{"product_id":"9781137580535","title":"Fame and Fortune: Sir John Hill and London Life in the 1750s","description":"\u003ch1\u003eFame and Fortune: Sir John Hill and London Life in the 1750s\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eBrant, Clare; Rousseau, George\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis multi-disciplinary essay collection explores the controversial life and achievements of Sir John Hill (1714–1775), a prolific contributor to Georgian England’s literature, medicine and science. By the time he died, he had been knighted by the Swedish monarch and become a household name among scientists and writers throughout Britain and Europe. In 1750s London he was a celebrity, but he was also widely vilified.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHill, an important writer of urban space, also helped define London through his periodicals and fictions. As well as examining his significance and achievements, this book makes Hill a means of exploring the lively intellectual and public world of London in the 1750s where rivalries abounded, and where clubs, societies, coffee-houses, theatres and pleasure gardens shaped fame and fortunes. By investigating one individual’s intersections with his metropolis, \u003ci\u003eFame and Fortune\u003c\/i\u003e restores Hill to view and contributes new understandings of the forms and functionsof eighteenth-century intellectual worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2017-12-19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781137580535\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1057\/978-1-137-58054-2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 350\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44752539484300,"sku":"9781137580535","price":98.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781137580535.jpg?v=1775962167","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781137580535","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}