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Author:
Patricia Wright
By Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd
 Historical novel - a good read, 2010-06-12
I stumbled upon this book while on holiday and couldn't put it down. It's set in 5 different ages over about 1000 years and features different generations of the same family and what they must go through in each of their times to preserve their piece of a changing England - from bronze age to Tudor.
Great detail and imagination and now I'd like to get my own copy for my other half to read.
List Price: £8.99
Our Price: £3.10
Author:
Patricia Wright
By The History Press Ltd
Wonderful quirky history, 2009-03-01
I borrowed this book from our mobile library, and after reading it I just had to buy it! Not only is the book fascinating, but it is packed with interesting snippets of 'insider information' which give the reader voyeuristic peeks into the history of not only the famous building itself, but also of the people inhabiting it and the land upon which it stands.
The book is written with passion and humour and beautifully illustrated.
Anyone interested in British Royalty or British Heritage should try this book. I thoroughly recommend it!
Author:
Wendy Beckett
By DK Publishing
This handsome tome is packed to the gills with paintings and while readers might disagree with many of Sister Wendy Beckett's choices (that's half the fun, perhaps), there are still hundreds of unforgettable works of art that nearly any reader can appreciate. Most of the pictures, even those that seem unprepossessing at first glance, are made riveting by Sister Wendy's quirky, personal narratives, in which the simplest of images is suddenly rendered a dramatic focal point. A perfectly ordinary Dutch scene by Hendrick Avercamp--Frozen River of 1620--shows people going about their business on a lively patch of ice where children play and adults chat and work. Sister Wendy seizes on a fishing-hole cut into the ice through which a circle of cold, black water is apparent. "The hole that has been cut in the ice can frighten us when our eye falls into it and this is the only hint of the inherent danger of the scene", she writes ominously. In Anthony van Dyck's magnificent portrait of Charles I of England, she observes of his regal hauteur, "In hindsight we can see the tragedy: That a man so remote from common humanity, so superb in his conceit, must be heading for a fall." There...
Years of Browsing Pleasure!, 2000-12-11
You will love and hate this book. You will look in vain for your favourite paintings. You will get annoyed at the number of religious paintings. But when you read the comments with each beautifully reproduced picture you will start to come around to Sister Wendy's point of view and to learn a lot. You will be able to pick up this book and browse for years to come. My 9 year old loves to do this too. 1,000 is a lot of pictures.
Author:
Patricia Wright
By Corgi
Historical novel - a good read, 2010-06-12
I stumbled upon this book while on holiday and couldn't put it down. It's set in 5 different ages over about 1000 years and features different generations of the same family and what they must go through in each of their times to preserve their piece of a changing England - from bronze age to Tudor.
Great detail and imagination and now I'd like to get my own copy for my other half to read.
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