Title | : | John Croft Back in England |
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ISBN | : | 0988476886 |
ISBN-10 | : | 9780988476882 |
Language | : | English |
Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
Number of Pages | : | 345 |
Publication | : | Published December 20, 2023 |
This is book THREE in a three-book biographical series about the fascinating life of John Croft (1807-1883)--a soldier in Great Britain's first Anglo-Burmese War (1824-1826), treated in the book, John Croft in Burma (Amazon, 2018, ISBN 9781790872336), a business magnate in Sydney, Australia, from 1843 to 1859, treated in the book, John Croft, Aussie Tycoon (Amazon, 2020, ISBN 9798565973303), and a wealthy gentleman with two named estates in victorian England, from 1860 to 1883, which is treated in this book, John Croft Back in England (Amazon, 2023, Kindle ISBN 9780988476882). In his life John sired twenty children, but he had to survive THREE wives and cope with the tragic loss of children with each of them, causing him mentally crippling grief in his later years. The book describes John Croft's legacy...biological and financial...effecting his progeny for six generations since his death...including the author Lee B. Croft. The work depicts the life of a wealthy English gentleman in the 19th century.