Francis Kilvert born in 1840 at Hardenhuish, Wiltshire, England, was the son of Robert Kilvert and Thermulthis Coleman. He married Elizabeth Ann Rowland on 20 A

Few have written more beautifully about the British countryside than Francis Kilvert. A country clergyman born in 1840, Kilvert spent much of his time visiting

Travel back in time and witness both everyday life and great moments in history in this fascinating compilation of diaries through the ages. Bringing together h

Plutarch's parallel biographies of the great men in Greek and Roman history are cornerstones of European literature, drawn on by writers and statesmen since the