Simpson, George Gaylord:This View of Life: The World of an Evolutionist :
- Taschenbuch 2016, ISBN: 9780156900706
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New York: William Morrow; HarperCollinsPublishers, 2002. viii, 422 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates, illustrations; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine rolled at the crown. … Mehr…
New York: William Morrow; HarperCollinsPublishers, 2002. viii, 422 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates, illustrations; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine rolled at the crown. Stated First U.S. Edition. Dust jacket with light shelfwear. "The Viceroy's Daughters is the riveting chronicle of the dazzling lives of three remarkable sisters -- aristocratic, rich, spirited and willful-born when the wealth and privilege of the British upper classes were at their zenith. Irene (born 1896), Cynthia (born 1898) and Alexandra (born 1904) were the three daughters of Lord Curzon, viceroy of India from 1898 to 1905 and probably the grandest and most self-confident imperial servant Britain ever possessed. After the death of his fabulously rich American wife in 1906, Curzon embarked on a long love affair with the novelist Elinor Glyn, before dropping her to marry his rich and beautiful second wife. It was his fierce determination to control every aspect of his daughters' lives -- including the money that was rightfully theirs -- that led them one by one to revolt against their father. The three Curzon sisters were at the very heart of the fast and glittering world of the twenties and thirties. Irene, intensely musical and a passionate fox hunter, had love affairs with the glamorous Melton Mowbray hunting set. Cynthia (Cimmie) married Sir Oswald Mosley, joining him first in the Labour Party, where she became a popular and successful Labour MP herself, then following him into fascism. Alexandra (Baba), the youngest and most beautiful, married the Prince of Wales's best friend -- and best man -- Fruity Metcalfe. On Cimmie's early death in 1933, Baba flung herself into a long and passionate affair with Mosley and a liaison with Mussolini's ambassador to London, Count Grandi, while simultaneously enjoying the romantic devotion of the foreign secretary, Lord Halifax. The sisters saw British fascism from behind the scenes and had an equally intimate view of the arrival of Wallis Simpson and the marriage and life of the Windsors. The war found them based at 'the Dorch' (the Dorchester Hotel), their days spent nursing wounded soldiers, working in canteens, lecturing and doing other war work. Toward the end of their extraordinary lives, the two surviving sisters became pillars of the establishment, Irene made one of the first four life peers in 1958 for her work with youth clubs, while Baba was recognized for her tireless efforts for the Save the Children Fund with a CBE. Based on unpublished letters and diaries, The Viceroy's Daughters throws new light on Oswald Mosley, Nancy Astor and the Cliveden set, Lord Halifax, and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. It is also a wonderfully revealing portrait of British upper-class life in the first half of the twentieth century." - Publisher. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good., William Morrow; HarperCollinsPublishers, 2002, 3, Basic Books. Very Good. 6.5 x 1.25 x 9.5 inches. Hardcover. 2016. 344 pages. <br>From an acclaimed social and architectural histori an, the tumultuous, scandalous, glitzy, and glamorous history of English country houses and high society during the interwar perio d As WWI drew to a close, change reverberated through the halls of England's country homes. As the sun set slowly on the British Empire, the shadows lengthened on the lawns of a thousand stately homes. In The Long Weekend, historian Adrian Tinniswood introdu ces us to the tumultuous, scandalous and glamorous history of Eng lish country houses during the years between World Wars. As estat e taxes and other challenges forced many of these venerable house s onto the market, new sectors of British and American society we re seduced by the dream of owning a home in the English countrysi de. Drawing on thousands of memoirs, letters, and diaries, as wel l as the eye-witness testimonies of belted earls and bibulous but lers, Tinniswood brings the stately homes of England to life as n ever before, opening the door to a world by turns opulent and ord inary, noble and vicious, and forever wrapped in myth. We are dra wn into the intrigues of legendary families such as the Astors, t he Churchills and the Devonshires as they hosted hunting parties and balls that attracted the likes of Charlie Chaplin, T.E. Lawre nce, and royals such as Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson. We waltz through aristocratic soirÃ?, and watch as the upper crust struggl