Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom/13 Volumes Bound in 6 Books

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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 929.72 EAN: 9780904387827 ISBN: 0904387828 Label: Sutton Publishing Manufacturer: Sutton Publishing Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 2824 Publication Date: 2001-03 Publisher: Sutton Publishing Studio: Sutton Publishing
Editorial Reviews: Comprising a full historical and genealogical account of all peerages created in England, Scotland and Ireland between the Conquest and the early 20th century, the text includes details of every peer's birth, parents, honors, offices, marriage, death and burial. Footnotes include additional detail, dealing with individual's wills, incomes, royal charters, rent rolls, illegitimate children, romances, treason, public achievements, works of art and works of literature. Firts published in eight volumes between 1887 and 1898, the work was replaced between 1910 and 1959 by a new edition in 13 volumes. This new edition is printed in a more manageable, four-page to view, six-volume set. Although compressed, there is no need for a magnifying glass.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: By far the most enjoyable and complete peerage resource Comment: This is by far the most complete and enjoyable peerage resource, in that it gives the full history of EVERY peerage created up to the 20th century. You cannot get more complete than this. The new edition means that people can actually buy it without going bankrupt and it will be an invaluable resource for genealogists and for people who like to look up old books just for fun as well. Christopher Catherwood, author of CHURCHILL'S FOLLY: HOW WINSTON CHURCHILL CREATED MODERN IRAQ (Carroll and Graf, 2004) Customer Rating: Summary: Definitive source Comment: This is the definitive source on the British peerage up to 1938. (Vol. XIV, printed recently and sold separately, updates the saga to the late 1990's.) This 4 to 1 microprint version of the original pages still leaves reasonably legible print; having a reader's magnifier might also be useful for some. The vols are well produced and come in an embossed slipcase, and though sturdy my slipcase was significantly damaged in transit (two front-to-back edges totally broken so that the case would not hold together) with subsequent pleas for amends falling on deaf ears. Customer Rating: Summary: Excellent, but not current Comment: This is a reprint, printed in 2000, reducing 4-1 the pages of the orignal 13 volumes into 6 volumes. The orignal was published between 1910 and 1938, so this set does not include information more recent then 1938. Be sure to track down Vol. XIV, published in 1998, to complete the information. Otherwise this is excellent information. Customer Rating: Summary: Essential for peerage research Comment: Begun by George E. Cokayne, the Clarenceaux King-of-Arms, this set is to the British peerage what the Oxford English Dictionary is to the English language -- absolutely the best thing of its kind. Citations to primary sources frequently fill 3/4 of the page and anecdotal text-notes put some meat on the bones. Far superior to the 19th century Burke's Peerage publications. Don't attempt serious British research without it! The numerous appendices at the ends of the volumes also are highly recommended as instructive essays. More Reviews