Carleton Captain George Daniel Defoe (1 results)

Half-Leather. Condition: Good. 4th Edition. Octavo; xv, 463p. Uncut copy.Few scattered spots, some toning to some leaves, some marginal brown spots. Contemporary half dark red morocco, sl worn. Joints are sound. Well used good copy. With a bookplate of one A H Christie of the Christie clan. Durham booksellers receipt dated 1974 for £4.30.****** Captain George Carleton is a somewhat elusive historical figure because these famous memoirs are generally believed by many scholars to have been written or heavily edited by Daniel Defoe, rather than being a straightforward autobiography. The memoirs describe the career of an English officer named George Carleton, who served in campaigns from the Dutch War (1672) through the War of the Spanish Succession, ending with the Peace of Utrecht (1713). Carleton fought in Spain under Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough, during the Allied intervention in Spain in the early 1700s. The work includes detailed observations on Spanish society, customs, military operations, monasteries, and the experiences of prisoners of war. An early edition appeared in 1728 as The Military Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton.…