e to fend off rising taxes and underbred outsiders, property spec ulators and poultry farmers. We gain insight into the guilt and t he gingerbread, and see how the image of the country house was ca refully protected by its occupants above and below stairs. Throu gh the glitz of estate parties, the social tensions between old m oney and new, the hunting parties, illicit trysts, and grand feas ts, Tinniswood offers a glimpse behind the veil of these great es tates -- and reveals a reality much more riveting than the dream. Editorial Reviews Review [Tinniswood] reveals the English coun try house as a vibrant enterprise, benefitting from new owners, m oney, and architects bringing contemporary ideas to the art of co untry living. Informative and entertaining, Tinniswood's meticulo us research brings us familiar names, such as the Astors and Edwa rd VIII, while introducing us to lesser-known homeowners who wish ed to create their own modernist vision.?Library Journal Tinnisw ood elegantly explores the glamorous interwar age of English rura l getaways, revealing the not-so-secret affairs of the inhabitant s and the reinterpretation of architectural and interior design.. .. Tinniswood's lovely chronological ode to a past lifestyle brim s with tales of the elite's tumultuous weekends and shows how the country house's purpose changed with the times as the old social order came to a close.?Publishers Weekly With scholarly aplomb and gossipy relish, historian Tinniswood pulls open the grand fro nt doors of these captivating castles to reveal their innermost w orkings and outward allure. Now that Downton Abbey is no more, fa ns of this halcyon, refined world can once again immerse themselv es in Britain's quintessential golden era.?Booklist Beguiling... . Stuffed with eye-catching detail and apt quotations.?Wall Stree t Journal Tinniswood gives us many entertaining stories about th e whimsical extravagances of the new country-housers.... The Long Weekend is a celebration of fantasy and yearning cunningly wrapp ed up in pragmatism and practicality: about ancient castles with top-plumbing.?Financial Times An engaging new account of inter-w ar country-house life.... Mr. Tinniswood provides rich detail fro m all corners, uncovering plenty of angst, but also much optimism --until 1939.?The Economist Swans in the moat, inglenooks and ro mantic conservatism...but Adrian Tinniswood's hugely enjoyable, u nsnobbish book uncovers another, more subversive, side to the sto ry.?The Guardian (UK) [The] book combines a panoramic view of li fe and architecture in the interwar years with pin-sharp detail a nd the sort of springy prose that comes with a complete command o f the material.?The London Review of Books (UK) [A] masterpiece of social history.?The Daily Mail (UK) Tinniswood is a learned a rchitectural scholar without a jot of pedantry. He has produced a luscious, summery book, full of amiable anecdotes and photograph s of striking interiors, celebrating headstrong optimists who def ied the defeatism of the times. The Long Weekend resembles a well -kept hothouse festooned with fruit ripe for the plucking.?Richar d Davenport-Hines, Sunday Times (UK) [W]onderfully opulent, rich ly textured..... In telling us how the English country house chan ged, [Tinniswood] is, of course, telling us how England changed, too.?Sunday Telegraph (UK) Tinniswood's book is erudite, funny, and oddly poignant.?Literary Review (UK) [H]ighly enjoyable... t his is a delicious cocktail of a book, combining many ingredients and presenting an informed survey of the interwar years as seduc tively as that period (at least in this rarified sphere) demands. ?Country Life (UK) Book of the Week [A] richly researched story about the rise and fall and transformation of country-house livin g.... An enjoyable tour with a genial, informed, devoted docent.? Kirkus Still yearning for Downton Abbey? Adrian Tinniswood's The Long Weekend :Life in the English Country House, 1918-1939 is pr obably the necessary antidote. A wonky, veritable tell-all, a who 's who of British gentry.... Tales about piracy, crookery and she nanigans involving the supremely well-to-do are always intriguing and entertaining.?Washington Times It can't have been easy, but Adrian Tinniswood and his publishers should be congratulated for issuing this elegant, encyclopaedic and entertaining history of English country house life between the wars without ever once men tioning Downton Abbey.... The Long Weekend supplies a potent fix of period locations, upstairs-downstairs drama and higher gossip- -all of it factual--for the most Downton-addicted of readers.... We are in the company of a confident and skilled historian who un derstands the mores of his era and wears his learning lightly.... Tinniswood expands our Sunday evening viewing with the kind of d etail you can't invent, from gay badinage with the butler to