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The Verneys: A True Story of Love, War and Madness in Seventeenth Century England

The Verneys: A True Story of Love, War and Madness in Seventeenth Century England

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The Verneys: A True Story of Love, War and Madness in Seventeenth Century England

by Adrian Tinniswood

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ISBN 10
0224072552
ISBN 13
9780224072557
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Jonathan Cape, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. First edition, first printing.Internally clean and unmarked, natural age browning to upper and lower closed text block; unclipped jacket, slight creasing to top of spine. The author has taken the collected letters of the Verneys and turned them into a fascinating story of life in the Civil War and Restoration. The Verney family characters are all uniquely human with frailties and aspirations that are recognisable today, especially in how Sir Ralph Verney tries to maintain the family fortunes, have his sons shoulder responsibilities and marry well with large dowries. The women are not in the background and show how they rebel to the strictures placed on them by society. Adrian's own views stay in the background except for some, for him, shocking revelations as to personal conduct. Its a surprisingly readable page turning insight into how an aristocratic family copes with being torn apart by the Civil War. 592 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Historical. ISBN: 0224072552. ISBN/EAN: 9780224072557. Inventory No: dscf9546. . 9780224072557

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Adrian Tinniswood is the author of His Invention So Fertile: A Life of Christopher Wren and Visions of Power : Ambition and Architecture from Ancient Times to the Present . He is a respected author, lecturer, and broadcaster in Britain and the United States.

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Bookseller
Denton Island Books GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
dscf9546
Title
The Verneys: A True Story of Love, War and Madness in Seventeenth Century England
Author
Adrian Tinniswood
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
0224072552
ISBN 13
9780224072557
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
2007
Keywords
BZDB229 Biography & Autobiography; Historical. The Verneys A True Story of Love War and Madness in Seventeenth Century England Adrian Tinniswood

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