Thomas Carlyle

by Moncure Daniel Conway

Book Overview

Moncure Daniel Conway (1832-1907), the son of a Virginian plantation-owner, became a Unitarian minister but his anti-slavery views made him controversial. He later became a freethinker, and following the outbreak of the Civil War, which deeply divided his own family, he left the United States for England in 1863. He gained a reputation as the 'least orthodox preacher in London', and was acquainted with many figures in the literary and scientific world,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108045340
• ISBN13: 9781108045346
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"