|
Showing 1 - 7 of
7 matches in All Departments
Elizabeth of Bohemia, known to some as the Winter Queen and to
others as the Queen of Hearts, was one of those rare figures whose
personality still fascinates us across the centuries. The daughter
of James I, she combined charm and humour with courage in the face
of adversity and a steely determination to regain her patrimony
after she and her husband were driven from the throne of Bohemia.
Among the many men who championed Elizabeth's sorrowful fortunes,
Lord Craven was the most faithful. Brave, wealthy and supremely
generous, this latter-day knight errant threw everything he could
into his efforts to recapture the Palatinate for his heroine,
risking his life and spending enormous sums in financing a military
campaign. After all schemes had come to naught he came to live at
Elizabeth's threadbare court in the Hague, supporting her
financially and befriending her talented but unruly family. His
estates, confiscated by the Commonwealth, were returned at the
Restoration, and he busied himself in planning fine houses for
Elizabeth's use on her return to England in 1661.Sadly she died the
same year but Ashdown House in Berkshire still remains as a
poignant memorial to Craven's single-minded devotion.
Title: The Indus Delta Country. A memoir chiefly on its ancient
geography and history ... With three maps.Publisher: British
Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the
national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's
largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all
known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound
recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The GEOGRAPHY & TOPOGRAPHY collection
includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft.
Offering some insights into the study and mapping of the natural
world, this collection includes texts on Babylon, the geographies
of China, and the medieval Islamic world. Also included are
regional geographies and volumes on environmental determinism,
topographical analyses of England, China, ancient Jerusalem, and
significant tracts of North America. ++++The below data was
compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic
record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool
in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library
Haig, Malcolm Robert; 1894. 148 p.; 8 . V 2886
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
|
You may like...
Morbius
Jared Leto, Matt Smith, …
DVD
R179
Discovery Miles 1 790
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R398
R330
Discovery Miles 3 300
|