One fine March day in 1868, gunshots rang out at a society charity event in Sydney's harbourside suburb of Clontarf. In the aftermath, Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh - son of Queen Victoria - lay close to death, while the assembled crowd seized and beat his attacker, Irish-born Henry James O'Farrell. Who was this character who began the day a complete unknown and ended it as the young colony's most hated man?A Man of Honour is a richly textured, lyrical reimagining of O'Farrell's life, b...

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Over its 143-year history, St. John's has been a remarkable and enduring part of Brighton's educational landscape.This book charts the way in which Sister Jane Borradaile, its tireless and resourceful foundress, raised money to build a home for the care of less-fortunate children in Victorian England. They were predominantly victims of deprivation in the East End, who went to St. John's to convalesce. Also taken in were orphan girls who were trained for domestic service. The home adapted i...

The 21 censuses that have been conducted in Britain since 1801, have provided an invaluable insight into Britain's social, political and economic history over the past 200 years. From their original purpose to assess how many men were fit for military duty in the Napoleonic wars, to being a necessary tool for determining government policy, the 10-yearly census return is a fascinating snapshot of the state of the population on a particular moment in each decade. The growth of Britain's citi...

Do you ever wonder if the Illuminati really exist or if it is one of those conspiracy theories that people come up with to explain certain occurrences?Would you like to know the truth, broken down in a language that is not sugar coated?If your answer is yes, then read on…You Are About To Unravel The Secrets Of The Illuminati And Know How It Operates And See The Evidence That It Exists Till Now And Its Entanglement With The Qanon Conspiracy Theory!The questio...

Quincy was an extraordinary eleven-year-old girl facing an extraordinarily difficult, life altering situation that was gradually turning her entire world upside down.Drex was a grown man still battling demons from a past life, still trying to figure things out, and still trying to cast-off doubt as to whether or not he was a total and complete bum.And, in the blink of an eye, their worlds would converge, in a way that would link them together, in some manner, in some way, f...

Clay Conover was a middle school history teacher barely covering half the rent on the beat-up old house he shared with his wise-cracking, counterculture teacher friend. Recently dumped by his girlfriend because he “just wasn’t marriage material,” he was beginning to wonder at what point just hanging out, drinking cheap beer and living on the fringe stopped being cool and started being…pathetic?Meanwhile, Clay’s old high school lacrosse buddy owned a mortgage brokerage. He and his c...

You've probably heard about the QAnon Conspiracy theory that has taken the world by storm, right? Are you ready to discover the hidden secrets of this theory?If the answer is yes, then read on…You are about to step into the world of conspiracies and discover one of the most talked-about, THE QANON CONSPIRACY.QAnon has gained a lot of traction in the US and now Spilling over to the UK. It is a conspiracy theory that claims of the existence of a cabal that is comprise...

Have you been hearing about QAnon or Q in relation to U.S. or world politics and wondered what it is all about, who make up the outfit and what impact it has had (or has) on the social, political and religious landscape?And are you looking for a guide that will uncover everything, from what you may have heard to the deep stuff that you may probably have no idea about even thought about?If you've answered YES, keep reading…You Are About To Discover The Ins And Outs O...

Troy Goldman’s first real job out of college was a disaster.Yeah, it totally sucked. And it wasn’t just the mind-numbing work: He also had the mother of all despicable bosses.But Troy also had his first real girlfriend. Jena was perfect, he was in love, and she really wanted him to have a real job.Plus it had taken forever to find. English literature majors with only bartending experience aren’t exactly…readily employable.So Troy sucked it up, tried to make ...

Have you been hearing a lot about the Q or QAnon movement known that is gaining worldwide recognition and are curious to know more about it, besides what you've probably heard in news commentaries?Are you looking for a comprehensive guide that will help you understand everything from what you've been hearing down to the deep information that will shock you to the core?If your answer was a YES, then keep reading…You Are About To Step Into The World Of Conspiracy Theo...

Presupposing no specialist musical knowledge, this book offers a fresh perspective on the dramatic role of music in the plays of Shakespeare and his early seventeenth-century contemporaries. Simon Smith argues that many plays used music as a dramatic tool, inviting culturally familiar responses to music from playgoers. Music cues regularly encouraged audiences to listen, look, imagine or remember at dramatically critical moments, shaping meaning in plays from The Winter's Tale to A Game at...