Author: Mark Girouard
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300063219
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
By looking at England's cathedral towns, Regency spas and industrial cities, and at their market squares, docks, council chambers and assembly rooms, the author traces the development of English towns through the centuries.
The English Town
Author: Mark Girouard
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300063219
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
By looking at England's cathedral towns, Regency spas and industrial cities, and at their market squares, docks, council chambers and assembly rooms, the author traces the development of English towns through the centuries.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300063219
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
By looking at England's cathedral towns, Regency spas and industrial cities, and at their market squares, docks, council chambers and assembly rooms, the author traces the development of English towns through the centuries.
A Most English Princess
Author: Clare McHugh
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062997610
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
"In this sweeping, immersive novel, Clare McHugh draws readers into the mesmerizing world of the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria – Princess Vicky – as she emerges into a powerful force in her own right and ascends to become the first German Empress.” —Marie Benedict, New York Times bestselling author of The Only Woman in the Room Perfect for fans of the BBC's Victoria, Alison Pataki's The Accidental Empress, and Daisy Goodwin's Victoria, this debut novel tells the gripping and tragic story of Queen Victoria’s eldest daughter, Victoria, Princess Royal. To the world, she was Princess Victoria, daughter of a queen, wife of an emperor, and mother of Kaiser Wilhelm. Her family just called her Vicky…smart, pretty, and self-assured, she changed the course of the world. January 1858: Princess Victoria glides down the aisle of St James Chapel to the waiting arms of her beloved, Fritz, Prince Frederick, heir to the powerful kingdom of Prussia. Although theirs is no mere political match, Vicky is determined that she and Fritz will lead by example, just as her parents Victoria and Albert had done, and also bring about a liberal and united Germany. Brought up to believe in the rightness of her cause, Vicky nonetheless struggles to thrive in the constrained Prussian court, where each day she seems to take a wrong step. And her status as the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria does little to smooth over the conflicts she faces. But handsome, gallant Fritz is always by her side, as they navigate court intrigue, and challenge the cunning Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, while fighting for the throne—and the soul of a nation. At home they endure tragedy, including their son, Wilhelm, rejecting all they stand for. Clare McHugh tells the enthralling and riveting story of Victoria, the Princess Royal—from her younger years as the apple of her father Albert's eyes through her rise to power atop the mighty German empire to her final months of life.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062997610
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
"In this sweeping, immersive novel, Clare McHugh draws readers into the mesmerizing world of the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria – Princess Vicky – as she emerges into a powerful force in her own right and ascends to become the first German Empress.” —Marie Benedict, New York Times bestselling author of The Only Woman in the Room Perfect for fans of the BBC's Victoria, Alison Pataki's The Accidental Empress, and Daisy Goodwin's Victoria, this debut novel tells the gripping and tragic story of Queen Victoria’s eldest daughter, Victoria, Princess Royal. To the world, she was Princess Victoria, daughter of a queen, wife of an emperor, and mother of Kaiser Wilhelm. Her family just called her Vicky…smart, pretty, and self-assured, she changed the course of the world. January 1858: Princess Victoria glides down the aisle of St James Chapel to the waiting arms of her beloved, Fritz, Prince Frederick, heir to the powerful kingdom of Prussia. Although theirs is no mere political match, Vicky is determined that she and Fritz will lead by example, just as her parents Victoria and Albert had done, and also bring about a liberal and united Germany. Brought up to believe in the rightness of her cause, Vicky nonetheless struggles to thrive in the constrained Prussian court, where each day she seems to take a wrong step. And her status as the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria does little to smooth over the conflicts she faces. But handsome, gallant Fritz is always by her side, as they navigate court intrigue, and challenge the cunning Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, while fighting for the throne—and the soul of a nation. At home they endure tragedy, including their son, Wilhelm, rejecting all they stand for. Clare McHugh tells the enthralling and riveting story of Victoria, the Princess Royal—from her younger years as the apple of her father Albert's eyes through her rise to power atop the mighty German empire to her final months of life.
The English Town, 1680-1840
Author: Rosemary Sweet
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317882954
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
An impressively thorough exploration of the changing functions, character and experience of English towns in a key age of transition which includes smaller communities as well as the larger industrialising towns. Among the issues examined are demography, social stratification, manners, religion, gender, dissent, amenities and entertainment, and the resilience of provincial culture in the face of the growing influence of London. At its heart is an authoritative study of urban politics: the structures of authority, the realities of civic administration, and the general movement for reform that climaxed in the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317882954
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
An impressively thorough exploration of the changing functions, character and experience of English towns in a key age of transition which includes smaller communities as well as the larger industrialising towns. Among the issues examined are demography, social stratification, manners, religion, gender, dissent, amenities and entertainment, and the resilience of provincial culture in the face of the growing influence of London. At its heart is an authoritative study of urban politics: the structures of authority, the realities of civic administration, and the general movement for reform that climaxed in the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835.
