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1984
THE WEAKER VESSEL
Antonia Fraser
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THE WEAKER VESSEL

Woman's Lot in Seventeenth-century England. Part One

by Antonia Fraser

Knopf · 1984

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Peak rank

#9

Weeks on list

16

Chart History

#15101519841985

16 weeks on the Hardcover Nonfiction list, peaking at #9

What were the women of the Civil War era like? What could they expect beyond marriage and childbirth in an age where infant and maternal mortality was frequent and contraception unknown? Antonia Fraser brings to life the many women she has researched.

All Appearances

12NEWOctober 21, 1984wk 1
14↓2October 28, 1984wk 2
9↑5November 4, 1984wk 3
9—November 11, 1984wk 4
10↓1November 18, 1984wk 5
10—November 25, 1984wk 6
11↓1December 2, 1984wk 7
12↓1December 9, 1984wk 8
12—December 16, 1984wk 9
13↓1December 23, 1984wk 10
13—December 30, 1984wk 11
14↓1January 6, 1985wk 12

Details

ISBN-13
9781407215303
ISBN-10
1407215302
Published
1984
Pages
368
Publisher
Knopf
Categories
Women

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