Black Diamonds: The Rise and Fall of an English Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of a Great English Dynasty - Rilegato

Bailey, Catherine

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0670915424 ISBN 13: 9780670915422

Casa editrice: Viking, 2007

Riassunto

Wentworth is in Yorkshire and was surrounded by seventy collieries employing tens of thousands of men. It is the finest and largest Georgian house in Britain and belonged to the Fitzwilliam family.

It is England's forgotten palace and 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.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Catherine Bailey read History at Oxford University. She is a successful, award-winning television producer and director, making a range of critically acclaimed documentary films inspired by her interest in twentieth-century history. This is her first book. She lives in West London.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Viking
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0670915424
• ISBN 13: 9780670915422
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 544