Memoirs of the Bashaw Count Bonneval, from his birth to his death: shewing, the motives which induced him to quit the Service and Dominions of France; his Entrance into and sudden Rise in the Imperial Armies; his Exploits in Italy, Hungary, &c. his Quarrel with the Marquis de Prie, and its Consequences; the true Cause of his Disgrace at the Court of Vienna; and the Reasons which occasioned him to seek an Azylum amongst the Turks; with his various Fortunes, while in the Service of the Porte. Interspersed throughout With an entertaining Diversity of Secret Intrigues, Amorous Adventures, Military and Political Atchievements; being, in effect, the Secret History of Europe for the best Part of the current Century. Written by himself, and collected from his papers.
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Mémoires du Comte de Bonneval. English.
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London : printed for E. Withers, at the Seven Stars, near the Temple-Gate, in Fleet-Street : G. Woodfall, the Corner of Craig's-Court, Charing-Cross; and sold by R. Griffiths, at the Dunciad, in St. Paul's-Church-Yard, M.DCC.L. [1750]
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x,200,326p.,plate : port. ; 80.
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ESTC N10148
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