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The Lord of Uraniborg is a comprehensive biography of Tycho Brahe father of modern astronomy famed alchemist and littérateur of the sixteenthcentury Danish Renaissance Written in a lively and engaging style Victor Thorens biography offers interesting perspectives on Tychos life and presents alternative analyses of virtually every aspect of his scientific work A range of readers interested in astronomy history of astronomy and the history of science will find this book fascinating
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The Lord of Uraniborg is a comprehensive biography of Tycho Brahe father of modern astronomy famed alchemist and littérateur of the sixteenthcentury Danish Renaissance Written in a lively and engaging style Victor Thorens biography offers interesting perspectives on Tychos life and presents alternative analyses of virtually every aspect of his scientific work A range of readers interested in astronomy history of astronomy and the history of science will find this book fascinating
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Quoted from the dust jacket flap A biography of Leo Haid Leo Michael Haid 18491924 was the last of the Roman Catholic Vicars Apostolic of North Carolina In 1885 Father Leo found himself named unexpectedly to the throne of Maryhelp Belmont Abbey in NOrth Carolina Two years later the young abbot was appointed Catholic bishop of the entire state The reputation of Leo Haid ceners on both the enormity of his jurisdictionencompassing all of North Carolina statistically the most Protestant State in the Unionand his incredible record as a missionary and monastic founder Despite his many successes the abbotbishop of Belmont suffered unceasing anxiety over his conflicting obligations as a Benedictine monk and as head of an expansive diocesan territory In this volume the first full biography of Leo Haid the conflicts of his uneasy administration are finally explored Haid is revealed as a man persecuted by antimony as a diocese and a monastery placed seemingly incompatible demands on his resources Pulled by two separate and very different spheres of responsibility he was forced to realize an integrity neither constituency could understand chronicles the beginnings of modern Catholicism in North Carolina of monasteries and schools in Virginia Georgia Florida and especially of Belmont Abbey and Belmont Abbey College
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Famed as the most beautiful undergraduate in Oxford Lord Alfred Douglas remains one of the most notorious figures in literary history This biography explores the mass of contradictions that made up the life of Bosie a genius yet a failure through his tormented youth
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A rounded portrait of William Joyce better known as Lord HawHaw It follows his life from Irish peasant to a broadcaster for the Third Reich and covers his trial and execution
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Examines the daring double life of Sir William JohnsonLoyalist diplomat frontiersman and warrior
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Lord Alfred Douglas or Bosie as he was known is destined to be remembered as the lover of Oscar Wilde Dissolute wellborn and beautiful as a young man his role in the events that led to Oscar Wildes trial and imprisonment determined the strange celebrity which haunted him until his death Biographies of Wilde generally give only a cursory account of what happened to Douglas after Wildes death but Bosie recounts the full and absorbing story of his complex life A successful though now obscure poet he renounced homosexuality after converting to Roman Catholicism and embarked on an illfated marriage to Olive Custance Lord Alfreds time was largely consumed by his growing interest in religion and costly feuds he was imprisoned for libeling Winston Churchill and he died a neglected and lonely figure in 1945Douglas Murray has had unprecedented access to many letters and key literary manuscripts and presents evidence which casts a new light on the relationship between Wilde and Bosie Indeed Murray has succeeded where Bosie himself failed in securing the release of a British government file which was to be sealed until 2043 The result is a genuinely groundbreaking biography and the definitive account of a fascinating life
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Although wielding huge influence in late Victorian and Edwardian political life Reginald Baliol Brett 1852 1930 the second Lord Esher was an enigma to his contemporaries and still remains a puzzle to historiansAt the heart of British and Imperial political affairs for several decades Esher sat in both Houses of Parliament was a high ranking civil servant friend and confidential advisor to three Sovereigns and four Prime Ministers of differing political hues and yet refused high office offered by both Liberals and Conservatives Yet his behindthescenes influence through his range of friends in high places gave him unmatched some thought undemocratic power Despite his lack of military service he was instrumental through his work on the Committee for Imperial Defense CID and its Secretarial for the wholesale reorganization of the Armed Forces It could be said that Esher with his grasp of power without responsibility was a unique phenomenon in British historyThe Author while compiling this fascinating study drew on Cabinet and CID files the Royal Archives and the papers of the Esher Balfour Asquith and Lloyd George estates The result is a brilliant readable yet scholarly addition to British political bibliography
