Buy this book on-line BAILEY, CATHERINE: : BLACK DIAMONDS - THE RISE AND FALL OF AN ENGLISH DYNASTYLONDON.VIKING/PENGUIN BOOKS.2007. ISBN 9780670915422.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,tinted monochrome photographic front panel of dw/dj with black letters and embossed gilt part title,repeated to spine /backstrip,rear panel with b/w underground mining photograph; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+ fore-edges generally bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – near pristine,would appear unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip,a gold headband,and immaculate/clean plain white endpapers.UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,viii-xxiiipp+4-518pp [paginated] includes list of illustrations, acknowledgements,a Preface,an introduction,Pts I-VI comprising 37 chapters and an Epilogue,and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, a dedication,double-page Fitzwilliam genealogical Family Tree chart and individual Pts separator pages.
An extraordinary tale of family feuds, forbidden love, civil unrest and the downfall of a mining dynasty Wentworth in Yorkshire was surrounded by 70 collieries employing tens of thousands of men.It is the finest and largest Georgian house in Britain and belonged to the Fitzwilliam family.England's forgotten palace,it belonged to Britain's richest aristocrats.
'Black Diamonds' tells the story of its demise: family feuds,forbidden love,class war,and a tragic and violent death played their part.But coal,one of the most emotive issues in twentieth century British politics,lies at its heart.This is the extraordinary story of how the fabric of English society shifted beyond recognition in fifty turbulent years in the twentieth century.
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