Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2015
ISBN 10: 1910500046 ISBN 13: 9781910500040
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A collection of Rudyard Kipling's articles based describing Lord Kitchener's volunteer army, written just a couple of months after the death of his son at the Battle of Loos. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2020
ISBN 10: 1912690799 ISBN 13: 9781912690794
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. AS FEATURED ON BBC LONDON NEWS. Take four seasons, one photographer, eighty species, hundreds of miles on foot in a city of ten million people and through intimate and captivating portraits meet London's wild neighbours. London is not just a city of ten million people, it is also home to an extraordinary diversity of beautiful wildlife. With world population exploding and more and more countryside being lost to urban sprawl or commercial agriculture, the sharing of urban space with nature is more important than ever. To achieve this, we have to preserve and increase the green and blue spaces in our cities and see and love the wildlife that we already have. Since London is my city, I set out to observe and create photographic portraits of all the creatures I could find. Whilst this has taken many hundreds of hours, it has been the happiest time imaginable as I immersed myself in the sweetness and delight of my wild neighbours. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2009
ISBN 10: 1906509042 ISBN 13: 9781906509040
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2016
ISBN 10: 1910787116 ISBN 13: 9781910787113
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Paperback. Zustand: Good. In this revealingly illustrated book, the political sage Kenneth Baker records the many times throughout history when books have been burnt for political, religious, or personal reasons. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2019
ISBN 10: 1912690187 ISBN 13: 9781912690183
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Other Ranks is a First World War classic, first published in 1931 but quickly lost in the wave of war memoirs and novels. It is the fictionalised account of William Tilsley's war experiences through the eyes of ordinary soldier Dick Bradshaw in the 55th West Lancashire Division. This authentic memoir of life and death on the front line begins with Bradshaws C Company leaving the depot at Etaples and heading for their first engagement at the front on the Somme in the Autumn of 1916. Over the next fourteen months it follows the chores behind the line and unwelcome stints on the front line through to his wounding during the Third battle of Ypres in 1917 and subsequent return to Blighty. As well as criticism of the conduct of the war, there is description of the desolation of the landscape and continual conditions of the trenches as experienced by the Poor Bloody Infantry (PBI); wet, cold, frost bite, trench foot, shelling and general life in trenches with continual risk of collapse. War is not a chivalrous experience and his narrative does not hold back in his thoughts and feelings concerning soldiers behind the lines out of the reach of the guns and those at the top. This new edition follows research by Gaye Magnall and is accompanied by introductions from relatives of the three main characters, O'Neill, Magnall and WVT's great nephew, David Tilsley. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2019
ISBN 10: 1912690543 ISBN 13: 9781912690541
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Look Where Were Going is a book of revelation and revolution. Written by someone who has been at the centre of British government and international affairs for half a century, it looks afresh at the ideas, hopes, lessons and largely unintended consequences of successive generations of political leaders; it shows us how to Look Where Were Going. Based on deep personal experience the author is one of the few left who served in Margaret Thatchers first Cabinet of just over forty years ago Howell gives us a new picture of the dramas deep inside government and how yesterdays clashes of ideology and personality have led to todays unanticipated turmoil. Old assumptions are torn apart and accepted versions of what occurred are unravelled. Howell shows how technology has made much of our conventional political vocabulary obsolete, how we now need quite different types of leadership serving new priorities and how, while we wrestle with the issues just before our eyes, much bigger forces are at work which are re-shaping our lives and our future. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2013
ISBN 10: 1906509204 ISBN 13: 9781906509200
