- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Nabu Press (23 Mar 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1147589291
- ISBN-13: 978-1147589290
- Product Dimensions: 1.9 x 2.5 x 0.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,219,966 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe, Wife of Sir Richard Fanshawe, b...
and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle .
Learn more
| ||||||||||||||||||
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Plus, get an extra £5 Gift Certificate when you trade in books worth £10 or more before June 30, 2012. Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. |
Product details |
Product Description
Product Description
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organise and find favourite items. |
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
This memoir is a fascinating account of expatriate life during the mid 17th century. Lady Fanshawe is pregnant at least 18 times (bearing 15 children) during the course of just over 20 years of marriage. On top of her role as mother she also repeatedly gets sent back to Britain to procure money for her husband's expenses as a member of the court and as an ambassador. The Fanshawe family move frequently and are victims of theft at each move. Lady Fanshawe remains extremely bright and cheerful in her writing, accepting her life as it is.
Having read the introduction I was prepared for the fact that her memoir stops mid-sentence!
This edition also includes some letters her husband wrote, which I found less interesting.
Having read the introduction I was prepared for the fact that her memoir stops mid-sentence!
This edition also includes some letters her husband wrote, which I found less interesting.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
Set in the time for the Civil War (UK of course) it is easy reading and has a full and useful introduction by Beatrice Marshall. The proof reading seems good. It is a transcription from the 1905 edition, edited by Beatrice Marshall, published by John Lane, The Bodley Head, London and New York, 1905. The illustrations are not included with this kindle copy but can be seen in the internet archive PDF copy. Other free copies seem to be badly (or not at all) proof read.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
1 review
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Good description of western Europe
30 Aug 2009
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is an autobiography by a woman whose husband was the English ambassador to Spain in the 1660s. She starts with her childhood and then goes into their married years as they traveled around England, Ireland, France, Portugal and Spain. They spent lots of time with the royalty and upper-class of those countries, and they were treated like royalty in Spain, where they were greeted by trumpets and cannon-fire everywhere they went. She likes writing about clothes and the furnishings in the houses and palaces they saw. There was an amazing amount of sickness and death which was just routine for them- they had 10 kids die young, they saw towns wiped out by plague, and when they got sick they spent weeks or months in bed. She was slightly obsessed with money, always telling how much things cost. The last 20% of the book is her husband's letters, which are completely different than hers- he's all business and she's all personal. This is an enjoyable book, and a good way to learn about life in 17th century Europe.
Was this review helpful?
Let us know
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
