Author: Anthony Annakin-Smith
Publisher: University of Chester
ISBN: 190825839X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Remarkable events included devastating acts of sabotage committed by Ness Colliery’s owners on the neighbouring works, and the introduction of underground canals to haul coals deep under the Dee Estuary where most of the mining occurred. Figures as diverse as the engineer George Stephenson and Nelson’s future mistress Emma, Lady Hamilton are part of the mines’ story.
The Neston Collieries, 1759-1855
Author: Anthony Annakin-Smith
Publisher: University of Chester
ISBN: 190825839X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Remarkable events included devastating acts of sabotage committed by Ness Colliery’s owners on the neighbouring works, and the introduction of underground canals to haul coals deep under the Dee Estuary where most of the mining occurred. Figures as diverse as the engineer George Stephenson and Nelson’s future mistress Emma, Lady Hamilton are part of the mines’ story.
Publisher: University of Chester
ISBN: 190825839X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Remarkable events included devastating acts of sabotage committed by Ness Colliery’s owners on the neighbouring works, and the introduction of underground canals to haul coals deep under the Dee Estuary where most of the mining occurred. Figures as diverse as the engineer George Stephenson and Nelson’s future mistress Emma, Lady Hamilton are part of the mines’ story.
NESTON COLLIERIES, 1759-1855
Author: ANTHONY. ANNAKIN-SMITH
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910481226
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910481226
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Neston Collieries, 1759-1855
Author: Anthony Annakin-Smith
Publisher: University of Chester
ISBN: 1910481661
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
The extraordinary story of the two early collieries at Neston, in west Cheshire, has been largely overlooked by historians. Yet, for a time the main coal mine, Ness Colliery, was more successful than most of its contemporaries in nearby south-west Lancashire and North Wales. It was the first large industrial site in west Cheshire and introduced the area’s earliest steam engine.
Publisher: University of Chester
ISBN: 1910481661
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
The extraordinary story of the two early collieries at Neston, in west Cheshire, has been largely overlooked by historians. Yet, for a time the main coal mine, Ness Colliery, was more successful than most of its contemporaries in nearby south-west Lancashire and North Wales. It was the first large industrial site in west Cheshire and introduced the area’s earliest steam engine.
Ingimund's Saga
Author: Stephen Harding
Publisher: University of Chester
ISBN: 1908258446
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Around 1,100 years ago a group of Vikings arrived in Wirral from Ireland which began an influx of Vikings into the area. These settlers established their own community and this comprehensively updated book explores the history of these people and their legacy.
Publisher: University of Chester
ISBN: 1908258446
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Around 1,100 years ago a group of Vikings arrived in Wirral from Ireland which began an influx of Vikings into the area. These settlers established their own community and this comprehensively updated book explores the history of these people and their legacy.
Wirral Walks
Author: Anthony Annakin-Smith
Publisher: Sigma Press
ISBN: 9781850588238
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Presenting over 20 walks in Wirral, this title discovers the best of the local landscape, with sights spanning thousands of years of history, from ancient tracks to remnants of industrial past - from woodland heath to an expansive saltmarsh.
Publisher: Sigma Press
ISBN: 9781850588238
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Presenting over 20 walks in Wirral, this title discovers the best of the local landscape, with sights spanning thousands of years of history, from ancient tracks to remnants of industrial past - from woodland heath to an expansive saltmarsh.
