Biundović Ivan Franjo: An History of the Civill VVarres of England, betweene the two Houfes of Lancsfter and Yorke (Volume I-II)

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An History of the Civill VVarres of England, betweene the two Houfes of Lancsfter and Yorke (Volume I-II)

Biundović Ivan Franjo

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Ivan Franjo Biundović: An History of the Civill VVarres of England, betweene the two Houfes of Lancsfter and Yorke (Volume I-II)

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Ivan Franjo Biundović was a novelist, historian and diplomat (Hvar, December 1573 – Aubonne, Switzerland, 1645). Graduated from law in Padua, was a lawyer
in Hvar, and in 1605 he was a representative of the Hvar People's Assembly in Venice. There, in 1606, he became the private secretary of the Venetian ambassador Pietro Priuli in Paris, where he came into contact with the Protestants. He returned to Venice in 1608 and became a secret agent at the English embassy. Year In 1611, he arrived in Dubrovnik and informed the local authorities about the preparation of the conspiracy of the Rastić brothers. From 1613 he resided in London; In 1622 he became a permanent member of the English court and received a
noble title from James I. After the collapse of the monarchy, he moved with his wife in 1643 to the estate of her brother, the Swiss Protestant Theodore Turquet de Mayerne, in Aubonne, Switzerland, where he lived until his death. He was in Venice in 1637–44. published the historical work History of the Civil War in England between the two houses of Lancaster and York (L'istoria delle gverre civili d'Inghilterra tra le due Case di Lancastro e Iorc). Already in 1641, the first book was published in English, and the second in 1646. The books were translated into English by English nobleman and translator Henry Carey (2nd Earl of Monmouth). Both volume works are bound together. Ex libris Dubravčić.
Source: Croatian encyclopedia

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  • Author: Biundović Ivan Franjo
  • Publisher: John Benson
  • Year of publication:1641
  • Place of publication:London
  • Pages:162 str. + 175 str. + 236 str.
  • Dimensions:20x30 cm
  • Script:Latinica
  • Condition:Vrlo dobro
  • Binding:Tvrdi

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