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Memoirs of a cavalier, or, A military journal of the wars in Germany, and the wars in England : from the year 1632, to the year 1648 / written threescore years ago by an English gentleman, who served first in the army of Gustavus Adolphus, the glorious king of Sweden, till his death; and after that, in the royal army of King Charles the First, from the beginning of the rebellion, to the end of that war.

Author/creator Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
Format Book and Microform
Publication InfoLondon : Printed for A. Bell, J. Osborn, W. Taylor, and T. Warner, [1720?]
Description8 unnumbered pages, 338 pages.
Subject(s)
Series Library of English literature ; LEL 11587
Library of English literature ; LEL 11587. UNAUTHORIZED
General notePage 228 misnumbered 238.
General notePreface states the "memoirs" were found "in the closet of an eminent publick minister, of no less figure than one of King William's secretaries of state."
General noteFirst published London, 1720? Published later under titles: A military history of Germany, and of England (Edinburgh, 1766) The history of the civil wars in Germany (Newark, 1782) Memoirs of the Honourable Col. Andrew Newport (London, 1792)
General notePublisher of the 2nd ed. attributes authorship to Andrew Newport, but accounts of his life have been found incompatible with the Memoirs. cf. Dictionary of national biography.
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 11587)

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