IDA :or, The mystery of the nun's grave at Vale Royal Abbey, Cheshire : an historical novel giving a pictorial account of the life of the monks and nuns in the dissolved monastic institutions of Vale Royal Abbey, Norton Priory, Runcorn, and St. Mary's.
by Cooke, John Henry
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
Chester, UK: Phillipson & Golder, 1912. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. red cloth, gilt cover & spine, pp., xxxii, 381, [27] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), folded plan, light wear at edges, spine darkened, wear at spine ends, some cover soil, full title; "Ida" : or, The mystery of the nun's grave at Vale Royal Abbey, Cheshire : an historical novel giving a pictorial account of the life of the monks and nuns in the dissolved monastic institutions of Vale Royal Abbey, Norton Priory, Runcorn, and St. Mary's Nunnery, Chester, in the times of Edward I., Edward II., and Edward III. (A.D. 1277 to 1336) ; with a translation of the chronicle of the foundation of Vale Royal Abbey and the lives of the first four abbots, written by the fifth abbot, and never before published. Size: 8 vo,..
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- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
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- Title
- IDA :or, The mystery of the nun's grave at Vale Royal Abbey, Cheshire : an historical novel giving a pictorial account of the life of the monks and nuns in the dissolved monastic institutions of Vale Royal Abbey, Norton Priory, Runcorn, and St. Mary's.
- Author
- Cooke, John Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Phillipson & Golder
- Place of Publication
- Chester, UK
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- VALE ROYAL ABBEY -- FICTION., MONASTIC AND RELIGIOUS LIFE ENGLAND.,CISTERCIANS ENGLAND.,
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- Religion;
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