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Edité par Collins Jewellery, 1998
ISBN 10 : 0006753981ISBN 13 : 9780006753988
Vendeur : Jason Books, Auckland, AUCKL, Nouvelle-Zélande
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Paperback.
Edité par Collins Jewellery, 2005
ISBN 10 : 0007107102ISBN 13 : 9780007107100
Vendeur : Jason Books, Auckland, AUCKL, Nouvelle-Zélande
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Paperback. The highly praised biography of an archetypal great house and the family who lived there for over 250 years.On 17 June 1751 Richard Sykes, 'laid the first stone of the new house at Sledmere, in a God-forsaken spot high up on the Yorkshire Wolds, where wolves had roamed freely less than fifty years before'.The Big House is the biography of a great country house and the lives of the Sykes family who lived there, with varying fates, for the next 250 years. It is a fascinating social history set against the backdrop of a changing England, with a highly individual, pugnacious and self-determining cast, including 'Old Tat' Sykes, said to be one of the great sights of Yorkshire (the author's great, great, great grandfather), who wore eighteenth-century dress to the day of his death at 91 in 1861. His son was similarly eccentric, wearing eight coats that he discarded gradually throughout the day in order to keep his body temperature at a constant. Aged 48, he was forced to marry 18-year-old Jessica Cavendish-Bentick - a lively and highly intelligent woman who relieved the boredom of her marriage by acquiring a string of lovers, writing novels and throwing extravagant parties (her nickname became 'Lady Satin Tights'), all the while accumulating debts that ended in a scandalous court case. These and many more unique, engaging personalities are brought to life in Sykes' lively stories.The Big House is vividly written and meticulously researched using the Sykes' own family papers and photographs. In this splendid biography of place and time, Christopher Simon Sykes has resuscitated the lives of his ancestors and their glorious home from the eighteenth through to the twentieth centuries. First published 2004.
Edité par Collins Jewellery, 2002
ISBN 10 : 0006387152ISBN 13 : 9780006387152
Vendeur : Barclay Books, York, WA, Australie
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Paperback. A non-partisan biography of one of the most formidable political figures of the twentieth century. Frank's biography deals with power and how this often isolated woman handled it, alongside her family and her emotional life. Harper Collins, 2002. A near fine, unmarked paperback copy.
Edité par Collins Jewellery, 2001
ISBN 10 : 0007118570ISBN 13 : 9780007118571
Vendeur : Barclay Books, York, WA, Australie
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Paperback. 2001. A very good copy with some creasing to the wraps.
Paperback. Fair condition. Tanning.
Edité par Collins Jewellery, 2004
ISBN 10 : 0007194188ISBN 13 : 9780007194186
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Paperback. As a novelist, Arundhati Roy is known for her lush language and intricate structure. As a political essayist, her prose is searching and fierce. All of these qualities shine through in the interviews collected by David Barsamian for The Chequebook & the Cruise Missile, recorded between 2001 and 2003. Whether discussing her childhood or the problems of translation in a multilingual society, Roy and Barsamian, the producer and host of Alternative Radio, engage in a lively and accessible manner. Speaking candidly and casually, Roy describes her participation in a demonstration against the Indian dam program as 'absolutely fantastic'. She jokes that her Supreme Court charge for 'corrupting public morality' - in the case of her novel The God of Small Things - should have been changed to 'further corrupting public morality'. She calls on her training as an architect to explain what she means by the 'physics of power'. Like a house of cards, she argues that 'unfettered power.cannot go berserk like this and expect to hold it all together.' Roy has been acclaimed for her courage (Salman Rushdie) and her eloquence (Kirkus Reviews), and her writing has been described as 'a banquet for the senses' (Newsweek). She has found a readership among fiction enthusiasts and political activists. The Chequebook and the Cruise Missile captures Roy speaking one-on-one to her audience, revealing her intense and wide-ranging intellect, her very personal voice, and her opinion on momentous political events. Good condition. Tanning.
Edité par Collins Jewellery, 2003
ISBN 10 : 0007156251ISBN 13 : 9780007156252
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Hardback. Used - good condition.Gerneral signs of wear. Slight discolouration to dust cover.
Edité par Collins Jewellery, 1985
ISBN 10 : 0005995019ISBN 13 : 9780005995013
Vendeur : Barclay Books, York, WA, Australie
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Hardback. A fine, as new, copy that is still in the original publishers shrink wrap. Scans available if required.