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Memoirs of a Cavalier: A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany and the Wars in England (Classic Reprint)
Memoirs of a Cavalier A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany and the Wars in England - Classic Reprint Author:Daniel Defoe THE "Memoirs of a Cavalier" were published on the 21 st of May 1720, three weeks only after the appearance of "Duncan Campbell." The full title of the original edition, which bore do date, was, u Memoirs of a Cavalier -s or, a Military Journal of the Wars in Germany, and the Wars in England. From the Year 1632 to the Year 1648. Written threescor... more »e 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 the War." The book must have been ready for the press when "Duncan Campbell " appeared, at the latest; it purports to have been written "threescore years ago"-that is, not later than the Restoration. Elsewhere the date is carried back to 1651, or earlier. The first question, then, that has to be considered is whether Defoe's work is in reality based upon a contemporary manuscript.
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