David Womersley

Autore di James II: The Last Catholic King

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Sull'Autore

David Womersley is the Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of St Catherine's College. He is a Fellow of the British Academy.

Comprende i nomi: D. P. Womersley, David P. Womersley, David Womersley, PhD

Fonte dell'immagine: University of Oxford

Opere di David Womersley

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James II: The Last Catholic King (2015) 59 copie

Liberty and American Experience in the Eighteenth Century (2006) — A cura di — 29 copie

Restoration Drama: An Anthology (2000) — A cura di — 27 copie

Augustan Critical Writing (Penguin Classics) (1997) — A cura di — 23 copie

Gibbon and the 'Watchmen of the Holy City': The Historian and his Reputation, 1776-1815 (2002) 16 copie

The Transformation of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1988) 12 copie

Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings (21st-Century Oxford Authors) (2020) — A cura di — 10 copie

A Companion to Literature from Milton to Blake (2001) — A cura di — 7 copie

Divinity and State (2010) 5 copie

Writings on Standing Armies (2020) — A cura di — 4 copie

Restoration Comedy (Blackwell Essential Literature) (2002) 3 copie

Edward Gibbon : bicentenary essays (1997) — A cura di — 3 copie

"Cultures of Whiggism" : new essays on English literature and culture in the long eighteenth century (2005) — A cura di — 3 copie

Literary Milieux: Essays in Text and Context, Presented to Howard Erskine-Hill (2008) — A cura di — 1 copia

Religious scepticism : contemporary responses to Gibbon (1997) 1 copia

Sir Thomas More’s History of King Richard III: a new theory of the English texts 1 copia

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Vita di Samuel Johnson (1791) — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 3,898 copie

Declino e caduta dell'impero romano (1788) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 3,231 copie

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire {abridged by Womersley} (2000) — A cura di — 643 copie

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 1 (1996) — A cura di, alcune edizioni; A cura di — 481 copie

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Vol. 2 [Penguin Classics] (1996) — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 274 copie

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire {unabridged - Womersley 3v.} (1776) — A cura di — 206 copie

Literary Genius: 25 Classic Writers Who Define English & American Literature (2007) — Collaboratore — 90 copie

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 3 {unabridged - Everyman 6v.} (1781) — A cura di — 29 copie

Reflections on the Rise & Fall of the Ancient Republics: Adapted to the Present State of Great Britain (2015) — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 16 copie

The Cambridge Companion to Edward Gibbon (2018) — Collaboratore — 10 copie

The Isle of Pines and Plato Redivivus (Thomas Hollis Library) (2021) — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 6 copie

An Estimate of the Manners and Principles of the Times and Other Writings (Thomas Hollis Library) (2019) — A cura di — 4 copie

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all-things-british-history (1) Antologia (11) Biografia (7) britannico (2) Critica (3) Critica letteraria (9) da leggere (7) Dramma (7) Dryden (2) Durham Study (1) Great Britain -- History -- James II. 1685-1688 (1) historical-interest-to-read (1) Hylobatidae (4) Inghilterra (3) James II. King of England. 1633-1701 (1) Letteratura (3) letteratura britannica (2) letteratura del diciassettesimo secolo (2) letteratura del Settecento (2) Letteratura inglese (3) Monarchia (4) opere teatrali (2) Penguin Monarchs (2) penguin-monarch (2) pensiero politico (2) Poesia (3) posseduto (2) Regno Unito (2) Restaurazione (5) saggi (5) Saggistica (9) Samuel Johnson (2) Storia (9) storia britannica (3) Storia dell'Inghilterra (2) studi letterari (2) Teatro (2) WN (2) XVII secolo (5) XVIII secolo (5)

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Sesso: male
Nazionalità: UK
Attività lavorative: Professor (English Literature)
Organizzazioni: University of Oxford (St. Catherine's College)

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James II : the last Catholic king di David Womersley

One of Penguin's biographies of British monarchs. Without overlooking the breadth of the subject this is merely a glimpse of James II's short turbulent reign from 1685-1688. As Duke of York (for which New York is named) James was influential before succeeding to the throne when his brother Charles II died without children. But the joy of the still fresh Restoration abated when The "Popish Plot" and James' secret conversion to Catholicism gave rise to the political Exclusion Crisis that, although it failed, ushered in new political tactics. When William, Prince of Orange, was invited by nobles to come to England with an army, prepared to invade, James II effectively abdicated when he declined to attack the invading army. Womersley's sources include historians of the period including some interesting comments by Samuel Pepys.

This is an excellent summary that would serve well as a starting point for further study of a fascinating era.… (altro)