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The Book of the Grenvilles
Author(s): Newbolt, Henry
Illustrator(s): Ford, Henry J
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Volume Condition: | Good |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | N/A |
| Dust Jacket Protection: | N/A |
| Signature: | None |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | Longmans, Green, and Co |
| Publication Year: | 1921 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| Book ID: | 017624 |
| Catalogue(s): | History - Family and Institutional History, Geneaology |
264pp, five black and white plates (inc. colour tissue-guarded frontispiece). Blue cloth-covered boards; titles on spine. Shelf wear to boards; sun-tanned spine, titles faded, cloth torn and frayed; volume quite loose. Text block edges tanning Half-title page and last page tanning and foxing. Internally, neat and clean.
A history of the Grenville family who rose from poverty to great wealth, building Stowe House and gaining a dukedom in the process, only to come close to bankruptcy in the mid 19th century and evenually losing the family title.
Keywords:
Family History
Stowe
Dukedoms
Grenville
