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Book Synopsis England's Towers; Or, The Church of England, Under God, the National Bulwark Against Popery by : Henry Samuel Musgrave Hubert
Download or read book England's Towers; Or, The Church of England, Under God, the National Bulwark Against Popery written by Henry Samuel Musgrave Hubert and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Clock Towers of England by : Kevin Newman
Download or read book Clock Towers of England written by Kevin Newman and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highly illustrated, exploring the history behind some of Britain's favourite structures - clocktowers.
Book Synopsis Where Is the Tower of London? by : Janet B. Pascal
Download or read book Where Is the Tower of London? written by Janet B. Pascal and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tower of London holds almost a thousand years' worth of secrets! The Tower of London draws more than 2 million visitors a year! Almost 1,000 years old and first built by William the Conqueror in 1066, the tower has been a fortress, a palace, a zoo, and an exhibit site for the amazing Crown Jewels. But the tower's reputation as a prison is probably what accounts for its popularity! Two young princes in the time of King Richard III were never again heard from after entering the castle, and two of King Henry VIII's wives were held captive here. Author Janet B. Pascal brings to life one of the most fascinating landmarks in the world.
Download or read book Tower written by Nigel Jones and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dazzling history of the Tower of London, one of the world's busiest tourist attractions, and the people who populated it. Castle, royal palace, prison, torture chamber, execution site, zoo, mint, home to the crown jewels, armory, record office, observatory, and the most visited tourist attraction in the UK: The Tower of London has been all these things and more. No building in Britain has been more intimately involved in the island's story than this mighty, brooding stronghold in the very heart of the capital, a place which has stood at the epicenter of dramatic, bloody and frequently cruel events for almost a thousand years. Now historian Nigel Jones sets this dramatic story firmly in the context of national—and international—events. In a gripping account drawn from primary sources and lavishly illustrated with sixteen pages of stunning photographs, he captures the Tower in its many changing moods and its many diverse functions. Here, for the first time, is a thematic portrayal of the Tower of london not just as an ancient structure, but as a living symbol of the nation of Great Britain.
Book Synopsis The Story of the Tower of London by : Tracy Borman
Download or read book The Story of the Tower of London written by Tracy Borman and published by Merrell. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reveals the stories, events and colourful characters that make up the Tower of London's long and varied history, from its Roman origins to the present day.
Book Synopsis A Hidden History of the Tower of London by : John Paul Davis
Download or read book A Hidden History of the Tower of London written by John Paul Davis and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2020-03-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Famed as the ultimate penalty for traitors, heretics and royalty alike, being sent to the Tower is known to have been experienced by no less than 8,000 unfortunate souls. Many of those who were imprisoned in the Tower never returned to civilisation and those who did, often did so without their head! It is hardly surprising that the Tower has earned itself a reputation among the most infamous buildings on the planet. There have, of course, been other towers. Practically every castle ever built has consisted of at least one; indeed, even by the late 14th century, the Tower proudly boasted no less than 21\. Yet even as early as the 1100s, the effect that the first Tower had on the psyche of the local population was considerable. The sight of the dark four-pointed citadel – at the time the largest building in London – as it appeared against the backdrop of the expanding city gave rise to many legends, ranging from the exact circumstances of its creation to what went on within its strong walls. In ten centuries what once consisted of a solitary keep has developed into a complex castle around which the history of England has continuously evolved. So revered has it become that legend has it that should the Tower fall, so would the kingdom. Beginning with the early tales surrounding its creation, this book investigates the private life of an English icon. Concentrating on the Tower’s developing role throughout the centuries, not in terms of its physical expansion into a site of unique architectural majesty or many purposes but through the eyes of those who experienced its darker side, it pieces together the, often seldom-told, human story and how the fates of many of those who stayed within its walls contributed to its lasting effect on England’s – and later the UK’s – destiny. From ruthless traitors to unjustly killed Jesuits, vanished treasures to disappeared princes and jaded wives to star-crossed lovers, this book provides a raw and at times unsettling insight into its unsolved mysteries and the lot of its unfortunate victims, thus explaining how this once typical castle came to be the place we will always remember as THE TOWER.
