Author : Nick Robins
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 42,99 MB
Release : 2017-07-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1445664623
Nick Robins explores the ships that came to the Pool of London throughout history.
Author : Michael Alpert
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 40,55 MB
Release : 2014-07-10
Category : History
ISBN : 131786834X
London 1849: the city is filthy, plagued, criminal and filling up with refugees from the Irish Famine and the revolutionary wars on the continent...but it is on the brink of reform as stations are built, rioters pardoned and the Great Exhibition planned. The heaving city is the backdrop for the most sensational crime and trial of the decade: the Manning murder case. Throughout the sticky summer the people of London obsessed over the fate of a dominant mysterious woman and her weak husband as the full detail of their slaughter of her lover unfolded. London 1849 follows the murder, trial and execution of the couple, interweaving the scene that was London at the time: crime, noise, cholera, overpacked slums, prostitution, law and order, prisons, fashion, shopping, finance, transport, Marx and Dickens.
Author : Stanley Graham
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 18,1 MB
Release : 2009-07-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1409291847
The first thirty years of a young man's progress through life from 1936 to 1966. This is not an exceptional story but a detailed and readable account which gives a penetrating insight into the social history of the period. Illustrated with over 100 images.
Author : Mark Lee Inman
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 25,68 MB
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1445665859
A nostalgic look back at the docks of London the 1960s.
Author : Louise Allen
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 709 pages
File Size : 42,83 MB
Release : 2020-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1488069336
Do you dream of wicked rakes, gorgeous Highlanders and muscled Viking warriors? Harlequin® Historical brings you three new full-length titles in one collection! This box set includes: A MARQUIS IN WANT OF A WIFE Liberated Ladies By Louise Allen (Regency) The formidable Marquis of Cranford needs a wife to care for his son. Scholarly Prudence is ideal; she has no expectations of love. So why is she so hard to resist? THE WIDOW’S SCANDALOUS AFFAIR By Lucy Ashford (Regency) Lady Serena is rescued from blackmail with a kiss from rogue Raphael Lefevre. She should despise him but, during their faux affair, she’s realising Raphael is not the dissolute rake society believes… THE GOVERNESS’S SECRET LONGING The Yelverton Marriages By Elizabeth Beacon (Victorian) Governess Viola Yelverton is determined to resist her rakish employer Sir Harry Marbeck’s charms. Yet dare she risk her job - and her heart! - when his warmer side is revealed? Look for Harlequin® Historical’s December 2020 Box Set 2 of 2, filled with even more timeless love stories!
Author : Rachel Lichtenstein
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,43 MB
Release : 2017-11-21
Category : History
ISBN : 0141018534
LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2017 A hauntingly beautiful social history of the Thames Estuary, from the author of On Brick Lane Out at the eastern edge of England, between land and ocean, you will find beautiful, haunted salt marshes, coastal shallows and wide-open skies: the Thames Estuary. The estuary is an ancient gateway to England, a passage for numberless travellers in and out of London. And for generations, the people of Kent and Essex have lived and worked on the Estuary, learning its waters, losing loved ones to its deeps. Their heritage is a proud but never an easy one. In the face of a world changing around them, they endure. Rachel Lichtenstein spent five years exploring this unique community and recording its extraordinary chorus of voices, present and past. From mud larkers and fishermen to radio pirates and champion racers, from buried princesses to unexploded bombs, Estuary is a celebration of a haunting & profoundly British place.
Author : Christopher Hibbert
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 1120 pages
File Size : 30,34 MB
Release : 2011-09-09
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0230738788
‘There is no one-volume book in print that carries so much valuable information on London and its history’ Illustrated London News The London Encyclopaedia is the most comprehensive book on London ever published. In its first new edition in over ten years, completely revised and updated, it comprises some 6,000 entries, organised alphabetically, cross-referenced and supported by two large indexes – one for the 10,000 people mentioned in the text and one general – and is illustrated with over 500 drawings, prints and photographs. Everything of relevance to the history, culture, commerce and government of the capital is documented in this phenomenal book. From the very first settlements through to the skyline of today, The London Encyclopaedia comprehends all that is London. ‘Written in very accessible prose with a range of memorable quotations and affectionate jokes...a monumental achievement written with real love’ Financial Times
Author : Henry T. Bradford
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 25,67 MB
Release : 2010-11-15
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1445611287
A fascinating history of life as a London docker.
Author : John Creasey
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 44,93 MB
Release : 2010-08-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0755134249
The underworld inhabits the Thames, but Scotland Yard's finest detective is never far behind them . . . A dropped package puts him on the trail of an international diamond smuggling operation which uses it as its entry point. Further complications arise during a display of furs and jewels, but danger comes from an unexpected quarter.
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Page : 778 pages
File Size : 50,21 MB
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