The profligate son, or, A true story of family conflict, fashionable vice, and financial ruin in Regency Britain
Book |
Basic Books,
New York :
c2013.
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welland Main | 941.073092 Jacks-P | Biography | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
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- ISBN: 9780465008926 (hc) :
- Physical Description: xix, 332 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.print
- Publisher: New York : Basic Books, c2013.
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note: Introduction: the profligate heir -- The sins of the father -- An improper education -- Lessons in love and life in London -- An officer and a gentleman -- Boarding the fleet -- To the brink of destruction -- A mansion of misery -- Cheltenham and Gloucester unmasked -- Retribution -- The nature of a contagious distemper -- Of gentlemen and convicts -- Ruined suitors.