Congleton Past and Present
Author: Robert Head
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
The English Catholic Nonjurors of 1715
Author: Edgar Edmund Estcourt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catholics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catholics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Visitation of England and Wales
Author: Joseph Jackson Howard
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781017558029
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781017558029
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Brass Band Bibliography
Author: Gavin Holman
Publisher: Gavin Holman
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
9th edition, 2019. A comprehensive list of books, articles, theses and other material covering the brass band movement, its history, instruments and musicology; together with other related topics (originally issued in book form in January 2009)
Publisher: Gavin Holman
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
9th edition, 2019. A comprehensive list of books, articles, theses and other material covering the brass band movement, its history, instruments and musicology; together with other related topics (originally issued in book form in January 2009)
England's Mistress
Author: Kate Williams
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0307484297
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
She was the most famous woman in England–the beautiful model for society painters Joshua Reynolds and George Romney, an icon of fashion, the wife of an ambassador, and the mistress of naval hero Horatio Nelson. But Emma Hamilton had been born to the poverty of a coal-mining town and spent her teenage years working as a prostitute. From the brothels of London to the glittering court of Naples and the pretentious country estate of the most powerful admiral in England, British debut historian Kate Williams captures the life of Emma Hamilton with all its glamour and heartbreak. In lucid, engaging prose, Williams brings to life a complex and intelligent woman. Emma is sensuous, generous, artistic, at once shamelessly seductive and recklessly ambitious. Willing to do anything for love and fame, she sets out to make herself a star–and she succeeds beyond even her wildest dreams. By the age of twenty-six, she leaves behind the precarious life of a courtesan to become Lady Hamilton, wife of Sir William Hamilton–the aging, besotted, and probably impotent British ambassador to the court of Naples. But everything changes when Lord Nelson steams into Naples harbor fresh from his triumph at the Battle of the Nile and literally falls into Emma’s adoring arms. Their all-consuming romance–conducted amid the bloody tumult of the Napoleonic Wars–makes Emma an international celebrity, especially when she returns to England pregnant with Nelson’s baby. With a novelist’s flair and an historian’s eye for detail, Williams conjures up the world that Emma Hamilton conquered by the sheer force of her charisma. All but inventing the art of publicity, Emma turned herself into a kind of flesh-and-blood goddess–celebrated by wits and artists, adored by thousands, and, for a time, very rich. Yet Emma was willing to throw it all away for the man she adored. After four years of archival research and making use of hundreds of previously undiscovered letters and documents, Kate Williams sets the record straight on one of the most fascinating and ravishing women in history. England’s Mistress captures the relentless drive, the innovative style, and the burning passion of a true heroine.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0307484297
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
She was the most famous woman in England–the beautiful model for society painters Joshua Reynolds and George Romney, an icon of fashion, the wife of an ambassador, and the mistress of naval hero Horatio Nelson. But Emma Hamilton had been born to the poverty of a coal-mining town and spent her teenage years working as a prostitute. From the brothels of London to the glittering court of Naples and the pretentious country estate of the most powerful admiral in England, British debut historian Kate Williams captures the life of Emma Hamilton with all its glamour and heartbreak. In lucid, engaging prose, Williams brings to life a complex and intelligent woman. Emma is sensuous, generous, artistic, at once shamelessly seductive and recklessly ambitious. Willing to do anything for love and fame, she sets out to make herself a star–and she succeeds beyond even her wildest dreams. By the age of twenty-six, she leaves behind the precarious life of a courtesan to become Lady Hamilton, wife of Sir William Hamilton–the aging, besotted, and probably impotent British ambassador to the court of Naples. But everything changes when Lord Nelson steams into Naples harbor fresh from his triumph at the Battle of the Nile and literally falls into Emma’s adoring arms. Their all-consuming romance–conducted amid the bloody tumult of the Napoleonic Wars–makes Emma an international celebrity, especially when she returns to England pregnant with Nelson’s baby. With a novelist’s flair and an historian’s eye for detail, Williams conjures up the world that Emma Hamilton conquered by the sheer force of her charisma. All but inventing the art of publicity, Emma turned herself into a kind of flesh-and-blood goddess–celebrated by wits and artists, adored by thousands, and, for a time, very rich. Yet Emma was willing to throw it all away for the man she adored. After four years of archival research and making use of hundreds of previously undiscovered letters and documents, Kate Williams sets the record straight on one of the most fascinating and ravishing women in history. England’s Mistress captures the relentless drive, the innovative style, and the burning passion of a true heroine.