Author: Michael MacDonagh
Publisher:
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Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 498
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The Viceroy's Post-bag
Author: Michael MacDonagh
Publisher:
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Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 498
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 498
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The Viceroy's Artist
Author: Anindyo Roy
Publisher: Hachette India
ISBN: 9357316582
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Somewhere in the foothills of the Himalayas, a sixty-two-year-old English painter falls off his sketching stool. Overweight, asthmatic and prone to attacks of epilepsy, Edward Lear is nevertheless on a mission – to paint the mighty Kanchenjunga for his patron, the Viceroy of India. Lear is an oddity, an outsider, simultaneously fascinated and repelled by the world the British have built in India. Even as he battles the fatigue of travelling on pony carts, jampans and trains, Lear reflects on those who run the vast machinery of the Empire – administrators and missionaries, kitmutgars and kamsamahs. Duelling pompous British officers with his wry humour, Lear turns his ear to the polyphony of local languages to compose nonsense poetry with a uniquely Indian flavour. Woven into this vivid account are flashes from Lear's own life – deep-seated fears stemming from an unhappy childhood and the memory of unfulfilled adult relationships. Inspired by the journals of this celebrated artist and poet, Anindyo Roy brings to life Lear's little-known Indian sojourns. In lyrical prose, and occasional verse, The Viceroy's Artist paints a picture of an exceptional man who inspires by his unhindered imagination, curiosity and compassion for the world.
Publisher: Hachette India
ISBN: 9357316582
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Somewhere in the foothills of the Himalayas, a sixty-two-year-old English painter falls off his sketching stool. Overweight, asthmatic and prone to attacks of epilepsy, Edward Lear is nevertheless on a mission – to paint the mighty Kanchenjunga for his patron, the Viceroy of India. Lear is an oddity, an outsider, simultaneously fascinated and repelled by the world the British have built in India. Even as he battles the fatigue of travelling on pony carts, jampans and trains, Lear reflects on those who run the vast machinery of the Empire – administrators and missionaries, kitmutgars and kamsamahs. Duelling pompous British officers with his wry humour, Lear turns his ear to the polyphony of local languages to compose nonsense poetry with a uniquely Indian flavour. Woven into this vivid account are flashes from Lear's own life – deep-seated fears stemming from an unhappy childhood and the memory of unfulfilled adult relationships. Inspired by the journals of this celebrated artist and poet, Anindyo Roy brings to life Lear's little-known Indian sojourns. In lyrical prose, and occasional verse, The Viceroy's Artist paints a picture of an exceptional man who inspires by his unhindered imagination, curiosity and compassion for the world.
These Eventful Years
Author: Franklin Henry Hooper
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Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 900
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Publisher:
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Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 900
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The 'natural Leaders' and Their World
Author: Jonathan Jeffrey Wright
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 1846318483
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
A richly detailed exploration of the complex urban culture of the Presbyterian elite in late-Georgian Belfast, The 'Natural Leaders' and their World offers a major reassessment of the political life of Belfast in the early nineteenth century. Examining the activities of a close-knit group of individuals who sought to reform British and European politics, Jonathan Wright addresses topics such as romanticism, evangelicalism, and altruism, with a look at writers such as Lord Byron, Walter Scott, Robert Owen, and Thomas Chalmers. In doing so, he tells the story of a Presbyterian middle class and the complex entanglement of their political, cultural, and intellectual lives.
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 1846318483
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
A richly detailed exploration of the complex urban culture of the Presbyterian elite in late-Georgian Belfast, The 'Natural Leaders' and their World offers a major reassessment of the political life of Belfast in the early nineteenth century. Examining the activities of a close-knit group of individuals who sought to reform British and European politics, Jonathan Wright addresses topics such as romanticism, evangelicalism, and altruism, with a look at writers such as Lord Byron, Walter Scott, Robert Owen, and Thomas Chalmers. In doing so, he tells the story of a Presbyterian middle class and the complex entanglement of their political, cultural, and intellectual lives.
The Quarterly Review
Author: William Gifford
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 846
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Publisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 846
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Sidelights on the Home Rule Movement
Author: Robert Anderson
Publisher:
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Category : Home rule
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Publisher:
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Category : Home rule
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Partridge Driving, Some Practical Hints on Increasing and Preserving a Stock of Birds and Bringing Them Over the Guns, with a Description of the "Euston System,"
Author: Charles E. A. Alington
Publisher:
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Category : Hunting
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hunting
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher:
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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The Historians' History of the World: These eventful years (part I)
Author: Henry Smith Williams
Publisher:
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Category : World history
Languages : en
Pages : 842
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World history
Languages : en
Pages : 842
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Inis Fail
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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