Author: Horace WalpolePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 638
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The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford
Author: Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford
Author: Horace WalpoleThe letters of Horace Walpole, ed. by P. Cunningham
Author: Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 636
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The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Oxford
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1598
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Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
Royal Yachts Under Sail
Author: Brian LaveryPublisher: Seaforth Publishing
ISBN: 1399092944
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 162
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From the time of the Restoration of Charles II, when he returned to England from Breda and was presented with the yacht Mary by the burgomaster of Amsterdam, Royal yachts began to be defined as such in England and built with that special purpose in mind. They were built luxuriously and used for royal visits to the fleet, for diplomacy and for racing and cruising for pleasure. Charles II took more of an interest in the sea than any other English monarch. He built a fleet of royal yachts, fine examples of ship design and decorative art, and he can be said to have been the father of yachting and of royal yachts. His successors were less keen on the sea but traveled to Europe on missions of peace and war; and royal yachts took part in regime change several times. In 1689 Queen Mary was bought over to join her husband William of Orange and complete the ‘Glorious Revolution’. In 1714 George I arrived from Hanover to establish a new dynasty. And in 1814, in a reverse process, King Louis XVIII was taken back to France to restore the monarchy after the defeat of Napoleon. This important new book is the first to describe the building and decoration of the yachts in such detail, using many newly discovered sources; and it is the first to describe their uses and exploits, often taking their royal passengers into controversy or danger. Besides the yachts themselves, it reveals much about the character of the kings, queens and princes involved – the impetuousness of the future William IV for example, or his brother George IV’s surprising love of sailing. It describes the design, accommodation, and sailing of the yachts, as well as their captains and crews. Sailing yachts came to an end when Queen Victoria discovered that steam power was more efficient as well as more comfortable, but they revived in the form of her son Edward’s cutter Britannia, and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Bloodhound and Coweslip. Their legacy can be seen in the widespread sport of yachting today, and in the lavish superyachts of billionaires. This beautifully illustrated book, full of anecdote and containing detailed descriptions of dozens of royal yachts, will fascinate naval historians, ship modelers and, indeed, anyone who sets foot aboard the deck of a modern yacht.
New Perspectives On Russian And Soviet Artistic Culture
Author: John O. NormanPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349231908
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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The Cambridge History of the Gothic: Volume 1, Gothic in the Long Eighteenth Century
Author: Angela WrightPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316999645
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 936
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This first volume of The Cambridge History of the Gothic provides a rigorous account of the Gothic in Western civilisation, from the Goths' sacking of Rome in 410 AD through to its manifestations in British and European culture of the long eighteenth century. Written by international cast of leading scholars, the chapters explore the interdisciplinary nature of the Gothic in the fields of history, literature, architecture and fine art. As much a cultural history of Gothic as an account of the ways in which the Gothic has participated within a number of formative historical events across time, the volume offers fresh perspectives on familiar themes while also drawing new critical attention to a range of hitherto overlooked concerns. From writers such as Horace Walpole and Ann Radcliffe to eighteenth-century politics and theatre, the volume provides a thorough and engaging overview of early Gothic culture in Britain and beyond.
The Athenaeum
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Languages : en
Pages : 866
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