{"product_id":"narrative-of-a-second-visit-to-greece-including-facts-connected-with-the-last-days-of-lord-byron-extracts-from-correspondence-official-documents-etc-paperback-9781108075978","title":"Narrative of a Second Visit to Greece; Including Facts Connected with the Last Days of Lord Byron, Extracts from Correspondence, Official Documents, Etc. (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108075978","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNarrative of a Second Visit to Greece\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIncluding Facts Connected with the Last Days of Lord Byron, Extracts from Correspondence, Official Documents, Etc.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn this 1825 book, Blaquiere describes his own travels in Greece and the last days of Lord Byron.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEdward Blaquiere (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108075978, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 July 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.5 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.48 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\"\u003eEdward Blaquiere (1779–1832), an Irishman of Huguenot descent, joined the Royal Navy in 1794 and served, chiefly in the Mediterranean, throughout the Napoleonic wars. In 1820, influenced by Jeremy Bentham, he went on his behalf to Spain to observe the revolution there. On the fall of the liberal regime in Spain in 1823, Blaquiere and his friend John Bowring formed the London Greek Committee to raise money for the Greek war of independence and to lobby the British government for support. (It was under the auspices of the Committee, and recruited by Blaquiere, that Lord Byron made his famous, and fatal, journey to Greece.) After his second visit to Greece, in 1825 Blaquiere published this account of his own travels and of the last days of Lord Byron. His 1824 book on the progress of the Greek revolution is also reissued in this series.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I: Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Personal narrative of the author's arrival\u003cbr\u003e Part II: The last days of Lord Byron\u003cbr\u003e Funeral oration\u003cbr\u003e Account of the author's visit to Anatolico\u003cbr\u003e Extracts from correspondence.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\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":45913324650776,"sku":"9781108075978","price":35.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108075978i_7dd3824d-e0dd-4cd0-a737-e5010759c822.jpg?v=1696751578","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/narrative-of-a-second-visit-to-greece-including-facts-connected-with-the-last-days-of-lord-byron-extracts-from-correspondence-official-documents-etc-paperback-9781108075978","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}