A 1915 Carrigaline Correspondence David Busteed and Lilian Daunt - Couverture souple

Gleasure, James

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1911090135 ISBN 13 : 9781911090137

Editeur : ShieldCrest, 2016

Synopsis

The Busteed/Daunt letters give us a fascinating glimpse of two rural families soon after the outbreak of the First World War.  Life then was arduous by modern standards but was not without its lighter moments.  While the comings and goings of the two letter writers may not be typical of the time, they provide a window into the lives of their respective families who were closely related and occupied farms just a few miles from each other.  Their mothers were sisters while their fathers were first cousins.  Tragedy struck a year after the marriage when Lilian died two weeks after giving birth to their son.

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À propos de l'auteur

James Gleasure, a retired University lecturer, is a cousin of both of the letter writers and came into possession of the letters on his mother's death in 2007. She was David's first cousin and Lilian's second cousin, twice! A reading of the letters led us to believe that they were worth making available to the wider public as providing an interesting social document reflecting the conditions prevailing in 1915 in the area south of Cork city which had been frequently referred to as "Daunt country". The Daunts had arrived here in the sixteenth century from Owlpen Manor in Gloucestershire and flourished for several centuries. The name still survives locally as does the Busteed surname. This family arrived in the same area, also from Gloucestershire (the Tewkesbury area) a century later

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: ShieldCrest
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1911090135
• ISBN 13: 9781911090137
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 445
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible