MACARONI PARSON, THE: LIFE OF THE UNFORTUNATE DOCTOR DODD'
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Lieferung aus: Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland, Shipping costs to: USA.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Anybook Ltd.
Hutchinson, 1973. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust Jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:0091151708.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Lawrence Jones.
London: Hutchinson of London, 1973. 264pp, index, bibliography, bw ills. Or maroon cloth in jacket. Page edges soiled. Jacket spine faded, 1" tear and some edge wear. Dr Dodd, nicknamed the Macaroni Parson because of his dandyish dress was one of the most popular preachers of the eighteenth century. He was a prolific author, busy socialite, pioneer of the seaside, founder of charities and a celebrity who knew everybody. Then in 1777 he was charged with forgery and condemned to death. A wave of sympathy swept the country. Dr Johnson, who personally despised Dodd lent his considerable authority to the appeal. Even the American War of Independence was forgotten for those weeks when "pity became the national epidemic" but to no avail. The Lord Chief Justice remained implacable and the law took its course. This book can be read as a bizarre picture of social life at a time when the Church was at its darkest period of lethargy and graft; as a tragi-comedy of a man who in a proffession supposedly devoted to things of the spirit was obsessed with personal ambitions and status symbols; or as a carefully documented history of the event which started the long process of liberalization of the laws including the campaign against capital punishment that has lasted to the present.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, WorldofBooks [51947087], Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom.
The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, In Stock.
Hardcover book. Published by HUTCHINSON (1973).

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, World of Books Ltd.
Paperback. Good.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Best and Fastest Books, NJ, west new york, [RE:5].
Hardcover.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, AwesomeBooksUSA, DE, Wilmington, [RE:4].
Hardcover.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Anybook Ltd. Lincoln, [RE:5].
Hardcover.