Author: George TicknorPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Life of William Hickling Prescott
Author: George TicknorWilliam Hickling Prescott
Author: C. Harvey GardinerPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292735154
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
This biography of a distinguished historian and man of letters is the first study of William Hickling Prescott (1796–1859) to be written by a historian who has worked with the very themes explored by Prescott. And it is the first to treat him not only as creative historian but also as family man, as traveler and clubman, as investor and humanitarian, and as private citizen with strong political preferences. Prescott the socialite and Prescott the introvert writer emerge in the round as the magnificent amateur who helped establish canons that have enriched American historical scholarship ever since. Blending history and literature, his multivolume works won Prescott the first significant international reputation to be accorded to an American historian. Working despite persistent obstacles of health and against a penchant for society and leisure that was always part of his personality, Prescott came to be considered the finest interpreter of the Hispanic world produced by the Anglo-Saxon world. His Conquest of Mexico and Conquest of Peru were pronounced classics. C. Harvey Gardiner takes the reader back to the nineteenth century in style and in subject to present William Hickling Prescott, gentleman and scholar, firmly fixed in relationship to his community and his times. But Gardiner's Victorian stance and respect for nineteenth-century historiography do not prevent his presenting Prescott as a whole man, viewed in retrospect, stripped of myth, and evaluated for moderns.
William Hickling Prescott
Author: Harry Thurston PeckPublisher: DigiCat
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "William Hickling Prescott" by Harry Thurston Peck. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Life of William Hickling Prescott
Author: George TicknorPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385245117
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
William Hickling Prescott
Author: Rollo OgdenPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The author provides a brief account of Prescott's life and work and attempts to create a complete picture of his personality.
William Hickling Prescott
Author: Peck Harry Thurston 1856-1914Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781313157643
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
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The Works of William H. Prescott: Life of William Hickling Prescott, by G. Ticknor
Author: William Hickling PrescottPublisher:
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Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
William Hickling Prescott: a memorial sketch. (Reprinted, with additions, from Fraser's Magazine.) [By Sir William Stirling Maxwell.]
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Author: William Hickling PRESCOTTPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Life of William Hickling Prescott, by G. Ticknor
Author: William Hickling PrescottPublisher:
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Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
William Hickling Prescott
Author: Peter O. KochPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476665338
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859) was one of those rare historians who effectively melded history and literature in an elegant, compelling writing style that appealed to the casual reader, while still meeting the strict criteria of the scholar. Prescott was the first American historian to achieve international recognition with his critically acclaimed History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella. Plagued by poor vision and chronic health issues, he was determined to make his mark as a historian. His follow-up work, The History of the Conquest of Mexico, is considered his masterpiece. Prescott went on to write A History of the Conquest of Peru, History of the Reign of Philip II and a 200-page addendum to William Robertson's History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V. Drawing on correspondence and journal entries, this book traces the life of one of America's most celebrated historians.