| Wives and Daughters: Women and Children in the Georgian Country House Contributor(s): Martin, Joanna (Author) |
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ISBN: 1852852712 ISBN-13: 9781852852719 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2004 Annotation: Told through the stories, journals and personal letters of the women of the powerful Fox family, "Wives and Daughters" is a window into the daily lives and experiences of women of eighteenth-century aristocratic society and the country houses that symbolized the power and taste of eighteenth-century Britain. Combining personality with historical setting and detail, Joanna Martin traces the lives of fifteen individual women in their four country houses through several generations, in society and at home. Taking an intimate and personal look at courtship, marriage, childbirth, education, houses and gardens, reading, hobbies, travel and health, this book is an engrossing account of woman's lives in this fascinating time. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 305.489 |
| LCCN: 2004276470 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.43" W x 9.5" (1.80 lbs) 454 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Geographic Orientation - Georgia - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Told through the stories, journals and personal letters of the women of the powerful Fox family, Wives and Daughters is a window into the daily lives and experiences of women of eighteenth-century aristocratic society and the country houses that symbolized the power and taste of eighteenth-century Britain. Combining personality with historical setting and detail, Joanna Martin traces the lives of fifteen individual women in their four country houses through several generations, in society and at home. Taking an intimate and personal look at courtship, marriage, childbirth, education, houses and gardens, reading, hobbies, travel and health, this book is an engrossing account of woman's lives in this fascinating time. |