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Book Synopsis Gentlemen and Blackguards by : Nicholas Foulkes
Download or read book Gentlemen and Blackguards written by Nicholas Foulkes and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2010-05-27 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Men, money, duelling and murder: welcome to the infamous Derby race of 1844 and the gambling mania that gripped early 19th century Britain. This is a tale of money, gambling and sporting obsession; of rogues and rascals, outrageous criminality, aristocratic complacency, and a gripping investigation to expose the most audacious sporting plot of the age. In the early 1840s, Britain was the gambling capital of Europe and the Epsom Derby was attracting countless spectators and many millions of pounds in wagers. It was a time of frenzied speculation, high stakes and low morals. But as the unprincipled Regency era gave way to the high-mindedness of the Victorian period, reformers decided it was time to challenge the murky world of illegal gambling and in 1844, launched the far-reaching Parliamentary Enquiry. When the Derby of the same year ended in chaos, with the two favourite horses doped, the Turf's most dedicated follower and greatest tyrant Lord George Bentinck, took it upon himself to uncover the truth of what happened that day, which led to one of the most sensational court cases of the 19th century. A compelling detective story peopled with low-life aristocrats and high-minded reformers, GENTLEMEN AND BLACKGUARDS paints a rich picture of early Victorian society, bringing to light an overlooked turning point in British history.
Book Synopsis Gentlemen and Blackguards by : Nicholas Foulkes
Download or read book Gentlemen and Blackguards written by Nicholas Foulkes and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-05-27 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Men, money, duelling and murder: welcome to the infamous Derby race of 1844 and the gambling mania that gripped early 19th century Britain. This is a tale of money, gambling and sporting obsession; of rogues and rascals, outrageous criminality, aristocratic complacency, and a gripping investigation to expose the most audacious sporting plot of the age. In the early 1840s, Britain was the gambling capital of Europe and the Epsom Derby was attracting countless spectators and many millions of pounds in wagers. It was a time of frenzied speculation, high stakes and low morals. But as the unprincipled Regency era gave way to the high-mindedness of the Victorian period, reformers decided it was time to challenge the murky world of illegal gambling and in 1844, launched the far-reaching Parliamentary Enquiry. When the Derby of the same year ended in chaos, with the two favourite horses doped, the Turf's most dedicated follower and greatest tyrant Lord George Bentinck, took it upon himself to uncover the truth of what happened that day, which led to one of the most sensational court cases of the 19th century. A compelling detective story peopled with low-life aristocrats and high-minded reformers, GENTLEMEN AND BLACKGUARDS paints a rich picture of early Victorian society, bringing to light an overlooked turning point in British history.
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Book Synopsis The Black and Tans by : Richard Bennett
Download or read book The Black and Tans written by Richard Bennett and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2010-11-10 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They could arrest and imprison anyone at any time. They murdered civilians. They wore a strange mixture of dark green tunics, khaki rousers, black belts and odd headgear, including civilian felt hats. The Irish named them after a famous pack of wild dogs on County Limerick The Black and Tans. Although they were only a small proportion of British forces in Ireland, they were the toughest, the wildest and the most feared. They knew nothing and they cared nothing about Ireland. They were sent there in March 1920 by Lloyd Georges coalition cabinet to make Ireland a hell for rebels to live in. Richard Bennetts book is an accurate and authoritative account of an ugly and harrowing period in Anglo-Irish history a period that the English have struggled to forget and the Irish cannot help but remember.
Book Synopsis The American Democrat by : James Fenimore Cooper
Download or read book The American Democrat written by James Fenimore Cooper and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: New York: A.A. Knopf, 1931.
Book Synopsis Waverley. Guy Mannering. Antiquary. Rob Roy. Black dwarf. Old Martality by : Sir Walter Scott
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Book Synopsis Mr. Kipling's Army by : Byron Farwell
Download or read book Mr. Kipling's Army written by Byron Farwell and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1987 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an upstairs-downstairs view of the Victorian-Edwardian army, one of the world's most peculiar fighting forces. The battles it fought are household words, but the idiosyncracies and eccentricities of its soldiers and the often appalling conditions under which they lived have gone largely unrecorded. Byron Farwell explores here the lives of officers and men, their foibles, gallantry, and diversions, their discipline and their rewards.
Book Synopsis The Reign of the Black Flag by : Robert Louis Stevenson
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Book Synopsis The American Democrat and Other Political Writings by : James Fenimore Cooper
Download or read book The American Democrat and Other Political Writings written by James Fenimore Cooper and published by Regnery Publishing. This book was released on 2001-02-01 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His argument, that the real American should be one rooted in virtue, honor, and honesty, transcend time and historical era. This edition is the first to combine all three works - the entirety of Letter and The American Democrat, and numerous excerpts from Notions.".
Book Synopsis The American Democrat by : James Fenimore Cooper
Download or read book The American Democrat written by James Fenimore Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Boston Quarterly Review by : Orestes Augustus Brownson
Download or read book Boston Quarterly Review written by Orestes Augustus Brownson and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Days of Old written by Alastair MacKenzie Ferguson and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Parliamentary Debates by : New South Wales. Parliament
Download or read book Parliamentary Debates written by New South Wales. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms by : Merriam-Webster, Inc
Download or read book Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms written by Merriam-Webster, Inc and published by Merriam-Webster. This book was released on 1984 with total page 950 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ideal guide to choosing the right word. Entries go beyond the word lists of a thesaurus, explaining important differences between synonyms. Provides over 17,000 usage examples. Lists antonyms and related words.
Book Synopsis Village Dialogues by : Rowland Hill (Minister of Surrey Chapel, Blackfriars Road.)
Download or read book Village Dialogues written by Rowland Hill (Minister of Surrey Chapel, Blackfriars Road.) and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
