Family skeletons : exploring the lives of our disreputable ancestors
Paley, Ruth2005
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A comprehensive survey of the ancestors our families kept secret - from bastards to highwaymen to spies - this book includes over 40 dark histories, including thumbnail sketches of infamous lives such as Oscar Wilde and Harold Shipman.
Main title:
Family skeletons : exploring the lives of our disreputable ancestors / by Ruth Paley and Simon Fowler.
Imprint:
Kew : National Archives, 2005.
Collation:
x, 246 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cm.
Notes:
Ill. on lining papers.Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-241) and index.
ISBN:
9781903365540 (hbk)
Dewey class:
929.1364.942
Language:
English
BRN:
381697
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