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. He also writes introducEons for exhibiEon catalogues and, to date, is the author of some 17 books, mostly full-length monographs on arEsts including John Armstrong, Stephen Chambers, Roger Hilton, Rose Hilton, John Hoyland, Maggi Hambling, Allen Jones, Ron Kitaj, Craigie Aitchison, L S Lowry and Ken Kiff. The current book, for which Sarah Drury has had the unenviable task of selecEng from Lambirth's vast output which of his shorter pieces previously published in The Spectator should be included, consists of 41 reviews, 15 interviews and 22 'reflecEons'. Altogether a finely-judged compilaEon which, as Tom Rosenthal remarks in his introducEon, comes from a writer who 'combines the snap, topical review with the more subtle and analyEcal qualiEes of the Emeless pracEEoner'. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2020
ISBN 10: 191269087X ISBN 13: 9781912690879
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Sarah Rowley is a passionate classicist who runs the Latin Rocks On Twitter account, translating popular song lyrics into Latin, from Marvin Gaye to Madonna, Take That to Taylor Swift . Latin may have earned an unfair reputation for being somewhat inaccessible. With Latin Rocks On Sarah's mission is to bring the language to new audiences in a more accessible and innovative way. Her Twitter account has followers from all over the world who love to test their knowledge and guess the correct songs. quod tu velis, cara, id habeo. quod tu requiras, scisne quomodo ego id acceperim? rogo modo. paucam reverentiam. What you want. Baby I got. (ooo) What you need (ooo) Do you know how I got it? All I'm asking for. is a little respect. Aretha Franklin, Respect ego debeo habere fidem, ego debeo habere fidem. care, scio te rogare me ut maneam. dic, quaeso quaeso quaeso - noli abire! 'Cause I gotta have faith, I gotta have faith. Baby! I know you're asking me to stay. Say please please please don't go away! George Michael, Faith tu es saltans regina, iuvenis et dulcis, modo septemdecim. saltans regina! senti modum tympani. You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen. Dancing queen! Feel the beat from the tambourine. Abba, Dancing Queen est haec vita vera? est simpliciter somnium? captivus in vortice non fugio a realitate.! Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality.! Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody ego sum vir missilis.et ego credo id futurum esse diu. I'm a rocket man.and I think it's gonna be a long, long time. Elton John, Rocket Man. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2020
ISBN 10: 1910787698 ISBN 13: 9781910787694
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Shortlisted for 2021 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize. It is 1937 and an aimless young historian, back home after six years idling, is summoned to Berlin. He is both thrilled and uneasy to be tasked with an extraordinary assignment: find the Holy Grail and bring it back for the glory of Nazi Germany. Otto Eckhart is right to be anxious. Events soon take a troubling turn and, with a dire threat hanging over him, he is set on an impossible course from which there is no obvious escape. The feckless dreamer must use all his ingenuity and courage to defeat his inner demons and outfox Himmlers SS and Gestapo. In hunting down the sacred chalice of The Last Supper, can Eckhart discover his own Holy Grail and come of age as a man? Otto Eckharts Ordeal is a darkly humorous tale inspired by true and incredible events. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2020
ISBN 10: 1913491137 ISBN 13: 9781913491130
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Occasionally panoramic, more often intimate, in Clouds of Love and War author Rachel Billington balances a detailed and highly researched picture of the life of a Second World War Spitfire pilot with the travails and ambitions of a young woman too often on her own. The result is both a gripping story of war and a sensitive story of love, a love that struggles to survive. Eddie and Eva meet on the eve of the Second World War. Eddie only wants to be a flyer, to find escape in the clouds from his own complicated family. However, the Battle of Britain makes a pilot's life a dangerous way to flee reality. Eva has her own passionate longing: to become a painter. When Eva's Jewish mother disappears to Germany, she is left alone with her elderly father. Both Eddie and Eva come of age at a time that teaches them that happiness is always fleeting, but there are things worth living or dying for. Through the connecting stories of these young people and their wider families, and against a background of southern county airfields, London, Oxford, Dorset and France, Rachel Billington brings the world of war time England, now eighty years in the past, back to life. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2018
ISBN 10: 1911604805 ISBN 13: 9781911604808
