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Letters from Revolutionary France

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Häftad, Engelska, 2001

138 kr

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This work presents an annotated version of the letters of Major Watkin Tench, who was held on parole in the town of Quimper in Brittany between 1794-1795. Tench was writing in the period between the fall of Robespierre and the massacre of invading emigres south if Quimper in June 1795, a tense period in which deep-seated conflicts over religion and language were fuelling counter-revotionary uprisings in rural Brittany. His account illustrates and analyzes the volatile relationship between languages (English, French, Breton) and socio-political codes (republican and monarchist, genteel and plebian, Catholic and anticlerical) during the French Revolution.

Complete Account Of The Settlement At Port Jackson

In New South Wales, Including An Accurate Description Of The Situation Of The Colony

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Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

375 kr

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Complete Account Of The Settlement At Port Jackson

In New South Wales, Including An Accurate Description Of The Situation Of The Colony

AvWatkin Tench

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

237 kr

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Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson

AvWatkin Tench

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

209 kr

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Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson

AvWatkin Tench

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

362 kr

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Narrative of the Expedition to Botany-Bay

AvWatkin Tench

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

181 kr

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Letters Written in France, to a Friend in London, Between the Month of November 1794, and the Month of May 1795

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Häftad, Engelska, 2025

181 kr

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Letters Written in France, to a Friend in London

Between the Month of November 1794, and the Month of May 1795

AvWatkin Tench

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

382 kr

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Watkin Tench (1758-1833) was a British Marine officer who was held prisoner from 1794 to 1795 in Brittany, at the height of the French Revolution. During his imprisonment he wrote a series of letters to a friend in London (it is not clear whether this was genuine correspondence or a genre narrative), which was published in 1796. In them we learn of the adverse conditions he experienced on two convict hulks in Brest harbour, and his later period of parole in private lodgings in Quimper, which he recalls more favourably, as he was allowed to roam the countryside within a three-mile radius of the town. Tench's letters reveal his thoughts on the turbulence and uncertainty brought about by the revolution, and the resistance (largely inspired by religion) of the Bretons to it. This is a fascinating first-hand account of France at a time of rapid political change.

A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson, in New South Wales

Including an Accurate Description of the Situation of the Colony, of the Natives, and of its Natural Productions

AvWatkin Tench

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

382 kr

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In May 1787 a fleet of ships carrying convicts left England bound for Botany Bay, New South Wales, where they were to establish a settlement. One of the crew on board the Charlotte was Watkin Tench (c.1758-1833), who wrote about the voyage of what was later known as the First Fleet. He remained in New South Wales, living in Port Jackson (part of present-day Sydney) from 1788 to 1791, and in this work, published in 1793, he gives a vivid, first-hand account of the early years of British settlement. The chapters are chronologically organised and discuss the many challenges settlers in the fledgling colony faced in staying alive, such as illness and lack of food and other provisions. He also recounts the often violent encounters and 'unabated animosity' between the settlers and the aboriginal people, making this work an important source on the colonisation of Australia.

A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay

With an Account of New South Wales, its Productions, Inhabitants, etc.

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Häftad, Engelska, 2013

354 kr

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In May 1787, eleven ships left England with more than seven hundred convicts on board, along with orders to establish a penal colony at Botany Bay, New South Wales. Watkin Tench (c.1758-1833) was a crew member on one of the ships of this First Fleet, the Charlotte, and he recalls the voyage and early days of the settlement in this vivid and engaging account, first published in 1789. The first half of the work retraces the route of the six-month journey, which took the fleet to Brazil and the Cape of Good Hope. The later chapters recount the landing at Botany Bay in January 1788, the establishment of a colony at nearby Port Jackson and observations about the natural world in this new settlement. Tench also discusses the initial interaction with the Aboriginal people, making this work an important source for scholars of British colonialism and Australian history.

Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay

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Häftad, Engelska, 2009

187 kr

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Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson

Including an Accurate Description of the Situation of the Colony; of the Natives; and of Its Natural Productions

AvWatkin Tench

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

168 kr

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Watkin Tench served as a Marine officer on one of the vessels of the First Fleet and recorded his observations of the voyage in A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay. Tench also wrote of the subsequent settlement in New South Wales in A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson. These accounts are among the most important documents of early settlement in Australia, giving an insight into the early colonial settlement, as told through the keen eyes of a curious young man.