Caroline Princess of Wales & Other Forgotten People of History

Caroline Princess of Wales & Other Forgotten People of History
Author: Keith R. Dawson
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2010
Genre: History
ISBN: 1609116909

Discover the fascinating stories that historians have neglected to tell us over the years. Caroline Princess of Wales was the wife of King George IV of England, a man who neglected her womanly needs. Deciding that what was good for the gander was good for the goose, she is often said to be the first woman of the Women's Liberation. This collection includes many other largely unknown historic people and events. Read the story of American patriot Nathaniel Wheatley, brother of Negro slave poet and singer, Phillis Wheatley, whose death is still a mystery. Unearth the truths of the Holsworthy Connection, a tale of the three most important women in the history of early Australia and illuminates the religious connection to the founding of Sydney. Encounter other important men and woman whose stories have yet to be told, until now.

Shipowners investing in the South Sea Whale Fishery from Britain: 1775-1815

Shipowners investing in the South Sea Whale Fishery from Britain: 1775-1815
Author: Jane M. Clayton and Charles A. Clayton
Publisher: Jane M Clayton
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2016-03-18
Genre: Ship registers
ISBN: 1526201364

A reference book providing a snapshot of the life histories of more than fifty shipowners investing in the South Sea Whale Fishery over a forty year period. It gives details of their places of business, the number of whaling ships they owned and biographical information about their commercial dealings and personal lives. A map of London showing the River Thames and the location of the businesses of the majority of these shipowners is enclosed.

England's Forgotten Past

England's Forgotten Past
Author: Richard Tames
Publisher:
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

An original, lively and often amusing tour of the forgotten episodes and overlooked people and places of English history.

The Unruly Queen

The Unruly Queen
Author: Flora Fraser
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 701
Release: 2012-03-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1408832542

'Splendid ... her book does justice to a fascinating woman who was tragic, brave, likable, humorous, and indeed, unruly' Spectator 'Written with elegance, wit and a narrative zest that novelists might envy' Economist At the heart of the extravagant Regency period – nine scandalous, politically fascinating years from 1811 to 1820 – lies the bitter mismatch between the Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince Regent, later George IV, separated privately from Caroline of Brunswick within a year of their marriage in 1795. The couple remained separated until Queen Caroline's death in 1821, but the mockery of their marriage resisted the most strenuous efforts to dissolve it. Barred from the Regent's court, Queen Caroline travelled through Europe with a small court of her own. The story of The Unruly Queen – a long, courageous fight by an extraordinary individual to see justice done in the face of overbearing authority – is compellingly told by Flora Fraser. This astonishing book culminates with the Queen's House of Lords trial for adultery and exclusion from her bigamous husband's coronation.

A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 4, Corye to Dynion

A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Volume 4, Corye to Dynion
Author: Philip H. Highfill
Publisher: SIU Press
Total Pages: 584
Release: 1975
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780809306930

Volumes three and four of this monumen­tal work include full entries for all such illustrious names as those of the Cibbers--Colley, Theophilus, and Susanna Maria--Kitty Clive, and Charlotte Charke, George Colman, the Elder, and the Younger, William Davenant, and De Loutherboug. But here also are full entries for dozens of important secondary figures and of minor ones whose stories have never been told, as well as a census (and at least a few recoverable facts) for even the most inconsiderable performers and servants of the theatres. As in the previous volumes in this dis­tinguished series, the accompanying illus­trations include at least one picture of each subject for whom a portrait exists.