Author: Frederick William Hackwood
Publisher:
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Category : Staffordshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Glimpses of Bygone Staffordshire
Author: Frederick William Hackwood
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Staffordshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Staffordshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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A Staffordshire Miscellany
Author: Frederick William Hackwood
Publisher:
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Category : Staffordshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Staffordshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
The Folklore of Staffordshire
Author: Jon Raven
Publisher: Batsford
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Publisher: Batsford
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
One Leg
Author: The Marquess of Anglesey
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473816890
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Letters and unpublished material contribute to this dramatic, humorous, and romantic biography of the heroic nobleman written by his descendant. Henry William Paget, first Marquess of Anglesey, was born more than twenty years before the French Revolution. Like his famous contemporary the Duke of Wellington, he became a legend during his lifetime. As a youth he was in one scrape after another; in his forties he figured in a celebrated elopement and duel which caused much scandal; but he is best known for his greatness as a cavalry leader. His brilliant timing of the charge of his “heavies” at Waterloo averted disaster in the first crisis of that battle. Having lost a leg by one of the last shots fired on that sanguinary day, he was later known as One-Leg Paget. Anglesey was twice lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. He was still in high office two years before his death at the age of sixty-five. Among the famous figures prominent in this absorbing story are the Prince Regent, Queen Victoria, Sir John Moore, Lord Melbourne, Daniel O’Connell and, of course, the “Iron Duke,” with whom Anglesey was often at odds but of whom in old age he became a very close friend.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473816890
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Letters and unpublished material contribute to this dramatic, humorous, and romantic biography of the heroic nobleman written by his descendant. Henry William Paget, first Marquess of Anglesey, was born more than twenty years before the French Revolution. Like his famous contemporary the Duke of Wellington, he became a legend during his lifetime. As a youth he was in one scrape after another; in his forties he figured in a celebrated elopement and duel which caused much scandal; but he is best known for his greatness as a cavalry leader. His brilliant timing of the charge of his “heavies” at Waterloo averted disaster in the first crisis of that battle. Having lost a leg by one of the last shots fired on that sanguinary day, he was later known as One-Leg Paget. Anglesey was twice lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. He was still in high office two years before his death at the age of sixty-five. Among the famous figures prominent in this absorbing story are the Prince Regent, Queen Victoria, Sir John Moore, Lord Melbourne, Daniel O’Connell and, of course, the “Iron Duke,” with whom Anglesey was often at odds but of whom in old age he became a very close friend.
Folklore and Songs of the Black Country
Author: Michael Raven
Publisher:
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Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballads, English
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Black Country
Author: Phil Drabble
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Category : Black Country (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Black Country (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
The Genealogists' Magazine
Author:
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
English Constituency Histories 1265-1832
Author: Janet Seaton
Publisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The British Numismatic Journal
Author:
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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Publisher:
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Staffordshire Figures 1780-1840 Volume 2
Author: Myrna Schkolne
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 9780764345388
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Part of a multi-volume work that catalogs the enormous range of enamel-painted figures made predominantly in the Staffordshire Potteries between 1780 and 1840, Volume 2 presents figures portraying equestrians, fairground entertainers, personalities from literature and the stage, biblical characters, and a host of people of national and international significance. Also shown are sporting pastimes and figures reflecting a patriotic theme. It includes over 1000 brilliant color photos of figures. Literary figures range from Cleopatra and Doctor Syntax, while important persons as varied as Benjamin Franklin and Admiral Lord Nelson are captured in clay. The works also include the early pugilists, bull and bear baiting, and sportsmen and women of those days. Many of these figures have long been hidden from the public eye. Fashioned in an era before photography, they give us rare glimpses of a world that has vanished. In many cases, they are hauntingly beautiful. To hold one is to touch the past.
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 9780764345388
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Part of a multi-volume work that catalogs the enormous range of enamel-painted figures made predominantly in the Staffordshire Potteries between 1780 and 1840, Volume 2 presents figures portraying equestrians, fairground entertainers, personalities from literature and the stage, biblical characters, and a host of people of national and international significance. Also shown are sporting pastimes and figures reflecting a patriotic theme. It includes over 1000 brilliant color photos of figures. Literary figures range from Cleopatra and Doctor Syntax, while important persons as varied as Benjamin Franklin and Admiral Lord Nelson are captured in clay. The works also include the early pugilists, bull and bear baiting, and sportsmen and women of those days. Many of these figures have long been hidden from the public eye. Fashioned in an era before photography, they give us rare glimpses of a world that has vanished. In many cases, they are hauntingly beautiful. To hold one is to touch the past.