The Friend

by Alan Bray

Book Overview

In the chapel of Christ's College, Cambridge, some twenty years ago, historian Alan Bray made an astonishing discovery: a tomb shared by two men, John Finch and Thomas Baines. The monument featured eloquent imagery dedicated to their friendship: portraits of the two friends linked by a knotted cloth. And Bray would soon learn that Finch commonly described his friendship with Baines as a connubium or marriage.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226071812
• ISBN13: 9780226071817
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.0"