Retrospections of Dorothea Herbert 1770-1806
1929/30
Gerald Howe
First Edition
12mo, 2 vols
Description:
Rare memoir of the eldest of the nine children of the Rev. Nicholas Herbert, Church of Ireland rector in County Tipperary. It is a remarkable and vivid account of the life of the Anglo-Irish gentry in late eighteenth-century Munster, with its servants, drinking, quarrels, balls and matchmaking, set against the background of popular unrest, and it traces the author’s unrequited passion for John Roe of Rockwell, which shaped her life.
Condition:
Very Good Condition. Hardback. Binding is firm and pages are clean. Boards are clean with minimal wear. Photo is of actual book.
Retrospections of Dorothea Herbert 1770-1806
1929/30
Gerald Howe
First Edition
12mo, 2 vols
Description:
Rare memoir of the eldest of the nine children of the Rev. Nicholas Herbert, Church of Ireland rector in County Tipperary. It is a remarkable and vivid account of the life of the Anglo-Irish gentry in late eighteenth-century Munster, with its servants, drinking, quarrels, balls and matchmaking, set against the background of popular unrest, and it traces the author’s unrequited passion for John Roe of Rockwell, which shaped her life.
Condition:
Very Good Condition. Hardback. Binding is firm and pages are clean. Boards are clean with minimal wear. Photo is of actual book.
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