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      The Discovery of Jeanne Baret: A Story of Science, the High Seas, and the First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe

      Glynis Ridley

      Documents the pioneering round-the-world journey of the adventurer, tracing how she disguised herself as a boy to accompany her lover, botanist Philibert Commerson, on his eighteenth-century voyage before her true…

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      Clara’s Grand Tour: Travels with a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-Century Europe

      Glynis Ridley

      Awarded the prestigious Institute of Historical Research Prize, Ridley’s sparkling history brings vividly to life the tragicomic story of a rhinoceros named Clara who became a star in 18th century…

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      The Discovery of Jeanne Baret: A Story of Science, the High Seas, and th e First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe

      Glynis Ridley

      In 1765, eminent botanist Philibert Commerson was appointed official naturalist to a grand new expedition: the first French circumnavigation of the world. Jeanne Baret - Commerson’s young mistress and collaborator…

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      Making Stars: Biography and Celebrity in Eighteenth-Century Britain

      Stuart Sherman,Semane Parsons,Heather McPherson

      In bringing biography and celebrity together, the essays in this volume interrogate contemporary and current understandings of each. Contributors present a picture of eighteenth-century celebrity that was mediated across multiple…

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      Making Stars: Biography and Celebrity in Eighteenth-Century Britain

      Stuart Sherman,Semane Parsons,Heather McPherson

      In bringing biography and celebrity together, the essays in this volume interrogate contemporary and current understandings of each. Contributors present a picture of eighteenth-century celebrity that was mediated across multiple…

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      Robinson Crusoe after 300 Years

      Brings together eleven scholars who suggest new and unfamiliar ways of thinking about this most familiar of works, and who ask us to consider the enduring appeal of ‘Crusoe’, more…

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      Robinson Crusoe after 300 Years

      Brings together eleven scholars who suggest new and unfamiliar ways of thinking about this most familiar of works, and who ask us to consider the enduring appeal of ‘Crusoe’, more…

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      Laurence Sterne’s A Sentimental Journey: A Legacy to the World

      Laurence Sterne’s A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy continues to be as widely read and admired as upon its first appearance. This volume offers fresh perspectives on Sterne’s novel…

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      Laurence Sterne’s A Sentimental Journey: A Legacy to the World

      Laurence Sterne’s A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy continues to be as widely read and admired as upon its first appearance. This volume offers fresh perspectives on Sterne’s novel…

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