Author: Kingsley M. Oliver
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Hold Fast, Sit Sure: Treasures and plate
Author: Kingsley M. Oliver
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The Civil War in London
Author: Robin Rowles
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526706490
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The Civil War years of the 1640s were amongst the most tumultuous in British history. The conflict between King Charles I and Parliament strained and split the social fabric of the British Isles. People of all classes who had previously coexisted peacefully found themselves opposing each other on political, religious, and economic grounds. Society was literally 'by the sword divided'.Much has been written on the subject to date. This book is different. London is its focus, with key players such as the Lord Mayor, the livery companies, the Church, and citizens, viewed through the city's lens and the streets around St Paul's and Cheapside. In looking at seemingly everyday events, unusual questions are raised: for example, where can you find a little known statue of Oliver Cromwell; what happened to the Cheapside Cross; who was Nemehiah Wallington and why was he important?The result of a London walk devised by the author, the books learned yet accessible approach will appeal to anyone interested in a new way of looking at a popular event in history. Bookended by the death of a Tudor queen and the beheading of a Stuart king, its chapters walk us through what happened in-between.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526706490
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The Civil War years of the 1640s were amongst the most tumultuous in British history. The conflict between King Charles I and Parliament strained and split the social fabric of the British Isles. People of all classes who had previously coexisted peacefully found themselves opposing each other on political, religious, and economic grounds. Society was literally 'by the sword divided'.Much has been written on the subject to date. This book is different. London is its focus, with key players such as the Lord Mayor, the livery companies, the Church, and citizens, viewed through the city's lens and the streets around St Paul's and Cheapside. In looking at seemingly everyday events, unusual questions are raised: for example, where can you find a little known statue of Oliver Cromwell; what happened to the Cheapside Cross; who was Nemehiah Wallington and why was he important?The result of a London walk devised by the author, the books learned yet accessible approach will appeal to anyone interested in a new way of looking at a popular event in history. Bookended by the death of a Tudor queen and the beheading of a Stuart king, its chapters walk us through what happened in-between.
Hold Fast
Author: Kevin Major
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN: 1554983770
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Hold Fast is the widely acclaimed story of a young boy's struggle to survive in a new environment and his fight against those who stand as threats to his pride in himself and his way of life. Michael turned fourteen in May. By June, both his parents are dead, victims of a car crash. And for Michael, who has lived all his life in a small Newfoundland outport community, this means being suddenly uprooted and sent to live with relatives in St. Albert, a city hundreds of miles away. Hold Fast is the story of Michael's struggle to survive in his new world. In vivid, honest prose, it depicts his fight against those who threaten him - the loud-mouthed Kentson who makes fun of the way he talks at school, and his uncle who tries to rule life at home with an iron hand. It is also the story of the friendship that develops between Michael and Curtis, his cousin, and of his new uncertain feelings for Brenda. The book was written, Kevin Major says, “out of love for a way of life and a people. It is an appeal for us Newfoundlanders to be like certain of the species of seaweed that inhabit our shores, which, when faced with the threat of being destroyed by forces they cannot control, evolve an appendage to hold them to the rocks, a holdfast.”
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN: 1554983770
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Hold Fast is the widely acclaimed story of a young boy's struggle to survive in a new environment and his fight against those who stand as threats to his pride in himself and his way of life. Michael turned fourteen in May. By June, both his parents are dead, victims of a car crash. And for Michael, who has lived all his life in a small Newfoundland outport community, this means being suddenly uprooted and sent to live with relatives in St. Albert, a city hundreds of miles away. Hold Fast is the story of Michael's struggle to survive in his new world. In vivid, honest prose, it depicts his fight against those who threaten him - the loud-mouthed Kentson who makes fun of the way he talks at school, and his uncle who tries to rule life at home with an iron hand. It is also the story of the friendship that develops between Michael and Curtis, his cousin, and of his new uncertain feelings for Brenda. The book was written, Kevin Major says, “out of love for a way of life and a people. It is an appeal for us Newfoundlanders to be like certain of the species of seaweed that inhabit our shores, which, when faced with the threat of being destroyed by forces they cannot control, evolve an appendage to hold them to the rocks, a holdfast.”
Hold Fast
Author: Kevin Major
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN: 0888995806
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
Suddenly orphaned and reluctantly living with relatives in a city hundreds of miles away from his Newfoundland fishing village, Michael rebels against his disciplinarian uncle and sets up camp off-season in a national park.
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN: 0888995806
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
Suddenly orphaned and reluctantly living with relatives in a city hundreds of miles away from his Newfoundland fishing village, Michael rebels against his disciplinarian uncle and sets up camp off-season in a national park.
A Hand-book of Mottoes Borne by the Nobility, Gentry, Cities, Public Companies, &c
Author: Charles Norton Elvin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Devices (Heraldry)
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Devices (Heraldry)
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Fairbairn's Crests of the families of Great Britain and Ireland. Revised by L. Butters, ed.by J. Maclaren
Author: James Fairbairn
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
Fairbairn's Crests of the Leading Families in Great Britain and Ireland and Their Kindred in Other Lands
Author: James Fairbairn
Publisher:
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Category : Crests
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crests
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
The Book of mottos, borne by nobility and gentry, public companies, cities, &c.; with their English significations, bearers' names, titles, etc. and occasional notes and illustrations
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
A Hand-Book of Mottoes borne by the Nobility, Gentry, Cities, Public Companies, etc. Translated and illustrated with notes and quotations
Author: Charles Norton ELVIN
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Hold Fast the Time
Author: Marilyn Borstein
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595772226
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Ora Shappel, a suburban 64-year old Jewish widow, travels to Israel to corroborate the details of a past life she experienced while under hypnosis. Both lifetimes, Ora's and her counterpart's, Julia Crispina, a Roman slave and prostitute, collide in a time warp of romance, politics, danger, and forbidden love.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595772226
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Ora Shappel, a suburban 64-year old Jewish widow, travels to Israel to corroborate the details of a past life she experienced while under hypnosis. Both lifetimes, Ora's and her counterpart's, Julia Crispina, a Roman slave and prostitute, collide in a time warp of romance, politics, danger, and forbidden love.