Opis: Tales of Our - Walford Edward

Excerpt from Tales of Our: Great Families

Under the title of 'Tales of our Great Families' I have ventured to publish a series of narratives relating to the families of the titled and untitled nobility of this country, in the hope of amusing my readers with materials which for many years I have been gleaning from various sources, and which have grown so rapidly in my hands that my only difficulty seems to lie in selecting amid such an embarras de richesses. If it be not literally true that every house, whether high or low, has its 'skeleton in the closet,' at all events the past history of most of our ancient houses is replete with incidents, which, however artlessly they may be told, will certainly make good the adage that 'truth is stranger than fiction.'

In treating of these matters I wish by way of preface to remark that my readers must not always look for novelty. I shall often, I know, be telling a 'thrice-told tale'; for in the anecdotal writings of Horace Walpole, Mrs. Delany, Sir Nathanial Wraxall, the Hon. Grantley Berkeley, Captain Gronow, Lord William Lennox, the late Duke of Buckingham, Sir Bernard Burke, and Dr. Doran I have a constant well from which to draw supplies. It is possible, however, to recast these materials and those taken from other sources, and to mould them all into one harmonious whole, which, I trust, may not be found devoid of interest.

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Szczegóły: Tales of Our - Walford Edward

Nazwa: Tales of Our Great Families (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Walford Edward
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781330421055
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 398
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

Recenzje: Tales of Our - Walford Edward