A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., from 1831-1847: Comprising Reminiscences of Social and Political Life in London and Paris During

ISBN-13: 9781108045254 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 500 str.

Thomas Raikes

Opis

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 4 begins in 1840, with Raikes in Paris. He finally returns to England in July 1844, and re-enters London society before setting off for a brief trip to Ireland. The diary ends in 1847."