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Royal Bargemasters

Author : Robert Crouch
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750992751
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Royal Bargemasters written by Robert Crouch and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Royal Bargemasters have been serving their monarchs for over 800 years, yet their story has never been told. Always working in close proximity to their sovereigns, they have witnessed and played their part in many of the important events in our country's history. They have been close witnesses to rebellions and coronations, to initial courting and grand royal weddings, and added their colourful presence to the splendour of celebrations and pageants. Painstakingly researched by ex-Royal Bargemaster Robert Crouch and professional researcher Beryl Pendley, this beautifully illustrated book offers a colourful insight into the role of the Bargemasters over the centuries, revealing the part they have played in both the day-to-day lives of the Royal Family and their contribution to great ceremonial occasions from the Plantagenets to our present Queen.

Black and White Budget

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 842 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Black and White Budget written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Twilight of Splendor

Author : Greg King
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1620458608
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Twilight of Splendor written by Greg King and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007-06-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Power, pageantry, and pride Queen Victoria ruled the most powerful empire the world has ever seen, covering one fourth of the earth's land surface, reigning over subjects on every continent, and exercising undisputed mastery of the oceans in between. She was the "Grandmother of Europe," with descendants occupying the thrones of half a dozen nations, and more to come. The very era in which she lived already bore her name. In June 1897, her proud and prosperous nation marked her sixtieth year on the throne of England with the most lavish display of pomp, circumstance, wealth, and affection in its history. Twilight of Splendor presents a breathtaking portrait of a sovereign and her empire at the height of their global power. Focusing on the spectacle of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, it combines a thrilling account of that massive celebration with an intimate exploration of Victoria's world--her splendid palaces and possessions, the grand banquets and balls she hosted, her immense wealth, the politicians and courtiers who did her bidding, her confidence and assertiveness as a ruler, her surprising personal humility, and her perpetual state of mourning for her beloved husband, Prince Albert. Based on hundreds of published and unpublished sources from the period, including Queen Victoria's private correspondence and personal journals, Twilight of Splendor is must reading for Anglophiles, Victorian-history buffs, and anyone interested in the golden age of monarchy. * The first book to portray the queen and her court in the last years of her reign * Contrasts the queen's private and public images in her efforts to solidify the monarchy * Exposes the queen's difficult relations with her children * Explores the queen's relationship with her extended European royal relatives * Draws together for the first time hundreds of disparate sources * Includes a number of rare photographs complementing the text

At Home with the Royal Family

Author : Paul James
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book At Home with the Royal Family written by Paul James and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1986 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A former butler for the royal family describes the day-to-day running of the Royal Household.

Subsmash

Author : Alan Gallop
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752472968
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book Subsmash written by Alan Gallop and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-10-21 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In April 1951, the disappearance of HM submarine Affray knocked news of the Korean War and Festival of Britain from the front pages. Affray had put to sea on a routine peacetime simulated war patrol in the English Channel. She radioed her last position at 2115hrs on 16 April, 30 miles south of the Isle of Wight - preparing to dive. This was the last signal ever received from the submarine. After months of searching, divers eventually discovered Affray resting upright on the sea bottom with no obvious signs of damage to her hull. Hatches were closed tight and emergency buoys were still in their casings. It was obvious that whatever had caused Affray to sink, and had ended the lives of all those on board, had occurred quickly. Sixty years later, in this compelling maritime investigation, Alan Gallop uses previously top secret documents, interviews with experts and contemporary news sources to explore how and why Affray became the last British submarine lost at sea - and possibly the greatest maritime mystery since the Marie Celeste.

London and the Georgian Navy

Author : Philip Macdougall
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752493027
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book London and the Georgian Navy written by Philip Macdougall and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-06-03 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time when the Royal Navy was the biggest and best in the world, Georgian London was the hub of this immense industrial-military complex, underpinning and securing a global trading empire that was entirely dependent on the navy for its existence. Philip MacDougall explores the bureaucratic web that operated within the wider city area before giving attention to London's association with the practical aspects of supplying and manning the operational fleet and shipbuilding, repair and maintenance. His supremely detailed geographical exploration of these areas includes a discussion of captivating key personalities, buildings and work. The book examines significant locations as well as the importance of Londoners in the manning of ships and how the city memorialised the navy and its personnel during times of victory. An in-depth gazetteer and walking guide complete this fascinating study of Britain, her capital and her Royal Navy.

The Home Counties Magazine

Author : William John Hardy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (969 download)

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Download or read book The Home Counties Magazine written by William John Hardy and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Home Counties Magazine

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Home Counties Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Destination London

Author : Andrew Smith
Publisher : University of Westminster Press
ISBN 13 : 1912656272
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book Destination London written by Andrew Smith and published by University of Westminster Press. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London is one of the world’s most popular destinations and visitors contribute approximately £14.9 billion of expenditure to the city every year. Its tourism and events sectors are growing and over the last few years London has received more visitors than ever before. However, detailed accounts of the city’s visitor economy are conspicuously absent. This book analyses how the capital is developing as a destination through the expansion of tourism and events into new urban spaces. The book outlines how parts of London not previously regarded as tourist territory are now subject to the visitor gaze with tourism spreading beyond established central zones into peripheral, suburban and residential areas – in part propelled by a big rise in peer to peer accommodation use. Simultaneously, London’s airports and sports stadiums and their surrounds are becoming destinations in their own right. New vantage points have been created, allowing tourists to explore the city: from above, at night-time or through tours given by the homeless; via the opening up of the River Thames; or through the transformation of local parks into eventscapes. The book explores these trends and shows how urban destinations expand. In doing so, it enhances our understanding of London and highlights the growing significance of tourism and events in global cities.

