James Edward Oglethorpe: A Life in the Enlightenment

by Thomas Wilson

James Oglethorpe was a significant figure in the eighteenth century and this biography is a chapter-by-chapter account of his life as a son of a secretive Jacobite family, a soldier who fought under two towering figures who were on Napoleon's list of the greatest generals, a reform-oriented political figure, the founder of Georgia, a philanthropist, an abolitionist, and a patron of the arts. He was a direct influence on several people who would...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1087962994
• ISBN13: 9781087962993
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Twyyst Books
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"