Author: Publisher:
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Category : Epitaphs
Languages : en
Pages : 18
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Rothbury Anglican Cemetery Wilderness Road Headstone Transcriptions
Author: St John's Anglican Cemetery Headstone Transcriptions
Author: Killing Time
Author: Nicholas J SaundersPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752476181
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
The Great War of 1914-1918 now stands at the furthest edge of living memory. And yet, hardly a month passes without some dramatic and sometimes tragic discovery being made along the old killing fields of the Western Front. Graves of British soldiers buried during battle – still lying in rows seemingly arm in arm or found crouching at the entrance to a dugout; whole 'underground cities' of trenches, dugouts and shelters have been preserved in the mud; field hospitals carved out of the chalk country of the Somme marked with graffiti; unexploded bombs and gas canisters – all of these are the poignant and sometimes deadly legacies of a war we can never forget. Killing Time digs beneath the surface of war to uncover the living reality left behind. Nicholas J. Saunders brings together a wealth of discoveries to offer fresh insights into the human and often barbaric aspect of warfare. He uses discoveries in the trenches, family photographs, diaries and souvenirs to give the dead a voice. You cannot fail to be fascinated and moved by what he unearths.
Shared Visions
Author: David PettsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Oxford and Its Story
Author: Cecil HeadlamPublisher: London, J. M. Dent & Company; New York, E. P. Dutton & Company
ISBN:
Category : Oxford
Languages : en
Pages : 498
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The Invasions of England
Author: Edward A. FoordPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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The Northumbrians
Author: Dan JacksonPublisher: Hurst & Company
ISBN: 1787381943
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Why is the North East the most distinctive region of England? Where do the stereotypes about North Easterners come from, and why are they so often misunderstood? In this wideranging new history of the people of North East England, Dan Jackson explores the deep roots of Northumbrian culture--hard work and heavy drinking, sociability and sentimentality, militarism and masculinity--in centuries of border warfare and dangerous and demanding work in industry, at sea and underground. He explains how the landscape and architecture of the North East explains so much about the people who have lived there, and how a 'Northumbrian Enlightenment' emerged from this most literate part of England, leading to a catalogue of inventions that changed the world, from the locomotive to the lightbulb. Jackson's Northumbrian journey reaches right to the present day, as this remarkable region finds itself caught between an indifferent south and a newly assertive Scotland. Covering everything from the Venerable Bede and the prince-bishops of Durham to Viz and Geordie Shore, this vital new history makes sense of a part of England facing an uncertain future, but whose people remain as distinctive as ever.
The Story of Oxford
Author: Cecil HeadlamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Oxford
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Sacred to the Memory
Author: Cathy McHardyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780975139509
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The Dictionary of National Biography
Author: Leslie StephenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1360
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