The Diary of a Suffolk Farmer's Wife, 1854-69 by Sheila M Hardy

The Diary of a Suffolk Farmer's Wife, 1854-69 by Sheila M Hardy

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Brought up amid the coaching business, Elizabeth Cotton became the wife of a Suffolk tenant farmer. The diaries she kept between 1854-1869 give accounts of her activities, a social life which included holiday travel in England and France, as well as a range of current fashions and events.

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The Diary of a Suffolk Farmer's Wife, 1854-69 by Sheila M Hardy

Brought up amid the lively coaching business, Elizabeth Cotton became the wife of a Suffolk tenant farmer twenty years her senior. The diaries she kept between 1854-1869 give accounts of her everyday activities, a busy social life, which included holiday travel around the country and to France, as well as a wide range of current fashions and events. Sheila Hardy has taken this information to expand our knowledge of life for a mid-Victorian middle class woman.
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ISBN 13 9780333524091
ISBN 10 0333524098
Title The Diary of a Suffolk Farmer's Wife, 1854-69
Author Sheila M Hardy
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Year published 1992-01-13
Number of pages 205
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.