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134 produkter

Rise of Silas Lapham
Nonsuch Classics
AvWilliam Dean Howells
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
84 kr
Skickas
A tale of Boston society and manners, following the fortunes of a self-made man from rural Vermont as he tries to break into the city's sophisticated world of 'old' money.
Frodsham and Helsby: Pocket Images
AvFrodsham & District Local History Society
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
80 kr
Skickas
Pocket Images Frodsham & Helsby.
Haverhill: Pocket Images
AvRoy Brazier
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
80 kr
Skickas inom 11-20 vardagar
A history of Haverhill, Suffolk, in old and rare photographs, with full captions, showing the changing face of the region over the last hundred years.
Minehead to Watchet
AvGlyn Court
Häftad, Engelska, 2006
76 kr
Skickas inom 11-20 vardagar
Presents a pictorial history of Minehead through a series of photographs and images.
Newtown
Pocket Images
AvNewtown Local History Group
Häftad, Engelska, 2006
78 kr
Skickas inom 11-20 vardagar
Presents a pictorial history of Newtown through a series of photographs and images.
Around Stocksbridge: Pocket Images
AvStocksbridge & District History Society
Häftad, Engelska, 2006
80 kr
Skickas inom 11-20 vardagar
A history of Stocksbridge.
Voyage of the Discovery: Volume Two
Captain Robert F. Scott
AvRobert Falcon Scott
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
219 kr
Skickas
A narrative of Captain Scott's expedition to the Antarctic. This book provides a record of various aspects of the expedition which set out from Dundee in 1901, from the realities of daily routine to their wonder at discovering strange landscapes, as well as the trials of harsh weather conditions, food shortages and illness.
Around Fareham - The Second Selection: Pocket Images
AvAlice James
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
80 kr
Skickas inom 11-20 vardagar
This book is Alice James' second selection of Fareham pictures in the Archive Photograph Series. In this volume she extends her attention to the areas around the town, including Wallington, Old Turnpike, Knowle, Wickham and Portchester as well as Fareham itself.This is an area that is being developed at a very rapid pace. Through the 220 high-quality images in this book, experienced local author, Alice James shows some of these changes. Her collection vigorously compares and contrasts those areas that have succumbed to the dramatic force of progress.Included in the selection are some recent photographs that demonstrate the extensive changes of the past two decades, as well as many pictures showing how Fareham and its environs appeared earlier in the twentieth century.Through the use of evocative and often poignant pictures, as well as captions which impart a wealth of local knowledge, the author brings the past of this beautiful part of Hampshire to life.
Spiritual Quixote
Or, the Summer's Ramble of Mr Geoffry Wildgoose
AvRichard Graves
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
136 kr
Skickas inom 11-20 vardagar
Follows the religious and romantic adventures of its hero, a young Oxford man, who, living in retirement with his mother in the country, decides to become an evangelist, although mainly from the lack of any other more interesting occupation.
Harry Peckham's Tour
AvHarry Peckham,Martin Brayne
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
279 kr
Skickas inom 7-10 vardagar
Harry Peckham was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, before being called to the Bar and becoming, in time, a King's Counsel, a Commissioner for Bankrupts and Recorder of Chichester. He was also a witty rake, a keen sportsman (he was a member of the committee that drew up the laws of cricket) and a relentless tourist.Harry Peckham's Tour is a collection of letters he wrote in 1769 while travelling through the Netherlands, Belgium and France and contains insights into the society and culture of the places that he visited, including Rotterdam, The Hague, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent, Paris, Rouen and Calais.Perceptive and funny, Harry Peckham's Tour is written in a very engaging style and is a delight to read. This edition contains a new introduction and notes by Martin Brayne and is the only available version of Peckham's text.
Kathleen
The Life of Kathleen Ferrier 1912-1953
AvMaurice Leonard
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
201 kr
Skickas
Kathleen Ferrier has a reputation as the greatest lyric contralto of the twentiety century. Her story, from her humble beginnings as a telephone operator in Blackburn to the height of international fame as one of the world's leading concert artists and her untimely death at the age of forty-one, is told told with compelling insight and perception, using a variety of sources, from photographs, diaries, and private letters to the memoirs and recollections of those who knew her best. Despite having no formal musical training, Kathleen worked with all the celebrated conductors of the time, and is remembered for her performances of music by Brahms, Schubert and Mahler, as well as a handful of operatic roles. Enlarging considerably on many alternative biographies, this excellent account captures the warmth, humour and charm of a figure whose astonishing life and career proved to be, sadly, all too brief.
Patrick Bronte
Father of Genius
AvDudley Green
Häftad, Engelska, 2010
