num_pages: 500
description: From the chance discovery in an attic of thousands of letters comes this fascinating story of an English family in the seventeenth century. The Verneys is narrative social history at its best.
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: Historical, History, Biography, 17th Century, English Civil War, Nonfiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 210
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction
publisher: Jonathan Cape