{"product_id":"matthew-prior-a-study-of-his-public-career-and-correspondence-paperback-9781108015905","title":"Matthew Prior; A Study of his Public Career and Correspondence (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108015905","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMatthew Prior\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Study of his Public Career and Correspondence\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first full-length published biography of the poet and diplomat Matthew Prior (1664–1721).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLeopold George Wickham Legg (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108015905, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 September 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e366 pages, 1 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.1 cm, 0.47 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMatthew Prior (1664–1721) was a minor poet and diplomat under King William III and subsequently Queen Anne. As an envoy to the Netherlands and France and negotiator of the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 he had a ringside seat at the European power struggles of his time, while at the same time forging a literary career by publishing poetry and angling for the post of Poet Laureate. Prior's surviving correspondence to his patrons and paymasters is a uniquely witty record of diplomatic life. The first full-length biography of Prior, this book was first published in 1921. Its author, Leopold George Wickham Legg, was an editor of the Dictionary of National Biography. The appendixes include detailed information about Prior's family background and transcriptions of some of his surviving letters and a diary from 1712.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Titles of books referred to\u003cbr\u003e 1. Youth and education\u003cbr\u003e 2. Apprenticeship at the Hague\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Peace of Ryswick\u003cbr\u003e 4. The embassy at Paris\u003cbr\u003e 5. The embassy at Paris\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Irish Secretaryship and Parliament\u003cbr\u003e 7. The commission of trade and the feud with the Duchess of Marlborough\u003cbr\u003e 8. 'Mat's Peace'\u003cbr\u003e 9. Paris once more\u003cbr\u003e 10. The last year of Queen Anne\u003cbr\u003e 11. The years of trouble\u003cbr\u003e 12. Last years and death\u003cbr\u003e Appendixes\u003cbr\u003e Biographical notes\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265939460376,"sku":"9781108015905","price":30.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108015905i.jpg?v=1694869377","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/matthew-prior-a-study-of-his-public-career-and-correspondence-paperback-9781108015905","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}