170 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Patrick Bronte (1777-1861) was the father of the famous Bronte Sisters; Anne, Charlotte and Emily, three of Victorian England's greatest novelists, but he was a fascinating man in his own right and not nearly such an unsympathetic character as Elizabeth Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Bronte would have us believe.Born into poverty in Ireland, he won a scholarship to St John's College, Cambridge, and was ordained into the Church of England. He was perpetual curate of Haworth in Yorkshire for forty-one years, bringing up four children, founding a school and campaigning for a proper water supply. Although often portrayed as a somewhat forbidding figure, he was an opponent of capital punishment and the Poor Law Amendment Act, a supporter of limited Catholic emancipation and a writer of poetry.This is the first serious biography of Patrick Bronte for more than forty years.
Severn Tunnel, Its Construction and Difficulties 1872-1887
AvThomas A Walker
Häftad, Engelska, 2004
183 kr
Tillfälligt slut
This is a contemporary account of one of the 19th century's most remarkable engineering achievements, the creation of a tunnel under the River Severn. The practical difficulties of such a feat are vividly described by the chief contractor, as are the human costs.
Ask Mamma: Or the Richest Commoner in England
Nonsuch Classics
AvRobert S Surtees
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
84 kr
Tillfälligt slut
This delightful and irreverent tale of romance in Victorian England follows the exploits of two generations of the Pringle family as they climb the social ladder.
Ancient Trackways of Wessex
AvH W Timperley,Edith Brill
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
207 kr
Tillfälligt slut
An account of the ancient trackways across the area known as Wessex, the old kingdom of the West Saxons, once ruled by King Alfred the Great: roughly speaking, Berkshire, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset and Somerset as well as parts of Devon, Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds. With Salisbury Plain at its centre, the chalk hills and downs of southern England radiate out in all directions, and the ridgeways provided natural routes from one place to another, along which the early inhabitants of Britain travelled.Ancient Trackways of Wessex is a practical walker's guide to the pathways across this chalkland as well as a study of such matters as topography, history, sights to be seen and the relevant Ordnance Survey maps. It is arranged into walks along particular routes between given points and includes photographs and simple maps. Meticulously and comprehensively researched, Ancient Trackways of Wessex is a delightful exploration of this enchanting corner of England.
Sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions
Travellers, Explorers and Pioneers
AvP L Simmonds
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
217 kr
Tillfälligt slut
This title provides a gripping and detailed account of Sir John Franklin's fatal voyage to the Arctic in 1845 to search for the fabled North West Passage, compiled from letters and logs from the actual expedition.
Baghdad Air Mail
AvRoderic Hill
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
202 kr
Tillfälligt slut
The personal narrative of an RAF pilot flying the air mail route linking Palestine, Iraq and Eqypt during the 1920s.
Military Operations at Cabul
The Retreat and Destruction of the British Army
AvVincent Eyre
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
153 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Written while the author was held as a hostage by the Afghan leader Mahomed Akber Khan, this book is an account of the tragedy and destruction which overtook the British army during the First Afghan War. It provides details of the harrowing conditions and distressing treatment that were inflicted on the British hostages by their Afghan captors.
Apple Tree: Tales from Caravan, the Assembled Collection
Nonsuch Classics
AvJohn Galsworthy
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
90 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Written by the author of The Forsyte Saga, The Apple Tree comprises the first 24 tales of the Caravan collection, composed between the years 1900 and 1923. These stories encompass a range of topics and emotions.
Diaries of Sir Daniel Gooch
AvDaniel Gooch
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
153 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Diaries of Sir Daniel Gooch.
Diary of an Invalid
Journal of a Tour in Pursuit of Health 1817-1819
AvHenry Matthews
Häftad, Engelska, 2004
147 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Diary of an Invalid is a vivid account of the author’s travels through Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, and France in what he calls "a wild goose chase after health." Written in a lively and often witty style, this work provides us with a fascinating insight into the life of an Englishman abroad in the early 19th century.Although plagued by the vagaries of the weather, of which he complains volubly, this does not stop the author from visiting and describing the artistic and architectural wonders of the cities he visits with enthusiasm and interest.Accompanied by irreverent and humorous descriptions of the characters he meets along the way, this diary is an entertaining and engaging read.
