Kings of the Hunting-Field: Memoirs and Anecdotes of Distinguished Masters of Hounds and Other Celebrities of the Chase, with Histories of Famous ... Traditions of Great Houses (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Thormanby Thormanby

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1333791194 ISBN 13 : 9781333791193

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Kings of the Hunting-Field: Memoirs and Anecdotes of Distinguished Masters of Hounds and Other Celebrities of the Chase, With Histories of Famous Packs, and Hunting Traditions of Great Houses

The elder disraeli, writing of ''prefaces'' in his Curiosities of Literature, remarks: A Preface being the entrance to a book, should invite by its beauty. An elegant porch announces the splendour of the interior A good preface is as essential to put the reader into good humour as a good prologue is to a play, or a fine symphony to an opera, containing something analagous to the work itself.''

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This is a fascinating work, originally published in 1899 contains a collection of biographies and brilliantly entertaining anecdotes from the cream of the hunting elite in the United Kingdom during the Victorian period. Chapters include: The Fathers of Foxhunting, John Peel, Lord Forester, 'Nimrod' (Charles James Apperley), The Dukes of Rutland, George Lane Fox and The Masters of the Devon and Somerset, just to name a few. This fine work is still of great value and would be a wonderful addition to the historian of foxhunting. This work is being republished with a brand new introductory essay on Fox hunting.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1333791194
• ISBN 13: 9781333791193
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 573
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Copytech (UK) Ltd, Trading as Printondemand-worldwide.com; gpsr@podww.com; ; 9 Culley Court; Orton Southgate; Peterborough; Cambridgeshire; PE2 6WA; Royaume-Uni
• Personne responsable: Easy Access System Europe Oü, 16879218; +358405003575; gpsr.requests@easproject.com; ; Mustamäe tee 50; Tallinn; 10621; Estonie