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21 produkter
Age of Decadence
Britain 1880 to 1914
Av Simon Heffer
Häftad, 2018
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
192 kr
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‘A riveting account of the pre-First World War years . . . The Age of Decadence is an enormously impressive and enjoyable read.’ Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times‘A magnificent account of a less than magnificent epoch.’ Jonathan Meades, Literary Review The folk-memory of Britain in the years before …
Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 1)
1918-38
Av Chips Channon, Simon Heffer
Häftad, 2024
187 kr
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The Sunday Times bestselling edition of Chips Channon's remarkable diaries.'The greatest British diarist of the 20th century. An astonishing achievement. By turns frivolous and profound.' Ben Macintyre, The Times'Wickedly entertaining. Genuinely shocking, and still revelatory.' Andrew Marr, New …
Sing As We Go
Britain Between the Wars
Av Simon Heffer
Häftad, 2024
225 kr
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‘An epic new history . . . a work of epic scholarship, breathtaking range, and piercing originality’ Daily Express‘An astonishing achievement of narrative history . . . I think the word is "magisterial".’ Spectator‘Excellent, thorough, detailed and combatively argued.’ Sunday …
Strictly English
The correct way to write ... and why it matters
Av Simon Heffer
Häftad, 2011
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
161 kr
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"Be in no doubt: the beer was drunk but the man drank the beer.""We must avoid vulgarities like 'front up'. If someone is 'fronting up' a television show, then he is presenting it."Simon Heffer's incisive and amusingly despairing emails to colleagues at the The Daily Telegraph about grammatical …
Simply English
An A-Z of Avoidable Errors
Av Simon Heffer
Häftad, 2015
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
165 kr
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In his best-selling Strictly English Simon Heffer explained how to write and speak our language well. In Simply English he offers an entertaining and supremely useful A–Z guide to frequent errors, common misunderstandings and stylistic howlers. What is the difference between amend and emend, …
High Minds
The Victorians and the Birth of Modern Britain
Av Simon Heffer
Häftad, 2014
225 kr
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Simon Heffer's new book forms an ambitious exploration of the making of the Victorian age and the Victorian mind.Britain in the 1840s was a country wracked by poverty, unrest and uncertainty, where there were attempts to assassinate the Queen and her prime minister, and the ruling class lived in …
Vaughan Williams
Av Simon Heffer
Häftad, 2014
267 kr
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A tweedy purveyor of folklore; too many larks ascending and too much Linden Lea: no composer's work has ever been more cruelly stereotyped than that of Ralph Vaughan Williams. The truth could hardly have been more different: that folksy feel masked the highest sophistication, that countrified air …
Vaughan Williams
Av Simon Heffer
E-bok, 2014
134 kr
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A tweedy purveyor of folklore; too many larks ascending and too much Linden Lea: no composer's work has ever been more cruelly stereotyped than that of Ralph Vaughan Williams. The truth could hardly have been more different: that folksy feel masked the highest sophistication, that countrified air …
Great British Speeches
Av Simon Heffer
Häftad, 2011
182 kr
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50 speeches from every period of British history from the medieval era to the present and a fascinating dip-in history title that will both inspire readers and give them a greater understanding of British history. The speechmakers are: King Henry V; Queen Elizabeth I; King Charles I; Oliver …
Simply English
An A-Z of Avoidable Errors
Av Simon Heffer
E-bok, 2014
136 kr
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In his best-selling Strictly English Simon Heffer explained how to write and speak our language well. In Simply English he offers an entertaining and supremely useful A–Z guide to frequent errors, common misunderstandings and stylistic howlers. What is the difference between amend and emend, …
High Minds
The Victorians and the Birth of Modern Britain
Av Simon Heffer
E-bok, 2013
170 kr
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Simon Heffer's new book forms an ambitious exploration of the making of the Victorian age and the Victorian mind.Britain in the 1840s was a country wracked by poverty, unrest and uncertainty, where there were attempts to assassinate the Queen and her prime minister, and the ruling class lived in …
Strictly English
The correct way to write ... and why it matters
Av Simon Heffer
E-bok, 2011
136 kr
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"Be in no doubt: the beer was drunk but the man drank the beer.""We must avoid vulgarities like 'front up'. If someone is 'fronting up' a television show, then he is presenting it."Simon Heffer's incisive and amusingly despairing emails to colleagues at the The Daily Telegraph about grammatical …
Age of Decadence
Britain 1880 to 1914
Av Simon Heffer
E-bok, 2017
144 kr
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‘A riveting account of the pre-First World War years . . . The Age of Decadence is an enormously impressive and enjoyable read.’ Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times‘A magnificent account of a less than magnificent epoch.’ Jonathan Meades, Literary Review The folk-memory of Britain in the years before …
Staring at God
Britain in the Great War
Av Simon Heffer
E-bok, 2019
147 kr
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_______________________________'A brilliant history: The first serious and really wide-ranging history of the Home Front during the Great War for decades. Scholarly, objective and extremely well-written. Filled with surprising revelations and empathy. Heffer’s eye for the telling detail is evident …
Scarcely English
An A to Z of Assaults On Our Language
Av Simon Heffer
Inbunden, 2024
192 kr
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The English language has evolved throughout its history, and usually for good reasons. However, in recent years, egged on by social media and the ubiquity and velocity of the internet, it has been subject to some grave assaults. There appear no longer to be any rules, in an era when, thanks to the …
The Age of Decadence: A History of Britain: 1880-1914
Av Simon Heffer
Häftad, 2022
256 kr
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Nor Shall My Sword
The Reinvention of England
Av Simon Heffer
E-bok, 2012
77 kr
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Should England be independent from Scotland? May 1999. The Scots have their first opportunity in 300 years to elect their own parliament. In 2014 that referendum will finally take place. To many in England, the continuing rise of Scottish nationalism causes unease. Scotland could well choose to …
Staring at God
Britain in the Great War
Av Simon Heffer
Häftad, 2020
192 kr
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_______________________________'A brilliant history: The first serious and really wide-ranging history of the Home Front during the Great War for decades. Scholarly, objective and extremely well-written. Filled with surprising revelations and empathy. Heffer’s eye for the telling detail is evident …
Scarcely English
An A to Z of Assaults On Our Language
Av Simon Heffer
Häftad, 2025
137 kr
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The English language has evolved throughout its history, and usually for good reasons. However, in recent years, egged on by social media and the ubiquity and velocity of the internet, it has been subject to some grave assaults. There appear no longer to be any rules, in an era when, thanks to the …
Daily Telegraph Style Guide
Av The Daily Telegraph, Simon Heffer
E-bok, 2010
151 kr
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The Telegraph newspapers maintain their high standards of accuracy, literacy and grammar thanks to a comprehensive style book used by all their journalists, covering everything from the correct title of a baron to the spelling of Gorden Kaye’ s Christian name when writing about Allo, Allo. But its …
Short History of Power
Av Simon Heffer
Inbunden, 2011
190 kr
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From Macaulay in the 19th century to Fukuyama in the late 20th, historians have often been lulled into thinking that things can only get better. Such belief in progress, argues leading political commentator Simon Heffer, may be typical of times of plenty, but it ignores a less palatable truth: …
