Download or read book Frost Fairs to Funfairs written by Nick Corble and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavishly illustrated volume evokes all the excitement and fervour of the fair coming to town while at the same time demonstrating how the fair is not only an integral part of English culture.
Download or read book The Georgians written by Penelope J. Corfield and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive history of the Georgians, comparing past views of these exciting, turbulent, and controversial times with our attitudes today The Georgian era is often seen as a time of innovations. It saw the end of monarchical absolutism, global exploration and settlements overseas, the world’s first industrial revolution, deep transformations in religious and cultural life, and Britain’s role in the international trade in enslaved Africans. But how were these changes perceived by people at the time? And how do their viewpoints compare with attitudes today? In this wide-ranging history, Penelope J. Corfield explores every aspect of Georgian life—politics and empire, culture and society, love and violence, religion and science, industry and towns. People’s responses at the time were often divided. Pessimists saw loss and decline, while optimists saw improvements and light. Out of such tensions came the Georgian culture of both experiment and resistance. Corfield emphasizes those elements of deep continuity that persisted even within major changes, and shows how new developments were challenged if their human consequences proved dire.
Download or read book The Gentleman s Magazine Or Monthly Intelligencer written by Edward Cave and published by . This book was released on 1786 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Gentleman s Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1783 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains opinions and comment on other currently published newspapers and magazines, a selection of poetry, essays, historical events, voyages, news (foreign and domestic) including news of North America, a register of the month's new publications, a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs, a summary of monthly events, vital statistics (births, deaths, marriages), preferments, commodity prices. Samuel Johnson contributed parliamentary reports as "Debates of the Senate of Magna Lilliputia."
Download or read book The English Fair written by David Kerr Cameron and published by Alan Sutton Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive and readable new study examines a long-neglected subject and its impact on trade and everyday lives. Based not only on wide exploration of local sources, museum and library archives, but also on extended interviews with old farmers and dealers, the book traces the fair's history from early Saxon times to the present day, examining why today's fairs are based purely on entertainment rather than trade. David Kerr Cameron traces the fair's history from its lowly beginnings in the ancient landscape, through its periods of growth under the patronage of the Church and the granting of royal charters and its eventual transformation into the all-important livestock and specialist events of the regions.
Download or read book Bryant May Peculiar London written by Christopher Fowler and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2022-12-06 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thinking of a jaunt to England? Let Arthur Bryant and John May, London’s oldest police detectives, show you the oddities behind the city’s façades in this tongue-in-cheek travel guide. “The best fun is running all over the city with these amiable partners.”—The New York Times Book Review, on Bryant & May: The Lonely Hour It’s getting late. I want to share my knowledge of London with you, if I can remember any of it. So says Arthur Bryant. He and John May are the nation’s oldest serving detectives. Who better to reveal its secrets? Why does this rainy, cold, gray city capture so many imaginations? Could its very unreliability hold the key to its longevity? The detectives are joined by their boss, Raymond Land, and some of their most disreputable friends, each an argumentative and unreliable expert in their own dodgy field. Each character gives us a short tour of odd buildings, odder characters, lost venues, forgotten disasters, confusing routes, dubious gossip, illicit pleasures, and hidden pubs. They make all sorts of connections—and show us why it’s almost impossible to separate fact from fiction in London.
Download or read book Gentleman s Magazine and Historical Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1786 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Frost Fair written by Carol Ann Duffy and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a snowy London day in The Great Winter of 1683. We follow our bold narrator as she explores ‘the town on the Thames’, a thousand tents and dancing fires lit on the frozen water with jubilant residents and lively festive revelry. All is a fete upon the ice as she sees jugglers, dancing bears, palm readers and even a merry wedding. Her journey leads her to meet many new companions with whom to spend a starry night upon the river, where they sleep with no inkling of who will be looking down on them in the morning light . . . Carol Ann Duffy's Christmas poem, Frost Fair is inspired by the fairs held on the River Thames in London as it froze over in the uncommonly cold winters of the Little Ice Age. This delightful, moving poem captures the inventiveness of a great city and the drama of winter. Beautifully illustrated by David De Las Heras, Frost Fair is an irresistible read for our festive season.
Download or read book The Clock People written by Mark Roland Langdale and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly imaginative fantasy book for children and young adults. Written in the authors’ unmistakable style, the book transports readers to a different world. The narrative surrounds the theme of time and follows people who live inside a clock.
Download or read book The Gentleman s Magazine and Historical Chronicle written by and published by . This book was released on 1786 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book THE HUGUENOT written by Garvin Fitzroy Pollock and published by Author House. This book was released on 2013 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of love and adventure set in the turbulent reign of Elizabeth the First. The Comte Gerrard de Gault, a Huguenot, is sent to warn his fellow Protestants to leave France, before the Catholics burn them at the stake. The Spanish Inquisition imprisons him; where he swears an oath to avenge all those deaths before escaping to become the Secretary of the Commander-in-chief of the Spanish Armada; helps Sir Francis Drake capture the Treasure Ship at the sack of Cadiz; assist in the execution of Mary Queen of Scots; is responsible for the defeat of the Armada.
Download or read book Billboard written by and published by . This book was released on 1953-08-08 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
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Download or read book The Story of the British and Their Weather written by Patrick Nobbs and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2015-01-15 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling and highly readable history of the British weather – the real master of the islands
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of London written by Kenneth John Panton and published by Historical Dictionaries of Cit. This book was released on 2001 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Panton details London's growth from its foundation in Roman times to its modern place as one of the world's preeminent financial, commercial and cultural capitals. Entries cover general themes (such as immigration, housing, street markets, and health care) as well as specific topics (including individual historic buildings, financial institutions, museums, transport modes, major city center hotels and West End theaters). Significant contributors to the city's government, such as the legendary Dick Whittington, also receive attention, along with immigrant groups and major events such as the Great Fire, the Great Plague, the development of the subway system, and the growth of the Stock Exchange. In addition, a chronology details major events, there are lists of Lord Mayors and leading local government officials, and a table outlines population growth over the last two hundred years. Appendices contain borough council contact information and world wide web addresses which provide access to additional information through the Internet.