Father and Son
Nonsuch Classics
AvEdmund Gosse
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
77 kr
Tillfälligt slut
From an early age, Edmund Gosse was taught that imagination was a sin, was told stories of missionaries rather than fairytales and had no childhood companions. Yet this was not an unhappy childhood and his affection for his parents is clear. As the child suffers the death of his mother and grows into a man, he questions the faith of his father.
Annals of the Reign of George III: Volume Two
AvJohn Aikin
Häftad, Engelska, 2004
158 kr
Tillfälligt slut
George III was born in 1738, and came to the throne in 1760, marrying his wife Charlotte in 1761 and producing with her no fewer than fifteen children. George was afflicted with porphyria, a painful disease which disrupted his reign as early as 1765, and following further attacks of "madness," went on to debilitate him in the last years of his reign. George III died blind, deaf, and mad at Windsor Castle in 1820.One of the longest reigns in British history, George’s rule coincided with some of the most important events in world history, namely the American and French Revolutions and the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. This magisterial work by John Aiken, a contemporary biographer of the highest caliber, catalogues in fascinating detail the major events of this most remarkable reign.The first volume covers events up to the great British victory over Napoleon at Waterloo. This second volume covers the latter part of the Regency and King George’s declining years.
History of the Expedition to Russia 1812: Volume One
AvPhilippe de Segur
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
129 kr
Tillfälligt slut
On 23 June 1812, with virtually all of Europe under his control, Napoleon Bonaparte and his Grand Armee, the largest force yet assembled for war, crossed the River Niemen into Russia in an attempt to defeat the Russian army and force the Tsar, Alexander I, into a Treaty confirming Napoleon's dominance over the whole of continental Europe.Over half a million men embarked on the invasion and, initially, the attack went well, the Russians retreating before the French to within 70 miles of Moscow. Here, though, the Russians turned and fought one of the bloodiest battles of the war, at Borodino, with total casualties approaching 100,000. The Russians withdrew further and Napoleon entered Moscow on 14 September.These events were experienced by the author of this account, General of Brigade Count Philip de Segur. His detailed, eye-witness account of an epoch-making campaign is compelling reading. This first volume relates events leading up to the burning of Moscow, a precursor to the horrors of the French retreat related in Volume Two.
Intimate Letters of Piozzi and Pennington
AvHester Lynch Piozzi,Oswald G. Knappm. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
153 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Although better known for her letters to men such as Samuel Johnson, Hester Lynch, Piozzi's letters to Penelope Pennington show her intimate side. Of her, Boswell said 'to hear you is to hear Wisdom, to see you is to see Virtue'.This edition covers the circumstances under which they were written and the background of the characters in the work.
Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan
Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, 1852-1854
AvFrancis L Hawks
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
257 kr
Tillfälligt slut
On 31 March 1854, Commodore Matthew Perry signed the Treaty of Kanagawa on behalf of the United States government. This moment signalled the end of the ruling Shogunate's policy of isolationism, which had been in place since the early sixteenth century. Although foreign nations - the Portuguese, the British and the Spanish - had once traded there, the perceived threat from the spread of Christianity had led to Japan's borders being closed, a policy rigorously enforced by the Shogunate, who signified their resolve through systematic expulsion, detention and execution. Perry's success, however, contrived to open up what had once been 'the curiosity of Christendom' to the nations of the world.Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan is the official account of this historic expedition. Written in a fluent and engaging style, this first-hand report details the colourful minutiae of the voyage to 'terra incognita', while situating its enterprises and motivations within a wider social and cultural context.
John Halifax, Gentleman
Nonsuch Classics
AvDinah Craik
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
90 kr
Tillfälligt slut
The tale of a poor orphan who raises himself up from his humble beginnings through hard work, honesty and devotion to duty. The novel reflects the changing social and political landscape of England in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Cotswold Churches
AvDavid Verey
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
274 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Cotswold Churches.
Land's End
A Naturalist's Impression in West Cornwall
AvW H Hudson
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
146 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Land's End.
Letters from Portugal, Spain and France
AvSamuel D Broughton
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
135 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Letters from Portugal, Spain and France.

