Author: Henry Elliot MaldenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
The Victoria History of the County of Surrey: Hundred of: Brixton, Wallington, Tandridge; Romano-British remains, social & economic history
Author: Henry Elliot MaldenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Marks and Marking of Weights and Measures of the British Isles
Author: Carl RickettsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780952853305
Category : Standardization
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
The Battle of Dorking
Author: George ChesneyPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
The Battle of Dorking: Reminiscences of a Volunteer is an 1871 novella by George Tomkyns Chesney, starting the genre of invasion literature and an important precursor of science fiction. Written just after the Prussian victory in the Franco-Prussian War, it describes an invasion of Britain by a German-speaking country referred to in oblique terms as The Other Power or The Enemy. Excerpt: "You ask me to tell you, my grandchildren, something about my share in the great events that happened fifty years ago. 'Tis sad work turning back to that bitter page in our history, but you may perhaps take profit in your new homes from the lesson it teaches. For us, in England, it came too late. And yet we had plenty of warnings if we had only made use of them."
Rural rides
Author: William CobbettSurrey Musters
Author: Surrey (England)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Registers of births, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Kydd
Author: Julian StockwinPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743216679
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
From internationally bestselling author Julian Stockwell comes a dramatic story closely based on real events following one man’s journey as he becomes a true sailor and defender of Britain. Europe is ablaze with war. The British prime minister is under pressure to intimidate the French and dispatches a Navy squadron to appear off the French coast. To man the ships, ordinary citizens must be press-ganged. Thomas Paine Kydd, a young wig-maker from Guildford, is seized and taken across the country to be part of the crew of the ninety-eight-gun line-of-battle ship Duke William. The ship sails immediately and Kydd has to learn the harsh realities of shipboard life fast. Despite all he goes through, amid dangers of tempest and battle, he comes to admire the skills and courage of his fellow seamen, taking up the challenge himself to become a true sailor and defender of Britain at war. Kydd launches a masterly writing talent and is the first installment of a thrilling new series. Based on dramatic real events, it is classic storytelling at its best, rich with action, exceptional characters, and a page-turning narrative.
Post Office Telegraphs
Author: Great Britain. Post OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Postal service
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Fresh from the Farm 6pk
Author: RigbyNew Testament Revision:-
Author: John William BurgonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The Infantry Scout
Author: Francis Stewart Montague-BatesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scouts and scouting
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description