The Excellent Mrs Fry

The Excellent Mrs Fry
Author: Anne Isba
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2010-07-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1847250394

A brilliant new study of the Quaker social reformer, who transformed the lives of prisoners and made a lasting mark on English society.

The Excellent Mrs Fry

The Excellent Mrs Fry
Author: Anne Isba
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2010-04-29
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1441115323

Elizabeth Fry, the great Quaker prison reformer of the nineteenth century, was just thirty two years old when she first entered the notorious women's gaol at Newgate. She was the mother of eight children and would go on to have three more. Yet, despite the demands of family, she would devote the rest of her life - over three more decades - to the welfare of female prisoners and convicts bound for Australia. When her efforts at last helped achieve changes to British law, Fry turned her attention to winning the hearts and minds of the great and good on continental Europe. She treated all people as equals, prisoners and princes alike. But her quiet dignity and magical voice hid a steely determination to do good wherever she perceived need. Her philanthropy extended to hospitals, schools, workhouses, asylums, orphanages and refuges; and she pioneered nursing training in Britain. Fry was the first woman in the country to bring private good works into the public domain, but at considerable to cost to her family and her own health.

Mrs Fry's Diary

Mrs Fry's Diary
Author: Mrs. Stephen Fry
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-12-20
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 9781444720785

Stephen Fry's secret wife speaks out at last... Enjoyed a nice cuppa this morning with a HobNob and Jeremy Kyle. There was a woman on there who'd been married 16 years without realising her husband was gay. Extraordinary! Which reminds me, it's our 16th anniversary in a few weeks. What a coincidence. Stephen Fry - actor, writer, raconteur and wit. Cerebral and sophisticated, a true Renaissance man. Or is he? Finally, his secret double life - the womanizing, the window-cleaning, the kebabs, the karaoke - is exclusively revealed by Edna, his devoted wife and mother of his five, six or possibly seven children. These diaries take us through a year in the life of an unwitting celebrity wife, and are rumoured to include: - scandalous nocturnal shenanigans - advice on childcare - 101 things to do with a tin of Spam. 'A good diary should be like a good husband - a constant companion, a source of inspiration and, ideally, bound in leather.' - Edna Fry twitter.com/MrsStephenFry

How to Have an Almost Perfect Marriage

How to Have an Almost Perfect Marriage
Author: Stephen Fry
Publisher: Unbound Publishing
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2014-02-13
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1908717106

Do you, Edna Constance Bathsheba, take Stephen John Elvis to be your lawfully wedded husband? I did. After many, many years of marriage and many, many children, I've decided it's only fair to share my unparalleled expertise and deepest secrets with you in my new book, How To Have an Almost Perfect Marriage. Of course, the 'him' to whom I refer is my current husband, Stephen. You may be aware of his numerous books, his countless television shows and his enormous intellect. You probably know he spends his time travelling endlessly, attending operas, meeting famous stars of stage and screen and visiting tribespeople in the remotest corners of the globe. That's if you read all that rubbish he writes on Twitter, anyway – honestly, that man's imagination! If you frequent the Dog & Duck, however, you'll know the truth. Or the Red Lion. Or Kev’s kebab van. Because that's where you'll almost certainly find him. Not dining at the Ritz or filming something about wizards in New Zealand and certainly not at home helping me take care of our five children. Or is it six? Actually, it might be seven now... Of course, you can't realistically expect to have a marriage as perfect as ours, which is why I've called the book How To Have an Almost Perfect Marriage, but whether you're a husband-, wife- or divorcee-to-be or just simply Fry-curious, you'll learn everything you need to know, and quite a lot you don't, about the most wonderful years of your life as these nine chapters guide you through every aspect of marriage from proposal to divorce, enhanced by my own candid diary entries, incomparable poems and world famous mouth-and eye- watering recipes...

Betsy

Betsy
Author: Jean Hatton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780825460920

This is the true story of Elizabeth Fry, the prison reformer whose life and commitment still inspire Christians everywhere to stand up for their beliefs despite insurmountable odds.

Elizabeth Fry

Elizabeth Fry
Author: June Rose
Publisher: Tempus
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2007-04
Genre: Prison reformers
ISBN: 9780752442457

Elizabeth Fry, mother of eleven children and a Quaker minister, is seen as one of the most influential and enigmatic women in English history. Dismayed by the terrible prison conditions in the early 19th century, Fry drew the world's attention to the plight of incarcerated women, and became a living legend. This work presents her story.

While It Is Yet Day

While It Is Yet Day
Author: Averil Douglas Opperman
Publisher: Orphans Publishing
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2015-10-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9781903360149

This title tells the remarkable story of Elizabeth Fry, born in 1780 into a wealthy Quaker family, whose pioneering of prison reform is her most enduring legacy.

The Ode Less Travelled

The Ode Less Travelled
Author: Stephen Fry
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2006-08-17
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1101216824

Comedian and actor Stephen Fry's witty and practical guide, now in paperback, gives the aspiring poet or student the tools and confidence to write and understand poetry. Stephen Fry believes that if one can speak and read English, one can write poetry. In The Ode Less Travelled, he invites readers to discover the delights of writing poetry for pleasure and provides the tools and confidence to get started. Through enjoyable exercises, witty insights, and simple step-by-step advice, Fry introduces the concepts of Metre, Rhyme, Form, Diction, and Poetics. Most of us have never been taught to read or write poetry, and so it can seem mysterious and intimidating. But Fry, a wonderfully competent, engaging teacher and a writer of poetry himself, sets out to correct this problem by explaining the various elements of poetry in simple terms, without condescension. Fry's method works, and his enthusiasm is contagious as he explores different forms of poetry: the haiku, the ballad, the villanelle, and the sonnet, among many others. Along the way, he introduces us to poets we've heard of but never read. The Ode Less Travelled is not just the survey course you never took in college, it's a lively celebration of poetry that makes even the most reluctant reader want to pick up a pencil and give it a try.

Elizabeth Fry

Elizabeth Fry
Author: Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
Publisher:
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1916
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: