The Pacha of Many Tales (1835).By: Frederick Marryat and By: Thomas Hardy (3 March 1752 - 11 October 1832): Complete set Volume I, II and III

Thomas Hardy (3 March 1752 - 11 October 1832) was an early Radical, and the founder, first Secretary, and Treasurer of the London Corresponding Society. Hardy was born on 3 March 1752 in Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland, the son of a merchant seaman. His father died in 1760 at sea while Thomas was still a boy. He was sent to school by his maternal grandfather and later apprenticed to a shoemaker in Stirlingshire. He later worked in the Carron Iron Works. As a young man, he came to London ju...