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Languages : en
Pages : 10
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The annual biography and obituary, for the year 1820
The Annual Biography and Obituary, Vol. 4
Author: NonePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330314623
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Excerpt from The Annual Biography and Obituary, Vol. 4: For the Year, 1820 The year 1820, has ushered in a new volume, being the Fourth of the Annual Biography and Obituary. The Editor is not unwilling to assume some trifling credit, in consequence of an early and regular publication; but for all that is curious, interesting, or original, in the present work, the Reader is wholly indebted to the assistance, correspondence, and communications of others. Some elucidations on this subject, may not prove altogether unworthy of attention. The Memoir of the greatest female singer this country has ever produced, is drawn up with the most scrupulous attention to delicacy and decorum. It was composed by a gentleman, who both knew and admired her in the character of a professional woman, and he has been kindly and readily assisted with the most correct information on the part of one of her surviving trustees. 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 Annual Biography and Obituary, Vol. 4
Author: None NonePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781527949621
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Excerpt from The Annual Biography and Obituary, Vol. 4: For the Year, 1820 Houses. It is greatly to be lamented, that we have been unable to include many celebrated cha racters within the limits of the present volume. Among some others that excite our regret, are the Father of the English Bar the venerable and learned Dean of Christ Church and a nobleman, whose name is connected with the Agriculture of this country, in all its various branches, having not only devoted the greater part of his life to husbandry, experi mental and practical, but to the improvement of our various breeds of cattle, both native and foreign. 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 Annual Biography and Obituary, for the Year 1818, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)
Author: Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780366724246
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
Excerpt from The Annual Biography and Obituary, for the Year 1818, Vol. 2 Tm: Second Volume of the annual biography and Drums? Is now presented to the Public. It con. Tains an account of many of the celebrated men who died in the course of the year 1817 and also includes three memoirs of distinguished characters, who were cut off but a few months antecedent to that period. 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 Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ...
Author: The Annual Biography and Obituary
Author: The Annual Biography and Obituary (etc.)
Author: The Eclectic Review
Author: Samuel GreatheedPublisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
The Bounty
Author: Caroline AlexanderPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780142004692
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Has history been wrong for 200 years? Read the startling truth about the mutiny on the Bounty, its characters, causes, and aftermath. Television rights are now in development with Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions. More than two centuries after Master’s Mate Fletcher Christian led a mutiny against Lieutenant William Bligh on a small, armed transport vessel called Bounty, the true story of this enthralling adventure has become obscured by the legend. Combining vivid characterization and deft storytelling, Caroline Alexander shatters the centuries-old myths surrounding this story. She brilliantly shows how, in a desperate attempt to save one man from the gallows and another from ignominy, two powerful families came together and began to create the version of history we know today. The true story of the mutiny on the Bounty is an epic of duty and heroism, pride and power, and the assassination of a brave man’s honor at the dawn of the Romantic age.
Terrorists, Anarchists, and Republicans
Author: Richard WhatmorePublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691206643
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
A bloody episode that epitomised the political dilemmas of the eighteenth century In 1798, members of the United Irishmen were massacred by the British amid the crumbling walls of a half-built town near Waterford in Ireland. Many of the Irish were republicans inspired by the French Revolution, and the site of their demise was known as Geneva Barracks. The Barracks were the remnants of an experimental community called New Geneva, a settlement of Calvinist republican rebels who fled the continent in 1782. The British believed that the rectitude and industriousness of these imported revolutionaries would have a positive effect on the Irish populace. The experiment was abandoned, however, after the Calvinists demanded greater independence and more state money for their project. Terrorists, Anarchists, and Republicans tells the story of a utopian city inspired by a spirit of liberty and republican values being turned into a place where republicans who had fought for liberty were extinguished by the might of empire. Richard Whatmore brings to life a violent age in which powerful states like Britain and France intervened in the affairs of smaller, weaker countries, justifying their actions on the grounds that they were stopping anarchists and terrorists from destroying society, religion and government. The Genevans and the Irish rebels, in turn, saw themselves as advocates of republican virtue, willing to sacrifice themselves for liberty, rights and the public good. Terrorists, Anarchists, and Republicans shows how the massacre at Geneva Barracks marked an end to the old Europe of diverse political forms, and the ascendancy of powerful states seeking empire and markets—in many respects the end of enlightenment itself.