This inscrutable Englishman : Sir John D'Oyly, Baronet, 1774-1824 / Brendon Gooneratne and Yasmine Gooneratne
- Bib ID:
- 2901639
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Gooneratne, Brendon
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- Description:
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- London ; New York : Cassell, c1999
- x, 294 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0304700940 (hardback)
- 0304700959 (paperback)
- Full contents:
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- Ch. 1. 'Cultured Generations'
- Ch. 2. 1801-1805: 'Harbours of Our Choice'
- Ch. 3. 1801-1805: 'Enjoying the Good Things of the Age'
- Ch. 4. 1801-1805: 'Proud Towers' - The Road to Kandy
- Ch. 5. 1805-1810: 'The Noblest Chace in the World'
- Ch. 6. 1811-1815: Obedient Servant
- Ch. 7. 1815: 'The Portals Thrown Open'
- Ch. 8. 1815: 'A Common Bond of Peace'
- Ch. 9. 1816-1817: Translating the Nation
- Ch. 10. 1817-1821: 'Madness of War'
- Ch. 11. 1822-1824: 'D'Oyly of Kandy'
- Ch. 12. Omne Solum Forti Patria
- App. 1. Lineage of Sir John D'Oyly, Baronet, as set out in Burke's Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland
- App. 2. 'Commercii Laus', John D'Oyly's prize-winning ode, with an English prose translation / J. J. Nicholls
- App. 3. The royal regalia of Kandy
- App. 4. Gajaman Nona's verses addressed to John D'Oyly, translated / Lakshmi de Silva.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-287) and index.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Gooneratne, Yasmine, 1935-
- Copyright:
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- 1999
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