The Blacketts: A Northern Dynasty's Rise, Crisis and Redemption - Softcover

Finch, Greg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1838280995 ISBN 13: 9781838280994

Publisher: Tyne Bridge Publishing, 2022

Synopsis

The Blacketts have cast long shadows over the region's history as Newcastle merchants, miners, the builders of Wallington Hall and political figures in the 1600s and 1700s. Yet historians over the years have previously found it hard to get out from those shadows and to see more than the silhouettes of myth. Greg Finch's flowing account of the first three Sir William Blacketts, based on extensive new research, now dispels those myths. He reveals a vivid story of a dramatic rise from modest origins, the opening up of the regional lead industry, the creation and operation of a huge business and the crises that followed during a turbulent century of conflict and progress.

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About the Author

‘Dr. Greg Finch worked in IT and business consulting for over 20 years. He has written widely on aspects of English history between the 16th and 20th centuries. In 2013 he edited A Pack of Idle Sparks, a collection of early 18th century letters on social history in the North of England.’

Edition details

• Publisher: Tyne Bridge Publishing
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1838280995
• ISBN 13: 9781838280994
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 367