Download or read book The Little History of Somerset written by Mike Dean and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2020-03-02 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 400 million years ago, the oldest rocks in Somerset were formed. On those rocks, a county was built over thousands of years; from prehistoric man and Roman invasion, through a Pitchfork Rebellion and two world wars to where we are today. Revolution, wassailing, Templars and alchemists – all can be found in this friendly guide to Somerset's colourful history.
Download or read book The Little Book of Somerset written by Maurice Fells and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2018-11-09 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know? The town of Wincanton is twinned with a place that does not exist. William Gibbs of Tyntesfield House made his fortune by importing bird droppings from Peru. A song by 'Scrumpy and Western' singer Adge Cutler was banned by the BBC for being too raunchy. Nine villages in Somerset are known as the 'Thankful Villages'. From seaside to countryside and villages to towns, Somerset is a county where it's difficult to separate history and mystery. This fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of places, people and trivia reveals all sorts of answers to questions you might have wondered about – and some you didn't. The facts, stats and anecdotes will surprise even those familiar with this beautiful and historic county.
Download or read book A Short History of Somerset written by Walter Raymond and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Short History of Somerset Third Edition of A School History of Somerset written by Walter RAYMOND and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Little Book of Bristol written by Maurice Fells and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich, and indeed sometimes bizarre, thread of history weaves its way through the Bristol story. Find out all manner of things, from why a 'Bristol Diamond' would never be found in a jewellery shop to why local by-laws restrict carpet beating to certain hours. Along with a fresh look at city life past and present, these and many more anecdotes will surprise even those Bristolians who thought they really knew their city.
Download or read book The Somerset Hills written by Ludwig Schumacher and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of Somerset written by Robert William Dunning and published by Darwen County History. This book was released on 1983 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of Somerset written by Robert William Dunning and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Somerset Hills written by Ludwig Schumacher and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-10 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Somerset Hills: Being a Brief Record of Significant Facts in the Early History, of the Hill Country of Somerset County New Jersey In the preparation of this little book, the usual sources have been consulted. These have been found in the collections of the New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania Historical Societies. To these have been added some oral traditions, now first put in form, and some materials culled from unpublished manuscripts. In brief, to use the words of the immortal creator of Don Quixote. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A Short History of Somerset by Walter Raymond written by Walter Raymond and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Short History of a Somerset Country Estate written by Mark Cranfield and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Queen Anne written by Anne Somerset and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1702, at age thirty-seven, Britain’s last Stuart monarch, and five years later united two of her realms, England and Scotland, as a sovereign state, creating the Kingdom of Great Britain. She had a history of personal misfortune, overcoming ill health (she suffered from crippling arthritis; by the time she became Queen she was a virtual invalid) and living through seventeen miscarriages, stillbirths, and premature births in seventeen years. By the end of her comparatively short twelve-year reign, Britain had emerged as a great power; the succession of outstanding victories won by her general, John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough, had humbled France and laid the foundations for Britain’s future naval and colonial supremacy. While the Queen’s military was performing dazzling exploits on the continent, her own attention—indeed her realm—rested on a more intimate conflict: the female friendship on which her happiness had for decades depended and which became for her a source of utter torment. At the core of Anne Somerset’s riveting new biography, published to great acclaim in England (“Definitive”—London Evening Standard; “Wonderfully pacy and absorbing”—Daily Mail), is a portrait of this deeply emotional, complex bond between two very different women: Queen Anne—reserved, stolid, shrewd; and Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, wife of the Queen’s great general—beautiful, willful, outspoken, whose acerbic wit was equally matched by her fearsome temper. Against a fraught background—the revolution that deposed Anne’s father, James II, and brought her to power . . . religious differences (she was born Protestant—her parents’ conversion to Catholicism had grave implications—and she grew up so suspicious of the Roman church that she considered its doctrines “wicked and dangerous”) . . . violently partisan politics (Whigs versus Tories) . . . a war with France that lasted for almost her entire reign . . . the constant threat of foreign invasion and civil war—the much-admired historian, author of Elizabeth I (“Exhilarating”—The Spectator; “Ample, stylish, eloquent”—The Washington Post Book World), tells the extraordinary story of how Sarah goaded and provoked the Queen beyond endurance, and, after the withdrawal of Anne’s favor, how her replacement, Sarah’s cousin, the feline Abigail Masham, became the ubiquitous royal confidante and, so Sarah whispered to growing scandal, the object of the Queen's sexual infatuation. To write this remarkably rich and passionate biography, Somerset, winner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, has made use of royal archives, parliamentary records, personal correspondence and previously unpublished material. Queen Anne is history on a large scale—a revelation of a centuries-overlooked monarch.
Download or read book History of the World Revised and Updated written by Fry Plantagenet and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who were the first dwellers on Earth? What were the Dark Ages? What started the Russian revolution? What are the causes of the crisis in the Middle East? These and many other key questions are answered in the History of the World, a year-by-year account of landmark events from the first humans to the present day. gt;This book allows the reader to see the history of human advancement in a journey through time. They can see inside an Egyptian pyramid, imagine themselves on a Mediterranean trading ship, experience the life of a Roman soldier, and envision life in the war-time trenches. No event is approached in isolation, but as part of a wider picture that explains the reasons behind wider social and political struggles. History of the World also details the lives of the men and women who have made their mark - from religious leaders and politicians to inventors and scientists
Download or read book Generations of Somerset Place written by Dorothy Spruill Redford and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the institution of slavery ended in 1865, Somerset Place was the third largest plantation in North Carolina. Located in the rural northeastern part of the state, Somerset was cumulatively home to more than 800 enslaved blacks and four generations of a planter family. During the 80 years that Somerset was an active plantation, hundreds of acres were farmed for rice, corn, oats, wheat, peas, beans, and flax. Today, Somerset Place is preserved as a state historic site offering a realistic view of what it was like for the slaves and freemen who once lived and worked on the plantation, once one of the Upper South's most prosperous enterprises.
Download or read book Lost Yeovil written by Bob Osborn and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2020-02-15 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully illustrated description of Yeovil’s well known, and lesser known, places that have been lost over the years.
Download or read book The Somerset Hills Being a Brief Record of Significant Facts in the Early History of the Hill Country of Somerset County New Jersey written by Schumacher Ludwig and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Download or read book Somerset County Historical Quarterly 3 written by A Van Doren (Abraham Van D Honeyman and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