Book Synopsis Martello Towers Worldwide by : Bill Clements
Download or read book Martello Towers Worldwide written by Bill Clements and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martello Towers Worldwide follows the history of the Martello tower from the construction of the early towers built to protect the Mediterranean shores of Spain and Italy right up to the final towers built in the United Kingdom during the First World War. The book is illustrated with a large number of contemporary and historic photographs, drawings and plans, a very large number of which were not included in the earlier Towers of Strength. These provide the most detailed information yet published about the development of the Martello towers in Britain and overseas. So the book will be of particular interest to those interested in the history of fortifications, architectural conservation and military history generally. It will also be of interest to an international readership as the book now has a gazetteer of towers outside the United Kingdom that remain today together with a chapter describing a number of towers built in the United States. The book supplements the earlier Towers of Strength and such will be an important addition to the existing bibliography of books on Martello towers and fortification.
Book Synopsis Towers of Strength by : W H Clements
Download or read book Towers of Strength written by W H Clements and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1998-08-12 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martello towers were built in the early part of the nineteenth century to defend the coast of England against Napoleonic invasion. Almost 200 years later forty-one of these handsome brick towers still stand along the coast of Kent, Sussex, Essex and Suffolk. The chest of their construction was comparable in relative terms to that of of today's Trident missile system. The line of towers was never tested in action, but acted as an effective deterrent against invasion. Today Martello towers are a familiar sight from Aldeburgh in Suffolk to Newhaven in Sussex, but it is generally known that similar towers were built by the Royal Engineers to defend British interests in other parts of the world. Martello towers were being built as late as the 1850s as far afield as Canada, Mauritius, Australia and the Mediterranean. This book, illustrated with numerous photographs and plans, is the first comprehensive and detailed study of the known Martello towers built by the British. Its description of their construction, use, current condition and fate will fascinate the enquiring reader, as well as being a source of interest to visitors. Many of the towers remain landmarks today, Fort Denison in Sydney Harbour being a case in point.
Book Synopsis Great Britain by : Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Download or read book Great Britain written by Karl Baedeker (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Library of Congress Subject Headings by : Library of Congress
Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 1992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Children's Book of Celebrated Towers by : Lorinda Munson Bryant
Download or read book The Children's Book of Celebrated Towers written by Lorinda Munson Bryant and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A description of some of the more famous of world towers.
Book Synopsis The Ravenmaster by : Christopher Skaife
Download or read book The Ravenmaster written by Christopher Skaife and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, the Tower of London has been home to a group of famous avian residents: the ravens. Each year they are seen by millions of visitors, and they have become as integral a part of the Tower as its ancient stones. But their role is even more important than that—legend has it that if the ravens should ever leave, the Tower will crumble into dust and great harm will befall the kingdom. The responsibility for ensuring that such a disaster never comes to pass falls to one man: the Ravenmaster. The current holder of the position is Yeoman Warder Christopher Skaife, and in this fascinating, entertaining and touching book he memorably describes the ravens’ formidable intelligence, their idiosyncrasies and their occasionally wicked sense of humour. The Ravenmaster is a compelling, inspiring and irreverent story that will delight and surprise anyone with an interest in British history or animal behaviour.
Book Synopsis A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased by : Samuel Austin Allibone
Download or read book A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased written by Samuel Austin Allibone and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis “A” Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century by : S. Austin Allibone
Download or read book “A” Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century written by S. Austin Allibone and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The American Architect and Building News by :
Download or read book The American Architect and Building News written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century by : Samuel Austin Allibone
Download or read book A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century written by Samuel Austin Allibone and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Tower of London by : Gail Blasser Riley
Download or read book Tower of London written by Gail Blasser Riley and published by Bearport Publishing. This book was released on 2006-08-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the history of London's infamous eleventh-century fortress, discussing royal beheadings, ghost sightings, the Crown Jewels, and the Yeoman Warders.
