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William H. Prescott
Biographical and Critical Miscellanies (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) [EPUB ebook]

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This 1845 collection of essays includes: ‘Charles Brockden Brown, The American Novelist, ‘ ‘Asylum for the Blind, ‘ ‘Irving’s Conquest of Granada, ‘ ‘Cervantes, ‘ ‘Sir Walter Scott, ‘ ‘Chateaubriand’s English Literature, ‘ and ‘Moliere, ‘ among others.

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William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859) was an American historian who brought a new level of rigorous accountability to the field. Considered the first American scientific historian, his best-known works include the
History of Ferdinand and Isabella (1837) and
The History of the Conquest of Mexico (1843).

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