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One Fine Day A Journey Through English Time
One Fine Day A Journey Through English Time
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Description: One day Ian Marchant acclaimed author of books on music railways and pubs decided as all men of a certain age must to have a dig around his family history. Surprisingly quickly a web search informed him that his seven - times - great great - grandfather Thomas Marchant had left a detailed diary from 1714 to 1728. So far so jolly Life - loving diarist Thom - who liked a drink and a game of cards - feels recognisably Marchant to Ian. With fascinating detail we learn about Thom's family farm and fishponds; about dung horses and mud; about beer the wife's nights out his own job troubles and their shared worries for their children. But as Ian digs deeper beyond the Sussex diary's bucolic portrait he discovers a subtext - a family descended from immigrants with antiestablishment politics who are struggling with illness political instability and cash crises - just as their country does three centuries on. Rich and immersive One Fine Day draws a living portrait of Marchant family life in the 1720s and how their England (rainy muddy politically turbulent illnessridden) became the England of the 2020s.
Title: One Fine Day A Journey Through English Time
Author(s): Marchant Ian
Publisher: September Publishing
Barcode: 9781914613555
Pages: 364 Pages
Publication Date: 7/9/2024
Category: Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900
Description: One day Ian Marchant acclaimed author of books on music railways and pubs decided as all men of a certain age must to have a dig around his family history. Surprisingly quickly a web search informed him that his seven - times - great great - grandfather Thomas Marchant had left a detailed diary from 1714 to 1728. So far so jolly Life - loving diarist Thom - who liked a drink and a game of cards - feels recognisably Marchant to Ian. With fascinating detail we learn about Thom's family farm and fishponds; about dung horses and mud; about beer the wife's nights out his own job troubles and their shared worries for their children. But as Ian digs deeper beyond the Sussex diary's bucolic portrait he discovers a subtext - a family descended from immigrants with antiestablishment politics who are struggling with illness political instability and cash crises - just as their country does three centuries on. Rich and immersive One Fine Day draws a living portrait of Marchant family life in the 1720s and how their England (rainy muddy politically turbulent illnessridden) became the England of the 2020s.
Title: One Fine Day A Journey Through English Time
Author(s): Marchant Ian
Publisher: September Publishing
Barcode: 9781914613555
Pages: 364 Pages
Publication Date: 7/9/2024
Category: Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900