Gerald Howard-Smith's life is intriguing both in its own right and as a vehicle for exploring the world in which he lived. Tall, boisterous and sometimes rather irascible, he was one of the so-called 'Lost Generation' whose lives were cut short by the First World War. Brought up in London, and educated at Eton and Cambridge, he excelled both at cricket and athletics. After qualifying as a solicitor he moved to Wolverhampton and threw himself into the local sporting scene, making a considerable name for himself in the years before the First World War. Volunteering for military service in 1914, he was decorated for bravery before being killed in action two years later. Reporting his death, the War History of the South Staffordshire Regiment claimed that, 'In his men's eyes he lived as a loose-limbed hero, and in him they lost a very humorous and a very gallant gentleman.'
As well as telling the fascinating story of Gerald Howard-Smith for the first time, this important new biography explores such complex and important issues as childhood and adolescence, class relations, sporting achievement, manliness and masculinity, metropolitan-provincial relationships, and forms of commemoration. It will therefore be of interest to educationalists, sports historians, local and regional historians, and those interested in class, gender and civilian-military relations - indeed all those seeking to understand the economic, social, and cultural life of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain.
Автор: Fraser, Hilary Название: Beauty and belief ISBN: 0521073111 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521073110 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This study is an important contribution to the intellectual history of Victorian England which examines the religio-aesthetic theories of some central writers of the time.
Автор: H. S. Jones Название: Intellect and Character in Victorian England ISBN: 0521876052 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521876056 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 14256.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The first full-length study of a distinguished Victorian intellectual who stood at the epicentre of the revolutions that transformed English academic and intellectual life in the nineteenth century: the secularisation of thought, the emergence of the academic profession, and the challenges posed by the German idea of the research university.
Автор: Gordon, Eleanor Nair, Gwyneth Название: Murder and morality in victorian britain ISBN: 071908069X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780719080692 Издательство: INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES UK Рейтинг: Цена: 4222.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Explores the life of Madeleine Smith, who in 1857 was tried for poisoning her secret lover. Charting the course of this illicit relationship and Madeleine`s subsequent trial, this title draws on a range of sources to pursue themes such as the nature of gender relations and the extent of women`s social and commercial activities.
Автор: Partridge, Michael Название: Lives of Victorian Political Figures, Part II ISBN: 185196827X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781851968275 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 84216.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Brown, Kenneth D. Название: Unknown gladstone ISBN: 1788310241 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781788310246 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 19008.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Major new biography of forgotten Victorian politician
Автор: Michael Musgrave Название: George Grove, Music and Victorian Culture ISBN: 0333948041 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333948040 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 17468.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Though George Grove (1820-1900) was never a professional musician, his is one of the most familiar names in music: as founder of the great Dictionary of Music and Musicians that bears his name and first director of the Royal College of Music.
Автор: Deirdre David Название: Intellectual Women and Victorian Patriarchy ISBN: 0333447263 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333447260 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 5589.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Examines the works of three Victorian writers, looks at the ways they subverted and affirmed their society, and discusses women`s higher education in nineteenth century England.
Автор: S.P. Rosenbaum Название: Victorian Bloomsbury ISBN: 0333408381 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333408384 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 20962.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A study of the literary history of the interrelated achievements of the Bloomsbury Group. Professor Rosenbaum has written an account of the ideas and people who were the early influences on the Group. He sees the modern period not as the age of `great men`, but in a new light, where original ideas about art, women and society.
Автор: Laurence W. Mazzeno; Ronald D. Morrison Название: Animals in Victorian Literature and Culture ISBN: 113760218X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137602183 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 15372.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This collection includes twelve provocative essays from a diverse group of international scholars, who utilize a range of interdisciplinary approaches to analyze "real" and "representational" animals that stand out as culturally significant to Victorian literature and culture.
Описание: At war against the Russians in the Victorian era This book, originally entitled, The Life of James O'Malley, gave few clues as to its content. In fact, it is an engaging eye-witness account of the war in the Crimea, with all of its attendant privations, savage violence and disease, as experienced by an ordinary British infantryman, told in simple but graphic detail. O'Malley joined the Leicestershire regiment, the 17th Foot-known proudly as the Royal Bengal Tigers-following exemplary service in India. The regiment was stationed in O'Malley's native Ireland and he there enlisted and learned the fundamentals of a good soldier of the grenadier company. The Crimean War saw his regiment sent to the trenches before Sebastopol and O'Malley's descriptions of the conflict there will strike all readers of military history as tellingly reminiscent of the trench warfare of the Great War some 60 years later. The British Army during this campaign was woefully ill equipped to fight a campaign in the Crimea, as most students will know, and O'Malley's descriptions of the conditions he and his comrades endured particularly from the encroaching winter are most poignant. O'Malley's book was poorly produced in its original edition and has been substantially re-worked by the Leonaur editors for modern readers. The original title of the work perhaps guaranteed its comparative obscurity so it will be welcomed as a new addition to the libraries of those interested in the period. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.
Автор: Beetham Margaret, Boardman Kay Название: Victorian Women`s Magazines: An Anthology ISBN: 0719058791 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780719058790 Издательство: NBN International Рейтинг: Цена: 4222.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This anthology makes available to students and general readers the rich variety of Victorian magazines for women. The extracts range from fashion magazines to feminist journals, from serious works for Christian mothers to tales of romance and passion for `sweethearts`. -- .
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