Download or read book Behind the Doors of Notorious Covent Garden written by Elizabeth Sharland and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-11-16 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covent Garden, the cultural heart of London, is notorious for its history, ghosts, and the Old Market. Discover the special places unique to this area. It would be interesting to read about the latest fashionable shops, popular pubs and hotels that existed in Covent Garden a hundred years ago but there is no accurate record as far as I know. This book, therefore, may be of interest in 100 years hence when we are all gone. There are biographies of the people who lived and worked here of course, and some of the restaurants and theatres they visited are still in existence, but in 100 years time, they may be all gone, too. While doing research for this book I came across the writings of theatre people, who had lived and worked in Covent Garden, when I was a student, and who had inspired me, although they were a little before my time. They have a chapter in this book. Clemence Dane, (Winifred Ashton) Alan Dent, Angus McBean, James Agate all wrote about the area and their stories make fascinating reading.
Download or read book London s Notorious Covent Garden Revisited written by Elizabeth Sharland and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covent Garden, the cultural heart of London, is notorious for its history, ghosts, and the Old Market. Discover the special places unique to this area. It would be interesting to read about the latest fashionable shops, popular pubs and hotels that existed in Covent Garden a hundred years ago but there is no accurate record as far as I know. This book, therefore, may be of interest in 100 years hence when we are all gone. There are biographies of the people who lived and worked here of course, and some of the restaurants and theatres they visited are still in existence, but in 100 years time, they may be all gone, too. While doing research for this book I came across the writings of theatre people, who had lived and worked in Covent Garden, when I was a student, and who had inspired me, although they were a little before my time. They have a chapter in this book. Clemence Dane, (Winifred Ashton) Alan Dent, Angus McBean, James Agate all wrote about the area and their stories make fascinating reading.
Download or read book On the Riviera written by Elizabeth Sharland and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: But I think that Life, and with that I also mean Love, comes firstits the only thing that one has in the final secondsthe knowledge that one has had time, and sense, to live, breath, love and enjoy the time one has been given I expect that all sounds a bit soppy me sitting on a hill in France and not being in a lovely lane near Cockshott! But I do KNOW, I have been there myselfand I have never been surer. For me, at any rate. DIRK BOGARDE In the south of France, when the Scott Fitzgeralds, the Murphys, Picasso, and Jean Cocteau lived and worked during the Jazz Age, the French Riviera became famous. Now, Nicole Bennett goes there to retrace their steps and try to discover who followed after them. Disenchanted with her award-winning acting career as well as her one-year marriage to Nigel, she seeks to make a significant change in her life. She leaves London and attempts to fulfill her dream of writing a book about the writers who lived and worked in the south of France. In Cannes, she meets new people and falls in love with the incredible scenery. While rediscovering the charm and magic of the Riviera, she is influenced by other writersGraham Green, Dirk Bogarde, Scott Fitzgerald, and Ernest Hemingway who once walked the same streets and enjoyed the same experiences. Its now up to Nicole to recreate the magic they all found.
Download or read book The Private Life of George Bernard Shaw written by Elizabeth Sharland and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This play concerns the fascinating personal life of one of the most famous playwrights in British literature. His relationship with actresses were many, including the beautiful Ellen Terry, the brilliant Mrs. Patrick Campbell, the volatile Florence Farr, as well as women politicians, suffragettes, and young students. His marriage to Charlotte Payne Townsend was revealing in that she was his muse, nurse, secretary, as well as being his wife.
Download or read book Steve Ross Cabaret Also the Author s Memories of Paris written by Elizabeth Sharland and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2021-01-17 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steve Ross is the Crown Prince of New York Cabaret and has created the highest standard of performing cabaret internationally. He has played across the World, in Japan, Brazil, Australia, India, Venice, London and Paris with the most brilliant singers guest starring often and he also has lectured at many Universities and private Clubs across the country. Please see his website at www.steveross.net
Download or read book Love Beyond the Footlights written by Elizabeth Sharland and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-05-16 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicoles story tells of her climb to stardom from her student days at drama school, her first job, working for the National Theatre, a Broadway run, marriage and divorce. When her beloved Michael deserts her, her entire career is in jeopardy as she struggles to come to terms with the effect her career is having on her private life.
Download or read book Across the Seas written by Elizabeth Sharland-Jones and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel has always been a large part of her life: in Volume One of Classical Destinations, she recounts her travels to home and studios of composers and artists across Europe, including George Sand, Noel Coward, and Franco Zeffirelli. In this new sequel, she visits the legendary hotels where famous writers enjoyed staying, including the Hotel du Cap in Antibes, discovered by Sarah and Gerald Murphy, the Carlton Hotel in Cannes, and the Villa Cimbronne in Ravello.
