The Verneys: A True Story of Love, War and Madness in Seventeenth Century England
by Adrian Tinniswood
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0224072552
- ISBN 13
- 9780224072557
- Seller
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Newhaven, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
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
Synopsis
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)
- 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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