My First Booke of My Life |
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| Author:
| Thornton, Alice |
| Editor:
| Anselment, Raymond A. |
| Introduction by:
| Anselment, Raymond A. |
| Series title: | Early Modern Cultural Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8032-4848-9 |
| Publication Date: | May 2014 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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An early modern domestic and spiritual memoir, My First Booke of My Life depicts the life of Alice Thornton (1626-1707), a complex, contradictory woman caught in the changing fortunes and social realities of the seventeenth century. Her memoir documents her perspective on the Irish rebellion and English civil war as well as on a plethora of domestic dangers and difficulties: from her reluctant marriage, to financial crises, to the illnesses and deaths family members, to slanderous...
More DescriptionAn early modern domestic and spiritual memoir, My First Booke of My Life depicts the life of Alice Thornton (1626-1707), a complex, contradictory woman caught in the changing fortunes and social realities of the seventeenth century. Her memoir documents her perspective on the Irish rebellion and English civil war as well as on a plethora of domestic dangers and difficulties: from her reluctant marriage, to financial crises, to the illnesses and deaths family members, to slanderous criticisms of her fidelity and her parenting.