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In 1759, at the height of the Seven Year''s War, when Great Britain was suffering a series of military reversals, Montagu considered his country''s plight in an historical contect formed by the study of five ancient republics: Sparta, Athens, Thenes, Carthage and Rome. Montagu''s focus on the ancient republics gives his contribution a distinctive twist to the chorus of voices lamenting Britain''s decline, and his analysis exerted influence in three momentous eighteenth-century crises: the Seven Year''s War, the American War of Independence, and the French Revolution. This is the first modern edition of Montagu''s work.

Reflections on the Rise and Fall of the Ancient

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      Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc
      Publication Date: 30/04/2015
      ISBN13: 9780865978720, 978-0865978720
      ISBN10: 865978727
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      Book Synopsis
      In 1759, at the height of the Seven Year''s War, when Great Britain was suffering a series of military reversals, Montagu considered his country''s plight in an historical contect formed by the study of five ancient republics: Sparta, Athens, Thenes, Carthage and Rome. Montagu''s focus on the ancient republics gives his contribution a distinctive twist to the chorus of voices lamenting Britain''s decline, and his analysis exerted influence in three momentous eighteenth-century crises: the Seven Year''s War, the American War of Independence, and the French Revolution. This is the first modern edition of Montagu''s work.

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