Memoirs of a Cavalier


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Memoirs of a Cavalier


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Memoirs of a Cavalier: A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany, and the Wars in England. From the Year 1632 to the Year 1648


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The Memoirs of a Cavalier resembles Robinson Crusoe in so far as it is a tale told by a man of his own experiences and adventures. It has just the same air of truth and for a long time after its first publication in 1720 people were divided in opinion as to whether it was a book of real memoirs or not. A critical examination has shown that it is Defoe's own work. The period in which the scene is laid is that of the English Civil War, in which the Cavalier fought on the side of King Charles I against the Puritans. But his adventures in this war belong to the second part of the book. In the first part, he tells of his birth and parentage, the foreign travel which was the fashionable completion of the education of a gentleman in the seventeenth century, and his adventures as a volunteer officer in the Swedish army, where he gained the experience which was to serve him well in the Civil War at home.




Memoirs of a cavalier


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Memoirs of a Cavalier, Or, a Military Journal of the Wars in Germany and the Wars in England


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Memoirs of a Cavalier


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Memoirs of a Cavalier, Or a Military Journal of the Wars in Germany and the Wars in England (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from Memoirs of a Cavalier, or a Military Journal of the Wars in Germany and the Wars in England I have already said that in Defoe's. Own preface to the first edition, 'we find the foundation on. Which has been reared the whole structure of argument that the book was written by a gentleman who served in the wars of Gustavus Adolphus and Charles I. As evidence for the-antiquity of these Memorials, Defoe announced that the publishers had had them in their possession above twenty years, and that they had been found in the closet of one of King William's secretaries of state. Al most all the facts, Defoe goes on to say, especially those of moment, are confirmed for their general part by all the writers of. Those times. If they are here embellished with particulars, which are no where else to be found that it is that must recommend this work to all the men of sense and judgment that read it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




Memoirs of a Cavalier


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