Author: MOORE, CHARLOTTE.
Title: Hancox.
Description: First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xviii, 484; 24 pages of coloured and b/w. photographs, family tree, double page map, bibliography, index, bound in original brown cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine dustjacket, fine copy. London; Viking/Penguin; 2010. Charlotte Moore, who still lives at Hancox tells the story of the house and the family. Every cupboard and every drawer is crammed with relics of family history - letters, diaries, school reports, sketchbooks, even bundles of bills. From this unique archive, she has pieced together a gripping narrative of love and jealousy, heroism and loss, riches and poverty. Hancox is at once a richly detailed portrait of a remarkable family and a valuable account of Victorian and Edwardian society.
Keywords: biography england
Title: Hancox.
Description: First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xviii, 484; 24 pages of coloured and b/w. photographs, family tree, double page map, bibliography, index, bound in original brown cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine dustjacket, fine copy. London; Viking/Penguin; 2010. Charlotte Moore, who still lives at Hancox tells the story of the house and the family. Every cupboard and every drawer is crammed with relics of family history - letters, diaries, school reports, sketchbooks, even bundles of bills. From this unique archive, she has pieced together a gripping narrative of love and jealousy, heroism and loss, riches and poverty. Hancox is at once a richly detailed portrait of a remarkable family and a valuable account of Victorian and Edwardian society.
Keywords: biography england
Price: AUD 30.00 = appr. US$ 20.76 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 114676
- Book number: 114676