The English Town in the Last Hundred Years
Author: John Betjeman
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
In a Very English Town
Author: John Comino-James
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781904587729
Category : Thame (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
High Street, Buttermarket, Cornmarket, Pump Lane, North Street, Park Street: all have a deceptive familiarity to the English ear that they could be found in any English town. They suggest continuity and tradition. Comino-Jones has photographed the streets, shops and shopkeepers in Thame, a historic market town 45 miles north of London. The candid images, text and portraits are contained in a sequence whilst the accompanying interviews reveal the pride and the challenges that small enterprises experience. Comino-Jones celebrates the character and history of the market town.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781904587729
Category : Thame (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
High Street, Buttermarket, Cornmarket, Pump Lane, North Street, Park Street: all have a deceptive familiarity to the English ear that they could be found in any English town. They suggest continuity and tradition. Comino-Jones has photographed the streets, shops and shopkeepers in Thame, a historic market town 45 miles north of London. The candid images, text and portraits are contained in a sequence whilst the accompanying interviews reveal the pride and the challenges that small enterprises experience. Comino-Jones celebrates the character and history of the market town.
The Statutes at Large
Author: Ireland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
The English Cyclopaedia: Cyclopaedia of geography
Author: Charles Knight
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 1186
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 1186
Book Description
An history of the ancient town and borough of Congleton, with an appendix, containing a brief history and description of Astbury church [&c.].
Author: Samuel Yates
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, Art, and Finance
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1094
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1094
Book Description
Historical Dictionary of Late Medieval England, 1272-1485
Author: Ronald H. Fritze
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313011362
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 677
Book Description
Providing the chronological setting for many of Shakespeare's plays, various swashbuckling novels from Sir Walter Scott's to Robert Louis Stevenson's, and such Hollywood films as Braveheart, late Medieval England is superficially well known. Yet its true complexity remains elusive, locked in the covers of specialized monographs and journal articles. In over 300 entries written by 80 scholars, this book makes the factual information and historical interpretations of the era readily available. Covering political, military, religious, and constitutional subjects as well as social and economic topics, the volume is easy to use, comprehensive, and authoritative. It provides a useful resource for undergraduate and graduate students, scholars, and educated laymen. Rightly characterized as an age of crisis, the 14th century saw the Hundred Years War, the Black Death, the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, the Avignon Papacy, and the Great Schism of the Western Church. All placed great stresses on English society, aggravating old problems and creating new ones. In the late Middle Ages, parliament became an important element in English government; Cambridge and Oxford universities attained European-wide reputations; and general literacy increased. The Church remained a paramount religious, political, and social institution, but its independence and intellectual monopoly slipped. The entries in this book synthesize recent scholarship on these and other historical events. While emphasizing political, religious, constitutional and military topics, the book also provides brief introductions to social, economic, cultural, and intellectual topics. It is a valuable guide for those wishing to understand this complex, tumultuous, and until recently, poorly understood era.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313011362
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 677
Book Description
Providing the chronological setting for many of Shakespeare's plays, various swashbuckling novels from Sir Walter Scott's to Robert Louis Stevenson's, and such Hollywood films as Braveheart, late Medieval England is superficially well known. Yet its true complexity remains elusive, locked in the covers of specialized monographs and journal articles. In over 300 entries written by 80 scholars, this book makes the factual information and historical interpretations of the era readily available. Covering political, military, religious, and constitutional subjects as well as social and economic topics, the volume is easy to use, comprehensive, and authoritative. It provides a useful resource for undergraduate and graduate students, scholars, and educated laymen. Rightly characterized as an age of crisis, the 14th century saw the Hundred Years War, the Black Death, the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, the Avignon Papacy, and the Great Schism of the Western Church. All placed great stresses on English society, aggravating old problems and creating new ones. In the late Middle Ages, parliament became an important element in English government; Cambridge and Oxford universities attained European-wide reputations; and general literacy increased. The Church remained a paramount religious, political, and social institution, but its independence and intellectual monopoly slipped. The entries in this book synthesize recent scholarship on these and other historical events. While emphasizing political, religious, constitutional and military topics, the book also provides brief introductions to social, economic, cultural, and intellectual topics. It is a valuable guide for those wishing to understand this complex, tumultuous, and until recently, poorly understood era.