Children of the great country houses / Adeline Hartcup
1982, 1st edition. London : Sidgwick & Jackson. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #426932
ISBN: 0283988266
Physical description; 220 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-213) and index. Contents; Mothers and fathers -- Mentors and tormentors -- Privilege and pleasure -- Upbringing and education -- Religion and death -- Sickness and health -- Rank and class -- Bastards and break ups -- Us and them -- Eminent and Victorian -- Sex and sensibility -- To and fro -- Castles and abbeys -- Rebels and conformists -- The Howards at Naworth and Castle Howard -- The Cecils at Hatfield -- The Russells at Ravenscroft and Pembroke lodge -- The Lyttletons and Gladstones at Hagley an Hawarden -- Farewell to nursery. Subjects; Sitwell, Edith 1887-1964. Sitwell, George Reresby Sir 1860-1943. Sitwell, Osbert 1892-1969. Sitwell, Sacheverell 1897-1988. Sitwell family. 1800-1899. Children of the rich Great Britain History 19th century. Country homes Great Britain History 19th century. Upper class Great Britain History 19th century. Manors Great Britain History 19th century. Nobility Great Britain History 19th century.
Price: €12.95