Nonsuch Publishing – förlag

Visar alla produkter från förlaget Nonsuch Publishing. Handla med fri frakt och snabb leverans.

134 produkter

Kategorier

134 produkter

Rise of Silas Lapham
Nonsuch Classics
AvWilliam Dean Howells
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
84 kr
Skickas
A tale of Boston society and manners, following the fortunes of a self-made man from rural Vermont as he tries to break into the city's sophisticated world of 'old' money.
Frodsham and Helsby: Pocket Images
AvFrodsham & District Local History Society
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
80 kr
Skickas
Pocket Images Frodsham & Helsby.
Haverhill: Pocket Images
AvRoy Brazier
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
80 kr
Skickas inom 11-20 vardagar
A history of Haverhill, Suffolk, in old and rare photographs, with full captions, showing the changing face of the region over the last hundred years.
Minehead to Watchet
AvGlyn Court
Häftad, Engelska, 2006
76 kr
Skickas inom 11-20 vardagar
Presents a pictorial history of Minehead through a series of photographs and images.
Newtown
Pocket Images
AvNewtown Local History Group
Häftad, Engelska, 2006
78 kr
Skickas inom 11-20 vardagar
Presents a pictorial history of Newtown through a series of photographs and images.
Around Stocksbridge: Pocket Images
AvStocksbridge & District History Society
Häftad, Engelska, 2006
80 kr
Skickas inom 11-20 vardagar
A history of Stocksbridge.
Voyage of the Discovery: Volume Two
Captain Robert F. Scott
AvRobert Falcon Scott
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
219 kr
Skickas
A narrative of Captain Scott's expedition to the Antarctic. This book provides a record of various aspects of the expedition which set out from Dundee in 1901, from the realities of daily routine to their wonder at discovering strange landscapes, as well as the trials of harsh weather conditions, food shortages and illness.
Around Fareham - The Second Selection: Pocket Images
AvAlice James
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
80 kr
Skickas inom 11-20 vardagar
This book is Alice James' second selection of Fareham pictures in the Archive Photograph Series. In this volume she extends her attention to the areas around the town, including Wallington, Old Turnpike, Knowle, Wickham and Portchester as well as Fareham itself.This is an area that is being developed at a very rapid pace. Through the 220 high-quality images in this book, experienced local author, Alice James shows some of these changes. Her collection vigorously compares and contrasts those areas that have succumbed to the dramatic force of progress.Included in the selection are some recent photographs that demonstrate the extensive changes of the past two decades, as well as many pictures showing how Fareham and its environs appeared earlier in the twentieth century.Through the use of evocative and often poignant pictures, as well as captions which impart a wealth of local knowledge, the author brings the past of this beautiful part of Hampshire to life.
Spiritual Quixote
Or, the Summer's Ramble of Mr Geoffry Wildgoose
AvRichard Graves
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
136 kr
Skickas inom 11-20 vardagar
Follows the religious and romantic adventures of its hero, a young Oxford man, who, living in retirement with his mother in the country, decides to become an evangelist, although mainly from the lack of any other more interesting occupation.
Harry Peckham's Tour
AvHarry Peckham,Martin Brayne
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
279 kr
Skickas inom 7-10 vardagar
Harry Peckham was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, before being called to the Bar and becoming, in time, a King's Counsel, a Commissioner for Bankrupts and Recorder of Chichester. He was also a witty rake, a keen sportsman (he was a member of the committee that drew up the laws of cricket) and a relentless tourist.Harry Peckham's Tour is a collection of letters he wrote in 1769 while travelling through the Netherlands, Belgium and France and contains insights into the society and culture of the places that he visited, including Rotterdam, The Hague, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent, Paris, Rouen and Calais.Perceptive and funny, Harry Peckham's Tour is written in a very engaging style and is a delight to read. This edition contains a new introduction and notes by Martin Brayne and is the only available version of Peckham's text.
