Author: Hester Lucy Stanhope (Lady)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Memoirs, as Related by Herself in Conversations with Her Physician, Comprising Heropinions and Anecdotes of Some of the Most Remarkable Persons of Her Time
Author: Hester Lucy Stanhope (Lady)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, as Related by Herself in Conversations with Her Physician
Author: Hester Lucy StanhopePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope
Author: Lady Hester StanhopePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : British
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Lost and Now Found: Explorers, Diplomats and Artists in Egypt and the Near East
Author: Neil CookePublisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1784916285
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Long distance travel and mass tourism are not recent phenomena. Papers from the 2015 ASTENE Conference in Exeter demonstrate that over the centuries many individuals and groups of people have left the safety of their family home and travelled huge distances both for adventure and to learn more about other peoples and places.
Queen Caroline and Sir William Gell
Author: Jason ThompsonPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319980084
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
This book explores the relationship between Queen Caroline, one of the most enigmatic characters in Regency England, and Sir William Gell, the leading classical scholar of his day. Despised and rejected by her husband, Caroline created a sphere and court of her own through patronage of scholarship. The primary beneficiary was Gell, a pioneering scholar of the classical world who opened new dimensions in the study of ancient Troy, mainland Greece, and Ithaca. Despite his achievements, Gell had scarce financial resources. Support from Caroline enabled him to establish himself in Italy and conduct his seminal work about ancient Rome and, especially, Pompeii, until her sensational trial before the House of Lords and premature death. Concluding with the first scholarly transcription of the extraordinary series of letters that Caroline wrote to Gell, this volume illuminates how Caroline sought power through patronage, and how Gell shaped classical scholarship in nineteenth-century Britain.
A catalogue of works in all departments of English literature
Author: Longmans, Green and coPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Mary, Countess of Derby, and the Politics of Victorian Britain
Author: Jennifer DaveyPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191089575
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
Lady Mary Derby (1824-1900) occupied a pivotal position in Victorian politics, yet her activities have largely been overlooked or ignored. This volume places Mary back into the political position she occupied and offers the first dedicated account of her career. Based on extensive archival research, including hitherto neglected or lost sources, this study reconstructs the political worlds Mary inhabited. Her political landscape was dominated by the machinations and intrigues of high politics and diplomacy. As Jennifer Davey uncovers, Mary's political skill and acumen were highly valued by leading politicians of the day, including Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone, and she played a significant role in many of the key events of the mid-Victorian era. This included the passing of the Second Reform Act, the formation of Disraeli's 1874 Government, the Eastern Crisis of 1875-1878, and Gladstone's 1880-1885 Government. By exploring how one woman was able to exercise influence at the heart of Victorian politics, this book considers what Mary's career tells us about the nature of political life in the mid-nineteenth century. It sheds new light on the connections between informal and formal political culture, incorporating the politics of the home, letter-writing, and social relations into a consideration of the politics of Parliament and Government. It provides a rich investigation of how a woman, with few legal or constitutional rights, was able to become a significant figure in mid-Victorian political life.
Seven Years' Campaigning in the Peninsula and the Netherlands from 1808-1815
Author: Sir Richard D. HeneganPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Peninsular War, 1807-1814
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Evenings at Haddon Hall. Edited by the Baroness de Calabrella. With illustrations, from designs by George Cattermole
Author: Baroness E. C. de CALABRELLAPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Author: John Burke