Primary sources reveal the public careers and private lives of rising gentry in Restoration and early Hanoverian England. The national rather than provincial concerns of this family during the transition from early modern to nearly modern also shows the rise of the modern English identity. Covers how they weathered the Civil War and Restoration and went on to adapt to the 18th century. Wesleyan Univeristy Press. 1989. Other than 2 small tears in the jacket, this book is like new. Hb, Dj. USED. $20.00