Kathleen
The Life of Kathleen Ferrier 1912-1953
AvMaurice Leonard
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
201 kr
Skickas
Kathleen Ferrier has a reputation as the greatest lyric contralto of the twentiety century. Her story, from her humble beginnings as a telephone operator in Blackburn to the height of international fame as one of the world's leading concert artists and her untimely death at the age of forty-one, is told told with compelling insight and perception, using a variety of sources, from photographs, diaries, and private letters to the memoirs and recollections of those who knew her best. Despite having no formal musical training, Kathleen worked with all the celebrated conductors of the time, and is remembered for her performances of music by Brahms, Schubert and Mahler, as well as a handful of operatic roles. Enlarging considerably on many alternative biographies, this excellent account captures the warmth, humour and charm of a figure whose astonishing life and career proved to be, sadly, all too brief.
Patrick Bronte
Father of Genius
AvDudley Green
Häftad, Engelska, 2010
170 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Patrick Bronte (1777-1861) was the father of the famous Bronte Sisters; Anne, Charlotte and Emily, three of Victorian England's greatest novelists, but he was a fascinating man in his own right and not nearly such an unsympathetic character as Elizabeth Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Bronte would have us believe.Born into poverty in Ireland, he won a scholarship to St John's College, Cambridge, and was ordained into the Church of England. He was perpetual curate of Haworth in Yorkshire for forty-one years, bringing up four children, founding a school and campaigning for a proper water supply. Although often portrayed as a somewhat forbidding figure, he was an opponent of capital punishment and the Poor Law Amendment Act, a supporter of limited Catholic emancipation and a writer of poetry.This is the first serious biography of Patrick Bronte for more than forty years.
Severn Tunnel, Its Construction and Difficulties 1872-1887
AvThomas A Walker
Häftad, Engelska, 2004
183 kr
Tillfälligt slut
This is a contemporary account of one of the 19th century's most remarkable engineering achievements, the creation of a tunnel under the River Severn. The practical difficulties of such a feat are vividly described by the chief contractor, as are the human costs.
Ask Mamma: Or the Richest Commoner in England
Nonsuch Classics
AvRobert S Surtees
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
84 kr
Tillfälligt slut
This delightful and irreverent tale of romance in Victorian England follows the exploits of two generations of the Pringle family as they climb the social ladder.
Ancient Trackways of Wessex
AvH W Timperley,Edith Brill
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
207 kr
Tillfälligt slut
An account of the ancient trackways across the area known as Wessex, the old kingdom of the West Saxons, once ruled by King Alfred the Great: roughly speaking, Berkshire, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset and Somerset as well as parts of Devon, Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds. With Salisbury Plain at its centre, the chalk hills and downs of southern England radiate out in all directions, and the ridgeways provided natural routes from one place to another, along which the early inhabitants of Britain travelled.Ancient Trackways of Wessex is a practical walker's guide to the pathways across this chalkland as well as a study of such matters as topography, history, sights to be seen and the relevant Ordnance Survey maps. It is arranged into walks along particular routes between given points and includes photographs and simple maps. Meticulously and comprehensively researched, Ancient Trackways of Wessex is a delightful exploration of this enchanting corner of England.
Sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions
Travellers, Explorers and Pioneers
AvP L Simmonds
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
217 kr
Tillfälligt slut
This title provides a gripping and detailed account of Sir John Franklin's fatal voyage to the Arctic in 1845 to search for the fabled North West Passage, compiled from letters and logs from the actual expedition.
