Aspects of Aristocracy

Aspects of Aristocracy
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 372
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ISBN-10 : 0300059817
ISBN-13 : 9780300059816
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Book Synopsis Aspects of Aristocracy by : David Cannadine

Download or read book Aspects of Aristocracy written by David Cannadine and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He reconstructs the extraordinary financial history of the dukes of Devonshire, narrates the story of the Cozens-Hardys, a Norfolk family who played a remarkably varied part in the life of their county, and offers a controversial reappraisal of the forebears, lives, work, and personalities of Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West - a portrait, notes Cannadine, of more than a marriage.


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