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30 produkter
Quentin Blake Book
Av Jenny Uglow
Inbunden, 2022
365 kr
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A fully illustrated overview of the life and work of the universally loved Quentin Blake, released ahead of the artist’s 90th birthday in December 2022. Quentin Blake is an artist who has charmed and inspired generations of readers. Tracing Blake’s art and career from his very first drawings – …
William Hogarth
A Life and a World
Av Jenny Uglow
Häftad, 1998
232 kr
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William Hogarth is a house-hold name across the country, his prints hang in our pubs and leap out from our history-books. He painted the great and good but also the common people. His art is comically exuberant, 'carried away by a passion for the ridiculous', as Hazlitt said.Jenny Uglow, acclaimed …
Pinecone
Av Jenny Uglow
Häftad, 2013
192 kr
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The Pinecone is set in the village of Wreay, near Carlisle, where a masterpiece in Victorian architecture stands - the strangest and most magical church in England. This vivid, original book tells the story of its builder, Sarah Losh, strong-willed and passionate, an architect and an intellectual …
Walter Crane
Av Jenny Uglow
Inbunden, 2019
219 kr
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Jenny Uglow narrates the story of Walter Crane, an intriguing and most prolific figure not only in illustration, but in political culture more broadly. Uglow expertly weaves a fascinating study of how Crane’s art and politics developed from his childhood love of Pre-Raphaelite painting to the …
The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the World
Av Jenny Uglow
Häftad, 2003
472 kr
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Suzanne Cooper
Paintings under the spare room bed
Av Jenny Uglow, Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Inbunden, 2022
448 kr
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Nature's Engraver
Av Jenny Uglow
Häftad, 2009
208 kr
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Thomas Bewick's (1753-1828) "History of British Birds" was the first field guide of its kind for ordinary people, illustrated with woodcuts of astonishing accuracy and beauty. In "Nature's Engraver", Jenny Uglow tells the story of Bewick - the farmer's son from Tyneside who became one of Britain's …
Year with Gilbert White
The First Great Nature Writer
Av Jenny Uglow
Inbunden, 2026
400 kr
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A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES (UK), THE SPECTATOR , FINANCIAL TIMES , OBSERVER , AND NEW STATESMAN From one of the most inquiring and celebrated biographers, a glimpse into the life and mind of a pioneering naturalist. In 1781, Gilbert White was a country curate living in the Hampshire village he …
Elizabeth Gaskell
Av Jenny Uglow
Häftad, 1999
198 kr
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Winner of the Portico PrizeShortlisted for the Whitbread Biography of the YearHigh-spirited, witty and passionate, Elizabeth Gaskell wrote some of the most enduring novels of the Victorian age, including Mary Barton, North and South and Wives and Daughters. This biography traces Elizabeth's youth …
Gambling Man
Charles II and the Restoration
Av Jenny Uglow
Häftad, 2010
172 kr
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'Terrific . . . fabulously rich and insightful.' Dominic Sandbrook'Intense, involved, absorbing.' Frances Wilson Charles II was thirty when he crossed the Channel in fine May weather in 1660. His Restoration was greeted with maypoles and bonfires, like spring after long years of Cromwell's rule. …
Nature's Engraver
A Life of Thomas Bewick, from the author of A Year with Gilbert White
Av Jenny Uglow
Häftad, 2007
203 kr
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** Winner of the National Arts Writers Award **'Fascinating . . . hugely enjoyable.' Alan Titchmarsh 'As delightful to look at as it is to read.' Sunday Times 'It is hard to imagine a better biographer for this subject than Uglow.' Frances Wilson Thomas Bewick wrote A History of British Birds at …
Gambling Man
Charles II and the Restoration
Av Jenny Uglow
E-bok, 2009
121 kr
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'Terrific . . . fabulously rich and insightful.' Dominic Sandbrook'Intense, involved, absorbing.' Frances WilsonCharles II was thirty when he crossed the Channel in fine May weather in 1660. His Restoration was greeted with maypoles and bonfires, like spring after long years of Cromwell's rule. But …
Nature's Engraver
A Life of Thomas Bewick, from the Author of a Year with Gilbert White
Av Jenny Uglow
E-bok, 2011
137 kr
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Thomas Bewick wrote A History of British Birds at the end of the eighteenth century, just as Britain fell in love with nature. This was one of the wildlife books that marked the moment, the first 'field-guide' for ordinary people, illustrated by woodcuts of astonishing accuracy and beauty. But it …
Words & Pictures
Writers, Artists and a Peculiarly British Tradition
Av Jenny Uglow
E-bok, 2011
148 kr
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Words & Pictures explores three fascinating examples of relationships between artists and writers: the illustrations of Paradise Lost and Pilgrim's Progress; Hogarth and Fielding, a writer and artist dealing with common material; Wordsworth and Thomas Bewick, a poet and engraver working separately, …
William Hogarth
A Life and a World
Av Jenny Uglow
E-bok, 2011
197 kr
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William Hogarth is a house-hold name across the country, his prints hang in our pubs and leap out from our history-books. He painted the great and good but also the common people. His art is comically exuberant, 'carried away by a passion for the ridiculous', as Hazlitt said.Jenny Uglow, acclaimed …
Elizabeth Gaskell
Av Jenny Uglow
E-bok, 2010
137 kr
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Winner of the Portico PrizeShortlisted for the Whitbread Biography of the YearHigh-spirited, witty and passionate, Elizabeth Gaskell wrote some of the most enduring novels of the Victorian age, including Mary Barton, North and South and Wives and Daughters. This biography traces Elizabeth's youth …
