A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., from 1831-1847 : Comprising Reminiscences of Social and Political Life in London and Paris during that Period, Paperback / softback Book

A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., from 1831-1847 : Comprising Reminiscences of Social and Political Life in London and Paris during that Period Paperback / softback

Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Europe series

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Diarist Thomas Raikes (1777–1848) was an Old Etonian whose social world included some of the most influential people of his day.

Raikes was no politician - he had an established reputation as a 'dandy' - and he spent much of his time in gentlemen's clubs in London, especially the Carlton and White's.

He was ostensibly employed by his father, a merchant and later governor of the Bank of England, and was married with four children.

His reputation as a man about town was confirmed by the posthumous publication of these diary extracts, in four volumes from 1856 to 1857; they focus on his time abroad, mostly in Paris.

Volume 4 begins in 1840, with Raikes in Paris. He finally returns to England in July 1844, and re-enters London society before setting off for a brief trip to Ireland.

The diary ends in 1847.

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