Identity area
Reference code
TRER/28/9
Title
Book with notes by R. C. Trevelyan on lectures about the Franco-Prussian War, later used for a translation from Lucretius
Date(s)
- c 1886-1930s (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 notebook with black gilded leather covers and marbled endpapers, 63 ff.
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Notes on several events during the Franco-Prussian war, with several maps [ff 1-32]; reference to 'Mr [Edward] Bowen' being in Paris at the time suggests that the lectures were delivered by him during Trevelyan's schooldays at Harrow, 1886-1890 [f 31].
Access points
Name access points
- Harrow School (Subject)
- Bowen, Edward Ernest (1836-1901), schoolmaster (Subject)
- Lucretius Carus, Titus (c 99 BC – c 55 BC) poet and philosopher (Subject)