A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., from 1831-1847 4 Volume Set : Comprising Reminiscences of Social and Political Life in London and Paris during that Period, Mixed media product Book

A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., from 1831-1847 4 Volume Set : Comprising Reminiscences of Social and Political Life in London and Paris during that Period Mixed media product

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, but also in Prussia and Italy.

His wide acquaintance among politicians made him a close observer of British and international political affairs, such as the Reform Bill of 1832 and the abolition of slavery in the West Indies.

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