Baghdad Air Mail
AvRoderic Hill
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
202 kr
Tillfälligt slut
The personal narrative of an RAF pilot flying the air mail route linking Palestine, Iraq and Eqypt during the 1920s.
Military Operations at Cabul
The Retreat and Destruction of the British Army
AvVincent Eyre
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
153 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Written while the author was held as a hostage by the Afghan leader Mahomed Akber Khan, this book is an account of the tragedy and destruction which overtook the British army during the First Afghan War. It provides details of the harrowing conditions and distressing treatment that were inflicted on the British hostages by their Afghan captors.
Apple Tree: Tales from Caravan, the Assembled Collection
Nonsuch Classics
AvJohn Galsworthy
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
90 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Written by the author of The Forsyte Saga, The Apple Tree comprises the first 24 tales of the Caravan collection, composed between the years 1900 and 1923. These stories encompass a range of topics and emotions.
Diaries of Sir Daniel Gooch
AvDaniel Gooch
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
153 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Diaries of Sir Daniel Gooch.
Diary of an Invalid
Journal of a Tour in Pursuit of Health 1817-1819
AvHenry Matthews
Häftad, Engelska, 2004
147 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Diary of an Invalid is a vivid account of the author’s travels through Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, and France in what he calls "a wild goose chase after health." Written in a lively and often witty style, this work provides us with a fascinating insight into the life of an Englishman abroad in the early 19th century.Although plagued by the vagaries of the weather, of which he complains volubly, this does not stop the author from visiting and describing the artistic and architectural wonders of the cities he visits with enthusiasm and interest.Accompanied by irreverent and humorous descriptions of the characters he meets along the way, this diary is an entertaining and engaging read.
Father and Son
Nonsuch Classics
AvEdmund Gosse
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
77 kr
Tillfälligt slut
From an early age, Edmund Gosse was taught that imagination was a sin, was told stories of missionaries rather than fairytales and had no childhood companions. Yet this was not an unhappy childhood and his affection for his parents is clear. As the child suffers the death of his mother and grows into a man, he questions the faith of his father.
Annals of the Reign of George III: Volume Two
AvJohn Aikin
Häftad, Engelska, 2004
158 kr
Tillfälligt slut
George III was born in 1738, and came to the throne in 1760, marrying his wife Charlotte in 1761 and producing with her no fewer than fifteen children. George was afflicted with porphyria, a painful disease which disrupted his reign as early as 1765, and following further attacks of "madness," went on to debilitate him in the last years of his reign. George III died blind, deaf, and mad at Windsor Castle in 1820.One of the longest reigns in British history, George’s rule coincided with some of the most important events in world history, namely the American and French Revolutions and the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. This magisterial work by John Aiken, a contemporary biographer of the highest caliber, catalogues in fascinating detail the major events of this most remarkable reign.The first volume covers events up to the great British victory over Napoleon at Waterloo. This second volume covers the latter part of the Regency and King George’s declining years.
History of the Expedition to Russia 1812: Volume One
AvPhilippe de Segur
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
129 kr
Tillfälligt slut