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Armchair General brings British history to the reader by making a battle the focal point of an easy read 700 word per day narrative. Each day of the calendar year is the anniversary of a British battle or siege, Viking through to the War on Terror, 393 battles fought on all 366 days of the year on all five continents. The date is pivotal to that battle or siege ie the first or final day. The book is presented in calendar days with all the great battles included and many lesser known, always British but often in conjunction with the Commonwealth and our other allies. Many people will have heard of Bannockburn, Agincourt, Yorktown, Waterloo, Spion Kop, Passchendaele, El Alamein etc but do they know why they were fought? Do they know why September 15th is Battle of Britain Day? Armchair General explains why and is consequently much more than just a series of battles. Politics, economics, geographics and strategies are all included with relating extra points of interest. The reader can cover the 1214 years between the 793 Sack of Lindisfarne and the 2007 battle of Musa Qala in chronological order and is suited for all audiences from a casual reader to a history buff, covering the basic points of the battle and the consequences. Armchair General should have its place in every British household and every British classroom, certainly every public house and probably every coffee shop. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2005
ISBN 10: 0906290821 ISBN 13: 9780906290828
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Nicholas Hilliard's portrait miniatures opens a remarkable window on to the highest levels of English society in the later years of the sixteenth and the early years of the seventeenth centuries. Hilliard's images show us the features of many "celebrities" of his time with a comparative naturalism. He has helped form our ideas for the appearance of among others, Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Drake and James I. "It is impossible to remain immune to the charm and charisma of the works of Nicholas Hilliard", as Karen Hearn illustrates in this book. Karen Hearn gives us an intimate portrait of Nicholas Hilliard, from his life and his work and the techniques he used to produce his exquisite miniatures. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2006
ISBN 10: 090629083X ISBN 13: 9780906290835
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. This book is fully illustrated with the author's own photographs. Gregory Holyoake has researched and written probably the first book to include all aspects of the scarecrow from its role in primitive societies worldwide to twentieth-century literature, art, film and advertising. Gregory has dipped into the archives for further scarecrow images, and the result is an astonishingly well-documented and absorbing account of the myth, folklore and folk art which this subject represents. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2016
ISBN 10: 1910500364 ISBN 13: 9781910500361
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The words "Britons Wants You" and "Your Country Needs You" are echoes from the First World War - a time very different from today but synonymous with one man and one (or rather several) printed images. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2015
ISBN 10: 1910065390 ISBN 13: 9781910065396
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The story of Robin Darwin A key player in shaping the artistic and design landscape we know today. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2021
ISBN 10: 1913491420 ISBN 13: 9781913491420
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. In Oscar Wilde's Amethyst Tie-Pin, the 24-year-old Sherlock Holmes recounts how he untangled the web of blackmail and deceit surrounding the 'complex romantic endeavours' of the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, those of Lillie Langtry and her various suitors and the morass of 'scandal sheets' and libel cases surrounding the Prince's court of the time, while at the same time solving the mystery of Oscar Wilde's missing amethyst tie-pin. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2003
ISBN 10: 0906290724 ISBN 13: 9780906290729
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2021
ISBN 10: 1913491803 ISBN 13: 9781913491802
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Lala plays with her diamond ring, mesmerized as always by the distant world it conjures for her and the jewel's extraordinary trajectory from Tsarist Russia to twenty-first-century England. An unexpected invitation has arrived and, at last, she will be able to visit Lentvaris, her paternal grandmother's ancestral home, a splendid East European estate where princely art collections, spectacular jewellery, extravagant balls and performing dwarves, coexisted with philanthropy on a grand scale and a deep sense of noblesse oblige. The First World War irrevocably altered the family's privileged lives, Lala's great-uncle was forced to flee with the last of the Romanov dynasty and her great-grandfather auctioned off his art treasures. The Second World War lost Lentvaris for ever. Lala's grandfather died in a Soviet gulag. Her grandmother, aunt and father survived harsh imprisonment and afterwards crossed continents eventually finding precarious stability living as emigres in South America. This is an epic story of dramatic escapes, concealed treasures, a lost paradise, but especially of the courage, strength and resilience shown by the female side of Lala's family, and of the power of love, humour and hope. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2000
