William Blackstone : law and letters in the eighteenth century / Wilfrid Prest.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Blackstone, William, -- 1723-1780.

Lawyers -- Biography -- Great Britain.

Judges -- Biography -- Great Britain.

This book provides a comprehensive account of one of the major figures in eighteenth century public life, using new evidence to shed light on a man whose influential text overshadowed the nature of his intellectual formation and political views.

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Table of contents available via online link.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Oxford scholarship online. Law collection.

9780199550296

xvii, 355 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, col. ports. ; 24 cm