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Book Savage Fortune

Download or read book Savage Fortune written by Lyn Boothman and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2006 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The eighty-three documents presented here, varied in length and character, are not all concerned with Suffolk, but they are all connected with the eventful lives of Sir Thomas (later Viscount) Savage and his wife Elizabeth Savage (later Countress Rivers), who married in 1602 and whose homes included Melford Hall." "Thomas and Elizabeth both inherited considerable estates in Suffolk, Essex and Cheshire. Within a tight circle of aristocratic Catholics, they became prominent servants of the royal family during the reigns of James I and Charles I. After Thomas's death in 1635, Elizabeth remained an intimate of the queen, but her two houses of St. Osyth's and Melford Hall were sacked in 1642, and she remained chronically short of money up to her death in 1651." "The central document is a remarkable inventory of 1635-6, taken after Thomas died, listing the contents of Melford Hall in Suffolk, Rocksavage in Cheshire and a town house on Tower Hill in London."--BOOK JACKET.

Book Influence in Early Stuart Elections  1604 1640

Download or read book Influence in Early Stuart Elections 1604 1640 written by John K. Gruenfelder and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book You Can Help Your Country

    Book Details:
  • Author : Berry Mayall
  • Publisher : UCL Institute of Education Press (University College London Institute of Education Press)
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN : 9780854738892
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book You Can Help Your Country written by Berry Mayall and published by UCL Institute of Education Press (University College London Institute of Education Press). This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing in the harvest. Rescuing survivors from the wreckage of bombed houses. Raising money for Spitfires and warships. Keeping the family business running when parents were enlisted into war-work. These are just a few examples of how children and young people made substantial contributions to the war effort during the Second World War. --

Book Country Women

    Book Details:
  • Author : Muriel Pagliano
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN : 9780646334721
  • Pages : 467 pages

Download or read book Country Women written by Muriel Pagliano and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mary and Philip

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alexander Samson
  • Publisher : Manchester University Press
  • Release : 2020-01-22
  • ISBN : 1526142252
  • Pages : 449 pages

Download or read book Mary and Philip written by Alexander Samson and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-22 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The co-monarchy of Mary I and Philip II put England at the heart of early modern Europe. This positive reassessment of their joint reign counters a series of parochial, misogynist and anti-Catholic assumptions, correcting the many myths that have grown up around the marriage and explaining the reasons for its persistent marginalisation in the historiography of sixteenth-century England. Using new archival discoveries and original sources, the book argues for Mary as a great Catholic queen, while fleshing out Philip’s important contributions as king of England. It demonstrates the many positive achievements of this dynastic union in everything from culture, music and art to cartography, commerce and exploration. An important corrective for anyone interested in the history of Tudor England and Habsburg Spain.

Book The East India Company at Home  1757 1857

Download or read book The East India Company at Home 1757 1857 written by Margot Finn and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The East India Company at Home, 1757–1857 explores how empire in Asia shaped British country houses, their interiors and the lives of their residents. It includes chapters from researchers based in a wide range of settings such as archives and libraries, museums, heritage organisations, the community of family historians and universities. It moves beyond conventional academic narratives and makes an important contribution to ongoing debates around how empire impacted Britain. The volume focuses on the propertied families of the East India Company at the height of Company rule. From the Battle of Plassey in 1757 to the outbreak of the Indian Uprising in 1857, objects, people and wealth flowed to Britain from Asia. As men in Company service increasingly shifted their activities from trade to military expansion and political administration, a new population of civil servants, army officers, surveyors and surgeons journeyed to India to make their fortunes. These Company men and their families acquired wealth, tastes and identities in India, which travelled home with them to Britain. Their stories, the biographies of their Indian possessions and the narratives of the stately homes in Britain that came to house them, frame our explorations of imperial culture and its British legacies.

Book The Training of Youth

Download or read book The Training of Youth written by Thomas W. Berry and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Letters and Accounts of William Brereton of Malpas

Download or read book Letters and Accounts of William Brereton of Malpas written by William Brereton and published by Old Woking, Eng. : Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. This book was released on 1976 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography

Download or read book Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography written by D. Carment and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 655 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised edition of the Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography brings together the entries from the original three volumes, published in 1990, 1992 and 1996. The Dictionary spans the period from the early British and French explorers of the Northern Territory coast to the mid 1990s and aims to provide a broad reflection of life in the Territory rather than focusing on eminent public figures. In some cases this has meant that some subjects are included about whom relatively little is known. Authors come from the widest possible cross-section of the community and there is a considerable range of writing styles. The principal interest of the volume is the Northern Territory. In all cases, the Territory experience of subjects, however eminent they might have been elsewhere, is thus the focal point of entries.This volume is available on CD (ISBN 9780980384697) and in this limited paperback edition.

Book Connecting the Nation

    Book Details:
  • Author : Paul Ashton
  • Publisher : UTS ePRESS
  • Release : 2017-01-01
  • ISBN : 0994503954
  • Pages : 140 pages

Download or read book Connecting the Nation written by Paul Ashton and published by UTS ePRESS. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aviation has played an important part in shaping Australia’s culture and history through the course of the twentieth century. Australia embraced aviation from its earliest days, eagerly responding to its potential to cover a challenging country, to bring far-flung communities closer and to provide services that could not be delivered any other way. Add the romance of pioneer heroes, the vital role of aviation in wartime and the capacity to deliver aid to people in need in Australia and beyond, and it is clear why aviation is at the heart of Australia’s recent history. This book aims to set out the major themes that characterise Australia’s aviation history for a broad audience and to provide a foundation for a broader discussion, and for further research, about how aviation transformed Australia. Connecting the Nation is a vital and timely introduction to the history of civil aviation in Australia as we prepare for the centenary of civil aviation services in 2020.

Book The Horse as Cultural Icon

Download or read book The Horse as Cultural Icon written by Peter Edwards and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-10-14 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In spite of the importance of horses to Western society until comparatively recent times, scholars have paid very little attention to them. This volume helps to redress the balance, emphasizing their iconic appeal as well as their utilitarian functions.

Book Stolen Years

Download or read book Stolen Years written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Billy Thorpe s Time on Earth

Download or read book Billy Thorpe s Time on Earth written by Jason Walker and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charts the rise, fall and rise of Billy Thorpe as rock performer, husband, father, bestselling author and back to his rocIncludes bibliographical references (p. 315-316) and index.

Book Law Express Question and Answer

Download or read book Law Express Question and Answer written by Neal Geach and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maximise your marks for every answer you write with Law Express Question and Answer. This series is designed to help you understand what examiners are looking for, focus on the question being asked and make even a strong answer stand out.

Book Highest Traditions

Download or read book Highest Traditions written by John Bennett and published by AGPS. This book was released on 1995 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history tells of the formation of No 2 Squadron formed in Egypt in 1916 as part of the Australian Flying Corps, its service during WWI as a fighter unit on the Western front, its later disbandment, and reformation in 1937, and its operation in the Pacific during WWII. Also describes its involvement in Malaya and Vietnam before its disbandment in 1982. Copiously illustrated. Includes a bibliography and an index. The author is a former squadron leader, and now serves in Canberra as a staff officer for F-111 operational requirements.