Prep School Children

Prep School Children
Author: Vyvyen Brendon
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2009-12-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1847062873

In a compelling and sometimes shocking account, Vyvyen Brendon dwells not on the adult purposes behind a peculiarly British institution but on the lives of the children.

Democracy and Religion

Democracy and Religion
Author: J. P. Parry
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 524
Release: 1989-03-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780521367837

An account of how the various religious and educational issues tackled by politicians led to the fall of Gladstone's first liberal party government in 1874 and to an identity crisis for British Liberalism.

The Parting of Friends

The Parting of Friends
Author: David Newsome
Publisher: Gracewing Publishing
Total Pages: 530
Release: 1993
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780802837141

The history of 19th-century England abounds with great religious figures--Henry Manning, Samuel, Robert, and Henry Wilberforce, and John Henry Newman--and great religious turmoil. Here Newsome recounts the story of the Wilberforces and Manning, from its early hopes to its tragic, interpersonal dissolution. Foreword by Robert Runcie, former Archbishop of Canterbury. Illustrations.

The Old Régime

The Old Régime
Author: Lady Catherine Charlotte Jackson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 416
Release: 1880
Genre: France
ISBN: