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Category : Alps, Western
Languages : en
Pages : 190
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The Peasants of Chamouni. Containing an Attempt to Reach the Summit of Mont Blanc; and a Delineation of the Scenery Among the Alps
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Category : Alps, Western
Languages : en
Pages : 190
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The peasants of Chamouni, containing an attempt to reach the summit of Mont Blanc
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Languages : en
Pages : 194
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The Collector, Containing Articles and Illustrations, Reprinted from The Queen Newspaper, of Interest to the Great Body of Collectors, on China, Engravings, Etc
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Languages : en
Pages : 198
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Tales of boys as they are, by the author of Lives of learned and eminent men
Author: TalesPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 154
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The Cockney Who Sold the Alps
Author: Alan McNeePublisher: Victorian Secrets
ISBN: 1906469679
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Albert Smith is one of the most famous Victorians of whom you've probably never heard. During his lifetime, he was a household name, thrilling audiences with his Ascent of Mont Blanc show at London's Egyptian Hall. An inveterate showman, Smith was also a doctor, journalist, raconteur, novelist, travel writer, and playwright. His many talents were outstripped only by his boundless self-belief and huge personality. Even Queen Victoria described him in her journal as "inimitable", an epithet Smith's contemporary Charles Dickens liked to reserve for himself. Although Smith died aged only 43, he managed to pack much incident into his short life. He was robbed by highwaymen in Italy, narrowly escaped death in a hot air ballooning accident, and dodged arrest in Paris during the June Days Uprising of 1848. He also got caught up in the row over Dickens's affair with Ellen Ternan. While his bumptiousness made Smith a divisive figure, many saw in him the Victorian ideal of the self-made man: energetic, imaginative, and ready to seize any new opportunity. As Alan McNee explains in this lively biography, it was his intrepid ascent of Mont Blanc in 1851 that propelled Smith to stardom. His subsequent show inspired 'Mont Blanc mania', encouraging participation in mountaineering as a popular pursuit. The Cockney Who Sold the Alps is a story of ambition, spectacle, and the fleeting nature of celebrity.
The Alpine Journal
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Category : Alps
Languages : en
Pages : 890
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The Peasants of Chamouni ... Second Edition
Author: CHAMONIX.Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 574
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The Monthly Review
Author: Ralph GriffithsPublisher:
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
The Cambrian excursion
Author: Louisa WestonPublisher:
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Category : Travel writing
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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