Author: Dawson Turner
Publisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 318
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Account of a Tour in Normandy
Author: Dawson Turner
Publisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 318
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Publisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 318
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Time's Witness
Author: Rosemary Hill
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141947411
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
From the Wolfson Prize-winning author of God's Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain Between the fall of the Bastille in 1789 and the opening of the Great Exhibition in 1851, history changed. The grand narratives of the Enlightenment, concerned with kings and statesmen, gave way to a new interest in the lives of ordinary people. Oral history, costume history, the history of food and furniture, of Gothic architecture, theatre and much else were explored as never before. Antiquarianism, the study of the material remains of the past, was not new, but now hundreds of men - and some women - became antiquaries and set about rediscovering their national history, in Britain, France and Germany. The Romantic age valued facts, but it also valued imagination and it brought both to the study of history. Among its achievements were the preservation of the Bayeux Tapestry, the analysis and dating of Gothic architecture, and the first publication of Beowulf. It dispelled old myths, and gave us new ones: Shakespeare's birthplace, clan tartans and the arrow in Harold's eye are among their legacies. From scholars to imposters the dozen or so antiquaries at the heart of this book show us history in the making.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141947411
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
From the Wolfson Prize-winning author of God's Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain Between the fall of the Bastille in 1789 and the opening of the Great Exhibition in 1851, history changed. The grand narratives of the Enlightenment, concerned with kings and statesmen, gave way to a new interest in the lives of ordinary people. Oral history, costume history, the history of food and furniture, of Gothic architecture, theatre and much else were explored as never before. Antiquarianism, the study of the material remains of the past, was not new, but now hundreds of men - and some women - became antiquaries and set about rediscovering their national history, in Britain, France and Germany. The Romantic age valued facts, but it also valued imagination and it brought both to the study of history. Among its achievements were the preservation of the Bayeux Tapestry, the analysis and dating of Gothic architecture, and the first publication of Beowulf. It dispelled old myths, and gave us new ones: Shakespeare's birthplace, clan tartans and the arrow in Harold's eye are among their legacies. From scholars to imposters the dozen or so antiquaries at the heart of this book show us history in the making.
Catalogue of the Illinois State Library
Author: Illinois State Library
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Category : Catalogs, Dictionary
Languages : en
Pages : 534
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Category : Catalogs, Dictionary
Languages : en
Pages : 534
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Operation Goodwood
Author: Ian Daglish
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1783034882
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
This ground-level WWII history describes the British armored offensive into occupied France with rare wartime photos. Military historian Ian Daglish presents an authoritatively detailed chronicle of the greatest armored battle undertaken by the British during the Second World War. After the Normandy Landings, Operation Goodwood sent British tanks south out of the Orne bridgehead. Though the operation failed to break through German defenses, it exposed critical vulnerabilities that would ultimately assist the Allies in the liberation of France. Along with the engaging and informative text, this volume includes newly discovered aerial photos taken during the fighting by the RAF. This amazing imagery makes it possible to trace the course of the battle and to track the movement of the armored regiments and troops of both sides.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1783034882
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
This ground-level WWII history describes the British armored offensive into occupied France with rare wartime photos. Military historian Ian Daglish presents an authoritatively detailed chronicle of the greatest armored battle undertaken by the British during the Second World War. After the Normandy Landings, Operation Goodwood sent British tanks south out of the Orne bridgehead. Though the operation failed to break through German defenses, it exposed critical vulnerabilities that would ultimately assist the Allies in the liberation of France. Along with the engaging and informative text, this volume includes newly discovered aerial photos taken during the fighting by the RAF. This amazing imagery makes it possible to trace the course of the battle and to track the movement of the armored regiments and troops of both sides.
William the Conqueror
Author: David Charles Douglas
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Both a study of Anglo-Norman history based upon long and detailed research and also the biography of a man whose personal career was spectacular.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Both a study of Anglo-Norman history based upon long and detailed research and also the biography of a man whose personal career was spectacular.
Catalogue of the valuable library of ... archdeacon Coxe ... which will be sold by auction
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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The Journals and Diaries of E M Forster Vol 1
Author: Philip Gardner
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040233600
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
A writer of fiction, literary criticism, travel narratives and libretti, E M Forster is best known for his beautifully-structured novels which held a mirror up to the English class system. This fascinating collection of diaries, travel journals and itineraries brings together all unpublished material Forster wrote which can be classed as ‘memoir’.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040233600
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
A writer of fiction, literary criticism, travel narratives and libretti, E M Forster is best known for his beautifully-structured novels which held a mirror up to the English class system. This fascinating collection of diaries, travel journals and itineraries brings together all unpublished material Forster wrote which can be classed as ‘memoir’.
Dictionary Catalogue ...
Author: Illinois State Library
Publisher:
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 1
Author: Dawson Turner
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Category :
Languages : en
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Catalogue of the Illinois state library. W.H. Hinrichsen, librarian
Author: Springfield Ill, Illinois state libr
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 534
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 534
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