A republication of the 1790 text in which the British political thinker presents his arguments against the revolution in France. Includes a selection of pamphlets, speeches, public letters, private correspondence, and essays.
In eighteenth-century England, William runs away from his father, only to be captured by an armed highwayman who turns out to be a girl, and together they seek vengeance against William's cruel father and the soldiers who killed the girl's parents.
Contains an examination of the events that led to the American Revolutionary War, explaining the ideas of self-government that began in the colonies in the 1760s and tracing the rising tensions between Britain and the colonies. Presented in simple text with illustrations.
Dr. Charles Primrose, an unworldly vicar, suffers through many misfortunes with remarkable fortitude until Sir William Thornhill straightens out his tangled affairs.
High-born William de Lacey runs away from home at the age of fourteen after his father and brother denounce him as a coward, and is captured by an armed highwayman who turns out to be a girl, and together they seek vengeance against William's cruel father and the soldiers who killed the girl's parents.
