Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton, an English officer : including anecdotes of the war in Spain under the Earl of Peterborough : and many interesting particulars relating to the manners of the Spaniards in the beginning of the last century
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Type of record: Book
Title: Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton, an English officer : including anecdotes of the war in Spain under the Earl of Peterborough : and many interesting particulars relating to the manners of the Spaniards in the beginning of the last century
Other titles: Memoirs of an English officer; The military memoirs of Captain George Carlton
Classmark: English J-21/DEF
Creator(s): Defoe, Daniel (1661?-1731)
Additional creator(s): Carleton, George (fl. 1728) (Other); Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832) (Other)
Related people: Peterborough, Charles Mordaunt, Earl of, 1658-1735; Carleton, George; Scott, Walter
Publisher: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co.; J. Murray, and Constable, Hunter, Park, & Hunter
Publication city: Edinburgh : London
Date(s): 1809
Language: English
Size and medium: [4], xxiii, [1], 463, [1] p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/188990
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991008812189705181
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
The authorship of Memoirs of an English officer, first published in 1728, has been erroneously attributed to Captain George Carleton. These memoirs are a fiction, written by Defoe and intended by him to be accepted as the genuine reminiscences of a soldier. Cf. Defoe, D. Memoirs of an English officer, London, 1970, pref.
Authorship ascribed to Defoe by Halkett and Laing, Dict. of anon. and pseud. Engl. lit.
On verso of t.p.: Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne & Co.
One of the editions of 1728 has title: Memoirs of an English officer.
One of the editions of 1728 has title: The military memoirs of Captain George Carleton.
"Preface to Carleton's Memoirs, containing biographical notices of the Earl of Peterborough" [by Sir Walter Scott]: p. [i]-xv.
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