Download or read book Life in Georgian Richmond North Yorkshire written by Jane Hatcher and published by Pen & Sword History. This book was released on 2018-04 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Georgian Era was a period of immense change in Britain, immortalised in the work of writers such as Jane Austen and architects like John Nash. For such an evocative period, the question must be asked: what was life really like? In Life in Georgian Richmond, the authors present a rare opportunity to hear the authentic voice of the mid-eighteenth century through the writings of a newly discovered diary, giving a short but intense portrait of a woman immersed in up-to-date Georgian social activities in a bustling and fashionable town in Northern England. With this book, travel to mid-eighteenth century England: to fairs and markets, horse racing and travelling players. Learn of the changing role of women in Georgian England and along with the authors, unravel their secrets to bring alive society in this vanished world.
Download or read book The Little History of Yorkshire written by Ingrid Barton and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2018-08-31 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is nothing 'little' about the history of England's largest county, Yorkshire! However, this small volume condenses a rich history into a collection of stories and facts that will make you marvel at the events this county has witnessed, from Mesolithic roots to Roman heritage, from medieval splendour to the industrial revolution and beyond. Discover the development of the woolen industry in Leeds, the coal, textile and steel industries in Sheffield and Rotherham, and the rise of spa towns at Harrogate and Scarborough. Take a journey through the historic - and heroic! - struggles and celebrations of past Yorkshire people, or jump into the era of your choice to discover the who, what and why of our county's history.
Download or read book Life After You written by Lucie Brownlee and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘He crashed on to the pillow next to me, heavy as a felled oak. I slapped His face and told Him to wake up. Our daughter, B, appeared in the doorway, woken up by the screaming – I must have been screaming but I don’t remember – and she was crying and peering in. I told her the ultimate adult lie; that everything was all right.’ Sudden death is rude. It just wanders in and takes your husband without any warning; it doesn’t even have the decency to knock. At the impossibly young age of 37, as they were making love one night, Lucie Brownlee’s beloved husband Mark dropped dead. As Lucie tried to make sense of her new life – the one she never thought she would be living – she turned to writing to express her grief. Life After You is the stunning, irreverent and heartbreakingly honest result.
Download or read book Shirts Shifts and Sheets of Fine Linen written by Pam Inder and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-12-14 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shirts, Shifts and Sheets of Fine Linen explores how the jobs of the 'seamstress' evolved in scope, and status, between 1600-1900. In the 17th and early 18th centuries, seamstressing was a trade for women who worked in linen and cotton, making men's shirts, women's chemises, underwear and baby linen; some of these seamstresses were consummate craftswomen, able to sew with stitches almost invisible to the naked eye. Few examples of their work survive, but those that do attest to their skill. However, as the ready-to-wear trade expanded in the 18th century, women who assembled these garments were also known as seamstresses, and by the 1840s, most seamstresses were outworkers for companies or entrepreneurs, paid unbelievably low rates per dozen for the garments they produced, notorious examples of downtrodden, exploited womenfolk. Drawing on a range of original and hitherto unpublished sources, including business diaries, letters and bills, Shirts, Shifts and Sheets of Fine Linen explores the seamstress's change of status in the 19th century and the reasons for it, hinting at the resurgence of the trade today given so few women today are skilled at repairing and altering clothes. Illustrated with 60 images, the book brings seamstresses into focus as real people, granting new insights into working class life in 18th- and 19th-century Britain.
Download or read book The Directory of Museums Living Displays written by Kenneth Hudson and published by Springer. This book was released on 1985-06-18 with total page 1067 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Richmonds of the World written by Barclay Simpson and published by Paragon Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richmond is the most named place on the planet. Richmond can be found in five continents and there are 55 Richmonds around the world. Read the fascinating story of these many Richmonds, the places, the people, the history, events and relationships. Front cover: Richmond Yorkshire England. Inset: Richmond, Virginia USA; Richmond, Bangalore, India. Back cover (top to bottom): Ricmond upon Thames, England; Richmond, Fiji; Richmond rugby club; Richmond, Staten Island, USA; Richmond, Indiana, USA.
