The Diary of Thomas Turner, 1754-1765

by David Vaisey (Editor), David Vaisey (Editor), Thomas Turner (Author)

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  Paperback
  1994

  $46.59

• Used

  Paperback
  1985

  $27.86

  In the tradition of Pepys, Evelyn and Woodforde, thomas Turner 1729-1793 spent eleven years of his life recording the detailed minutiae of everyday village life in preindustrial England. A hardworking shopkeeper, he occupied a key position in East Hoathly, Sussex where he also served as undertaker, schoolmaster, and overseer to the poor. His massive journal--a third of which appears here--attests to his rightful place as an indispensable English diarist.