On 23 June 1812, with virtually all of Europe under his control, Napoleon Bonaparte and his Grand Armee, the largest force yet assembled for war, crossed the River Niemen into Russia in an attempt to defeat the Russian army and force the Tsar, Alexander I, into a Treaty confirming Napoleon's dominance over the whole of continental Europe.Over half a million men embarked on the invasion and, initially, the attack went well, the Russians retreating before the French to within 70 miles of Moscow. Here, though, the Russians turned and fought one of the bloodiest battles of the war, at Borodino, with total casualties approaching 100,000. The Russians withdrew further and Napoleon entered Moscow on 14 September.These events were experienced by the author of this account, General of Brigade Count Philip de Segur. His detailed, eye-witness account of an epoch-making campaign is compelling reading. This first volume relates events leading up to the burning of Moscow, a precursor to the horrors of the French retreat related in Volume Two.
Intimate Letters of Piozzi and Pennington
AvHester Lynch Piozzi,Oswald G. Knappm. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
153 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Although better known for her letters to men such as Samuel Johnson, Hester Lynch, Piozzi's letters to Penelope Pennington show her intimate side. Of her, Boswell said 'to hear you is to hear Wisdom, to see you is to see Virtue'.This edition covers the circumstances under which they were written and the background of the characters in the work.
Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan
Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, 1852-1854
AvFrancis L Hawks
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
257 kr
Tillfälligt slut
On 31 March 1854, Commodore Matthew Perry signed the Treaty of Kanagawa on behalf of the United States government. This moment signalled the end of the ruling Shogunate's policy of isolationism, which had been in place since the early sixteenth century. Although foreign nations - the Portuguese, the British and the Spanish - had once traded there, the perceived threat from the spread of Christianity had led to Japan's borders being closed, a policy rigorously enforced by the Shogunate, who signified their resolve through systematic expulsion, detention and execution. Perry's success, however, contrived to open up what had once been 'the curiosity of Christendom' to the nations of the world.Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan is the official account of this historic expedition. Written in a fluent and engaging style, this first-hand report details the colourful minutiae of the voyage to 'terra incognita', while situating its enterprises and motivations within a wider social and cultural context.
John Halifax, Gentleman
Nonsuch Classics
AvDinah Craik
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
90 kr
Tillfälligt slut
The tale of a poor orphan who raises himself up from his humble beginnings through hard work, honesty and devotion to duty. The novel reflects the changing social and political landscape of England in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Cotswold Churches
AvDavid Verey
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
274 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Cotswold Churches.
Land's End
A Naturalist's Impression in West Cornwall
AvW H Hudson
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
146 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Land's End.
Letters from Portugal, Spain and France
AvSamuel D Broughton
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
135 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Letters from Portugal, Spain and France.

Nonsuch Publishing – förlag

Rise of Silas Lapham

Frodsham and Helsby: Pocket Images

Haverhill: Pocket Images

Minehead to Watchet

Newtown

Around Stocksbridge: Pocket Images

Voyage of the Discovery: Volume Two

Around Fareham - The Second Selection: Pocket Images

Spiritual Quixote

Harry Peckham's Tour

Kathleen

Patrick Bronte

Severn Tunnel, Its Construction and Difficulties 1872-1887

Ask Mamma: Or the Richest Commoner in England

Ancient Trackways of Wessex

Sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions

Baghdad Air Mail

Military Operations at Cabul

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Apple Tree: Tales from Caravan, the Assembled Collection

Diaries of Sir Daniel Gooch

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Annals of the Reign of George III: Volume Two

History of the Expedition to Russia 1812: Volume One

Intimate Letters of Piozzi and Pennington

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Letters from Portugal, Spain and France