Author:James Norris Brewer

James Norris Brewer
(1777–1839)

English topographer and novelist

Works

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Romances

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  • A Winter's Tale, a romance (1799)
  • Mountville Castle, a Village Story (1808)
  • Secrets made Public, a novel (1808)
  • An Old Family Legend (1811)
  • Sir Ferdinand of England, a romance (1812)
  • Sir Gilbert Easterling, a romance (1813)
  • The Fitzwalters, Barons of Chesterton; or Ancient Times in England (1829)

Essays

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  • Some Thoughts on the Present State of the English Peasantry (1807)

Topographical Works

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  • A Descriptive and Historical Account of various Palaces and Public Buildings, English and Foreign; with Biographical Notices of their Founders or Builders, and other eminent persons (1810)
  • The Beauties of England and Wales
    • History of Oxfordshire (1813)
    • Warwickshire (1814)
    • Middlesex (1816)
  • Introduction to the Beauties of England and Wales, comprising observations on the Britons, the Romans in Britain, the Anglo-Saxons, the Anglo-Danes, and the Normans (1818)
  • Histrionic Topography, or the Birthplaces, Residences, and Funeral Monuments of the most distinguished Actors (1818)
  • The Picture of England, or Historical and Descriptive Delineations of the most curious Works of Nature and Art in each County (1820)
  • The Delineations of Gloucestershire
  • The Beauties of Ireland (1826)

Works about Brewer

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"Brewer, James Norris," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.

 

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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