Author: William Edward NorrisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Adrian Vidal
Author: William Edward NorrisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Adrian Vidal
Author: William Edward NorrisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Adrian Vidal
Author: William Edward NorrisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
Adrian Vidal, Vol. 1 of 3 (Classic Reprint)
Author: William Edward NorrisPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780483572430
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Excerpt from Adrian Vidal, Vol. 1 of 3 The author on the second floor was already beginning to display points of resemblance to that overworked official. His face was hag gard, his sighs were piteous to hear, and his fair hair would have been dishevelled if it had been long enough. As it was, he had only succeeded in rubbing all trace of a parting out of it, and causing it to stand up in abrupt tufts here and there, so that anyone who had not known what he was about might have supposed him to have just tumbled out of bed. For the rest, he was a good-looking young fellow enough, his forehead being broad and square, his nose straight, and the grey eyes beneath his somewhat arched brows large and expressive. A slight moustache hardly concealed his mouth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Adrian Vidal
Author: William Edward NorrisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Everyday Renaissances
Author: Sarah Gwyneth RossPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674969979
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
The world of wealth and patronage that we associate with sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Italy can make the Renaissance seem the exclusive domain of artists and aristocrats. Revealing a Renaissance beyond Michelangelo and the Medici, Sarah Gwyneth Ross recovers the experiences of everyday men and women who were inspired to pursue literature and learning. Ross draws on a trove of original unpublished sources—wills, diaries, household inventories, account books, and other miscellany—to reconstruct the lives of over one hundred artisans, merchants, and others on the middle rung of Venetian society who embraced the ennobling virtues of a humanistic education. These men and women sought out the latest knowledge, amassed personal libraries, and passed both their books and their hard-earned wisdom on to their families and heirs. Physicians were often the most avid—and the most anxious—of professionals seeking cultural legitimacy. Ross examines the lives of three doctors: Nicolò Massa (1485–1569), Francesco Longo (1506–1576), and Alberto Rini (d. 1599). Though they had received university training, these self-made men of letters were not patricians but members of a social group that still yearned for credibility. Unlike priests or lawyers, physicians had not yet rid themselves of the taint of artisanal labor, and they were thus indicative of a middle class that sought to earn the respect of their peers and betters, protect and advance their families, and secure honorable remembrance after death.
Petra’s Legacy
Author: Jane Clements MondayPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585446148
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
The matriarch of one of the most important families in Texas history, Petra Vela Kenedy has remained a shadowy presence in the annals of South Texas. In this biography of Petra Vela Kenedy, the authors not only tell her story but also relate the history of South Texas through a woman’s perspective. Utilizing previously unpublished letters, journals, photographs, and other primary materials, the authors reveal the intimate stories of the families who for years dominated governments, land acquisition, commerce, and border politics along the Rio Grande and across the Wild Horse Desert. From Petra’s early life in the landed ranchero society of northern Mexico, through her alliance with Luis Vidal—an officer in the Mexican army to whom she bore eight children—until her move to Brownsville after Vidal’s death, Petra lived in Mexico. When she moved to Texas, having taken Vidal’s name, she represented a link to the landed families of the region. Mifflin Kenedy, a steamboat captain who had first come to Texas during the Mexican War, married into her world, acquiring local respectability and stature when he took Petra as his wife. The story of their life together encompasses war, the taming of a frontier, the blending of cultures, the origin of a ranching empire, and the establishment of a foundation and trust that still endure today, giving millions to Texas through charitable gifts. An attractive woman of business acumen, strong religious convictions, and intense family loyalty, Petra Vela Kenedy’s influence through her husband and her children left a legacy whose exploration is long overdue.
The Contemporary Review
Author: Adrian Vidal (Classic Reprint)
Author: W. E. NorrisPublisher:
ISBN: 9781331277453
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Excerpt from Adrian Vidal The thirty or forty eligible residences which have received the name of Alexandra Gardens are to be found in an outlying quarter of the district now known as South Kensington, vice Brompton superseded. They stand upon a spot where there were actual gardens - cabbage-gardens - not so very long ago; but all trace of these has disappeared, and the word, as applied to this special row of buildings, has no more justification than that of custom and precedent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Dublin Review
Author: Nicholas Patrick WisemanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description