Secret Chambers and Hiding-Places - Couverture souple

Fea, Allan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1410103706 ISBN 13 : 9781410103703

Editeur : Fredonia Books (NL), 2003

Synopsis

The secret chamber is unrivaled even by the haunted house for the mystery and romance surrounding it. Volumes have been written about the haunted house, while the secret chamber has found but few exponents. In the secret chamber, however, we have something tangible to deal with - a subject not only keenly interesting from an antiquarian point of view, but one deserving the attention of the general reader; for in exploring the gloomy hiding-holes, concealed apartments, passages, and staircases in our old halls and manor houses we probe, as it were, into the very ground work of romance. We find actuality to support the weird and mysterious stories of fiction. Originally published in 1904 with the subtitle: "Historic, Romantic, & Legendary Stories & Traditions About Hiding-Holes, Secret Chambers, etc." Chapters include: A Great Deviser of "Priests' Holes"- Priest-Hunting at Braddocks - The Gunpowder Plot Conspirators - Mysterious Rooms, Deadly Pits, etc. - James II's Escapes - Concealed Doors - Subterranean Passages, etc. - Hiding-Places of Smugglers and Thieves - The Scottish Hiding-Places of Prince Charles Edward; etc. Illustrated throughout with stunning black and white engravings and photo illustrations. A very interesting and unique book that explores role of secret hiding places throughout English history.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

By: Allan Fea (1860-1956) “Secret Chambers and Hiding Places” is a collection of concealments and their uses, almost all within England, although a very few passages and chambers in continental Europe are mentioned, Jacobite hidey holes in Scotland, while the final chapter of the book covers Bonnie Prince Charlie’s wanderings around Scotland, among caves and other hiding places. Most chapters are devoted to historical events; such as the the seventeenth century persecution of roman catholics (with many large houses having specially constructed “priests’ holes”), or various unpopular monarchs and their hiding places. The text is scattered with legends and true stories, with occasional skeletons found, still hiding, long centuries after the searchers have left. The author describes hidden doors, passages, rooms and pits with enormous enthusiasm ... and with considerable regret when he has to describe secret places lost to demolition or modernisation. You’ll wish you could wander the country, poking into the darkest recesses of every old house you find! First Page: [Illustration: MOSELEY HALL, STAFFORDSHIRE] SECRET CHAMBERS AND HIDING PLACES HISTORIC, ROMANTIC, & LEGENDARY STORIES & TRADITIONS ABOUT HIDING HOLES, SECRET CHAMBERS, ETC. BY ALLAN FEA AUTHOR OF "THE FLIGHT OF THE KING," "KING MONMOUTH," ETC. WITH EIGHTY ILLUSTRATIONS THIRD AND REVISED EDITION CONTENTS CHAPTER I A GREAT DEVISER OF "PRIEST'S HOLES" CHAPTER II HINDLIP HALL CHAPTER III PRIEST HUNTING AT BRADDOCKS CHAPTER IV THE GUNPOWDER PLOT CONSPIRATORS CHAPTER V HARVINGTON, UFTON, AND INGATESTONE CHAPTER VI COMPTON WINYATES, SALFORD PRIOR, SAWSTON, OXBURGH, PARHAM, PAXHILL, ETC. CHAPTER VII KING HUNTING: BOSCOBEL, MOSELEY, TRENT, AND HEALE CHAPTER VIII CAVALIER HUNTING, ETC. CHAPTER IX JAMES II.'S ESCAPES CHAPTER X JAMES II.'S ESCAPES ( continued ): HAM HOUSE, AND "ABDICATION HOUSE" CHAPTER XI MYSTERIOUS ROOMS, DEADLY PITS, ETC. CHAPTER XII HIDING PLACES IN JACOBITE DWELLINGS AND IN SCOTTISH CASTLES AND MANSIONS CHAPTER XIII

Présentation de l'éditeur

A striking and intriguing read, Fea's book covers a number of secret places in well-known castles and towers, making it an interesting read for anyone and particularly anyone interested in architecture.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fredonia Books (NL)
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1410103706
• ISBN 13: 9781410103703
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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