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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)
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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)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Europe, Volume 2
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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 2 covers the period from
1835 to mid-1836, and begins with Raikes in Paris awaiting news of
the British elections, while meeting and observing diplomats,
politicians and socialites from France and elsewhere in Europe.
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