{"product_id":"9780865978713","title":"Reflections on the Rise and Fall of the Ancient Republicks: Adapted to the Present State of Great Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1759, at the height of the Seven Years’ War, when Great Britain was suffering a series of military reversals, Montagu considered his country’s plight in an historical context formed by the study of five ancient republics: Sparta, Athens, Thebes, 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 Years’ War, the American War of Independence, and the French Revolution. This is the first modern edition of Montagu’s work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward Wortley Montagu\u003c\/b\u003e (1713 –1776) was the son of a wealthy British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire and of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. He was a student of oriental languages at the University of Leiden, which apparently proved useful during the peace negotiations at Aix-la-Chapelle which concluded the War of the Austrian Succession in 1748.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Womersley\u003c\/b\u003e is Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford. His most recent book is an edition of Jonathan Swift’s \u003ci\u003eGulliver’s Travels\u003c\/i\u003e (CUP, 2012).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liberty Fund Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47015983415536,"sku":"9780865978713","price":24.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780865978713_p0.jpg?v=1763826308","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780865978713","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}