16963 long Beautiful book like new other

Beautiful book like new other than slight flaw to front top of jacket

especially as they came to light in time to shatter the notions that Jane Austen was such a gentle creature she would likely "faint when she received a proposal

Opens us to the heartbreak that often was hidden behind the glittering facade of Regency characters

This 1997 edition is reduced

Truly a delight

16963 long Beautiful book like new otherLewis fancies that God has determined to destroy his painstakingly gathered monumental collection of 18th century books, papers, and works of art that resides in the Lewis Walpole Library, but permits him to rescue 26 objects for posterity. Lewis describes these 26 objects, their connections to Walpole, his family or friends, and relates anecdotes on how they came to be in his collection. Of interest to students of 18th century history as well as