The Verneys by Adrian Tinniswood
Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize. In this extraordinary saga, Adrian Tinniswood draws on tens of thousands of letters, which survived by chance in an attic, to reveal the remarkable world of the Verneys, a family of Buckinghamshire gentry in the seventeenth century.
A marvellous historyIntimate and compelling, it's an exciting tale of adventure on the high seas and a family torn apart by civil war * Daily Mail *
A compelling drama of marriage, death, madness and adventure -- Stella Tillyard * Sunday Times *
A fascinating and engrossing tale * Sunday Telegraph *
Much more than a powerful family saga, full of spectacular rows and tearful makings-up, joyful births and tragic early deaths... A model for how biography and social history can be made to work magnificently together * Financial Times *
A wonderfully immediate, intimate portrait of an age * Scotsman *
A compelling drama of marriage, death, madness and adventure -- Stella Tillyard * Sunday Times *
A fascinating and engrossing tale * Sunday Telegraph *
Much more than a powerful family saga, full of spectacular rows and tearful makings-up, joyful births and tragic early deaths... A model for how biography and social history can be made to work magnificently together * Financial Times *
A wonderfully immediate, intimate portrait of an age * Scotsman *
Adrian Tinniswood is professorial research fellow in history at the University of Buckingham, adjunct professor of history at Maynooth University and the author of many books on British history, including the Sunday Times bestseller The Long Weekend. He was awarded an OBE for services to heritage, and lives in the west of Ireland.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844134144 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844134148 |
| Title | The Verneys |
| Author | Adrian Tinniswood |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2008-04-03 |
| Number of pages | 608 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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