There is a picaresque quality to the jeweller’s life, as he ricochets from Eton to financial disaster, and back.
I Fear for This Boy: Some Chapters of Accidents
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£25.00
Edition:Hardback978191291440107/04/2022
Categories: 01. Spring Books 2022: Biographical, Biography, Letters & Diaries, Spring Books 2022
Tags: Jewellery, Memoir
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