Download or read book A Voice from Richmond Yorkshire written by Leslie Anne Hendra and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-01-21 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1825, Henry Wood of Richmond, North Yorkshire, began a lively correspondence with a friend in Newcastle upon Tyne. A keen observer of people and current affairs, Henry provided his friend with witty, colourful accounts of events in and around Richmond, including election hijinks, horseracing, ballooning and visits by travelling theatrical companies, lecturers and conjurors. He also discussed literature, art and botany, mused on love and courtship, and described the latest doings and saying of various Richmond 'characters'. Written between 1825 and 1832, the sixty-six surviving letters bring late Georgian Richmond to life and make delightful reading for those interested in local, social and family history. The letters are accompanied by biographical information about Henry Wood and his friends, and a detailed index.
Download or read book Country Life written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Curious Tales of Old North Yorkshire written by Howard Peach and published by Sigma Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Man of Mode written by George Etherege and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-06-18 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Verbal brilliance, urbane sophistication and sexual conquest are the measures of success for the fashionable set who watched themselves being represented on the Restoration stage. Yet idealisation and satire, as this edition of Etherege's masterpiece shows, are flip sides of the same coin, and the play betrays deep anxieties about ridicule and social failure. Any London beau would emulate Dorimant, the unconscionable rake who loves 'em and leaves 'em, but he would also secretly fear that he in fact resembled Sir Fopling Flutter, the model of all Restoration fops, in his vanity and affectation. The women fare no better, being offered for identification Dorimant's discarded mistress Loveit, scheming for revenge, or the beautiful but hard-headed Harriet, who dares Dorimant to woo her in the country, for 'I know all beyond Hyde Park is a desert to you and that no gallantry can draw you farther'.
Download or read book Curtains Or A New Life for Old Theatres written by Iain Mackintosh and published by John Offord Publications. This book was released on 1982 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complete gazetteer of all the surviving pre-1914 theatres, music halls of Great Britain, whether in theatrical use or not.
Download or read book Lewis Carroll and the Victorian Stage written by Richard Foulkes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author of the enduringly popular Alice books, mathematician, Anglican cleric, and pioneer photographer, Lewis Carroll maintained a lifelong enthusiasm for the theatre. Lewis Carroll and the Victorian Stage is the first book to focus on Carroll's irresistible fascination with all things theatrical, from childhood charades and marionettes to active involvement in the dramatisation of Alice, influential contributions to the debate on child actors, and the friendship of leading players, especially Ellen Terry. As well as being a key to his complex and enigmatic personality, Carroll's interest in the theatre provides a vivid account of a remarkable era on the stage that encompassed Charles Kean's Shakespeare revivals, the comic genius of Frederick Robson, the heyday of pantomime, Gilbert and Sullivan, opera bouffe, the Terry sisters, Henry Irving, and favourite playwrights Tom Taylor, H. A. Jones, and J. M. Barrie. With attention to the complex motives that compelled Carroll to attend stage performances, Foulkes examines the incomparable record of over forty years as a playgoer that Carroll left for posterity.
Download or read book A Dictionary of British History written by John Cannon and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-07-23 with total page 1225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by over 100 specialist contributors, this dictionary describes the people and events that have shaped and defined domestic, political, social, and cultural life in Britain since 55 BC. New entries to this edition include Diamond Jubilee 2012, Ed Miliband, and United Kingdom Independence Party; and existing entries on David Cameron, Elizabeth II, national debt, and Alex Salmond have been updated. Derived from the highly acclaimed Oxford Companion to British History, A Dictionary of British History has been a leading historical reference work since its publication in 2001. Now thoroughly revised and fully updated, this invaluable A-Z remains essential for anyone studying British history.
Download or read book Georgian and Regency Architecture written by Derek Avery and published by Chaucer Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Georgian and Regency architecture spans the years from 1714 until 1830, a period that bequeathed a rich heritage of buildings to the British landscape. This guide contains 200+ illustrations, a chapter on the development of the concept of town planning, and biographical details of the outstanding architects of the time.
Download or read book The Macmillan Guide to the United Kingdom 1978 79 written by NA NA and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-25 with total page 1075 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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