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Author: John Gribbin Publisher: ISBN: 9780755311828 Category : Admirals Languages : en Pages : 336
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Admiral FitzRoy made his name as a captain on the HMS Beagle. It was for his second voyage on the ship (1831-36) that he decided to ask Charles Darwin to accompany him, and it was during this time that Darwin began to develop the ideas that would lead him to his theory of evolution by natural selection. But FitzRoy was not just 'Darwin's captain': he was an MP, he was the second Governor of New Zealand from 1843-45 when he made himself unpopular with the settlers by upholding Maori rights, and in 1854 he set up the Meteorological Office which made the lives of all sailors who came after him so much safer. John and Mary Gribbin's portrait of this multi-talented man whose impact on modern life is still felt will fascinate all who read it.
Author: John Gribbin Publisher: ISBN: 9780755311828 Category : Admirals Languages : en Pages : 336
Book Description
Admiral FitzRoy made his name as a captain on the HMS Beagle. It was for his second voyage on the ship (1831-36) that he decided to ask Charles Darwin to accompany him, and it was during this time that Darwin began to develop the ideas that would lead him to his theory of evolution by natural selection. But FitzRoy was not just 'Darwin's captain': he was an MP, he was the second Governor of New Zealand from 1843-45 when he made himself unpopular with the settlers by upholding Maori rights, and in 1854 he set up the Meteorological Office which made the lives of all sailors who came after him so much safer. John and Mary Gribbin's portrait of this multi-talented man whose impact on modern life is still felt will fascinate all who read it.
Author: Fitzroy MaClean Publisher: Penguin UK ISBN: 0241973252 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 379
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Fitztroy Maclean was one of the real-life inspirations for super-spy James Bond. After adventures in Soviet Russia before the war, Maclean fought with the SAS in North Africa in 1942. There he specialised in hair-raising commando raids behind enemy lines, including the daring and outrageous kidnapping of the German Consul in Axis-controlled Iraq. Maclean's extraordinary adventures in the Western Desert and later fighting alongside Tito's partisans in Yugoslavia are blistering reading and show what it took to be a British hero who broke the mould . . .
Author: Tom Petsinis Publisher: Australian Scholarly Publishing ISBN: 9781925984828 Category : Immigrant children Languages : en Pages : 0
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Set in Fitzroy and spanning the turbulent 1960s, Fitzroy Raw lays bare the experiences of an immigrant boy from the age of six to sixteen. Arriving in Australia from Macedonia, young Nick Mangos finds himself in a complex and challenging world. He must accept a 'stranger' as his father, negotiate old customs and hostilities, learn a third language, and come to terms with the realities of his working-class environment. Each new formative experience - a dramatic wedding at the Fitzroy Town Hall, the discovery of body parts in the Edinburgh Gardens, an afternoon watching a football game at the Brunswick Street Oval, a life-changing visit to the Fitzroy Library - is registered with freshness and clarity. The novel is also a 'hallowing' of Fitzroy, as one familiar location after another is given a name, a cast of real and unforgettable characters, and a chain of significant cultural and emotional associations.
Author: Kevin A. Casey Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781539044406 Category : Languages : en Pages : 308
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Author Kevin A. Casey creates a breathtaking fictional account of the last years of Henry Fitzroy, the only acknowledged illegitimate son of English King Henry the Eighth. This dramatic yet humorous story draws the reader into an eye-witness scenario of several years in the turbulent reign of the tyrannical king. Seen through the eyes of Fitzroy, the reader can experience the sights, sounds, and most intimate conversations of those involved. Young Fitzroy was a friend or an acquaintance to some of the most notorious characters in history, and Casey's depiction of him is charming and straightforward. History buffs and biography fans will love this beguiling work. It is a fitting tribute to the life of Fitzroy, who is so often ignored.
Author: Melinda Corey Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1135947104 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 444
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The Code of Hammurabi. Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses. The radical notions that launched the French Revolution. The beliefs that propelled the American Civil Rights movement. These are only a few of the thousands of concepts described in this remarkable chronicle of intellectual history. Presenting the ideas of philosophers, prophets, scholars, critics, educators, revolutionaries and reformers, the Fitzroy Dearborn Chronology of Ideas concentrates on the famous - as well as infamous - concepts that have changed the world. Here, too, are the historical turning points that resulted from the application of those ideas - the natural flow of the American Revolution from the concept of democratic liberalism, for example, or the Russian Revolution from Marxism.
Author: Ernel Henry Publisher: Page Publishing Inc ISBN: 166243474X Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 96
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What could bring two boys from environments, different cultures, and different countries together? Discover how Boris and Fitzroy meet. See what the boys have in common, and see how their differences and the distance could not keep them apart. Learn a thing or two from their correspondence with each other. What sort of food you would not eat for love or money? See what the boys like to eat and what they like to read. Discover what occurrence caused them to put their communications on hold.
Author: John Gribbin
Author: John Gribbin
Author: Fitzroy MaClean
Author: Tom Petsinis
Author: Kevin A. Casey
Author: Melinda Corey
Author: Robert Fitzroy
Author: Pi O
Author: Philip O'Carroll
Author: Ernel Henry
Author: Christopher COOKE