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:
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Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 498
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The Viceroys
Author: Federico de Roberto
Publisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 1784782580
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 653
Book Description
A lost literary classic, written in 1894, The Viceroys is one of the most acclaimed masterworks of Italian realism. The novel follows three generations of the aristocratic Uzeda family as it struggles to hold on to power in the face of the cataclysmic changes rocking Sicily. As Garibaldi's triumphs move Italy toward unification, the Uzedas try every means to retain their position. De Roberto's satirical and mordant pen depicts a cast of upper-class schemers, headed by the old matriarch, Donna Teresa, and exemplified by her arrogant and totally unscrupulous son, Consalvo, who rises to political eminence through lip service, double-dealing, and hypocrisy. The Viceroys is a vast dramatic panorama: a new world fighting to shrug off the viciousness and iniquities of the old.
Publisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 1784782580
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 653
Book Description
A lost literary classic, written in 1894, The Viceroys is one of the most acclaimed masterworks of Italian realism. The novel follows three generations of the aristocratic Uzeda family as it struggles to hold on to power in the face of the cataclysmic changes rocking Sicily. As Garibaldi's triumphs move Italy toward unification, the Uzedas try every means to retain their position. De Roberto's satirical and mordant pen depicts a cast of upper-class schemers, headed by the old matriarch, Donna Teresa, and exemplified by her arrogant and totally unscrupulous son, Consalvo, who rises to political eminence through lip service, double-dealing, and hypocrisy. The Viceroys is a vast dramatic panorama: a new world fighting to shrug off the viciousness and iniquities of the old.
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.
The Valentine Post-bag,
Author: Thomas Browne
Publisher:
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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The Spectator
Author:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1128
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1128
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The Library of John Quinn ...
Author: John Quinn
Publisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 736
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 736
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The Athenaeum
Author:
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Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 824
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Publisher:
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Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 824
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Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
Book Description
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.
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:
ISBN:
Category : Home rule
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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