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Secondhand book for saleAlison Plowden.
Lords of the Land.
Published London: Michael Joseph, 1984.
ISBN 0718123328.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: Billing & Sons, Worcester.
Size: 162x241x23mm.
Page count: x,238pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: this copy has some scuffs and marks on the dustjacket, a bit of wear on its edges and corners; boards & spine have some mild wear on the edges and corners; text appears to be free of marking.
This item £4.00
plus P&P £3.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)Weight without packaging: 521g.
Emphasis generally post-medieval. Explores the pedigrees of seven noble families, all but one of whom lay claim to Norman origins (the other being content with a fourteenth-century draper). Based on a Radio 4 series.
Contents: The Percys out of Northumberland; Sackvilles of Knole; Stanleys of Knowsley; Noble house of Howard; House of Cavendish; Russells of Woburn; Spencers of Althorp.
Notes: no
Tables: no
Illustrations: 8, monochrome
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 3pp
Index: yes
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