Author : Ashley Lynch-Harris
Publisher :
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 36,4 MB
Release : 2016-03-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780996521017
In the lone hotel on top of the cliffs a curious group of guests has been assembled by an unknown host. What's even more puzzling is that not even the guests seem to know why. All, however, were suspects in an unsolved murder twenty years earlier, and at the historic Hotel Westend, murder-like history-has a tendency to repeat itself.
Author : Matthew Sweet
Publisher : Faber & Faber Non Fiction
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,28 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Hotels
ISBN : 9780571234783
The Ritz, the Savoy, the Dorchester and Claridge's - during the Second World War they teemed with spies, con-artists, deposed royals and the exiled governments of Europe. Meet the girl from MI5 who had the gravy browning licked from her legs by Dylan Thomas; the barman who was appointed the keeper of Churchill's private bottle of whisky; the East End Communist who marched with his comrades into the air-raid shelter of the Savoy; the throneless prince born in a suite at Claridge's declared Yugoslav territory for one night only. Matthew Sweet has interviewed them all for this account of the extraordinary events that unfolded under the reinforced ceilings of London's grand hotels. Using the memories of first-hand witnesses, the contents of newly declassified government files and a wealth of previously unpublished letters, memoirs and photographs, he has reconstructed a lost world of scandal, intrigue and fortitude.
Author : Rohan McWilliam
Publisher :
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 18,66 MB
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 019882341X
The first history of the West End of London, showing how the nineteenth-century growth of theatres, opera houses, galleries, restaurants, department stores, casinos, exhibition centres, night clubs, street life, and the sex industry shaped modern culture and consumer society, and made London a world centre of entertainment and glamour.
Author : Marion Lois Huffines
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 45,52 MB
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 0738592129
Mifflinburg and the towns of the West End have a story to tell. The hard work of making a life in early America demanded courage and determination of its settlers. There were good times when the towns thrived and tough times when efforts failed. Fires and accidents destroyed dreams, and financial distress halted progress, but the towns survived, and those that did celebrated their successes with fairs, parades, bands, and church dinners. Mifflinburg's buggy factories shipped buggies and sleighs across the young nation. The timber industry of the West End produced thousands of board feet, which built towns and propped up mines. Images of America: Mifflinburg and the West End tells the unfolding stories of Mifflinburg and the West End towns of Swengel, Millmont, Laurel Park, Pardee, Glen Iron, Weikert, Hartleton, and Laurelton. It is a history full of surprises and wonderful spirit.
Author : Percy White
Publisher :
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 20,12 MB
Release : 1900
Category : English fiction
ISBN :
Author : J. Eric Elliott
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 14,76 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738516820
From its beginnings as a regional spa resort and an exclusive community of wealthy tobacco and textile families, Winston-Salem's West End has become an island of calm in the midst of a bustling Southern city of 200,000 residents. Built around one of the first electric streetcar lines in the country, the West End boasted "Millionaires' Row," where the Reynolds and Hanes families kept homes bought with manufacturing fortunes. When urban re-design and the aging of the neighborhood in the 1960s threatened the West End's streetscape, local residents and friends stepped in to preserve its beauty.
Author : Jackie Sheckler Finch
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 31,95 MB
Release : 2011-04-12
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0762774762
Your Travel Destination. Your Home. Your Home-To-Be. Nashville Savor down-home Southern food and hospitality. See antebellum mansions and lush flowering gardens. Feel the beat of the Music City. The Athens of the South. • A personal, practical perspective for travelers and residents alike • Comprehensive listings of attractions, restaurants, hotels, and music venues • How to live & thrive in the area—from recreation to relocation • Countless details on shopping, arts & entertainment, and children’s activities
Author : Anthony Mitchell Sammarco
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 35,1 MB
Release : 1998-10-19
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1439621624
Within these pages, author Anthony Mitchell Sammarco brings to life the history of Bostons West Endthe area of the city bound by the Charles River and Storrow Drive as well as North Station, City Hall Plaza, and Myrtle Street. Once a thriving, energetic, and diverse neighborhood, the West End was slated for complete removal following World War II. In over 200 marvelous photographs, this collection recaptures fond memories for former residents and shows newcomers the history of the West End. Now the site of luxury, high-rise apartment buildings, condominiums, and stores, Bostons West End was once the site of many Bulfinch-designed townhouses owned by prominent families. In later years, the neighborhood was home to a diverse ethnic and religious community of families who arrived in Boston from all parts of the world. Today, three decades after the West End was virtually leveled, it is still fondly remembered by many who once called it home.
Author : Shirley Ayres
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 21,30 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738537733
Using postcards from the late 1800s on, Asbury Park recounts the history of one of New Jersey's most popular summer resorts. Here are more than two hundred spectacular views of Asbury Park as a thriving city for both businesses and vacationers. Shown are hotels of all descriptions, unforgettable downtown shops, and the beachfront--a beautiful city carved out of sand dunes and pine forests.
Author : Gilly Pickup
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 17,84 MB
Release : 2013-12-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0752499580
The West End of London has long been popular with theatre-goers and tourists to the capital, but this historic area is also home to a multitude of terrifying ghosts. From the theatre where a female spectre cradles a severed head in her lap and the haunted house where two people have died of fright, to the ghostly voices of children heard in a modern office block built over a plague pit, this spine-chilling collection of tales is guaranteed to make your blood run cold. Richly illustrated, Haunted West End is sure to appeal to everyone interested in the paranormal and the history of London. Read on - if you dare!
