Patriarchs and Parasites
The Gentry of South-West Wales in the Eighteenth Century
Author(s) David W. Howell
Language: English
Genre(s): Welsh and Celtic Studies, History
- December 1986 ·250x160mm
- · eBook - ESO html - 9780585320724
- · Hardback - 9780708309292
About The Book
The 18th century was the high noon of the gentry's influence and power, and this study is the first to investigate the fortunes and character of the ruling class of this particular isolated corner of Britain during their golden age.