Lunar Men
The Inventors of the Modern World 1730-1810
Av Jenny Uglow
E-bok, 2011
152 kr
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Led by Erasmus Darwin, the Lunar Society of Birmingham was formed from a group of amateur experimenters, tradesmen and artisans who met and made friends in the Midlands in the 1760s. Most came from humble families, all lived far from the centre of things, but they were young and their optimism was …
In These Times
Living in Britain through Napoleon's Wars, 1793–1815
Av Jenny Uglow
Häftad, 2015
192 kr
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Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper PrizeAs the Napoleonic wars raged, what was life really like for those left at home? Award-winning social historian Jenny Uglow reveals the colourful and turbulent everyday life of Georgian Britain through the diaries, letters and records of farmers, bankers, …
Mr Lear
A Life of Art and Nonsense
Av Jenny Uglow
Häftad, 2019
163 kr
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A Daily Telegraph, Times, Evening Standard, TLS and Spectator Book of the Year.Winner of the Hawthornden Prize.Edward Lear is well-loved for his 'nonsenses', from joyous limericks to great love songs, and for his wonderful natural history paintings, landscapes and travel writing. But although Lear …
Pinecone
Av Jenny Uglow
E-bok, 2012
137 kr
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In the village of Wreay, near Carlisle, stands the strangest and most magical church in Victorian England. This vivid, original book tells the story of its builder, Sarah Losh, strong-willed and passionate and unusual in every way. Born into an old Cumbrian family, heiress to an industrial fortune, …
In These Times
Living in Britain Through Napoleon's Wars, 1793–1815
Av Jenny Uglow
E-bok, 2014
129 kr
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We know the thrilling, terrible stories of the battles of the Napoleonic wars - but what of those left behind? The people on a Norfolk farm, in a Yorkshire mill, a Welsh iron foundry, an Irish village, a London bank or a Scottish mountain? The aristocrats and paupers, old and young, butchers and …
Mr Lear
A Life of Art and Nonsense
Av Jenny Uglow
E-bok, 2017
177 kr
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Edward Lear's poems follow and break the rules. They abide by the logic of syntax, the linking of rhyme and the dance of rhythm, and these 'nonsenses' are full of joy - yet set against darkness. Where do these human-like animals and birds and these odd adventures - some gentle, some violent, some …
Words & Pictures
Writers, Artists and a Peculiarly British Tradition
Av Jenny Uglow
Häftad, 2019
151 kr
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As children, learning to read, we look first at the illustrations - but how do these tell their stories differently to the words? Words & Pictures explores this question through three encounters between writers and artists. It looks at how artists have responded to two great, contrasting works, …
Sybil & Cyril
Cutting through Time
Av Jenny Uglow
Häftad, 2022
153 kr
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'A joy to read.' Sunday Times'Outstanding.' Daily Telegraph'Excellent.' The Spectator'Superb.' Literary Review'Scintillating . . . A gripping, mysterious love story which also sheds light on British culture between the wars.' Financial TimesIn 1922, Cyril Power, a fifty-year-old architect, left his …
Sybil & Cyril
Cutting Through Time
Av Jenny Uglow
E-bok, 2021
167 kr
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'Whatever Uglow writes about she makes absolutely fascinating.' DIANA ATHILLThe story of Sybil Andews and Cyril Power, two artists who changed each other in an age of experiment and turmoil.'In all her books, she makes us feel the life behind the facts.' GUARDIAN'Wonderfully sharp and sympathetic . …
Year with Gilbert White
The First Great Nature Writer
Av Jenny Uglow
Inbunden, 2025
288 kr
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'Uglow makes us feel the life beyond the facts.' GUARDIAN'Few can match Uglow's skill at conjuring up a scene, or illuminating a character.' SUNDAY TIMES'Charming . . . Like Radio 4's shipping forecast for naturalists.' Andrea Wulf, FINANCIAL TIMES'A glorious celebration of curiosity and nature.' …
Year with Gilbert White
The First Great Nature Writer
Av Jenny Uglow
Häftad, 2026
153 kr
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'Uglow makes us feel the life beyond the facts.' GUARDIAN'Few can match Uglow's skill at conjuring up a scene, or illuminating a character.' SUNDAY TIMES'Charming . . . Like Radio 4's shipping forecast for naturalists.' Andrea Wulf, FINANCIAL TIMES'A glorious celebration of curiosity and nature.' …
Little History of British Gardening
Av Jenny Uglow
E-bok, 2012
170 kr
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Get out in your garden and discover the history hidden in the hedges.Did the Romans have rakes? Did the monks get muddy? Did potatoes seem really, really weird when they arrived on our shores?Drawn from Jenny Uglow's own love for plants, this lively 'potted' history of gardening in Britain takes us …
Elizabeth Gaskell Collection
A BBC Drama collection including North and South, Wives and Daughters & more
Av Jenny Uglow, Amanda Vickery m. fl.
Ljudbok, 2021
235 kr
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A collection of BBC Radio dramatisations of Elizabeth Gaskell''s well loved novels - plus bonus material Elizabeth Gaskell was one of Victorian England''s pre-eminent female novelists. Admired by Charles Dickens, who described her as his ''dear Scheherazade'', she mingled storytelling and social …
George Eliot
Av Jenny Uglow
Häftad, 2008
156 kr
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One of the most brilliant writers of her day, George Eliot (1819-1880) was also one of the most talked about. Intellectual and independent, she had the strength to defy polite society with her highly unorthodox private life, so why did she deny her fictional characters the same opportunities?
