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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
n THE BISHOP'S WIFE we see William Pitt the Younger through the
eyes of Elizabeth, the wife of Bishop Pretyman, who was Pitt's
tutor and one of his closest friends. We see how funny and friendly
Pitt was in private. As Elizabeth's story unfolds we encounter a
breath-taking gallery of eighteenth century leading lights, both
social and political: William Wilberforce, Henry Dundas, 1st
Viscount Melville, George Canning, George Castlereagh, Sir John
Moore, and, not least, Lord Horatio Nelson and the Duke of
Wellington. We see the King and Queen, the poet William Wordsworth
and painter J. M. W Turner, all in a vivid social and political
setting as England faces turbulent times, and as she defeats
Napoleon to gain control of the seas and consolidate her empire.
This book, first published in 1973, gives a vivid picture of
British-Indian social life from the eighteenth century to
Independence, as well as of the houses themselves. The Government
Houses were not only buildings on a palatial scale, but were also a
background to a way of life that was as full of contrasts as the
Raj itself. The author peoples the houses with some of the men and
women who lived in them during the course of their history, and in
doing so provides a chapter of social history which has not been
written before.
This book, first published in 1973, gives a vivid picture of
British-Indian social life from the eighteenth century to
Independence, as well as of the houses themselves. The Government
Houses were not only buildings on a palatial scale, but were also a
background to a way of life that was as full of contrasts as the
Raj itself. The author peoples the houses with some of the men and
women who lived in them during the course of their history, and in
doing so provides a chapter of social history which has not been
written before.
The Life and Letters of Faraday By Dr. Bence Jones Volume 1]
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