The Letters of Peter Le Page Renouf (1822-97): V. 2: Besancon (1846-1854): V. 2: Besancon (1846-1854)

By: Peter Le Page Renouf

Sir Peter le Page Renouf (1822-97), a Guernseyman, was described by Lord Acton as "the most learned Englishman I know". The remarkable collection of his surviving letters, to be published in four volumes by University College Dublin Press between 2002 and 2004, covers Renouf's varied career from his days as a student in Oxford, his time as a lecturer in the 1850s at the new Catholic University in Dublin until after his retirement as Keeper of Egyptian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1900621754
• ISBN13: 9781900621755
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: University College Dublin Press
• Length: 391 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.7"