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  • Brighton in Diaries

    par Paul K Lyons ...
    This fascinating collection of extracts contains diarists famous and ordinary, young and old, serious and cynical, but with Brighton always setting the scene. Many legendary writers - including Walter Scott, Arnold Bennett and Virginia Woolf (who described Brighton as 'a love corner for slugs') – inhabit these pages, often appearing in their most unguarded guises. Here also are less well-known ... En savoir plus

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  • The Victorian City

    Everyday Life in Dickens' London

    par Judith Flanders ...
    From an acclaimed popular historian comes a masterly recreation of Victorian London, whose raucous streets and teeming denizens inspired and permeated the works of one of the world's greatest novelists: Charles DickensThe 19th century was a time of unprecedented transformation, and nowhere was this more apparent than on the streets of London. In only a few decades, London grew from a Regency town ... En savoir plus

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  • Dickens: History in an Hour

    par Kaye Jones ...
    Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.Charles Dickens remains – 200 years after his birth – arguably Britain’s most successful writer. Works such as Great Expectations and Oliver Twist have amused and inspired readers in all languages since their original publication in the nineteenth century, and have been adapted countless times for the stage and screen.Dickens: History in an ... En savoir plus

    $2.99 CAD

  • Jane Austen's England

    Daily Life in the Georgian and Regency Periods

    An authoritative account of everyday life in Regency England, the backdrop of Austen’s beloved novels, from the authors of the forthcoming Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History (March 2018)Jane Austen, arguably the greatest novelist of the English language, wrote brilliantly about the gentry and aristocracy of two centuries ago in her accounts of young women looking for love. Jane ... En savoir plus

    $9.99 CAD

  • London Lore

    The legends and traditions of the world's most vibrant city

    par Steve Roud ...
    In which part of North London were wild beasts once thought to roam the sewers?Why did 1920s working-class Londoners wear necklaces of blue beads?Who was the original inspiration for the 'pearly king' costume?And did Spring-heeled Jack, scourge of Victorian London, ever really exist?Exploring everything from local superstitions and ghost stories to annual customs, this is an enchanting guide to ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • Haunted London

    par Peter Underwood ...
    Collections series Haunted
    This was the first book on London's ghosts, when Peter Underwood was President of the Ghost Club. He is uniquely qualified to write Haunted London, presenting a parade and gazetteer of the psychic phenomena of Britain's capital city - a city with nearly ten million living inhabitants and the ghosts of many dead ones. As well as all the famous hauntings - the Cock Lane ghost, the Grey Man at Drury ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Turning Point

    1851--A Year That Changed Charles Dickens and the World

    A major new biography that takes an unusual and illuminating approach to the great writer—immersing us in one year of his life—from the award-winning author of Becoming Dickens and The Story of Alice.The year is 1851. It's a time of radical change in Britain, when industrial miracles and artistic innovations rub shoulders with political unrest, poverty, and disease. It is also a turbulent year in ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD

  • Lady Unknown

    The Life of Angela Burdett-Coutts

    par Edna Healey ...
    In 1837, at the age of twenty-three, Angela Burdett-Coutts inherited a vast fortune from her banker grandfather, making her one of the richest and thus potentially powerful women in Victorian England. She moved in the highest social circles: entertaining the rising stars of the political scene, Disraeli and Gladstone; attending scientific lectures with Faraday; pursuing her philanthropic work with ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

  • Capital Crimes

    Seven Centuries of London Life and Murder

    par Max Decharne ...
    Over seven centuries London has changed dramatically - from walled medieval settlement to bustling modern metropolis. But throughout its history there has been one inescapable constant: murder. It winds through the heart of the capital as surely as the River Thames.Capital Crimes tells the story of crime and punishment in the city, from the killing of infamous 'questmonger' Roger Legett during the ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • P.G. Wodehouse: Inspiring Lives

    Inspiring Lives

    par N.T.P Murphy ...
    Collections series Inspiring Lives
    'The perfect introduction to the whole Wodehousiness of Wodehouse.' - Stephen FryP.G. Wodehouse saw his first article published when still at school, and went on to become the leading humour writer of the twentieth century. He created characters famous across the English-speaking world, such as Rupert Psmith, Stanley Ukridge, Uncle Fred, the inhabitants of the Drones Club, Bertie Wooster and ... En savoir plus

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  • A Ramble Through the History of Walking

    A History of Walkers and Walking

    par Bill Laws ...
    'This book confirms the splendid eccentricity of the British, which often involves oddly dressed men opting to walk long distances for no apparent reason.' – BBC Countryfile magazine' Laws' sprightly, often arch, account of Britain's hiking heroes is a pleasure to read.' – Walk magazine'The great affair is to move: to come down off this feather-bed of civilisation, and find the globe granite under ... En savoir plus

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  • Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in London's West End

    par Geoffrey Howse ...
    Collections series Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths
    London's West End is associated with fashion and glamour but for centuries it has had a far darker side. Geoffrey Howse has uncovered an astonishing catalogue of sinister deeds, some of them famous but others long forgotten. Read about spying, treason, embezzlement, regicide, robbery, forgery, religious persecution, suicide, murder and mutilation; and 'witness' horrendous punishments such as ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus