num_pages: 570
description: Traces the story of the seventeenth-century English family as drawn from their personal letters and other documents, discussing how their experiences reflected the realities of period gentry life, in an account that includes coverage of their relationships with Parliament and the royal family.
language: English
title: The Verneys: A True Story of Love, War, and Madness in Seventeenth-Century England
titlecomplete: The Verneys: A True Story of Love, War, and Madness in Seventeenth-Century England
genres: 17th Century, Historical, English Civil War, Nonfiction, History, British Literature, Biography
ratings_count: 210
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction
publisher: Riverhead Books