Giuseppe Castiglione, 1688-1766

The first chapter traces the friendship of Godolphin and Marlborough from their early years at the Restoration court, through the Exclusion crisis until the Revolution of 1688. Bot...

Gregory King (1648-1712) was an engraver, herald, surveyor, and Secretary to the Commissioners for the Public Accounts, but he is best known for his 1696 estimates of the wealth an...

Famed for his masterful oratory and fearless criticism of parliamentary opponents, William Pitt the Elder (1708–78) distinguished himself through the strong leadership he provided ...

This chapter discusses sentimental fiction of the 1760s and 1770s. Sentimental novels of these decades are highly aware of their philosophical, figural, and generic conventions; ma...