Jonathan Swift: The Reluctant Rebel Tapa dura - 2016

Hardback. Very Good.

Penguin Books, Limited. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Viking, 03/11/2016 00:00:01. hardcover. Very Good. 5.5858 in x 23.8619 in x 15.7380 in.

The Macmillan Company, 1966-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 2.2008 9.4016 6.2008.

Viking, 2016. 9780670922055. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt decorated black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG, not price clipped). Pp. 739, illus with coloured and b&w plates (no inscriptions).

Viking, 2016-11-03. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Viking, 2016-11-03. Hardcover. New. 5.5858 cent in x 23.8619 cent in x 15.7380 cent in.

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Viking, 2016. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Born in Ireland in 1667, Jonathan Swift defiantly clung to his Englishness. He refused to relinquish this attachment even as corruption and injustice gradually led him to turn against the English government. In a long life, Swift proved a reluctant rebel, though one with a relish for the fight, and implacable when provoked - a voice of withering disenchantment unrivalled in English. But he was also an inspired humorist, a beloved companion, a conscientious Anglican minister, as well as a hoaxer and a teller of tales. His anger against abuses of power would produce the most famous satire of the English language - GULLIVER'S TRAVELS as well as the DRAPIER PAPERS and the unparallelled MODEST PROPOSAL, in which he imagined the poor of Ireland farming their infants for the tables of wealthy colonists. John Stubbs' biography sets out to capture the dirt and beauty of a world that… Leer más