Author: Dorothy BowersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The Bells at Old Bailey
Author: Dorothy BowersThe bells at old Bailey
Author: Dorothy BowersThe Bells of Old Bailey
Author: Dorothy BowersPublisher:
ISBN: 9780915230952
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
It was not until the fifth death in Long Greeting that Miss Tidy made up her mind to go to the police. And then from no sense of civic duty but because she knew her own security imperilled. So opens the fifth and final book by Bowers, first published in 1947, one year before her untimely death from TB at the age of 46. Scotland Yard is once again involved but Dan Pardoe, the investigating officer in the four previous books, has been replaced by Detective Inspector Raikes.
The Bell
Author: Alfred GattyBells
Author: Mary Jane TaberPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bells
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Big Ben: the Great Clock and the Bells at the Palace of Westminster
Author: Chris McKayPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191615080
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This book covers the history of 'Big Ben', the great clock and bells at Westminster, from the origins of Westminster as the seat of government right up to the celebrations of the Great Clock's 150th anniversary in 2009. The book begins by taking the reader through a typical visit to the Clock Tower, and then begins the history of the palace of Westminster, covering the fire of 1834, the building of the New Houses of Parliament and development of the clock and the bells, going into detail on their design and installation. The book covers the famous cracking of the current bell Big Ben in 1859, with sketches of all the characters involved, the two world wars, and the disaster of 1976. The book ends with a detailed technical description of the clock mechanism. The book is richly illustrated, and will appeal not only to clockmakers and horologists, but to bell enthusiasts, and those with an interest in our rich Victorian heritage.
The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Author: Alice Bertha GommePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's songs
Languages : en
Pages : 1086
Book Description
The Secret History of Nursery Rhymes
Author: Linda AlchinPublisher: Linda Alchin
ISBN: 0956748619
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Many nursery rhymes are believed to be associated with actual events in history, and include references to murder, torture, betrayal, greed, and to tyrants and royalty. The words were remembered but their secret histories were forgotten. Political satire was cleverly disguised in the wording of some, seemingly innocent, nursery rhymes. Although some of the most popular Nursery Rhymes are rooted in English history they are told to children throughout the English-speaking world. Old English Nursery Rhymes were taken to America with the settlers from England. They were then spread across Commonwealth countries including Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Author: Parodies of the Works of English & American Authors
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Includes parodies of Tennyson, Longfellow, Bret Harte, Thomas Hood, Swinburne, Browning, Shakespeare, Milton, Poe, Shelley, Cowper, Coleridge, Herrick, Carroll, Lever, Lover, Burns, Scott, Goldsmith, Kingsley, Byron and many others.