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Kings of the Hunting-Field - Memoirs and Anecdotes of Distinguished Masters of Hounds and other Celebrities of the Chase with Histories of Famous Packs, and Hunting Traditions of Great Houses

Name: Kings of the Hunting-Field - Memoirs and Anecdotes of Distinguished Masters of Hounds and other Celebrities of the Chase with Histories of Famous Packs, and Hunting Traditions of Great Houses
Price: 7.99 GBP
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ISBN: 9781473342002

Biography: general Hunting or shooting animals and game Dogs as pets

Author: Thormanby

Language: English

Published by: Read Country Books

Published on: 21st September 2017

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 1 Mb

ISBN: 9781473342002

Overview

This is a fascinating work, originally published in 1899, containing a collection of biographies and brilliantly entertaining anecdotes from the cream of the hunting elite in the United Kingdom during the Victorian period.

Chapters

Chapters include: The Fathers of Foxhunting, John Peel, Lord Forester, Nimrod (Charles James Apperley), The Dukes of Rutland, George Lane Fox, and The Masters of the Devon and Somerset, just to name a few.

Significance

This fine work is still of great value and would be a wonderful addition to the historian of foxhunting. This work is being republished with a brand new introductory essay on Fox hunting.

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