The Chronicles of John Cannon, Excise Officer and Writing Master, Part 2: 1734-43 (Somerset)

by John Money

John Cannon, known to some as "the poor man's Pepys," was the self-taught son of a Somerset farmer. Though some episodes in Cannon's life have been partially drawn upon in other studies, this edition is the first full scale study enabling Cannon and his world to be understood in their entirety.

The manuscript he wrote over nearly 60 years offers a remarkably candid autobiography, crowded with people of all ranks in hundreds of different places,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197264557
• ISBN13: 9780197264553
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: British Academy
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.3"