Captain Gronow: His Reminiscences of Regency and Victorian Life 1810-60

R. H. (Rees Howell) Gronow

ISBN 10: 1856260135 / ISBN 13: 9781856260138

Published by London: Kyle Cathie, 1991

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Condition Notes: A touch faded at the base of the dust wrapper spine. Text complete, clean and tight but with a hint of age-toning to the margins.; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over cream boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 9½" x 6¼" (1 kg); pp (xvii) 313; Index; Edited by Christopher Hibbert; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #197615 ||.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Captain Gronow: His Reminiscences of Regency and Victorian Life 1810-60
• Publisher: London: Kyle Cathie
• Publication Date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 1856260135
• ISBN 13: 9781856260138
• Binding: Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good+
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Synopsis

In introducing his reminiscences to the public in 1862, their author claimed that he had lived through the larger part of one of the most eventful centuries of England's history and to have known most of the remarkable men of his day. Captain Gronow was not a profound thinker, nor deeply interested in the political or social questions, but he was an observer of the surface of life, of the foibles and eccentricities of the beau monde and of the manners and oddities of Regency England and 19th-century France. Christopher Hibbert, who edited these memoirs, also wrote "The English: A Social History", "The Encyclopedia of London" and "Redcoats and Rebels: The War for America 1776 - 1781".

Book Description

Captain Gronow was an observer of the surface of life, of the foibles and eccentricities of the beau monde and of the manners and oddities of Regency England and 19th-century France. These memoirs are edited and introduced by Christopher Hibbert who also wrote "The English: A Social History".