A Later Pepys Encounters Dr. Johnson
A collateral relation of the famous diarist met with some alarming experiences in Dr. Johnson’s company during the 1780s, writes D. Pepys Whiteley.
Volume 17 Issue 11 November 1967
Escape from the Bastille, 1559
Joan Hasler describes how, as controller of Calais in 1558, Edward Grimston was captured when the town surrendered to the Duke of Guise and held to ransom in the Bastille.
The Problem of the Native Clergy in Portuguese India, 1518-1787
C.R. Boxer offers a study of the religious problems in early Roman Catholic missions.
The Roman Legions and their Officers
Geoffrey Powell offers a study of everyday Imperial military life.
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier: Merchant Extraordinary
George A. Rothrock introduces the son of a Protestant engraver, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier; a dealer in gems, Tavernier made six important journeys to Persia, India and Tonkin during the reign of Louis XIV
The Paris Peace Conference, Part I
Norman Bentwich recalls the official meetings in Paris of 1946, which were concerned with the future of Germany’s former allies in Europe. At these protracted sessions the conflict between the Soviet Union and the Western Powers gradually came into the open.