Cassell's Companion to 18th-Century Britain - Hardcover

Cassell¿s Companion to 18th-Century Britain covers the period from the Glorious Revolution in 1688 to the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. Its 1000+ entries not only deal with key political, diplomatic and military events but also provide in-depth coverage of economic, social and cultural matters. Thus the user can check key facts about the careers of politicians Walpole and Charles James Fox, as well as refer to an in-depth article on the 18th-century electoral system as a whole, or find out who the great architects were of the period.

Professor W. A. Speck is an Emeritus Fellow of the University of Leeds and the author of numerous books on the 18th century; Dr Steve Brumwell is the author of Redcoats. The British Soldier and War in the Americas and is writing a biography of General Wolfe. The series editor is Professor Derek Beales of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.