Description:
Based on diaries kept by Guernseyman Charles Mollet between 1771 and 1818, this book interprets and contextualises Mollet's own record of his domestic, social and farming activities, his travels and his accounts of global events.
Brief description: DR ROSE-MARIE CROSSAN is a Guernsey-born independent historian specialising in the island's social history. As well as a PhD in history from Leicester University, she has a degree in Modern Languages from Oxford University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Translation. Her previous publications include 'Guernsey, 1814-1914: Migration and Modernisation' (Woodbridge, 2007); 'Poverty and Welfare in Guernsey, 1560-2015' (Woodbridge, 2015); 'The States and Secondary Education, 1560-1970' (Guernsey, 2016); 'A Women's History of Guernsey, 1850s-1950s' (Benderloch, 2018); and 'Criminal Justice in Guernsey, 1680-1929' (Benderloch, 2021).