Author: Mrs. Octavius Freire Owen
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780267784929
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Excerpt from Raised to the Peerage, Vol. 2 of 3: A Novel Wholly unconscious of the schemes of his spouse for his aggrandisement, Mr. Sheffield was yet far from destitute of the ambition to plan, and the energy to attain, a Similar end. But of how different a nature, based upon how far superior motives! 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.
Raised to the Peerage, Vol. 2 of 3
Author: Mrs. Octavius Freire Owen
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780267784929
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Excerpt from Raised to the Peerage, Vol. 2 of 3: A Novel Wholly unconscious of the schemes of his spouse for his aggrandisement, Mr. Sheffield was yet far from destitute of the ambition to plan, and the energy to attain, a Similar end. But of how different a nature, based upon how far superior motives! 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.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780267784929
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Excerpt from Raised to the Peerage, Vol. 2 of 3: A Novel Wholly unconscious of the schemes of his spouse for his aggrandisement, Mr. Sheffield was yet far from destitute of the ambition to plan, and the energy to attain, a Similar end. But of how different a nature, based upon how far superior motives! 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 Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage and Baronetage
Author: Edmund Lodge
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baronetage
Languages : en
Pages : 954
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baronetage
Languages : en
Pages : 954
Book Description
The GENEALOGY OF THE EXISTING BRITISH PEERAGE, WITH SKETCHES OF THE FAMILY HISTORIES OF THE NOBILITY
Yorkist Lord
Author: Anne Crawford
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1441179976
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
John Howard, baron Howard and first duke of Norfolk, was one of the most important men of the Yorkist period. He was a consistently loyal supporter of the Yorkist dynasty from the late 1450s until his death at Bosworth in 1485. He was an indefatigable royal servant, active in the military field, as an agent of the Crown at home in East Anglia, as a councillor at Westminster and as an ambassador who became England's leading envoy to France. And yet there were other men of the period, equally significant in their careers, for whom no biographies have been forthcoming. To the question - why write a biography of John Howard? one answer must be - because we can. With the exceptions of the kings he served, no other man of the fifteenth-century peerage has left us so much in the way of evidence of his day-to-day life, not only of his royal service but his domestic concerns. Information about other men of his time depends largely on well-documented political or administrative action; very little information is available on their private lives. The same is not true of Howard. The unparalleled records that he left behind are four volumes of household memoranda covering the periods 1462 -1471 and 1481-1483.The memoranda were a daily record of the money received and dispersed by Howard himself, his family and senior household members. The lack of distinction between business and domestic concerns and the great range of subjects, from payments for ships to laces for his wife's gowns, are what make them so illuminating. Taken together, these surviving records illustrate almost every aspect of his life and bring him alive: talented, efficient, ambitious and not above some dishonourable dealings, short-tempered, paternalistic and loyal.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1441179976
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
John Howard, baron Howard and first duke of Norfolk, was one of the most important men of the Yorkist period. He was a consistently loyal supporter of the Yorkist dynasty from the late 1450s until his death at Bosworth in 1485. He was an indefatigable royal servant, active in the military field, as an agent of the Crown at home in East Anglia, as a councillor at Westminster and as an ambassador who became England's leading envoy to France. And yet there were other men of the period, equally significant in their careers, for whom no biographies have been forthcoming. To the question - why write a biography of John Howard? one answer must be - because we can. With the exceptions of the kings he served, no other man of the fifteenth-century peerage has left us so much in the way of evidence of his day-to-day life, not only of his royal service but his domestic concerns. Information about other men of his time depends largely on well-documented political or administrative action; very little information is available on their private lives. The same is not true of Howard. The unparalleled records that he left behind are four volumes of household memoranda covering the periods 1462 -1471 and 1481-1483.The memoranda were a daily record of the money received and dispersed by Howard himself, his family and senior household members. The lack of distinction between business and domestic concerns and the great range of subjects, from payments for ships to laces for his wife's gowns, are what make them so illuminating. Taken together, these surviving records illustrate almost every aspect of his life and bring him alive: talented, efficient, ambitious and not above some dishonourable dealings, short-tempered, paternalistic and loyal.
The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage, with Brief Sketches of the Family Histories of the Nobility. With Engravings of the Arms
Author: Edmund LODGE (Norroy King of Arms.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Chapters from the Agrarian History of England and Wales: Volume 2, Rural Society: Landowners, Peasants and Labourers, 1500-1750
Author: Joan Thirsk
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521368834
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Material from The Agrarian History of England and Wales, in paperback with new introductions.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521368834
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Material from The Agrarian History of England and Wales, in paperback with new introductions.
The Athenaeum
Peerage of England
Author: Arthur Collins
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nobility
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nobility
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage
Author: Edmund Lodge
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
As Good as Gold
Author: Virginia H. Hewitt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description