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He Has Been Called americas Most Popular Expositor and the Archbishop of Fundamentalism He Could Make the Deep Things of God as Clear as Crystal and Transcendent Truth of the Bible Understood By the Average Reader but Harry Ironside Wasnt One for Titles and Fame His Consuming Passion Was to Preach the Gospelwhich He Did for Over 60 Years 18 of Them as Pastor of Chicagos Famous Moody Memorial Church During His Lifetime He Was Constantly On the Goto Conferences Missions Meetingsanwhere He Could Share the Wonderful News of Salvation He Traveled so Much and Spoke so Often That He Was Widely Known and Greatly Loved but He Died a Quarter of a Century Ago Providentially He Was Also a Prolific Writer Whose Books Captured the Spark of His Preaching Thus His Ministry Goes On in Even Wider Circles Than When He Was Alive Readers Who Know Harry Ironside Only Through His Wirtings as Well as Those Who Remember Him Vividly Will Welcome This Warmly Human Account of the Man Behind the Messagesthe Remarkable Life of a Remarkable Man of God Told By One Who Knew Him Well and Was a Part of Some of His Experiences It Is an Exciting Story Which Will Draw the Reader Closer to the Lord Jesus Christ
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Lord Melbourne was Prime Minister from 18431835 and was a kind friend and guide to the young Victoria on her accession Earlier he was married to Lady Caroline Lamb the mistress of Byron He played an important role in the social and political history of England
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The Field Marshal was a born commander and besides being a gifted linguist was mobilized as a Subaltern for the Boer War to act as a secret agent and to streamline the peace process With an appetite for battle in WW1 he became the Allied CinC of the Expeditionary Force in North Russia and being ranked as a knighted Major General at the age of 39 he then modernized the Staff training to deal with armored and aerial warfare His Generalship was tested out in the Raj and in 1939 on the day war was declared the British Army leadership as CIGS was placed in his hands so that he was able to defend Calais and freeup the BEF escape route to Dunkirk Back in business as CinC Home Forces he was given his baton Ironside surely had one of the most varied and long military careers of any military leader in the 20th century
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Octavo 438 pages VGG White spine with black and brown text Dustjacket has mild edgewear and shelfwear wrinkling to corners tearing along tail edge of rear cover Boards have bumping to corners Textblock has staining along fore edge writing in pencil on rear endpaper NOTE Shelved in Locked Annex Area FDA Section 1366844 Special Collections
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Lord Alfred Douglas or Bosie as he was known is destined to be remembered as the lover of Oscar Wilde Dissolute wellborn and beautiful as a young man his role in the events that led to Oscar Wildes trial and imprisonment determined the strange celebrity which haunted him until his death Biographies of Wilde generally give only a cursory account of what happened to Douglas after Wildes death but Bosie recounts the full and absorbing story of his complex life A successful though now obscure poet he renounced homosexuality after converting to Roman Catholicism and embarked on an illfated marriage to Olive Custance Lord Alfreds time was largely consumed by his growing interest in religion and costly feuds he was imprisoned for libeling Winston Churchill and he died a neglected and lonely figure in 1945Douglas Murray has had unprecedented access to many letters and key literary manuscripts and presents evidence which casts a new light on the relationship between Wilde and Bosie Indeed Murray has succeeded where Bosie himself failed in securing the release of a British government file which was to be sealed until 2043 The result is a genuinely groundbreaking biography and the definitive account of a fascinating life
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Lord of the Brush is the biography of an artist who has had a major impact on the world through his illustrations of JRR Tolkiens world This is the story of a young man who with little encouragement stays true to his vision and becomes an international celebrity with his art Johns story is brought to life with over 100 of his beautiful illustrations The story is further dramatised with the music of Howard Shore and his Suite for Richard performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra
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This biography investigates the life and phenomenon of Edward John Trelawny writer adventurer romantic and friend to Shelley and Byron Trelawnys is a story where the boundaries between fantasy and reality were blurred with fatal consequences It is a story inextricably linked with Byron and with the Greek War of Independence a war which provided both Romantic Europe and Edward Trelawny with their most extravagant challenge The story of Trelawnys role in the war his cave and his discovery of Odysseus treasure has all the ingredients of a Byronic romance It is a story of betrayal and greed of deluded idealism and physical courage played out against one of the most ferocious wars even the Balkans has seen
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