Coachmaker by John Ford
The personal papers of Philip Godsal, carriage manufacturer, have been preserved in a remarkable archive which includes a diary which he maintained for37 years with every item of his personal expenditure. Previously unpublished, these papers allow the first extensive modern study of the "mystery" of coachmaking, and they provide an intimate portrait of a man and his business, his family and friends, and the world in which they lived. His circle of acquaintances ranged from the Prince of Wales, to whose Masonic lodge he belonged, the Prime Minister, William Pitt who was his customer, the actress Mrs Abington, from whom he bought a house, to Henry Fauntelroy, whom he sponsored as a freemason and who was hanged for forgery."
John Ford was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Balliol College, Oxford where he obtained a BA in Modern History. He is now a freelance writer and editor and was for many years a Director of Arthur Ackermann & Son of Bond Street, the leading specialist in sporting art. He has written a number of books on sporting and social history and has organised many exhibitions. He wrote the script of Thames Television series 'This Sporting Land' and a number of artists' biographies for the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781904057796 |
| ISBN 10 | 1904057799 |
| Title | Coachmaker |
| Author | John Ford |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Quiller Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 2005-12-01 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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