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Companion Guide to Sicily
New Edition
Häftad, 2009
430 kr
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This vivid, knowledgeable and privileged guide to the riches of Sicily is vintage Companion Guide.The beautiful island of Sicily, poised between Europe and Africa, has seen many invaders, nearly all of whom have left their mark in art and architecture. It is also a land of myth and enigma, pagan …
Italian Short Stories
Häftad, 1973
162 kr
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The eight stories in this collection, by Moravian, Pavese, Pratolina, and other modern writers, have been selected as being representative of contemporary Italian writing. The English translations provided are literal rather than literary, and there are notes and biographies to help the student of …
Fortress
A Diary of Anzio and After
Häftad, 2010
243 kr
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'A remarkable record - vivid, modest, intelligent and unusually frank.' Harold Nicolson'It rings true in every sentence.' Bernard FergussonIn Jan 1944, Allied forces landed at Anzio and Nettuno on the eastern coast of Italy in the attempt to skirt the German lines and secure the passage to Rome. …
Hermit Disclosed
Häftad, 2010
243 kr
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'The hermit disclosed by Mr. Trevelyan, in his very unusual and entertaining book, is James (Jimmy) Mason of Great Canfield, in the Rodings section of Essex, who died on January 17, 1942. He had at that time lived in a shed in a field cut off from intercourse with all but a handful of people for a …
Sir Walter Raleigh
Häftad, 2010
396 kr
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'A wonderfully vivid portrait of a remarkable man and an amazing age.' ScotsmanSoldier, explorer, scholar and ambitious courtier in the shark-pool of Elizabethan politics, Sir Walter Raleigh is the epitome of the English Renaissance man.Yet to many of his day he was an arrogant liar, who deserved …
Pre-Raphaelite Circle
Häftad, 2011
251 kr
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'Tennyson and Holman Hunt, Carlyles, Rossettis and any number of celebrated Trevelyans people these pages; and Mr Trevelyan's handling of their comings and goings is masterly.' Hilary SpurlingPauline Trevelyan, friend and patroness of so many in the Pre-Raphaelite circle, has long been an …
Princes Under the Volcano
Two Hundred Years of a British Dynasty in Sicily
Häftad, 2012
315 kr
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Epic and engrossing, this extravagant true story covers 200 years in the life of an English family dynasty in Sicily. Benjamin Ingham, possibly the greatest tycoon England has ever known, was attracted to Sicily from his humble beginnings in Yorkshire by the burgeoning trade in marsala wine. This …
Princes Under the Volcano
Two Hundred Years of a British Dynasty in Sicily
E-bok, 2012
201 kr
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Epic and engrossing, this extravagant true story covers 200 years in the life of an English family dynasty in Sicily. Benjamin Ingham, possibly the greatest tycoon England has ever known, was attracted to Sicily from his humble beginnings in Yorkshire by the burgeoning trade in marsala wine. This …
Grand Dukes and Diamonds
The Wernhers of Luton Hoo
Häftad, 2012
396 kr
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Based on unrestricted access to private papers, Grand Dukes and Diamonds charts the history of one of the most influential and extraordinary families of our time: the Wernhers of Luton Hoo.The family's fortune was made by Sir Julius Wernher, financier, mining magnate, and one of the creators of …
Grand Dukes and Diamonds
The Wernhers of Luton Hoo
E-bok, 2012
221 kr
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Based on unrestricted access to private papers, Grand Dukes and Diamonds charts the history of one of the most influential and extraordinary families of our time: the Wernhers of Luton Hoo.The family's fortune was made by Sir Julius Wernher, financier, mining magnate, and one of the creators of …
Pre-Raphaelite Circle
E-bok, 2013
177 kr
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'Tennyson and Holman Hunt, Carlyles, Rossettis and any number of celebrated Trevelyans people these pages; and Mr Trevelyan's handling of their comings and goings is masterly.' Hilary SpurlingPauline Trevelyan, friend and patroness of so many in the Pre-Raphaelite circle, has long been an …
Elegy on the Death of the Princess Charlotte.with Lines on the Death of J. Tweddell.
Av Raleigh Trevelyan, John Tweddell
Häftad, 2011
230 kr
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A Clear Premonition
The Letters of Lieutenant Tim Lloyd To His Mother, North Africa and Italy, 1943-44
Av Raleigh Trevelyan, Sampson Lloyd
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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This is a collection of recently-discovered letters written home by Lt Timmy Lloyd during his brief service in Tuscany in 1943/44, before he was killed. The book also has a commentary by a friend, the historian Raleigh Trevelyan, who served with him. The two friends tell their story of the war in …
