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  3. A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., from 1831–1847
    Volume 2
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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 May 2012
    23 February 2012
    ISBN:
    9781139177474
    9781108045230
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139177474
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    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.51kg, 400 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Social and Population History, Social and Cultural Anthropology, British History after 1450, European History after 1450, History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Europe
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    Subjects:
    Social and Population History, Social and Cultural Anthropology, British History after 1450, European History after 1450, History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Europe
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    Diarist Thomas Raikes (1777–1848) was an Old Etonian whose social world included some of the most influential people of his day. Raikes was no politician - he had an established reputation as a 'dandy' - and he spent much of his time in gentlemen's clubs in London, especially the Carlton and White's. He was ostensibly employed by his father, a merchant and later governor of the Bank of England, and was married with four children. His reputation as a man about town was confirmed by the posthumous publication of these diary extracts, in four volumes from 1856 to 1857; they focus on his time abroad, mostly in Paris. Volume 2 covers the period from 1835 to mid-1836, and begins with Raikes in Paris awaiting news of the British elections, while meeting and observing diplomats, politicians and socialites from France and elsewhere in Europe.

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