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Book Synopsis Fonthill Recovered by : Caroline Dakers
Download or read book Fonthill Recovered written by Caroline Dakers and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2018-05-16 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fonthill, in Wiltshire, is traditionally associated with the writer and collector William Beckford who built his Gothic fantasy house called Fonthill Abbey at the end of the eighteenth century. The collapse of the Abbey’s tower in 1825 transformed the name Fonthill into a symbol for overarching ambition and folly, a sublime ruin. Fonthill is, however, much more than the story of one man’s excesses. Beckford’s Abbey is only one of several important houses to be built on the estate since the early sixteenth century, all of them eventually consumed by fire or deliberately demolished, and all of them oddly forgotten by historians. Little now remains: a tower, a stable block, a kitchen range, some dressed stone, an indentation in a field. Fonthill Recovered draws on histories of art and architecture, politics and economics to explore the rich cultural history of this famous Wiltshire estate. The first half of the book traces the occupation of Fonthill from the Bronze Age to the twenty-first century. Some of the owners surpassed Beckford in terms of their wealth, their collections, their political power and even, in one case, their sexual misdemeanours. They include Charles I’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the richest commoner in the nineteenth century. The second half of the book consists of essays on specific topics, filling out such crucial areas as the complex history of the designed landscape, the sources of the Beckfords’ wealth and their collections, and one essay that features the most recent appearance of the Abbey in a video game.
Book Synopsis Beckford of Fonthill by : Brian Fothergill
Download or read book Beckford of Fonthill written by Brian Fothergill and published by Nonsuch Publishing, Limited. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beckford of Fonthill
Book Synopsis Fire Across the Veldt by : John Wilcox
Download or read book Fire Across the Veldt written by John Wilcox and published by Allison & Busby. This book was released on 2013-04-29 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1900. South Africa. Simon Fonthill, along with his wife Alice, old friend Jenkins, and tracker Mzingeli, is travelling across the continent to Pretoria to meet with General Kitchener. When their train is derailed by hostile Boer forces the quartet are forced to continue their journey on horseback, but are quickly targeted and surrounded by Boer commando leader General de Wet and his soldiers. Fonthill must rejoin the British military and prove his ability as a commander, as he leads the battle to find and capture the elusive Boer leaders.
Book Synopsis Fonthill Recovered by : Caroline Dakers
Download or read book Fonthill Recovered written by Caroline Dakers and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2018-05-16 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fonthill, in Wiltshire, is traditionally associated with the writer and collector William Beckford who built his Gothic fantasy house called Fonthill Abbey at the end of the eighteenth century. The collapse of the Abbey’s tower in 1825 transformed the name Fonthill into a symbol for overarching ambition and folly, a sublime ruin. Fonthill is, however, much more than the story of one man’s excesses. Beckford’s Abbey is only one of several important houses to be built on the estate since the early sixteenth century, all of them eventually consumed by fire or deliberately demolished, and all of them oddly forgotten by historians. Little now remains: a tower, a stable block, a kitchen range, some dressed stone, an indentation in a field. Fonthill Recovered draws on histories of art and architecture, politics and economics to explore the rich cultural history of this famous Wiltshire estate. The first half of the book traces the occupation of Fonthill from the Bronze Age to the twenty-first century. Some of the owners surpassed Beckford in terms of their wealth, their collections, their political power and even, in one case, their sexual misdemeanours. They include Charles I’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the richest commoner in the nineteenth century. The second half of the book consists of essays on specific topics, filling out such crucial areas as the complex history of the designed landscape, the sources of the Beckfords’ wealth and their collections, and one essay that features the most recent appearance of the Abbey in a video game.
Book Synopsis Fonthill Recreations by : Martha Grace Sleeper
Download or read book Fonthill Recreations written by Martha Grace Sleeper and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A new guide to Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire ...; comprising ... brief notices of most of the remarkable productions of nature and art ... deposited there by :
Download or read book A new guide to Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire ...; comprising ... brief notices of most of the remarkable productions of nature and art ... deposited there written by and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Fonthill, a poem by : John Jefferson (author of Salamanca.)
