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Description edit
From the chance discovery in an attic of thousands of letters comes this fascinating story of an English family in the seventeenth century. The Verneys is narrative social history at its best.
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Characters/People edit
- Ralph Verney: Add a description of this character.
- Edmund Verney
- Lady Mary
- Claydon
- Tom
- Charles
- Jack
- Smith
- William Denton
- Cromwell
- Henry
- Francis
- Gardiner
- Lady Margaret
- James
- Eleanor
- Gabriel Roberts
- John
- Dick
- Elizabeth
- Anne Hobart
- Lady Susan
- Roger Burgoyne
- Alexander Denton
- Leslie
- Ormond
- Molly
- Cary
- Mall
- Holland
- Sherard
- Mrs Abell
- Lady Hobart
- Munsey
- Henrietta Maria
- Van Dyck
- Hillesden
Setting & Locations edit
- London
- England
- Aleppo
- France
- Blois
- Ireland
- Italy
- Buckinghamshire
- Spain
- Madrid
- Europe
- Whitehall
- Rome
- Barbados
- Dublin
- York
- Oxford
- Scodand
- Strafford
- Venice
- Paris
- Bristol
- Covent Garden
- Virginia
- Drogheda
- Aylesbury
- Rouen
- Wales
- Edgehill
- Arundel
- Edinburgh
- Naples
- Dorset
- Tunis
- Newcasde
- Verneys
- Smyrna
- Berwick
- Wwii
- Alianora
- Cuddesdon
- Lincoln
- West Indies
- Scotland
- Northamptonshire
- Scanderoon
- Marseilles
First Sentence edit
TO KNOW THE VERNEY FAMILY is to understand seventeenth-century England.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Adrian Tinniswood (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Country: England
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0224072552
Page Count: 500
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Country: England
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0224072552
Page Count: 500
Awards edit
- Samuel Johnson Prize (Finalist, 2007, Shortlist)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 929.20942
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