Hostages to Fortune
Author : Elizabeth Cambridge
Publisher : Persephone Books
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 21,20 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Domestic fiction
ISBN : 9781903155318
Author : Elizabeth Cambridge
Publisher : Persephone Books
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 21,20 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Domestic fiction
ISBN : 9781903155318
Author : Joan Lingard
Publisher : Puffin HC
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 16,46 MB
Release : 1995-05-25
Category : Young adult fiction
ISBN : 9780140374001
This is the latest of Joan Lingard's hauntingly powerful Kevin and Sadie novels which set young love against the backdrop of the Irish troubles.
Author : Joseph Patrick Kennedy
Publisher : Viking Adult
Page : 824 pages
File Size : 50,61 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Memorial: Edward J. Essey Sr.
Author : Peter C Newman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,90 MB
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1451686153
Esteemed Canadian author Peter C. Newman recounts the dramatic journey of the United Empire Loyalists—their exodus from America, their resettlement in the wilds of British North America, and their defense of what would prove to be the social and moral foundation of Canada. In 1776, tensions in the British colonies were reaching a fever pitch. The citizenry was divided between those who wished to establish a new republic and those who remained steadfast in their dedication to the British Empire. As the tensions inevitably boiled over into violence, fault lines were exposed as every person was forced to choose a side. Neighbours turned against each other. Families divided. Borders were redrawn. The conflict was long and bloody, and no side emerged unscathed. But there is one story that is often overlooked in the American Revolutionary canon. When the smoke from the battles had settled, tens of thousands of individuals who had remained loyal to the crown in the conflict found themselves without a home to return to. Destitute, distraught, and ostracized—or downright terrorized—by their former citizens, these Loyalists turned to the only place they had left to go: north. The open land of British North America presented the Loyalists with an opportunity to establish a new community distinct from the new American republic. But the journey to their new homes was far from easy. Beset by dangers at every turn—from starvation to natural disaster to armed conflict—the Loyalists migrated towards the promise of a new future. Their sacrifices set the groundwork for a country that would be completely unlike any other. Neither fully American nor truly British, the Loyalists established a worldview entirely of their own making, one that valued steady, peaceful, and pragmatic change over radical revolution. The Loyalists toiled tirelessly to make their dream a reality. And as the War of 1812 dawned, they proved they were willing to defend it with their very lives. In Hostages to Fortune, Peter C. Newman recounts the expulsion and migration of these brave Loyalists. In his inimitable style, Newman shines a light on the people, places, and events that set the stage for modern Canada.
Author : Lisa Jardine
Publisher : Hill & Wang
Page : 637 pages
File Size : 29,22 MB
Release : 2000-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780809055401
The statesman, scientist, and philosopher Francis Bacon (1561-1626) lived a divided life. Was he a noble scholar, or a conniving political crook? Was he a homosexual? Lisa Jardine and Alan Stewart draw upon previously untapped sources to create a controversial nuanced portrait of the quintessential "Renaissance man", one whose achievements, while enormous, were nonetheless sadly circumscribed by his class and station.
Author : Caroline Moorehead
Publisher : Holiday House
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,37 MB
Release : 1980
Category : True Crime
ISBN :
Author : John Buchan
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 35,19 MB
Release : 2015-04-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1473373646
The fourth of the five Richard Hannay novels by John Buchan. Here we find our hero Richard Hannay living a quiet life in the countryside with a wife and young child but his past comes back to haunt him and he once more must face up to an arch-enemy.
Author : Nick Lake
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 32,47 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1408838370
A taut, emotionally loaded, devastatingly powerful thriller from the acclaimed, Carnegie-longlisted author of In Darkness and Blood Ninja.
Author : Adrian Levy
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 19,87 MB
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0007457057
The shocking true story of a brutal kidnapping high in the mountains of Kashmir that marked the beginning of modern terrorism.
Author : Arthur Nicholson
Publisher : Sutton Pub Limited
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 31,33 MB
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750939485
When the British battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the battle cruiser HMS Repulse were sunk by Japanese bombers on 10 December 1941, Winston Churchill is on record as having said 'In all the war I never received a more direct shock'. Their loss led to the fall of Singapore to the Japanese and the end of British supremacy in the Far East until 1945. Their story is an endlessly fascinating one, a story of momentous and difficult decisions, great and heroic men, powerful and graceful ships, cruel twists of fate, and some maddening questions just begging to be answered.