Author: Dave Jackson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781556612688
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
A young English boy is sold to be trained as a chimney sweep and is rescued by his brother with the help of John Wesley. Ages 8-12.
The Chimney Sweep's Ransom
Author: Dave Jackson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781556612688
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
A young English boy is sold to be trained as a chimney sweep and is rescued by his brother with the help of John Wesley. Ages 8-12.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781556612688
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
A young English boy is sold to be trained as a chimney sweep and is rescued by his brother with the help of John Wesley. Ages 8-12.
Chimney Sweep's Ransom
Author: Dave Jackson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781417607761
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
In this Trailblazer Book, a young English boy is sold to be trained as a chimney sweep and his rescued by his brother with the help of John Wesley.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781417607761
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
In this Trailblazer Book, a young English boy is sold to be trained as a chimney sweep and his rescued by his brother with the help of John Wesley.
A King's Ransom
Author: Simon Burrows
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1441178961
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
If Charles Théveneau de Morande was a character in a novel, he would be considered the ultimate anti-hero. Morande's historical significance far transcends his success as a blackmailer and scandalous pamphleteer. Having extorted the French monarchy he turned coat and during the War of American Independence and throughout the 1780s was France's leading political spy in London. In addition, he was a highly successful police agent among his fellow exiles and one of the most influential journalists of his time. His enemies or victims - who invariably suffered intense damage to their reputations - included many of the most colourful figures of his day. Nevertheless, Morande survived the wrath of both Louis XV and the revolution, outlived his enemies, and died peacefully in his bed. Morande's life story is a tale of intrigue, blackmail, espionage, duels, kidnap, murder, politics, conspiracy and crime. At the same time, it offers a chance to examine some of the most important issues of French history and revolution.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1441178961
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
If Charles Théveneau de Morande was a character in a novel, he would be considered the ultimate anti-hero. Morande's historical significance far transcends his success as a blackmailer and scandalous pamphleteer. Having extorted the French monarchy he turned coat and during the War of American Independence and throughout the 1780s was France's leading political spy in London. In addition, he was a highly successful police agent among his fellow exiles and one of the most influential journalists of his time. His enemies or victims - who invariably suffered intense damage to their reputations - included many of the most colourful figures of his day. Nevertheless, Morande survived the wrath of both Louis XV and the revolution, outlived his enemies, and died peacefully in his bed. Morande's life story is a tale of intrigue, blackmail, espionage, duels, kidnap, murder, politics, conspiracy and crime. At the same time, it offers a chance to examine some of the most important issues of French history and revolution.
Wedding Bells and Chimney Sweeps
Author: Bruce Montague
Publisher: Metro Publishing
ISBN: 1784180424
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
Wedding Bells and Chimney Sweeps is a wideranging, highly readable collection of information about marriage, a miscellany of facts, lore, statistics, old wives' tales, historical snippets, anecdotes, quotations, myths and superstitions.From the origin of the reading of banns to marriages conducted by ships' captains, the significance to a bride of the wooden spoon to the tradition of tossing her garter, the red tape required before a marriage can take place to Amish weddings and wedlock in literature, here is a book in which readers, married, soon-to-be-married, or determinedly single, are bound to find something to interest, amuse, astonish or, sometimes, appal them.Whether read or dipped into by anxious fiancé, nervous bride, doubtful father-in-law, doting aunt, beaming bridesmaid or melancholy former lover - or simply someone with a passing interest in some of our oldest traditions, religious and pagan - this is a book to delight even the least romantically minded reader.
Publisher: Metro Publishing
ISBN: 1784180424
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
Wedding Bells and Chimney Sweeps is a wideranging, highly readable collection of information about marriage, a miscellany of facts, lore, statistics, old wives' tales, historical snippets, anecdotes, quotations, myths and superstitions.From the origin of the reading of banns to marriages conducted by ships' captains, the significance to a bride of the wooden spoon to the tradition of tossing her garter, the red tape required before a marriage can take place to Amish weddings and wedlock in literature, here is a book in which readers, married, soon-to-be-married, or determinedly single, are bound to find something to interest, amuse, astonish or, sometimes, appal them.Whether read or dipped into by anxious fiancé, nervous bride, doubtful father-in-law, doting aunt, beaming bridesmaid or melancholy former lover - or simply someone with a passing interest in some of our oldest traditions, religious and pagan - this is a book to delight even the least romantically minded reader.
