Author: Catharine Mary HowardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Reminiscences for my children [by C.M. Howard
Author: Catharine Mary HowardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
James II: King in Exile
Author: John CallowPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752479881
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
James II was Britain’s last Catholic king. The spectacular collapse of his regime in 1688 and the seizure of his throne by his nephew William of Orange are the best-known events of his reign. But what of his life after this? What became of him during his final exile? John Callow’s groundbreaking study focuses on this hitherto neglected period of his life: the twelve years he spent attempting to recover his crown through war, diplomacy, assassination and subterfuge. This is the story of the genesis of Jacobitism; of the devotion of the fallen king’s followers, who shed their blood for him at the battle of the Boyne and the massacre at Glencoe, gave up estates and riches to follow him to France, and immortalised his name in artworks, print, and song. Yet, this first ‘King Over the Water’ was far more than a figurehead. A grim, inflexible warlord and a maladroit politician, he was also a man of undeniable principle, which he pursued regardless of the cost to either himself or his subjects. He was an author of considerable talent, and a monarch capable of successive reinventions. Denied his earthly kingdoms, he finally settled upon attaining a heavenly crown and was venerated by the Jacobites as a saint. This powerful, evocative and original book will appeal to anyone interested in Stuart history, politics, culture and military studies.
Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature
Author: Samuel HalkettPublisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870
Author: Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue Extracted from the Catalogues of the Bodleian Library, the British Library, the Library of Trinity College (Dublin), the National Library of Scotland, and the University Libraries of Cambridge and Newcastle: Phase 1: 1816-1870. v.15. Fort - Fyv and Indexes for volumes 11-15. v.20. Hor-Hunt, W. R. and Indexes for v. 16-20. v.21. Hunten-Jero. v.22. Jerp-Kief. v.23. Kieg-Lecom. v.24. Lecon-Lorc. v.25. Lord-Maccaul and Indexes for volumes 21-25
Author: British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: General catalogue of printed books
Author: British museum. Dept. of printed booksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature: Q-S
Author: Samuel HalkettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anonyms and pseudonyms, English
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Women Writers (seventh Century to Present Day)
Author: Francis Edwards (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
40 Chances
Author: Howard G BuffettPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451687869
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
The son of legendary investor Warren Buffet relates how he set out to help nearly a billion individuals who lack basic food security through his passion of farming, in forty stories of lessons learned.