The Chronicles Of Waltham..
Bound in original printed paper wrappers as issued. A little worn at extremities and the spine has been replaced, but a rare survivor in original condition.
£150.00
Publisher
A. and W. Galignani and Co., Paris :,
Date
1835
Item Description
8vo. First Continental Edition, issued in the same year as the first English edition.
Notes
George Robert Gleig (1796-1888). On leaving Oxford in 1811, Gleig joined the army, and was involved in the later stages of the Napoleonic wars. He was ordained in 1820 by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and became Curate of Westwell. Ash and Ivychurch were added later to his jurisdiction. His novel is of great social interest, reflecting the life of the country people in the parish of Waltham and East Kent in general. The backdrop of England at the end of the long years of war bringing change to these quiet communities; falling corn prices, smallholdings becoming unprofitable, leading to evictions of families who for generations had held the same farms. The knowledgeable reader will see through the thinly disguised portraits of well-known landowners, and families who are still to be found in the locality today. RARE.
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