[PDF] Queen Marys Photograph Albums eBook

Author : Jack Gieck
Publisher : Kent State University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 33,99 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780873383530

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This book is a profusely illustrated interpretation of life along Ohio's 19th-century canal system: the Miami & Erie Canal with its multiple feeders in central and eastern Ohio. Gieck recounts the efforts of people involved in the planning and building of the canal system and draws an admiring yet candid picture of the canalers who made their livelihood upon the canal waters. Designed in an oversized format, this beautiful volume will be welcomed by historians and engineers as well as by all those who find in the surviving canals a fascinating symbol of Ohio's heritage.

Author : Matthew Dennison
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 31,12 MB
Release : 2021-06-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1788545907

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Matthew Dennison's elegant and magisterial biography of Her late Majesty, updated following the death of Elizabeth II and the accession of King Charles III. 'A worthy and balanced overview of the Queen's life. Dennison is especially good on her childhood... quietly, tactfully, tastefully reverent.'The Times The death of Queen Elizabeth II on 8 September 2022 was more than just a moment of profound sadness; her passing marked the end of an era in our national life – and the final closing of the Elizabethan Age. For millions of people, both in Britain and across the world, Elizabeth II was the embodiment of monarchy. Her long life spanned nearly a century of national and global history, from a time before the Great Depression to the era of Covid-19. Her reign embraced all but seven years of Britain's postwar history up to the accession of her son King Charles III; she was served by fifteen UK prime ministers from Churchill to Truss, and witnessed the administrations of fourteen US presidents from Truman to Biden. In this brand-new biography of the longest-reigning sovereign in British history, Matthew Dennison traces her life and reign across an era of unprecedented and often seismic social change. Stylish in its writing and nuanced in its judgements, The Queen charts the joys and triumphs as well as the disappointments and vicissitudes of a remarkable royal life; it also assesses the achievement of a woman regarded as the champion of a handful of 'British' values endorsed – if no longer practised – by the bulk of the nation: service, duty, steadfastness, charity and stoicism.

Author : Diana Condell
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 12,1 MB
Release : 2022-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 100063308X

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Women ‘kept the home fires burning’ while their men went off to war. This is the usual image of the part played by women in the First World War, reinforced through countless posters, government exhortations and even popular songs. It is very far from the truth. As this remarkable book shows, originally published in 1987, the truth was that women showed themselves capable of undertaking many roles hitherto the sole prerogative of men, a position accepted during the emergency of war but quickly ‘righted’ once peace was restored: the women who had helped to win the war were displaced by the returning heroes from the Front. Diana Condell and Jean Liddiard selected more than 150 superb contemporary photographs, and these unique pictures, with extended captions and accompanying text, illustrate the many and varied roles played by women in the First World War. Many of the photographs had never been published before and they reveal dramatically the extent to which women took over the day-to-day running of society during the war. Fulfilling these roles helped to change women’s perceptions of themselves and their place in the social fabric: the photographs are arranged thematically to reveal this and how society’s own view of women was altered as a result. The book also tells the story of the war from the female viewpoint, assessing its effect on the women involved. It focuses in a neglected but vital part of the history of the emancipation of women and also raises questions about what sort of victory they had worked for. In quality and range this was a pioneering study. More than that, through the haunting quality of its images it creates a pathway into the mind and world of the past.

Author : David McGlone
Publisher : Next Chapter
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 34,6 MB
Release : 2023-11-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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If memories are films about ghosts, these pictures were the story of a haunted relationship. There is a thin line between love and hate. For over twenty-one years, Maria and John had criss-crossed the boundary. Now, on the morning of their anniversary, they are selecting photographs from their time together. Silently evaluating their past while trying to decide if they have a future. David McGlone's THE PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM takes each picture as a starting point for an evaluation of the day, the year and beyond. A tale of love, hate, trust, heartbreak and death, it is ultimately a story of redemption that elicits laughter as much as it does tears.