Conlin, a professor of modern history at the University of Southampton, specializes in modern British cultural history from the 18th century to the present, with a focus on urban history. His previous books include The Nation’s Mantelpiece (Pallas Athene), Evolution and the Victorians (Bloomsbury) and Civilisation (BFI). He has just completed histories of the National Gallery and the Metropolitan Museum, as well as an acclaimed biography of Calouste Gulbenkian.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pallas Athene Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Januar 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 137mm x 196mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9781843682707
• ISBN-10: 1843682702
• Artikelnr.: 71912045