One fine day : a journey through English time
Marchant, Ian2023
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This is the story of Ian Marchant's great (x7) grandfather, Thomas Marchant who left a detailed diary from 1714 to 1728. Life-loving Thomas - who liked a drink and game of cards - feels recognisably Marchant to Ian. Thomas wrote about his family farm and fishponds; about dung, horses and mud, and about the making and drinking of cider. But, as Ian discovers, he was also a Fifteener, a Jacobite sympathiser determined to bring down the monarchy. Ian Marchant tells the story of uncovering a new relative and digs deep into the daily life and political concerns of the 1720s.
Main title:
One fine day : a journey through English time / Ian Marchant.
Author:
Marchant, Ian, author
Imprint:
London : September Publishing, 2023.
Collation:
356 pages : illustrations
ISBN:
9781912836994 (hbk)
Dewey class:
941.071
Local class:
941.071
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3469576