{"product_id":"the-diaries-of-charlotte-downes-john-lane-9780955722639","title":"The Diaries of Charlotte Downes Volume 1","description":"The Diaries of Charlotte Downes, Volume I, is the third in a four-volume set, covering years 1828, 1829, 1831-1837. The diaries afford the reader a glimpse of a small corner of rural England from the Regency through to the early-mid Victorian periods when life was based on a timeless and often precarious agricultural economy, a rigid, inequitable class system and deference to an authoritative Church. Charlotte, the daughter of an influential Wiltshire land-owner, was first cousin to the poet Shelley; she later married Richard Downes, rector of Berwick St John. Her diaries, together with those of her sister, Harriet, have been described by one authority as \"like a novel by Jane Austen, but for real\". This full transcription contains entries spanning a period of almost fifty years and provides a useful resource for scholars and social historians alike. Family historians will find recorded within these pages an extraordinary number of named individuals, from families representing all sections of society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Lane,Valerie Lane Kay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0955722632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780955722639\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Claret Jug Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/06\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.25d","brand":"John Lane","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47473958846719,"sku":"9780955722639","price":41.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_92853857-3c0e-4a18-b232-7983fb83a769.jpg?v=1762314051","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-diaries-of-charlotte-downes-john-lane-9780955722639","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}