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Favorites, Royal - Early works to 1800
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Walsingham's manual, or, prudential maxims for statesmen and courtiers: with instructions for youth, gentlemen and noblemen. By Sir Walter Raleigh, Lord Treasurer Burleigh, and Cardinal Sermonetta.
Date: MDCCXXVIII. [1728]- Books
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Court intrigues: or, an account of the secret amours of our British nobility and others, ... By Captain Smith.
Smith, Alexander, active 1714-1726.Date: 1730- Books
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The unfortunate court-favourites of England. Exemplified in some remarks upon the lives, actions, and fatal fall of divers great men, who have been favourites to several English kings and queens; namely, I. Pierce Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall. II. Hugh Spencer, Earl of Winchester. III. Hugh Spencer the son, Earl of Glocester. IV. Roger Mortimer, Earl of March. V. Henry Stafford, Duke of Bucks. VI. Thomas Woolsey, Cardinal of York. VII. Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex. VIII. Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex. IX. George Villars, Duke of Buckingham. X. Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford. With the picture of each monarch and favourite. By Robert Burton.
Crouch, Nathaniel, 1632?-1725?Date: 1729- Books
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Observations and remarks upon the lives and reigns of King Henry Viii. King Edward VI. Queen Mary I. Queen Elizabeth, and King James I . With particular Characters, after the Earl of Clarendon's Method, of all their Favourites; And the most Eminent and Illustrious Persons both in Church and State, that Flourish'd in England during those Reigns. Collected from publick histories and private memoirs. By the author of The history of England. In 2 Vol. 8vo. The Third Edition.
Author of The history of England.Date: MDCCXII. [1712]- Books
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The favourite. With a dedication to my Lord B***.
Date: MDCCLXV. [1765]