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Book Synopsis The Earls of Derby, 1485-1985 by : John Joseph Bagley
Download or read book The Earls of Derby, 1485-1985 written by John Joseph Bagley and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Stanley family of England between about 1125 A.D. and the present. The family was awarded an earldom for supporting Henry VII, the Lancastrian heir to the throne, against the Yorkist King Richard III, in 1485. "With the exception of the earldom of Shrewsbury, that of Derby is today the oldest extant earldom which is not, like Surrey and Chester, held as a subsidiary title by the Crown or by a nobleman of higher rank." (p. [x]).
Book Synopsis The Forgotten Prime Minister: The 14th Earl of Derby by : Angus Hawkins
Download or read book The Forgotten Prime Minister: The 14th Earl of Derby written by Angus Hawkins and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-09-13 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first ever full biographical study of Lord Derby - the first British statesman to become prime minister three times and the longest serving leader in the history of British party politics. A book that is likely to seriously affect the way we think not only about Derby himself, but also about Victorian politics and society more generally.
Book Synopsis The Forgotten Prime Minister by : Angus Hawkins
Download or read book The Forgotten Prime Minister written by Angus Hawkins and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011 by :
Download or read book Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011 written by and published by Douglas Richardson. This book was released on with total page 2635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis John Donne and the Ancient Catholic Nobility by : Dennis Flynn
Download or read book John Donne and the Ancient Catholic Nobility written by Dennis Flynn and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Percy's continental travels in the 1580s may be related to the early travels of Donne and to the plans of Catholic exiles for an invasion of England six years before the defeat of the Armada.
Book Synopsis John Nichols's The Progresses and Public Processions of Queen Elizabeth: Volume V by : John Nichols
Download or read book John Nichols's The Progresses and Public Processions of Queen Elizabeth: Volume V written by John Nichols and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 669 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifth volume in this annotated collection of texts relating to the 'progresses' of Queen Elizabeth I around England provides 26 appendices, a detailed bibliography of primary and secondary sources, and the index to Volumes I to V.
Book Synopsis Shakespeare on the Edge by : Professor Lisa Hopkins
Download or read book Shakespeare on the Edge written by Professor Lisa Hopkins and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-04-28 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Shakespeare's John of Gaunt refers to England as 'this sceptred isle', he glosses over a fact of which Shakespeare's original audience would have been acutely conscious, which was that England was not an island at all, but had land borders with Scotland and Wales. Together with the narrow channels separating the British mainland from Ireland and the Continent, these were the focus of acute, if intermittent, unease during the early modern period. This book analyses works by not only Shakespeare but also his contemporaries to argue that many of the plays of Shakespeare's central period, from the second tetralogy to Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, and Othello, engage with the idea of England's borders. But borders, it claims, are not only of geopolitical significance: in Shakespeare's imagination and indeed in that of his culture, eschatological overtones also accrue to the idea of the border. This is because the countries of the Celtic fringe were often discussed in terms of the supernatural and fairy lore and, in particular, the rivers which were often used as boundary markers were invested with heavily mythologized personae. Thus Hopkins shows that the idea of the border becomes a potent metaphor for exploring the spiritual uncertainties of the period, and for speculating on what happens in 'the undiscovered country, from whose bourn no traveller returns'. At the same time, the idea that a thing can only really be defined in terms of what lies beyond it provides a sharply interrogating charge for Shakespeare's use of metatheatre and for his suggestions of a world beyond the confines of his plays.
Book Synopsis The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part I Vol 2 by : Joanne Shattock
Download or read book The Works of Elizabeth Gaskell, Part I Vol 2 written by Joanne Shattock and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of texts by Elizabeth Gaskell, accompanied by annotations. It brings together Gaskell academics to provide readers with scholarship on her work and seeks to bring the crusading spirit and genius of the writer into the 21st century to take her place as a major Victorian writer.
Book Synopsis Elite Women in English Political Life C.1754-1790 by : Elaine Chalus
Download or read book Elite Women in English Political Life C.1754-1790 written by Elaine Chalus and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-06-16 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description
Book Synopsis Women All On Fire by : Alison Plowden
Download or read book Women All On Fire written by Alison Plowden and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-07-31 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using personal accounts from both Royalist and Parliamentarian supporters to reveal the untold story of the women of the English Civil War, Alison Plowden illustrates how the conflict affected the lives of women and how they coped with unfamiliar responsibilities. Some displayed a courage so far above their sex as to surprise and disconcert their men. The Royalists included Queen Henrietta, who went abroad to raise money for the cause, and Mary Bankes who held Corfe Castle for the king with her daughters, heaving stones and hot embers over the battlements at the attacking Roundheads. On the opposing side, Lady Brillia Harley guarded Brampton Bryan Castle in Herefordshire against the Royalists and Anne Fairfax, wife of Cromwell's northern general, who was taken prisoner by the Duke of Newcastle's troops after Adwalton Moor. This is a fascinating look at the little reported, yet valient actions, of the women caught up in this tumultuous age.