Lord Shaftesbury
Author: John Wesley Bready
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Wedded Bliss
Author: Barbara Metzger
Publisher: Untreed Reads
ISBN: 1611873630
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Robert Rothmore, Earl of Rockford, thinks Alissa Henning is simply delightful-exactly the kind of woman who'd make the perfect mother for his sons. But Alissa swore she'd spend the rest of her life scraping pennies together rather than wed the insufferable earl and become a glorified governess. Still, she couldn't very well let her own children starve-and there was no doubt that Rockford would give them all a good life. So she reluctantly accepts his offer...but there's more to a good life than what's in one's pockets. And Alissa intends to find out what's in her new husband's heart.
Publisher: Untreed Reads
ISBN: 1611873630
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Robert Rothmore, Earl of Rockford, thinks Alissa Henning is simply delightful-exactly the kind of woman who'd make the perfect mother for his sons. But Alissa swore she'd spend the rest of her life scraping pennies together rather than wed the insufferable earl and become a glorified governess. Still, she couldn't very well let her own children starve-and there was no doubt that Rockford would give them all a good life. So she reluctantly accepts his offer...but there's more to a good life than what's in one's pockets. And Alissa intends to find out what's in her new husband's heart.
The Elder Sons of George III
Author: Catherine Curzon
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
ISBN: 1473872502
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Follow the sensational lives of four Georgian Era royals through scandal, corruption, and coronation in this revealing family biography. For nearly sixty years, King George III reigned over a tumultuous kingdom. His health and realm were in turmoil, while family life held challenges of its own. From the corpulent Prinny and the Grand Old Duke of York, to a king who battled the Lords and the disciplinarian Duke of Kent, this is the story of George III’s elder sons. Born during half a decafde of upheaval, George, Frederick, William, and Edward defined an era. Their scandals intrigued the nation and their efforts to build lives outside their parents’ shadow led them down diverse paths. Whether devoting themselves to the military or to pleasure, every moment was captured in the full glare of the spotlight. The sons of George III were prepared from infancy to take their place on the world’s stage, but as the king’s health failed and the country lurched from one drama to the next, they found that duty was easier said than done. With scandalous romances, illegal marriages, rumors of corruption and even the odd kidnapping plot, their lives were luridly dramatic, and never, ever dull.
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
ISBN: 1473872502
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Follow the sensational lives of four Georgian Era royals through scandal, corruption, and coronation in this revealing family biography. For nearly sixty years, King George III reigned over a tumultuous kingdom. His health and realm were in turmoil, while family life held challenges of its own. From the corpulent Prinny and the Grand Old Duke of York, to a king who battled the Lords and the disciplinarian Duke of Kent, this is the story of George III’s elder sons. Born during half a decafde of upheaval, George, Frederick, William, and Edward defined an era. Their scandals intrigued the nation and their efforts to build lives outside their parents’ shadow led them down diverse paths. Whether devoting themselves to the military or to pleasure, every moment was captured in the full glare of the spotlight. The sons of George III were prepared from infancy to take their place on the world’s stage, but as the king’s health failed and the country lurched from one drama to the next, they found that duty was easier said than done. With scandalous romances, illegal marriages, rumors of corruption and even the odd kidnapping plot, their lives were luridly dramatic, and never, ever dull.
The Ravenmaster's Secret
Author: Elvira Woodruff
Publisher: Perfection Learning
ISBN: 9780756947910
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The 11-year-old son of the Ravenmaster at the Tower of London befriends a Jacobite rebel being held prisoner there.
Publisher: Perfection Learning
ISBN: 9780756947910
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The 11-year-old son of the Ravenmaster at the Tower of London befriends a Jacobite rebel being held prisoner there.
Lord Shaftesbury and Social-industrial Progress
Author: John Wesley Bready
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Le grand dictionnaire Hachette-Oxford
Author: Marie-Hélène Corréard
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0198614225
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 2084
Book Description
A book that lists French language words and gives their equivalent in English, and English language words with their equivalent in French.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0198614225
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 2084
Book Description
A book that lists French language words and gives their equivalent in English, and English language words with their equivalent in French.