The road to Haworth : the story of the Brontës' Irish ancestry / John Cannon
1980, 1st edition. London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #322257
ISBN: 0297778110
Physical description: 138 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, genealogical table; 22 cm. Notes: Includes genealogical table. Subjects: Brontë family. Bronte, Patrick 1777-1861. Authors, English 19th century Family relationships. Authors, English Family relationships. Authors, English 19th century; Biography. Haworth (England); Biography. Fiction in English Brontë family Irish ancestors. Genre: Biographies. Illustrated. Summary: "Patrick Bronte ë, father of the Bronte ë sisters, came from Ireland, changing his name from Brunty to Bronte ë when he won a scholarship to Cambridge ... John Cannon has traced the Irish ancestry of the family which produced the flowering of genius at Haworth."--Flyleaf of cover.
Price: €14.95