Death, Money and the Vultures: Inheritance and Avarice, 1660-1750
- ISBN-10
- 0415050316
- ISBN-13
- 9780415050319
- Category
- Decedents' estates
- Pages
- 165
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- John Addy
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