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The Hardware Man's Daughter
Shena Mason
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Description for The Hardware Man's Daughter
Hardcover. Anne Boulton (1768-1829) was her father's 'Fair Maid of the Mill'. Her story is pieced together, like a jigsaw puzzle, from fragments in other people's postscripts. Describing her health, mobility problems, education, interests, clothes, friends, travels, love-life and household, this book provides a fresh perspective on Matthew Boulton himself. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; TDPD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 171 x 20. Weight in Grams: 880.
Among the wealth of documents in the Matthew Boulton Papers, detailing the development of the steam engine, designs for silverware, and ideas about the nature of electricity, there is hidden another, more personal story, a story not told before: the story of Matthew Boulton's beloved daughter, Anne. Anne Boulton (1768-1829) was her father's 'Fair Maid of the Mill'. The Birmingham industrial pioneer and his daughter wrote to each other often when he was away from home, and their warm, affectionate and sometimes funny letters give us an insight into their relationship, but Anne's story is also pieced together, like a ... Read more
Among the wealth of documents in the Matthew Boulton Papers, detailing the development of the steam engine, designs for silverware, and ideas about the nature of electricity, there is hidden another, more personal story, a story not told before: the story of Matthew Boulton's beloved daughter, Anne. Anne Boulton (1768-1829) was her father's 'Fair Maid of the Mill'. The Birmingham industrial pioneer and his daughter wrote to each other often when he was away from home, and their warm, affectionate and sometimes funny letters give us an insight into their relationship, but Anne's story is also pieced together, like a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781860773747
SKU
V9781860773747
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Ref
99-50
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