Author: Rowland DOBIEPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
The History of the United Parishes of St. Giles in the fields and St. George Bloomsbury. Combining strictures on their parochial government, etc
Author: Rowland DOBIEThe History of the United Parishes of St. Giles in the Fields and St. George Bloomsbury
Author: Rowland DobiePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bloomsbury (London, England)
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
The Book of British Topography
Author: John Parker AndersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : British Isles
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
The Book of British Topography. A Classified Catalogue of the Topographical Works in the Library of the British Museum Relating to Great Britain and Ireland
Author: John Parker AndersonPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385430143
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
The House of Percy
Author: Bertram Wyatt-BrownPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198022301
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 499
Book Description
The novels of Walker Percy--The Moviegoer, Lancelot, The Second Coming, and The Thanatos Syndrome to name a few--have left a permanent mark on twentieth-century Southern fiction; yet the history of the Percy family in America matches anything, perhaps, that he could have created. Two centuries of wealth, literary accomplishment, political leadership, depression, and sometimes suicide established a fascinating legacy that lies behind Walker Percy's acclaimed prose and profound insight into the human condition. In The House of Percy, Bertram Wyatt-Brown masterfully interprets the life of this gifted family, drawing out the twin themes of an inherited inclination to despondency and an abiding sense of honor. The Percy family roots in Mississippi and Louisiana go back to "Don Carlos" Percy, an eighteenth-century soldier of fortune who amassed a large estate but fell victim to mental disorder and suicide. Wyatt-Brown traces the Percys through the slaveholding heyday of antebellum Natchez, the ravages of the Civil War (which produced the heroic Colonel William Alexander Percy, the "Gray Eagle"), and a return to prominence in the Mississippi Delta after Reconstruction. In addition, the author recovers the tragic lives and literary achievements of several Percy-related women, including Sarah Dorsey, a popular post-Civil War novelist who horrified her relatives by befriending Jefferson Davis--a married man--and bequeathing to him her plantation home, Beauvoir, along with her entire fortune. Wyatt-Brown then chronicles the life of Senator LeRoy Percy, whose climactic re-election loss in 1911 to a racist demagogue deply stung the family pride, but inspired his bold defiance to the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. The author goes on to tell the poignant story of poet and war hero Will Percy, the Senator's son. The weight of this family narrative found expression in Will Percy's memoirs, Lanterns on the Levee--and in the works of Walker Percy, who was reared in his cousin Will's Greenville home after the suicidal death of Walker's father and his mother's drowning. As the biography of a powerful dynasty, steeped in Sou8thern traditions and claims to kinship with English nobility, The House of Percy shows the interrelationship of legend, depression, and grand achievement. Written by a leading scholar of the South, it weaves together intensive research and thoughtful insights into a riveting, unforgettable story.
Liberalism and Local Government in Early Victorian London
Author: Benjamin WeinsteinPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 0861933125
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
This is an exploration of the conflict between Whig politicians and London radicals in metropolitan government.
Suffering and Happiness in England 1550-1850
Author: Michael J. BraddickPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198748264
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
These essays honour leading historian of early modern England, Paul Slack, by engaging with his work on social policy and the history of political economy. They explore how languages of happiness and suffering developed, and how historians might explore the public employment and subjective experiences of happiness and suffering in this period.
The Tatler
Author: Leigh HuntRural Urbanism
Author: Dana ArnoldPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719068201
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
This original and innovative book examines a period in which the development of London was perhaps at its most intense, for in the opening decades of the nineteenth century a concerted attempt was made to transform the metropolis into a modern European capital. This study of London landscapes will be of relevance to a broad range of researchers, academics and those with a lively interest in architectural, social, economic and cultural history.
A catalogue of the library of the corporation of ... London
Author: London corporation, librPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description