The Princess Pat: The central character of the story is Princess Patricia, a member of a royal family who finds herself in danger due to political unrest and personal conflict. She must navigate a series of obstacles that threaten both her life and her status. The novel follows her daring escape, showcasing her resourcefulness and determination as she attempts to avoid capture or worse.Historical Setting: Set during a period of political and social upheaval, the novel is grounded in a real...

None of the minor incidents in our naval history has inspired so many writers as the Mutiny of theBounty. Histories, biographies and romances, from Bligh's narrative in 1790 to Mr. Becke's "Mutineers" in 1898, have been founded upon it; Byron took it for the theme of the least happy of his dramatic poems; and all these, not because the mutiny left any mark upon history, but because it ranks first among the stories of the sea, instinct with the living elements of romance, of primal passion ...

Museums and collecting is now a major area of cultural studies. This selected group of key texts opens the investigation and appreciation of museum history. Edward Edwards, chief pioneer of municipal public libraries, chronicles the founders and early donors to the British Museum. Greenwood and Murray provide informative pictures of the early history of the museum movement. Sir William Flower, Director of the British Museum (Natural History), takes a pioneering philosophical approach to th...

Museums and collecting is now a major area of cultural studies. This selected group of key texts opens the investigation and appreciation of museum history. Edward Edwards, chief pioneer of municipal public libraries, chronicles the founders and early donors to the British Museum. Greenwood and Murray provide informative pictures of the early history of the museum movement. Sir William Flower, Director of the British Museum (Natural History), takes a pioneering philosophical approach to th...

Maggie Maise, a wandering, bewildered reporter with an elusive past, takes a job at Ore Town's newspaper, The Messenger. What begins as a newspaper job quickly becomes an odyssey into the memories of a vanishing generation raised during the Great Depression and subjected to the atrocities of World War II. Maggie finds herself weaving their stories into a visionary tapestry that will ultimately reveal her own destiny-one she is reluctant to accept.Sing for the Lonesome Messenger tak...

The two chief diarists of the age of Charles the Second are, mutatis mutandis, not ill characterized by the remark of a wicked wit upon the brothers Austin. "John Austin," it was said, "served God and died poor: Charles Austin served the devil, and died rich. Both were clever fellows. Charles was much the cleverer of the two." Thus John Evelyn and Samuel Pepys, the former a perfect model of decorum, the latter a grievous example of indecorum, have respectively left us diaries, of which the...

In these two forgotten gems of English literature, Jane Austen and Charles Dickens offer delightful, irreverent histories of their native land.When she was only sixteen years old, Jane Austen composed her bitingly satirical History of England for performance in her family's drawingroom. A startling and precocious example of her celebrated wit—not to mention a brilliant social commentary—this lively piece sweeps rapidly across almost four centuries of British monarchy. In rambunctio...

This classic and well-loved history of Sligo was first published in 1889. The present edition has been reformatted using a pleasing modern searchable text, retaining the original illustrations. Also, new notes have been added. Its author, the Rev. Archdeacon Terrence O’Rorke, was born and bred in Sligo, This important history is, of course, a product of his times and situation, however, it remains a work of fascination for anyone with connections to Sligo’s past and its people, and - becau...

The Diary of John Evelyn (Vol. 1&2) is one of the great documentary achievements of seventeenth-century English prose, spanning public catastrophe, courtly life, scientific curiosity, travel, religion, domestic grief, and political upheaval. Written in a measured, observant, and morally reflective style, it stands beside Pepys's diary yet differs in temperament: less theatrical and intimate, more civic-minded, antiquarian, and philosophical. From the Civil War and Restoration to the Great ...

"- The History of Ireland; - Commercial History of Ireland; - Historical Monuments of Ireland; - Irish Antiquities; - National Language; - Ireland's People, Lords, Gentry, Commonalty; - Irish Music and Poetry; - The Songs of Ireland ; - Irish Scenery ; - A Chronology of History of Ireland"

I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second down to a time which is within the memory of men still living. I shall recount the errors which, in a few months, alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart. I shall trace the course of that revolution which terminated the long struggle between our sovereigns and their parliaments, and bound up together the rights of the people and the title of the reigning dynasty. I shall relate ho...