ISBN 10: 0906290368 ISBN 13: 9780906290361
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The Grand Tour of the eighteenth century was an extraordinary cultural phenomenon, reflecting the increasing importance the British aristocracy and gentry attached to the experience of Italy as a highly desirable part of their education. This book and catalogue of the exhibition at the Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne (13 November 1999 to 20 February 2000) is the first ever to focus on the grand tours made from the north of England, and to examine the impact this experience had on the cultural heritage of the region as a whole. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2016
ISBN 10: 1910787132 ISBN 13: 9781910787137
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Tunnicliffe, C. F. (illustrator). As a pilot, the author flies from the remote highlands of Scotland to the quiet creeks of Cornwall, packing into the gun wells of a fighter, or the baggage space ofa transport plane, his fishing-rod and a box of flies. In two hundred minutes he flies from London to a remote aerodrome in Scotland where, in the dusk of a silent evening, he catches a basket of trout. Almost the next moment he is forcing his way through an overgrown tangle in a Cornish valley in search of sea-trout.That the roar of a 2,000 horsepower engine should be compatible with a love of quiet waters is not so strange as it perhaps sounds. The author describes how he meta fighter pilot during the height of the Battle of Britain beside a Hampshire chalk stream. Both men had flown many hours that day - one of them in almost continuous combat with the enemy. Both discovered the peace for which they were struggling on the banks of that stream. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2013
ISBN 10: 1906509298 ISBN 13: 9781906509293
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Sarah Raphael (1960-2001) showed precocious talent for drawing and painting from an early age. Her sudden death when, in her rapid and exciting development as an artist, she had already accomplished much, but of whom so much more became expected, was a tragedy not only for her family, but for the art world at large. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2020
ISBN 10: 1913491145 ISBN 13: 9781913491147
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Tom Kings personal memoirs range across a life of exceptional activity and interest. Aged nineteen, he found himself commanding a military company against Mau Mau terrorists in Kenya; at thirty he became the youngest ever general manager in a major printing and packaging group, in charge of a factory with a staff of 700 and dealing with nine different trade unions. Elected as an MP in 1970, nine years later he took through the legislation that transformed Londons vast derelict docklands into the thriving business district of Canary Wharf. Subsequently his five Secretary of State roles saw him carrying through the law that gave union members the right to a secret ballot before a strike, then facing IRA terrorism and Unionist opposition when he launched what became the start of the peace process, then watching the fall of the Soviet Union and the Iron Curtain and being responsible for the massive UK deployment to help liberate Kuwait. Told with a sharp recollection of his fifty years in Parliament, Tom Kings memoirs cover a particularly interesting period of history and his part in shaping the events that led up to the world we live in now. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2014
ISBN 10: 1910065129 ISBN 13: 9781910065129
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Wellington Portrayed is a new, extended and up- to-date version in colour of The Iconography of the 1st Duke of Wellington published in 1935: the bible for anyone wanting to know about a painting or sculpture of the 1st Duke. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2021
ISBN 10: 191349182X ISBN 13: 9781913491826
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. This is an open and frank account of how someone from a railway family in a small East Midlands town went on to become a Cabinet Minister serving in the Ministry of Defence as Britain conducted difficult and demanding operations in Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Iraq. It sets out his political career from his earliest days knocking on doors for the Labour Party through to his becoming a Euro-MP, an MP for eighteen years and a Cabinet Minister for almost ten years. It describes his careers as an academic, lawyer, politician and in international business, as well as his commitment to conservation and protecting the environment. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2015
ISBN 10: 1910500135 ISBN 13: 9781910500132
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A collection of Rudyard Kipling's articles describing the role of the Navy during the First World War. Published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Rudyard Kipling's birth. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2020