Benz edrine in the cocktails, from the zebras at Leeds Castle to the B razilian capybaras that ran wild at Eaton Hall. The Long Weekend deserves to be on every costume drama producer's bookshelf.?The T imes (UK), Book of the Week About the Author Adrian Tinniswood i s senior research fellow in history at the University of Buckingh am and the author of Behind the Throne as well as the New York Ti mes bestseller The Long Weekend and The Verneys, which was shortl isted for the Samuel Johnson Prize. Tinniswood has contributed to the London Times, the New York Times, History Today, BBC History Magazine, and the Literary Review, as well as television and rad io programs in the US and UK. He was awarded an OBE for services to heritage by her majesty, the Queen, and lives in Bath, England . ., Basic Books, 2016, 3, Crown, 1997. first edition as stated. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. The book is in excellent shape the dust jacket is intact without any tears, the spine is straight and intact the book is square......This is the story of the Trial of the Century as only Dominick Dunne can write it. Told from the point of view of one of Dunne's most familiar fictional characters-Gus Bailey-Another City, Not My Own tells how Gus, the movers and shakers of Los Angeles, and the city itself are drawn into the vortex of the O.J. Simpson trial. We have met Gus Bailey in previous novels by Dominick Dunne. He is a writer and journalist, father of a murdered child, and chronicler of justice-served or denied-as it relates to the rich and famous. Now back in Los Angeles, a city that once adored him and later shunned him, Gus is caught up in what soon becomes a national obsession. Using real names and places, Dunne interweaves the story of the trial with the personal trials Gus endures as he faces his own mortality. By day, Gus is at the courthouse, the confidant of the Goldman and Simpson families, the lawyers, the journalists, the hangers-on, even the judge; at night he is the honored guest at the most dazzling gatherings in town as everyone-from Kirk Douglas to Heidi Fleiss, from Elizabeth Taylor to Nancy Reagan-delights in the latest news from the corridors of the courthouse...... Since I am not a thrift shop, have no minions, my books are priced so after everyone else gets theirs, I make it least a small profit to cover my time, and costs and efforts. Sometimes an amazingly small profit... This would be Shipped Media mail via USPS I like shipping to P.O. boxes or APO, since we use the United States Post to fulfill your order, keeping it all in the Postal Family......, it comes from the Los Angeles Area at whatever PO is closest to my errands or my life that day since I carefully pack your book then have to hop on the Vespa and visit the PO to have it placed in our mail system... Your purchase helps a middle aged college girl buy more books and the occasional pedicure. .. a dental visit or two Another City, Not My Own does what no other book on this sensational case has been able to do because of Dominick Dunne's unique ability to probe the sensibilities of participants and observers. This book illuminates the meaning of guilt and innocence in America today. A vivid, revealing achievement, Another City, Not My Own is Dominick Dunne at his best., Crown, 1997, 3, Viking, 2009. Softcover. Near Fine. For a town with seventy residents (on a good day), Birdsville is remarkably well known - the Birdsville Track, the rodeo, the pub, the infamous races. With its ruggedness, inaccessibility and larrikin charm, this small town on the edge of the Simpson Desert has become a symbol of the great Australian outback. What is it about Birdsville that has made it stand so large in our legends? And what's it like to live there amongst the floods and the heat and the dust storms? To find out, Evan McHugh packed up his Sydney home, bought a four-wheel drive and headed off with his wife for a year in the back of beyond. Here, he tells us of the large adventures - midnight desert rescues, aerial mustering on vast cattle stations, relentless heat and massive floods - but also the small details of life in one of Australia's most isolated towns, like driving 700 km to go shopping. As the months fly by, Evan learns about an ancient culture, sees dunes carpeted in millions of tiny wildflowers, and meets the members of an outback community facing extraordinary challenges with quiet determination and buckets of good humour.270 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), 1 map ; 24 cm. #100222McHugh, Evan. | Country life -- Queensland -- Birdsville -- Biography. | Birdsville (Qld.) -- Biography. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Softcover Near Fine, Viking, 2009, 4, Harcourt, 1966-03-01. Paperback. Good. 0.7000 in x 7.9000 in x 5.3000 in. Copyright 1964; underlining and marking in pen., Harcourt, 1966-03-01, 2.5<
