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PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Owing to ill health after an accident her doctor prescribed a move away from London to the cleaner air of Devon. Elizabeth had many relatives already living in Torquay. This book owes much to her correspondence with the amazing Mary Mitford, a remarkable person and a professional writer.This is a book that looks at her life under a microscope for the few precious years she was staying in Torquay. It is also a social history of Torquay in the Victorian times. It gives you a domestic insight into her everyday life by describing what she could see around her, who her friends were, what she said and did.Her life in Torquay was to change everything. There were fun times: carol singing till the early hours with Florence Nightingale and family; going to parties; bracing carriage rides up and down the sea front. Sadly her 'bro' (as she called him) Edward drowned in a yachting accident with several of his friends.Elizabeth Barrett was a poet whose work could be so romantic yet her poem 'The Cry of the Children' had the same effect that Charles Dickens achieved with `A Christmas Carol', it being both brutal and shocking, `social comment that has never been bettered.'.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Charles Dickens was an abrupt, excitable young man driven to succeed. He would always be distressed by the humiliation he experienced as a young child, at the hands of his frivolous parents. His Parents were well off and educated coming from middle-class backgrounds and he enjoyed that standard of living. Charles was well educated, well read and enjoyed music and acting.When his parents were put into the debtor's prison he was sent out to work in a shoe polish factory. Charles moved into scant lodgings and learnt to manage and fend for himself. His friends Green and Fagin looked out for him in those backstreet days of misery.His experiences fuelled his desire to succeed.This book concentrates on his domestic side of his life in the Westcountry.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - You will love Ginger Betty - she's great fun. She's a bit like Granny Bev and bit like 'shop' Gran - straight to the point in a roundabout way! She runs a small ginger beer making factory across the back yard from the family grocer's shop. She loves popular fiction and reading plays.Her passion is to direct in the theatre and she joins the Salcombe Amateur Dramatic Society known as SADS. This is her chance to write and produce a play, 'Inspector Hector Investigates' with the help of her friends.There are lots of fun adventures: sailing on the river, finding a stowaway and rescuing a chicken - all good stuff. She changes from being aimless and bored of work to being dynamic with lots of ideas. She certainly changed the lives of those poor families flooded out in the terrible spring storms of 1902.I don't know what you will make of Arnold but he is for real. He is demanding and very sure of his needs. He will climb on the shed roof if he has to. Oh, and by the way he's a cat.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This is a three part story: Firstly it deals with Charles Babbage's ancestors through the ages; secondly, we look at his own life as a child and teenager at university as well as his family life; Lastly we explore his relationship with the remarkable Ada Bryon, his inspiration to build a computer and his life as an inventor.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Young Kitty owns a small trading vessel called the Storm Siren that runs between Totnes and Dartmouth in Devon delivering soap from the family owned factory. Her crew consists of Florence, George, Denzel and Finley. On a trip to Dartmouth they rescue a young lad called Archer from the fast flowing river. Poor Archer had been trying to pursue a Danish ship called the Skuldelev to rescue his father who had been press ganged. With the help of their friend Amos and later the customs officer Mr. Tubman they hatch a daring plan for a rescue.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - A personal insight in to the life of John Keats, his thoughts, his friends, where was his life going . his poetry said it all. He was a hothead, short to temper, but so completely focused on becoming a poet, he had a vision, an image of himself. Fashion mattered, frilly cuffs mattered and he was prepared for fisticuffs on the streets or a brawl at the local theatre.His time in Devon was the summer in his life for the most part - though it rained most of the time. His brother and the girls from the shop across the way, were young, free, and so enjoying their precious time together. Part of him always looked back to those days for the rest of his short life. …

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Chateau Du Lac has its own story to tell. But this is about Fiona Macintyre who had thought life sweet and largely untroubled, perhaps things were going on in the same old way bit all was good. Until she meets someone, she is sent to Thailand on business. She is invited to a party in France and experiences what life was like for those that had lived in WW11 occupied France. The events that unfold have consequences for both families very existence.Yet this is comedy, it has romance, lots of travel. a bit gritty in parts, a good read.…