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The notorious Sir John Hill : the man destroyed by ambition in the era of celebrity
- Title
- The notorious Sir John Hill : the man destroyed by ambition in the era of celebrity / George Rousseau.
- Author
- Rousseau, G. S. (George Sebastian)
- Publication
- Bethlehem, [Pa.] : Lehigh University Press ; Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2012.
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Details
- Description
- xxxi, 391 p. : ill.; 25 cm
- Subjects
- Note
- "Co-published with the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. "--T.p. verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-380) and index.
- Contents
- The mountebank's road out -- Amidst the trees in Sussex -- Apothecary Hill, almost FRS -- Deranged by disappointment -- Three strikes in revenge -- Man of letters -- Puffing "Inspector Hill" -- The "lion" at the Bedford -- Riot in Ranelagh -- Hill and the "fame machine" -- Canning and marriage -- Philosophy and botany -- Botany and Bute -- Hill and Linnaeus -- The theatre too -- Annus mirabilis 1758-59 -- The final blow -- Knighthood and death -- Lady Hill persists -- Forgotten Hill -- Afterword: on the trail of John Hill.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-1763
- ISBN
- 9781611461206 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1611461200 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9781611461213 (electronic)
- 1611461219 (electronic)
- LCCN
- 2012004926
- OCLC
- 777002215
- Author
- Rousseau, G. S. (George Sebastian)
- Title
- The notorious Sir John Hill : the man destroyed by ambition in the era of celebrity / George Rousseau.
- Imprint
- Bethlehem, [Pa.] : Lehigh University Press ; Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-380) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-1763