History / History- Social & Commercial. / A Chronicle of Small Beer: The Early Victorian Diaries of a Hertfordshire Brewer, by Gerald Curtis

• Book Title: A Chronicle of Small Beer: The Early Victorian Diaries of a Hertfordshire Brewer,
• Author: Gerald Curtis
• ISBN: 0900592052
• Publisher: Phillimore &Company
• Year Published: January, 1970
• Our Price: £26.40 GBP ($51.48 USD)
• Description: Phillimore and Co. 1970 :1st edition hardcover in dust jacket: approximately 5 0.5 x 8.5 inches tall: 222 pages including index. Synopsis: A detailed picture of the life of the country gentry and clergy in the first half of Queen Victoria's reign, based on the diaries of John Izzard Pryor, a Hertfordshire brewer who after retirement at the age of 55 in 1828, kept a careful record of his daily life during the next 30 years . The author, Gerald Curtis, uses extracts from these diaries to illustrate life of the early Victorian period . A chapter detailing the background of the Pryor family in Hertfordshire is followed by chapters on law and order, politics, social occasions, the neighbours, local and county administration, travel, servants, doctors, taxation, sport, farming, and the church. The volume portrays a shrewd, yet kind and socially responsible businessman against a background of a countryside on the verge of revolution, and the constant threat of cholera, indiscriminately stalking both rich and poor. Condition edges of dust jacket slightly rubbed: Price corner removed: overall very clean and good.
• Condition: Collectable- Very Good
• Dustcover: Yes
• Binding: Hardback
• Type: Used Books

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