Download or read book Fonthill, a poem written by John Jefferson (author of Salamanca.) and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Memoirs of William Beckford of Fonthill by : Cyrus Redding
Download or read book Memoirs of William Beckford of Fonthill written by Cyrus Redding and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Memoirs of William Beckford of Fonthill, Author of "Vathek" by : William Beckford
Download or read book Memoirs of William Beckford of Fonthill, Author of "Vathek" written by William Beckford and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Delineations of Fonthill and Its Abbey by : John Rutter
Download or read book Delineations of Fonthill and Its Abbey written by John Rutter and published by . This book was released on 1823 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Graphical and Literary Illustrations of Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire; by : John Britton
Download or read book Graphical and Literary Illustrations of Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire; written by John Britton and published by . This book was released on 1823 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Description of Fonthill Abbey and Demesne by : John Rutter
Download or read book A Description of Fonthill Abbey and Demesne written by John Rutter and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Description of Fonthill Abbey and Demesne in the county of Wilts including a list of its paintings, cabinets, etc by : John RUTTER (of Shaftesbury.)
Download or read book A Description of Fonthill Abbey and Demesne in the county of Wilts including a list of its paintings, cabinets, etc written by John RUTTER (of Shaftesbury.) and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Treachery in Tibet written by John Wilcox and published by Allison & Busby. This book was released on 2015-01-22 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1903. The British Empire has reached its probable apogee: so much of the world map is coloured red and the sun never set on its boundaries. But Lord Curzon, the ambitious Viceroy of India, has different views. Tibet, the mountainous region on the Raj's borders, irritates him: the Dalai Lama never replies to his letters and border disputes multiply. He decides to invade and recruits Simon Fonthill, veteran of so many of Queen Victoria's 'Little Wars', to lead 2000 men over the ice-bound Himalayan passes to Lhasa. Fonthill sets out on another expedition with his wife Alice, reporting for the Morning Post, and his old comrade, '352' Jenkins. It is machine guns against muskets as the cruel and brave monks, fighting on their own terrain among the clouds, oppose the invasion. When Alice is captured, treachery is revealed, and Fonthill and Jenkins must gallop to her aid in their most arduous and thrilling adventure yet.
Book Synopsis November Night Tales by : Henry Chapman Mercer
Download or read book November Night Tales written by Henry Chapman Mercer and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The six origninal stories from the first edition of 1928 plus Well of Monte Corbo, found after his death.
Book Synopsis T-34 Shock: The Soviet Legend in Pictures by : Francis Pulham
Download or read book T-34 Shock: The Soviet Legend in Pictures written by Francis Pulham and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2021-07-11 with total page 743 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Soviet T\-34 medium tank needs no introduction, being the most famous tank ever built especially as has seen service across the globe throughout the twentieth century’s most brutal wars. However, despite this fame, little has been written about its design changes. While most tank enthusiasts can differentiate between the ‘T\-34\/76’ and the ‘T\-34\-85’, identifying different factory production batches has proven more elusive. Until now. With nearly six hundred photographs, mostly taken by soldiers who both operated and fought against the T\-34, this book seeks to catalogue and contextualise even the subtlest details to create a true ‘T\-34 continuum’. The book begins with the antecedents of the T\-34, the ill\-fated BT ‘fast tank’ series and the influence of the traumatic Spanish Civil War before moving to an in\-depth look at the T\-34’s prototypes. After this, every factory production change is catalogued and contextualised, with never\-before\-seen photographs and stunning technical drawings. Furthermore, four battle stories are also integrated to explain the changing battle context when major production changes take place. The production story is completed with sections on the T\-34’s post\-war production (and modification) by Czechoslovakia, Poland, and the People’s Republic of China, as well as T\-34 variants.
Book Synopsis The Royal Aircraft Factory by : Paul R. Hare
Download or read book The Royal Aircraft Factory written by Paul R. Hare and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnborough, forerunner of the World’s premier aeronautical research establishment wherein were designed a diversity of aircraft including many of those that equipped the RFC, RNAS and RAF during the First World War. Originally established to build observation balloons for the Victorian British Army, the Factory later expanded to employ over 3500 people by mid-1916, at which time it became the subject of a political controversy that ended in a judicial enquiry. In 1918 its title was changed to the Royal Aircraft Establishment, not only to avoid a clash of initials with the newly formed Royal Air Force but to better define its changing role. Each of the many designs for airships and aeroplanes that were produced by the Factory between 1908 and 1918 is described in detail, illustrated by photographs, and with three-view drawings provided for the more prominent designs.
