"The Compleat Gentleman: Five Centuries Of Aristocratic Life" 1993 BEARD, Geoffrey Peal & Co

"The Compleat Gentleman: Five Centuries Of Aristocratic Life" 1993 BEARD, Geoffrey Peal & CoBEARD, Geoffrey [224] pp. Rizzoli 1993 11 3 4" x 10" Gift inscription on FFEP Applying wit and an eye for detail, Beard develops a thoroughly entertaining history of the iconic English gentleman and his American and Colonial counterparts. From the Renaissance Tudor period to the Edwardian era, several topics are covered, including noble birth and ancestry, education, the Grand Tour, marriage, landed estates, town and country life, architecture, and

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