... And What Do You Do?

Author : Norman Baker
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785905384
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (859 download)

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Download or read book ... And What Do You Do? written by Norman Baker and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The royal family is the original Coronation Street – a long-running soap opera with the occasional real coronation thrown in. Its members have become celebrities, like upmarket versions of film stars and footballers. But they have also become a byword for arrogance, entitlement, hypocrisy and indifference to the gigantic amount of public money wasted by them. The monarchy itself is an important part of our constitution with considerable influence on the kind of nation we are. Yet you will struggle to find much in the way of proper journalism that examines the monarchy in the way that their position and influence merit. Instead, we are fed a constant diet of sickeningly obsequious coverage which reports their activities with breathless and uncritical awe. In this book, former government minister Norman Baker argues that the British public deserves better than this puerile diet. ... And What Do You Do? is a hard-hitting analysis of the royal family, exposing its extravagant use of public money and the highly dubious behaviour of some among its ranks, whilst being critical of the knee-jerk sycophancy shown by the press and politicians. Baker also considers the wider role the royals play in society, including the link with House of Lords reform, and the constitutional position of the monarch, which is important given Prince Charles's present and intended approach. What makes this book so unusual is that Baker is himself a member of the Privy Council, the body that officially advises the monarch. By turns irreverent and uncompromising, ... And What Do You Do? asks important questions about the future of the world's most famous royal family.

The Eight

Author : Susan Saint Sing
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1429928700
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book The Eight written by Susan Saint Sing and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2010-03-11 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating look at the 2008 Harvard Varsity Crew Team and the university's legendary history of accomplished rowers. The Eight is a thrilling, behind-the-scenes look at a group of young men who have given up nearly everything to transform themselves into the best team possible at arguably the world's most venerable rowing institution, Harvard crew. Through a blend of journalistic writing and historical narrative, Saint Sing highlights their struggles and triumphs as she follows them through the spring season of 2008. This exclusive, competitive world is illuminated as never before as the athletes race for the collegiate national championship and one former member achieves a historic first for Harvard: a gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games. What these men go through physically to earn a seat in the Harvard first eight is just the beginning. The real test of their mettle is the inner athlete called upon to make their dreams a reality in this very tense and dramatic world. Susan Saint Sing's The Eight chronicles the drama of a full season of elite college racing, including the bitter personal struggles and the team's pursuit of excellence.

The Mysterious Case of the Mary Celeste

Author : Graham Faiella
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 1803991313
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book The Mysterious Case of the Mary Celeste written by Graham Faiella and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2022-07-14 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 4 December 1872: The brigantine Dei Gratia chances upon another brigantine out on the Atlantic near the Azores. She is the Mary Celeste . She is under sail. But she is deserted. Silent as a drowned cadaver. For 150 years since then, the mystery of why the Mary Celeste was abandoned, and what happened to the ten souls on board, has spawned thousands of conjectures, conspiracy theories, fictions and fantasies. Some have thought they solved the mystery. Some have just spun yarns. One, at least, has claimed it was all a hoax. The Mysterious Case of the Mary Celeste: 150 Years of Myth and Mystique unveils those stories – the 'fake news', 'alternative facts' and the myths fabricated from fractured truths. These are the real facts in search of a truth that remains unfathomable to this day.

The Mirror of Eternity

Author : Garrett Boatman
Publisher : Crossroad Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mirror of Eternity written by Garrett Boatman and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2024-03-12 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Desert of Dudael, the demon Azazel is freed from the pit where he has dwelled for millennia. On the frozen world of Abyss, fallen angels banished from earth in the time of Enoch, prepare for their return. But the world is vanishing. Soon there will be battleground for neither man nor demon. Rick Scott has sworn off magic, but when he receives a summons from his former mentor, he must travel the ravaged wasteland of time and gaze into the mirror of eternity before the world plunges into the white-hot singularity of creation. But there are creatures that dwell within time’s labyrinth who would sate their unspeakable hunger on the unwary traveler.

The Queen's Men

Author : Oliver Clements
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501154788
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Queen's Men written by Oliver Clements and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Agents of the Crown returns with this riveting novel following the original MI6 agent as he is assigned a dangerous mission to recreate a weapon from antiquity. As she travels through Waltham Forest, Queen Elizabeth I is ambushed by masked gunmen who leave her carriage riddled with holes before disappearing into the night. The Queen's Private Secretary, Sir Francis Walsingham, is tasked with finding the perpetrators, about whom they know precious little. But someone alerted the gunman to the route of the Queen's carriage, and Walsingham knows that the assassins will not stop until she's dead. Only one man can top the plot, loyal friend John Dee.

Tracts of the Liverpool Financial Reform Association

Author : Financial Reform Association (Liverpool, England)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Tracts of the Liverpool Financial Reform Association written by Financial Reform Association (Liverpool, England) and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Tracts

Author : Financial Reform Association (Liverpool, Merseyside)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Tracts written by Financial Reform Association (Liverpool, Merseyside) and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Alice Keppel and Agnes Keyser

Author : Raymond Lamont-Brown
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752473948
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book Alice Keppel and Agnes Keyser written by Raymond Lamont-Brown and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed look at the two women in the life of Edward VII during his last years. Alice Keppel, youngest daughter of a Scottish retired admiral and MP emerged from obscurity in 1898 to become the publicly acknowledged mistress of the portly, fun-loving Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII. Agnes Keyser, daughter of a prominent member of the Stock exchange, defied social expectations by not marrying, instead becoming involved in hospital charity work. Her twelve-year relationship with the king was much less in the public eye, but was just as important.