The New "Examen": Or, An Inquiry Into the Evidence Relating to Certain Passages in Lord Macaulay's History Concerning I. The Duke of Marlborough; II. The Massacre of Glencoe; III. The Highlands of Scotland; IV. Viscount Dundee; V. William PennW. Blackwood and sons, 1861 - 400 sayfa |
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