Download or read book Venus written by Jane Feather and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2009-12-30 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling Jane Feather, author of To Kiss a Spy and Kissed by Shadows, comes a deliciously sensual tale of intrigue and temptation… The last thing Lord Nicholas Kincaid expected to see in the gloom of a London tavern was a vision of loveliness. And when she led him to a bedchamber with a come-hither smile, there was no question of resisting—until he realized the lying wench meant to render him senseless so the landlord could rob him blind! That’s how the handsome lord made the acquaintance of Miss Polly Wyat, a ravishing beauty he soon decided would make the perfect spy. Unwittingly, she would infiltrate the inner circle at the king’s court. But when Nicholas sets out to bind Polly with chains of passion, he’ll find himself hard-pressed not to be bewitched…or to fall in love.
Download or read book Saunterings in London written by Leopold Wagner and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Covent Garden Journal written by John Joseph Stockdale and published by . This book was released on 1810 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Gentleman Spy written by Erica Vetsch and published by Kregel Publications. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He only wanted a duchess for a day--but she's determined to make it a marriage for life When his father and older brother suddenly pass away, the new Duke of Haverly is saddled with a title he never expected to bear. To thwart the plans of his scheming family, the duke impulsively marries a wallflower. After all, she's meek and mild; it should be easy to sequester her in the country and get on with his life--as a secret agent for the Crown. But his bride has other ideas. She's determined to take her place not only as his duchess but as his wife. As a duchess, she can use her position to help the lowest of society--the women forced into prostitution because they have no skills or hope. Her endeavors are not met favorably in society, nor by her husband who wishes she'd remain in the background as he ordered. Can the duke succeed in relegating her to the sidelines of his life? When his secrets are threatened with exposure, will his new wife be an asset or a liability?
Download or read book The Annals of Covent Garden and Its Neighbourhood written by Edwin Beresford Chancellor and published by London : Hutchinson. This book was released on 1930 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Sign of the Raven written by L.C. Sharp and published by Carina Press. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From glittering ballrooms to London’s dark underbelly, Ash & Juliana are back on the hunt for a murderer in the second installment of this thrilling historical mystery series from L.C. Sharp. The London ton protect their own. Even when it comes to murder. “There’s been an incident.” In the finer circles of 1749 London, incident is apparently the polite way to describe discovering a body with a gruesome wound and no sign of the killer. But for newlyweds Lady Juliana and Sir Edmund “Ash” Ashendon, it’s a chance to track down the culprit and right a wrong—something they are both intimately familiar with. Indeed, it is the only thing they are intimately familiar with. For the moment. Though their marriage may be one of convenience, there’s nothing convenient about learning the victim has ties to a name from their past: the dreaded Raven. And the Raven isn’t the only danger they face. The aristocracy protects its own, and in London’s darkest corners, no one wants to be unmasked. With Juliana’s life on the line, time is running out for Ash to find the killer before their marriage comes to an inconveniently bloody end. Ash & Juliana Book 1: The Wedding Night Affair Book 2: The Sign of the Raven
Download or read book Odds and Ends about Covent Garden and Its Vicinity written by George Henry Townsend and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evans s Supper Rooms Covent Garden Selection and words of madrigals glees sung in the above Supper Rooms etc written by EVANS (Hotel-Keeper.) and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Gentlewoman s Guide to Murder written by Victoria Hamilton and published by Beyond The Page. This book was released on 2022-09-29 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scandal and slayings among Regency London’s elite . . . Refusing to stand by while the wealthy men of London prey on their powerless scullery maids and other young women, Miss Emmeline St. Germaine has made it her mission to rescue the victims and threaten the men at dagger-point to cease their depravities. But mere hours after she pays just such a visit to a prominent knight, he’s found murdered and all of London is aghast. Did the man—or woman—who murdered the knight know of her visit? Facing scandal and the ruination of her family, Emmeline must solve the crime before she and her work are exposed. But there are powerful forces at work to silence her—or worse, lead her to the hangman’s noose for a crime she did not commit . . . “[An] outstanding series launch. . . . Hamilton expertly balances the page-turning detection with the story of a hypocritical society where women, whether they are scullery maids or orphans, rarely get to make their own decisions.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Hamilton’s novel will appeal to fans of Anne Perry’s Charlotte and Pitt mysteries.” —Booklist “A simply riveting and compulsive page-turner of a read from cover to cover. A deftly scripted mystery with more twists and turns than a Coney Island roller coaster.” —Midwest Book Review
Download or read book I ll Fight You for It written by Brian Anson and published by Jonathan Cape. This book was released on 1981 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