Book Synopsis Chavasse, Double VC by : Ann Clayton
Download or read book Chavasse, Double VC written by Ann Clayton and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2006-12-07 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many heroes emerged during the First World War, but only one man was twice awarded the Victoria Cross during that conflict. This was Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse, serving in the Royal Army Medical Corps as Medical Officer to the 10th Battalion, the Kings (Liverpool Regiment)—the Liverpool Scottish. The author has unearthed a forgotten archive of his letters from the Front and been allowed access to the Chavasse family correspondence, photographs and other documents. The result is a fascinating study of a man who, while typical in almost every way of the Victorian/Edwardian middle class stands out for his simple courage and unflinching devotion to duty. This is a deeply moving story about a modest but heroic man seen against the background of his devoted family and the grim realities of the First World War.
Book Synopsis William Shakespeare by : Harold Bloom
Download or read book William Shakespeare written by Harold Bloom and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 19?? with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of critical essays on the comedic works of William Shakespeare.
Download or read book Liverpool Pals written by Graham Maddocks and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2008-01-30 with total page 687 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liverpool Pals, is a record of duty, courage and endeavour of a group of men who, before war broke out in 1914, were the backbone of Liverpool's commerce. Fired with patriotism, over 4,000 of these businessmen volunteered in 1914 and were formed into the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th (Service) Battalions of the King's (Liverpool Regiment); they were the first of all the Pals battalions to be raised, and they were the last to be stood down. It is commonly held that the North of England's Pals battalions were wiped out on the 1st July, 1916, certainly this befell a number of units, but the Liverpool Pals took all their objectives on that day. From then on they fought all through the Somme Battle, The Battle of Arras and the muddy hell of Passchendaele in 1917, and the desperate defence against the German offensive of March 1918.
Book Synopsis Women Players in England, 1500–1660 by : Peter Parolin
Download or read book Women Players in England, 1500–1660 written by Peter Parolin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering evidence of women's extensive contributions to the theatrical landscape, this volume sharply challenges the assumption that the stage was 'all male' in early modern England. The editors and contributors argue that the pervasiveness of female performance affected cultural production, even on the professional London stages that used men and boys for women's parts. English spectators saw women players in professional and amateur contexts, in elite and popular settings, at home and abroad. Women acted in scripted and improvised roles, performed in local festive drama, and took part in dancing, singing, and masquing. English travelers saw professional actresses on the continent and Italian and French actresses visited England. Essays in this volume explore: the impact of women players outside London; the relationship between women's performance on the continent and in England; working women's participation in a performative culture of commerce; the importance of the visual record; the use of theatrical techniques by queens and aristocrats for political ends; and the role of female performance on the imitation of femininity. In short, Women Players in England 1500-1660 shows that women were dynamic cultural players in the early modern world.
Book Synopsis Shakespeare's Missing Years by : John Idris Jones
Download or read book Shakespeare's Missing Years written by John Idris Jones and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2018-04-18 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis William Shakespeare, Richard Barnfield, and the Sixth Earl of Derby by : Leo Daugherty
Download or read book William Shakespeare, Richard Barnfield, and the Sixth Earl of Derby written by Leo Daugherty and published by Cambria Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Leo Daugherty is the best literary detective I Know. His discoveries here will change the ways we think about Shakespeare and his times."---Professor Steven Shaviro, wayne State University --Book Jacket.
Download or read book Traitor written by Rory Clements and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2012-04-12 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of CJ Sansom and SJ Parris, TRAITOR is the fourth in Rory Clements' acclaimed and bestselling John Shakespeare series of Tudor spy thrillers. Clements, winner of the Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award, 'does for Elizabeth's reign what CJ Sansom does for Henry VIII's' Sunday Times The Elizabethan navy has a secret weapon: an optical instrument so powerful it gives England unassailable superiority at sea. Spain will stop at nothing to steal it and seize the two men who understand its secrets - its operative William Ivory, known as the 'Queen's Eye', and its inventor, the maverick magician Dr Dee. With a second Armada threatened, intelligencer John Shakespeare is sent north to escort Dr Dee to safety. But his mission is far from straightforward. Dee's host, the Earl of Derby, cousin to Elizabeth, is dying in agony, apparently poisoned. Who wants him dead and why? What lies behind the lynching of the recusant priest Father Matthew Lamb? And what exactly is the connection between these events and the mysterious and beautiful Lady Eliska? While Shakespeare attempts to untangle a plot that points to treachery at the very highest reaches of government, he also faces serious accusations far closer to home. With so much at stake, must he choose between family and his duty to Queen and country? Moving from the Catholic heartlands of Lancashire to a vagabond camp in the heart of England, and from the deck of Admiral Frobisher's flagship off the Brittany coast to the secret meetings of Elizabeth's closest associates, Traitor is award-winning writer Rory Clements' most intriguing and compelling novel to date.
