A true and genuine history of the two last wars against France and Spain. ... Interspersed with many entertaining accidents and instructive stories of the late Earl of Peterborough, ... By Capt. George Carleton, present in the engagements both in the fleet and the army.
Defoe, Daniel,1661?-1731,
Carleton, George,active 1728.
London : printed for Francis Gosling,
1741.
"To the reader" has no postscript.
The dedication is "To the Right Honourable Spencer Lord Compton, Baron of Wilmington. ..".
Written in the first person, but not in fact by Carleton. Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe (Wilson (tentative), Lee, Trent, Hutchins, Moore, Novak ("possibly in part by a real G. Carleton"). Attribution disputed by Furbank and Owens, Defoe de-attributions.
A reissue of 'The memoirs of an English officer', London, 1728, with a cancel titlepage and sig. A4.
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Moore,