Highly acclaimed, award winning, beautifully written, grounded in solid scholarship. We really can't say enough about this serious history book, full of quotes from primary sources, that is as engrossing to read as a good novel. The Folio Society gives the book the venue it deserves. This copy like new. Beautiful contemporary color illustrations. Elegant glittery gilt cloth cover design based on an eighteenth century tea caddy. Box stitching.  Abbey wove paper by St Edmundsbury Press. Brown paper slipcase with illustration of girl playing lute by Dighton, c. 1785.  Author signed "with my compliments." The Folio Society. London. 2006. Hb, Slipcase. USED. $30.00