The Bride's Book: A Celebration of Weddings

by Georgina O ' Hara (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1991

  $3.35

  Looks at changing attitudes to and traditional perceptions of betrothals, bridal customs, weddings and marriages in our society, from early times to the present. It covers such themes as courtships, engagements, dowries, trousseaus, wedding dresses and ceremonies - of the famous and not-so-famous alike. Enhanced by poetry and excerpts from literature it is both a social history and a gift book.