Autobiography, A Collection Of The Most Instructive And Amusing Lives Ever Published - Softcover

Captain John Creichton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371621364 ISBN 13: 9780371621363

Publisher: HardPress, 1826

Synopsis

Aut Autobiography, A Collection Of The Most Instructive And Amusing Lives Ever Published by Captain John Creichton. This volume is part of Hunt and Clarke's 19th-century anthology offering vivid portraits of remarkable individuals through first-person memoirs and editor's introductions. The Creichton memoir recounts an Irish-born soldier's life in turbulent Britain and Scotland during the mid-17th century, from his birth in Donegal in 1648, through early military service, daring rescue operations, and the brutal civil wars that shaped Scotland's allegiance to crown and kirk. He describes loyalty to the king, the Covenanting conflicts, episodes such as Drumclog and Bothwell Bridge, and his later experiences of injury, imprisonment, and escape. The collection also includes self-narratives by William Gifford and Thomas Ellwood, providing contrasting perspectives—one a literary prodigy rising in a post-Restoration world, the other a Quaker whose spiritual journey unfolds amid persecution. Together they present a broad panorama of politics, religion, and personal resilience in early modern Britain.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 1826
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371621364
• ISBN 13: 9780371621363
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 334