In These Times: Living in Britain Through Napoleon's Wars, 1793-1815 (Inbunden)
avJenny Uglow
ISBN: 9780374280901 - UTGIVEN: 2015-01A beautifully observed history of the British home front during the Napoleonic Wars by a celebrated historian
We know the thrilling, terrible stories of the battles of the Napoleonic Wars--but what of those left behind? The people on a Norfolk farm, in a Yorkshire mill, a Welsh iron foundry, an [...]
Lunar Men (Häftad)
avJenny Uglow
ISBN: 9780571216109 - UTGIVEN: 2003-09Among the group of Midlands amateur experimenters who formed the Lunar Society and kick-started the Industrial Revolution, were Matthew Boulton, Josiah Wedgewood, James Watt and Erasmus Darwin. This account uncovers the friendships, political passions and love of knowledge that drove these men.[...]
Gambling Man (Häftad)
avJenny Uglow
ISBN: 9780571217342 - UTGIVEN: 2010-05A portrait of Charles II that explores his elusive nature.
The Pinecone (Storpocket)
avJenny Uglow
ISBN: 9780571269518 - UTGIVEN: 2013-09In the village of Wreay, near Carlisle, stands the strangest and most magical church in Victorian England. This vivid, original book tells the story of its builder, Sarah Losh, strong-willed and passionate and unusual in every way. Born into an old Cumbrian family, heiress to an industrial fortune, [...]
In These Times (Inbunden)
avJenny Uglow
ISBN: 9780571269525 - UTGIVEN: 2014-11We know the thrilling, terrible stories of the battles of the Napoleonic wars - but what of those left behind? The people on a Norfolk farm, in a Yorkshire mill, a Welsh iron foundry, an Irish village, a London bank or a Scottish mountain? The aristocrats and paupers, old and young, butchers and bak[...]
Mary Barton (Inbunden)
avElizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Jenny Uglow
ISBN: 9780679434948 - UTGIVEN: 1994-05Mary Barton is the pretty daughter of a factory worker who finds herself dreaming of a better life when the mill-owner's charming son, Henry, starts to court her. She rejects her childhood friend Jem's affections in the hope of marrying Henry and escaping from the hard and bitter life that is the fa[...]
LITTLE HISTORY OF BRITISH GARDENING (Häftad)
avJenny Uglow
ISBN: 9780712664943 - UTGIVEN: 2005-05This "potted" history of gardening in Britain takes reader on a garden tour from the thorn hedges around prehistoric settlements to the rage for decking and ornamental grasses of the 21st century. There is also a brief guide to particular historic or evocative gardens open to the public.[...]
