{"product_id":"verneys","title":"Verneys","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this extraordinary saga, Adrian Tinniswood draws on tens of thousands of letters, which survived by chance in an attic, to reveal the remarkable world of the Verneys, a family of Buckinghamshire gentry in the seventeenth century. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is Edmund Verney, Charles I's standard bearer at Edgehill, who died still clutching the King's standard, and his children: Ralph, whose support of the Parliamentarian cause during the Civil War forced him into exile; Mun, a professional soldier who survived Cromwell's attack on Drogheda in 1649, only to be stabbed to death two days later; Mall, who fell pregnant out of wedlock, and Bess, who ran off with a clergyman. There was also Henry, who was obsessed with horse-racing; Cary, who gambled away a fortune, and Tom, a devout Christian and a petty crook. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe next generation led equally exciting lives. Ralph's son Jack went to Syria and made a fortune. Cousin Pen stayed at home and slept with her sister's fiancé. Cousin Dick was hanged at Tyburn. Jack's brother Edmund married a girl who was rich, beautiful and deeply in love with him and within months of the marriage, she lost her mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Verneys\u003c\/i\u003e is narrative history at its very best - fascinating, surprising, enthralling.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54221422625112,"sku":"9781844134144","price":22.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781844134144_eb83cf10-d1f5-47e2-9861-8231a4e5b110.jpg?v=1764663321","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/verneys","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}