ISBN 10: 1912690780 ISBN 13: 9781912690787
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. This book tells the story of the Frontline Walk, a sponsored walk across the former battlefields of the Western Front supporting the work of ABF The Soldier's Charity. The service charity was estalised in 1944, working with army veterans of every conflict and to support future generations and their dependants. This book uncovers the stories behind those who participated in the walks since 2014, why they took part and what it meant to them and how they discovered more about their forebears who very often served in the First World War on the terrain being discovered during these events. It also tells the stories behind some of those who have been affected by conflict and the work that the charity has done to help rebuild their lives. Illustrated throughout and with accompanying maps, this book can be used to uncover the routes taken and explore the stories behind those and the actions of the time with proceeds going towards the ongoing work of the charity. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2016
ISBN 10: 0993242480 ISBN 13: 9780993242489
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Using largely unpublished sources, this book tells the story of Lady Georgiana Lennox and the unique friendship she cherished with the Duke of Wellington. She first met the Duke on his return from India when he was serving under Georgy's father as Chief Secretary. The Lennox family moved to Brussels in 1813 and Georgy's mother the Duchess of Richmond threw the now legendary ball the night before the Battle of Waterloo. Georgy was a young, beautiful and immensely popular young lady at the time with many suitors. She and the Duke enjoyed a flirtatious early friendship, which blossomed into a true bond between families as the years went by. Georgy had a front row seat to the Battle of Waterloo, and remained in Brussels after the battle to help tend to the wounded. At 29 she married the future 23rd Baron de Ros who became a diplomatic spy, and later Governor of the Tower of London. Georgy had three children, and died at the impressive age of 96. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2011
ISBN 10: 1908487011 ISBN 13: 9781908487018
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Paperback. Zustand: Good. This new poetry anthology takes the name from the UN-authorised, NATO-led mission as part of the Operation Enduring Freedom launched in 2001. Since operations began, over 80,000 personnel have been deployed to Afghanistan. The debt of gratitude is profound. GBP2 from the sale of every copy will be donated to the charity Combat Stress. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2020
ISBN 10: 1912690845 ISBN 13: 9781912690848
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Sandcastles, donkeys, piers and sticks of rock. Beach huts, paddle steamers, promenade shelters and ice cream cones. Our modern seaside is the sum of its parts and all those parts have their history. This book explores the best-loved features of our favourite holiday destinations, each object and building adding its own layer to the story of our shared seaside heritage. Using a mixture of historic images and modern photographs the book takes a roughly chronological journey through the things that have made our seaside distinctive. The places where we have chosen to take our holidays for the past three hundred years have been transformed from mere stretches of coastline but they are not like inland towns. Inside these pages can be found a celebration of all that makes our seaside special. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Unicorn Publishing Group, United Kingdom, London, 2017
ISBN 10: 1910787671 ISBN 13: 9781910787670
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The industrial and agricultural revolutions transformed the face of Britain. Fiery blast furnaces, pit-head steam engines and fuming lime-kilns scarred a landscape cut across by canals, turnpikes and railways. Within enclosed pasture and parkland, farm and sporting animals of startling proportions and striking dimensions grazed and raced by serpentine lakes and Palladian piles. One of the artists who depicted these prize bulls, pedigree sheep and thoroughbred stallions in Arcadian surroundings of bucolic tranquillity was Thomas Weaver of Shrewsbury (1775-1844). Travelling from country house to house to paint pedigree animals for pedigree people, his journeys map the networks of kinship, patronage and social aspiration that linked the landed families and gentry of Georgian England. Based on a unique and hitherto unexamined collection of Weaver's papers and pictures, including personal and professional correspondence, diary, contemporary newspaper cuttings, verse, and portraits of his family, Painter of Pedigree brings to life the work of an animal artist in the age of agricultural improvement, revealing the art, artistry and artifice that went into portraying and promoting these new breeds. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.