The Verneys: A True Story of Love, War, and Madness in Seventeenth-century EnglandJonathan Cape, 2007 - 570 pàgines Traces the story of a seventeenth-century English family as drawn from their personal letters and other documents, discussing how their experiences reflected the realities of period gentry life, in an account that includes coverage of their relationships with Parliament and the royal family. |
Continguts
Introduction | xiii |
Francis Turns Turk | xxv |
Venturous Knights | 22 |
Copyright | |
No s’hi han mostrat 25 seccions
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
The Verneys: A True Story of Love, War, and Madness in Seventeenth-century ... Adrian Tinniswood Previsualització limitada - 2007 |
The Verneys: A True Story of Love, War, and Madness in Seventeenth-Century ... Adrian Tinniswood Previsualització limitada - 2008 |
The Verneys: A True Story of Love, War, and Madness in Seventeenth-Century ... Adrian Tinniswood Previsualització limitada - 2008 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
Aleppo Anne Hobart April arrived August Aunt Gardiner Blois brother Buckingham Buckinghamshire Cary Gardiner Charles church cloth court Covenant Covent Garden daughter death December Denton to Sir Doll Leeke Dr Denton Earl East Claydon Elizabeth England English father February France friends Gabriel Roberts hath Henry Hillesden Hobart husband Ibid Jack Verney Jack's James January John John Evelyn July June King King's Lady Hobart letter Levant Levant Company living lodgings London Long Parliament Lord March Margaret marriage married Mary Verney Mary's Memoirs merchants Middle Claydon months Mun's November October Parliament Prince Royalist S. R. Gardiner sent September servants seventeenth-century Sir Edmund Verney Sir Ralph Verney Sir Roger Burgoyne sister Stewkeley things Thomas told Sir Ralph took Uncle Doctor Verney to Jack Verney to Ralph Verney to Sir Verney to William weeks wife William Denton wrote