Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Author : Edmond Fitzmaurice
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 15,78 MB
Release : 2024-01-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3385245095
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Author : Edmond George Fitzmaurice
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 14,85 MB
Release : 2024-03-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3385366607
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Author : Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice Baron Fitzmaurice
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Page : 622 pages
File Size : 48,12 MB
Release : 1876
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Author : Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,54 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781021969521
Originally published in 1912, Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice's Life of William Earl of Shelburne Afterwards First Marquess of Lansdowne is a biography of one of the most influential politicians of the eighteenth century. Shelburne's political career spanned over four decades, and he played a key role in shaping the course of British politics during a period of great change and upheaval. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice Baron Fitzmaurice
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Page : 532 pages
File Size : 10,38 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Definitive Treaty of Peace Between Great Britain and the United States
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Author : Edmond George Petty Baron Fitzmaurice
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Page : 506 pages
File Size : 25,95 MB
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Page : 630 pages
File Size : 36,14 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Social sciences
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Author : Wayne Edson Stevens
Publisher : Urbana : University of Illinois
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 49,89 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Fur trade
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Author : Christopher Plumb
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 22,88 MB
Release : 2015-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 085773928X
In the eighteenth century, it would not have been impossible to encounter an elephant or a kangaroo making its way down the Strand, heading towards the menagerie of Mr. Pidcock at the Exeter Change. Pidcock's was just one of a number of commercial menagerists who plied their trade in London in this period the predecessors to the zoological societies of the Victorian era. As the British Empire expanded and seaborne trade flooded into London's ports, the menagerists gained access to animals from the most far-flung corners of the globe, and these strange creatures became the objects of fascination and wonder. Many aristocratic families sought to create their own private menageries with which to entertain their guests, while for the less well-heeled, touring exhibitions of exotic creatures both alive and dead satisfied their curiosity for the animal world. While many exotic creatures were treasured as a form of spectacle, others fared less well turtles went into soups and civet cats were sought after for ingredients for perfume. In this entertaining and enlightening book, Plumb introduces the many tales of exotic animals in London.
Author : Karl Sabbagh
Publisher : eBook Partnership
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 29,1 MB
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : Scandals
ISBN : 0992627087
The truth about what happened to the beautiful Lady Jane Douglas in Paris in 1748 has never been established. Did she give birth to twin boys in a bug-infested boarding house, or did she buy her two sons from poor French peasants to ensure that the distinguished line of Douglas survived in Scotland? The exploration of this 18th century mystery took place in public over twenty years, culminating in a dramatic session in the House of Lords. Combining, as it did, issues of sex, power, money, politics, and aristocracy, 'the Douglas Cause' was a fertile source of gossip and tittle-tattle. Karl Sabbagh gets as near as anyone ever will to the truth, in a definitive account of a case which divided the chattering classes at every level from the burgers of Edinburgh to the English Royal Family.