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The Comic History of Rome. Illustrated by John Leech.
The Comic History of Rome ... Illustrated by John British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. Titles in this series include lectures, compiled sketches, and chronological discourses on Greece, Rome, and other early European and African civilisations. The collection also has a selection of physical and classical geography texts. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition ++++ British Library Beckett, Gilbert Abbott.; Leech, John; 1897? xviii, 418 p.; 4 . 9039.i.11.
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468 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1852
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Gilbert Abbott à Beckett
126 books8 followersGilbert Abbott à Beckett (9 January 1811 – 30 August 1856) was an English humorist. He was born in London, the son of a lawyer, and belonged to a family claiming descent from Thomas Becket. He was educated at Westminster School and was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1841.
He edited the comic paper Figaro in London and was one of the original staff of Punch and a contributor until his death. He was an active journalist on The Times and The Morning Herald, contributed a series of light articles to The Illustrated London News, conducted in 1846 The Almanack of the Month and found time to produce some fifty or sixty plays, among them dramatized versions of Charles Dickens's shorter stories, written in collaboration with Mark Lemon. He is perhaps best known as the author of Comic History of England, Comic History of Rome, Comic Blackstone, etc. He wrote the book for two opera with music composed by his wife Mary Anne à Beckett (née Glossop), Agnes Sorrel and Red Riding Hood.
As poor-law commissioner he presented a valuable report to the Home Secretary regarding the Andover workhouse scandal, and in 1849 he became a metropolitan police magistrate. He died in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, of typhoid fever and is buried at Highgate Cemetery.
His elder brother, Sir William à Beckett (1806–1869), became chief justice of Victoria, Australia. He was the father of two other Victorian writers, Gilbert Arthur à Beckett and Arthur William à Beckett. His wife, Mrs. G. A. à Beckett (1817?–1863) was a composer.
He edited the comic paper Figaro in London and was one of the original staff of Punch and a contributor until his death. He was an active journalist on The Times and The Morning Herald, contributed a series of light articles to The Illustrated London News, conducted in 1846 The Almanack of the Month and found time to produce some fifty or sixty plays, among them dramatized versions of Charles Dickens's shorter stories, written in collaboration with Mark Lemon. He is perhaps best known as the author of Comic History of England, Comic History of Rome, Comic Blackstone, etc. He wrote the book for two opera with music composed by his wife Mary Anne à Beckett (née Glossop), Agnes Sorrel and Red Riding Hood.
As poor-law commissioner he presented a valuable report to the Home Secretary regarding the Andover workhouse scandal, and in 1849 he became a metropolitan police magistrate. He died in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, of typhoid fever and is buried at Highgate Cemetery.
His elder brother, Sir William à Beckett (1806–1869), became chief justice of Victoria, Australia. He was the father of two other Victorian writers, Gilbert Arthur à Beckett and Arthur William à Beckett. His wife, Mrs. G. A. à Beckett (1817?–1863) was a composer.
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May 8, 2024
Harsh reviewers here beneath. It really need not be said guys but the clue is in the name! It neither poses nor feigns any merried height of punching scholarship. It as an easy reader please interpret it as such.
Take your shoes off at the entrance but remember that you are not entering the door of an ivory tower!
Take your shoes off at the entrance but remember that you are not entering the door of an ivory tower!
August 1, 2019
At least one pun or other play on words per sentence. I found one sentence with 4 puns in it!
some that I can remember off the top of my head: "the city was razed to the ground; or rather, it was lowered" "built a bridge across the Tiber, thus abridging the city" and similar nonsense.
some that I can remember off the top of my head: "the city was razed to the ground; or rather, it was lowered" "built a bridge across the Tiber, thus abridging the city" and similar nonsense.
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