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OverviewAgnes Witts was a woman with great zest for life. She required constant amusement and bored easily. Her favorite pastimes were cards and stimulating conversation, her social circle was wide and well-connected, her attachment to her faith consistent and strong. In a remarkable set of diaries Agnes recorded her life in a structured and unvarying manner. She noted the weather, the doings of the day and letters received and written. A day without a letter was a dark day in her life. She loved to maintain a wide correspondence among a large circle of family and friends. In 1793 Agnes's husband, Edward, became bankrupt and from affluence they were reduced to subsistence. With just a few hundred pounds a year to live on, the family fled to Edinburgh, where Agnes was assured by her cousin, Susan, Lady Elcho, that they could live one third cheaper than in England. Within months Agnes's natural buoyancy returned and she soon built a large social circle among the well-to-do of Edinburgh society. These diaries mainly reflect her busy social life. This volume covers the years 1793 to 1798 when the Witts family resided in Edinburgh. In August 1798, with their funds further reduced they moved again to somewhere one third cheaper than Edinburgh-Weimar in Germany. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Agnes Witts , Alan SuttonPublisher: Fonthill Media Ltd Imprint: Fonthill Media Ltd Dimensions: Width: 17.20cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 24.80cm Weight: 1.302kg ISBN: 9781781554845ISBN 10: 1781554846 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 19 May 2016 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationAgnes Witts, (1747-1828), was a remarkable woman with great zest for life. She required constant amusement and bored easily. Her favourite pastimes were cards and stimulating conversation, her social circle was wide and well-connected, her attachment to her faith consistent and strong. In a remarkable series of sixty-two diaries covering the years 1788-1824 Agnes Witts recorded her life in a structured and unvarying manner. She noted the weather, the doings of the day and letters received and written. A day without a letter was a dark day in her life. She loved to maintain a wide correspondence among a large circle of family, friends and acquaintance. Commencing on 20 April 1788 the diaries hardly miss a day and the final entry is for Christmas Day 1824, just two weeks before her death at the age of seventy-six. Gaps in the diary are very few and usually occur only during times of serious illness. Alan Sutton is a publisher, historian and author. Over a period of forty years he has been editing the diaries of Agnes Witts, and of her son, France Edward Witts (The Diary of a Cotswold Parson). Taken together, these diaries exceed three million words covering the period from 1788 to 1854. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |