Country House Life Family and Servants 1815-1914 |
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Author:
| Gerard, Jessica |
Series title: | Family, Sexuality and Social Relations in Past Times Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-631-15566-9 |
Publication Date: | Oct 1994 |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $127.95USD $99.00 |
Book Description:
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This is an account of the lives of the families and the servants of the British country house from the end of the Napoleonic wars to the onset of the Great War. It is a pioneering history based on contemporary records, diaries, private and public autobiographies, and on the childhood recollections of living descendants.
This is an account of the lives of the families and the servants of the British country house from the end of the Napoleonic wars to the onset of the Great War. It is a pioneering history based on contemporary records, diaries, private and public autobiographies, and on the childhood recollections of living descendants.