William Young was the son of gentleman farmer Henry Young who owned Cotchford Farm in the mid-nineteenth century. At the age of just twenty-three William left the farm for what we might now term a gap year’ working in Canada. This book, based on his own diary from 1854/5, tells the fascinating story of his journey via Liverpool and onwards on a ......
The Du Mauriers, Just As They Were tells the story of five generations of this remarkable family, beginning with Mathurin-Robert Busson, a master glassblower who immigrated to London in 1789, added the suffix ‘Du Maurier’ to his name, and so became a ‘gentleman glassblower’. His three English-born children relocated to the continent, ......
From the heart of Parliament to the jungles of South-East Asia, the junior British MP Richard Reynolds is taken on a terrifying journey of discovery that leads the UK to the brink of war. Only he has the knowledge to prevent a disaster unfolding in Asia, and with the fear of dark forces at work at home, Richard has his own very personal reasons ......
This book explores the goals and limitations of twentieth-century art studies (Kunstwissenschaft) as a field, and aims to contribute to future academic research. It is structured around several representative art scientists and their key texts, exploring the theories of influential figures in the field, such as Erwin Panofsky and Aby Warburg (art ......
'The English have for centuries been a puzzle to the people of other countries', explains this guide produced for overseas forces stationed in England during the Second World War. The English and Their Country attempts to solve this puzzle, providing an account of English characteristics for confused guests. Including everything from a ......
ISBN-13: 9781904897484
(Hardback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
This booklet contains articles originally published in 1917 in The Morning Post (bought by The Daily Telegraph in 1937). It consists of four letters, purporting to be written to relations or friends at home in India by soldiers of the Indian Army at the time of World War I. They were on active service in Europe and Africa, 1915-18. The articles ......
We may have eyes that look - but how clearly do we see? This compelling novel of art and adventure, Julia Grigg's debut, is set in the feverish creativity of mid-sixteenth century Italy. Francesco Bassano wants to find out how and why an extraordinary painting was made; the story traces his quest to discover the secrets of the portrait's past. ......
After the failure of Britain's latest air-defence destroyers in the 1982 Falklands War, a public controversy began over an alternative: The S90 'Short Fat' frigate designed and proposed by Peter Thornycroft and David Giles. This is the almost incredible but well-documented story of the author's 40-year-long hard-fought battle with naval ......
The Few Who Flew is an evocative memoir written by one of the last young men to train as a RAF pilot, gaining his 'Wings' in April 1957 just days before the end of National Service. Michael Morris as he was then (he is now Lord Naseby) was selected to do his flying training in Canada alongside fellow British and NATO pilots from seven different ......
