Home Life Four by Alice Thomas Ellis
Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1829-1902) was a distinguished Victorian historian of the seventeenth century who coined the term 'Puritan Revolution' and was noted for his use of and editorial work on primary sources. This ten-volume work was published in 1883-4, though he had already published eight volumes on the period 1603-37, of which the first two were considerably revised for this edition; and in later works he continued the story through the Civil War, the Commonwealth and the Protectorate. The series was highly regarded in its time, and reprinted often, although it was not without its critics. Gardiner aimed at writing 'scientific history', relying on the facts to speak for themselves. This fourth volume spans the period 1621-3, and includes chapters on the disgrace of Francis Bacon, the voyage of the Mayflower, and English diplomatic efforts to contain the spread of war in Europe.Alice Thomas Ellis (1932-2005) was a well-known British author who lived from 1932 to 2005. The 27th Kingdom, which was nominated for a Booker Prize, and The Inn at the End of the Earth, which won the Writers' Guild Award for Best Fiction in 1991, are two of her dozen novels. She also edited books by Penelope Fitzgerald and Beryl Bainbridge and published several essays by them. She was a Royal Society of Literature Fellow.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780715622971 |
| ISBN 10 | 0715622978 |
| Title | Home Life Four |
| Author | Alice Thomas Ellis |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Duckworth Overlook |
| Year published | 1989-12-07 |
| Number of pages | 169 |
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