Author: Robert LyallPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
An Answer to the Observations on "The Character of the Russians, and a Detailed History of Moscow"
Author: Robert LyallAn Answer to the Observations on "The Character of the Russians; and a Detailed History of Moscow" ... in the Sixty-first Number of the Quarterly Review
Author: Robert LyallThe Travels of Robert Lyall, 1789–1831
Author: Gwyn CampbellPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030516482
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
This book explores the life of Robert Lyall, surgeon, botanist, voyager, British Agent to the court of Madagascar. Born the year of the French Revolution, Lyall grew up in politically radical Paisley, Scotland, before studying medicine, in Edinburgh, Manchester, and subsequently St. Petersburg, Russia. His criticism of the Tsar and Russian aristocracy led to an abrupt departure for London where Lyall became the voice of liberalism and calls for political reform, before appointed British Resident Agent in Madagascar in 1827, representing the interests of the Tory establishment that he had hitherto so roundly castigated. However, Lyall discovered that the Malagasy crown had turned against the British alliance of 1820, his scientific pursuits alienated the local elite, and his efforts to re-establish British influence antagonized the queen, Ranavalona I, who accused Lyall of sorcery and forced him and his burgeoning family to leave for Mauritius where he died an untimely death, of malaria, in 1831.
Catalogue of the Scientific Books in the Library of the Royal Society
Author: Royal Society (Great Britain). LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1214
Book Description
Catalogue of Miscellaneous Literature in the Library
Author: Royal Society (Great Britain)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
Author: Travels in Russia, the Krimea, the Caucasus, and Georgia
Author: Robert LyallPublisher:
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Category : Caucasus
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Catalogue of Miscellaneous Literature in the Library
Author: AnonymousPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368895958
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1841.
Catalogue of the Scientific Books in the Library
Author: Royal Society (Great Britain).Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1248
Book Description
Author: Robert LYALL