The Verneys: A True Story of Love, War, and Madness in Seventeenth-Century EnglandPenguin, 6 mai 2008 - 592 pages The remarkable story of one English family during the tumultuous seventeenth century, as revealed through their original letters and documents. "To know the Verneys is to know the seventeenth century," Adrian Tinniswood writes in this brilliant book. The Verney family's centuries-long practice of saving every piece of paper that came into their possession -- amassing some 100,000 pages of family and estate letters and documents -- resulted in the largest and most complete private collection of seventeenth-century correspondence in the Western world to date. They paint an incredibly accurate and detailed picture of life in England, Europe, and even the American colonies, through the everyday lives of one extraordinary family. |
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... Mary b . and d . Jul . 1632 Mary John Kelyng b . 1675 d . 1696 1. John Denton of Fawler , Oxfordshire 2. Sir J. Osborne of Knockmore Castle , County Waterford Frances daughter of John Hastings of Elford , in Oxfordshire. The VERNEYS Sir ...
... Mary b . and d . Jul . 1632 Mary John Kelyng b . 1675 d . 1696 1. John Denton of Fawler , Oxfordshire 2. Sir J. Osborne of Knockmore Castle , County Waterford Frances daughter of John Hastings of Elford , in Oxfordshire. The VERNEYS Sir ...
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... Mary de- cided to cement their families ' fortunes by marrying Francis to his stepsis- ter , Ursula St. Barbe . Lady Mary's daughter by her second marriage was twelve at the time ; Francis was fourteen . The intention behind this was ...
... Mary de- cided to cement their families ' fortunes by marrying Francis to his stepsis- ter , Ursula St. Barbe . Lady Mary's daughter by her second marriage was twelve at the time ; Francis was fourteen . The intention behind this was ...
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... Mary was in London with her lawyer , waving a letter for Cecil to sign that would confirm her own rights and put a ... Mary's lawyer invited him to consult the Attorney of the Wards , Sir Thomas Hesketh , who was well acquainted with the ...
... Mary was in London with her lawyer , waving a letter for Cecil to sign that would confirm her own rights and put a ... Mary's lawyer invited him to consult the Attorney of the Wards , Sir Thomas Hesketh , who was well acquainted with the ...
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... Mary's counsel , Randall Carew , proved the more persuasive . He pointed out that Sir Edmund Verney had personally steered the original bill through Parliament , and had " laboured divers friends in it . " But the most telling ar ...
... Mary's counsel , Randall Carew , proved the more persuasive . He pointed out that Sir Edmund Verney had personally steered the original bill through Parliament , and had " laboured divers friends in it . " But the most telling ar ...
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... MARY BLACKNALL came from Abingdon in Oxfordshire . Born on St. Valentine's Day 1616 , she was the youngest daughter of one of the wealthiest men in the town ; and when her father and mother died on the same day , Au- gust 21 , 1625 ...
... MARY BLACKNALL came from Abingdon in Oxfordshire . Born on St. Valentine's Day 1616 , she was the youngest daughter of one of the wealthiest men in the town ; and when her father and mother died on the same day , Au- gust 21 , 1625 ...
Table des matières
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A Little Fading Honor | 95 |
The Best of Men | 118 |
Fortunes Wheel Is Ever Turning | 137 |
This World Is Full of Changes | 157 |
IO A Strange Cruelty | 205 |
Mischief | 231 |
Oh My My Dear Dear | 253 |
All the Physic in the World | 355 |
She Doth Not Rave | 379 |
The Levant Trader | 396 |
Natural Bias | 421 |
Good Husbandry | 446 |
Without Escutcheons | 466 |
He Grows Weary | 490 |
Acknowledgments | 511 |
Giro dItalia | 273 |
None but Princes | 299 |
Mend Me or End Me | 319 |
Perfect Empress of My Heart | 336 |
Bibliography | 545 |
Index | 557 |
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