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Author: Michael McNay Publisher: Random House Business Books ISBN: 9781905211838 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 0
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TRAVEL & HOLIDAY GUIDES. Stonehenge, the Tower of London, York Minster, Longleat - all familiar, all among England's most visited places. But, what about the Roman villa at Lullingstone in Kent? Or Manchester Town Hall, with its Victorian murals? This title pays tribute to England's gems, highlighting the masterpieces to be found scattered across the country.
Author: Michael McNay Publisher: Random House Business Books ISBN: 9781905211838 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 0
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TRAVEL & HOLIDAY GUIDES. Stonehenge, the Tower of London, York Minster, Longleat - all familiar, all among England's most visited places. But, what about the Roman villa at Lullingstone in Kent? Or Manchester Town Hall, with its Victorian murals? This title pays tribute to England's gems, highlighting the masterpieces to be found scattered across the country.
Author: Michael McNay Publisher: ISBN: 9781905211845 Category : Languages : en Pages : 544
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Stonehenge, the Tower of London, York Minster, Longleat – all familiar, all among England's most visited places. But what about the wonderful Roman villa at Lullingstone in Kent? Or Manchester Town Hall, with its stunning Victorian murals? Or the medieval sculpture at Lanercost Priory in Cumbria. All equally rewarding, all far too easily overlooked.In Hidden Treasures Michael McNay pays tribute to England's less well-known gems, highlighting the astonishing masterpieces to be found scattered across the length and breadth of the country. In some cases it may be an entire building that draws his attention, but more often than not it is a particular object or highlight – a painting hidden away in a corner of a stately home, perhaps; magnificent stained glass in an otherwise unremarkable church; a seventeenth-century statue standing on a bleak urban roundabout; a medieval bridge everyone uses but no one stops to looks at. It may be the one thing worth seeing in a rather unpromising village. It may, just as easily, be jostling for attention among better-known tourist sites in the middle of a busy city. Whatever it is, each object or building is lovingly described, and its history given, along with a sense of how it fits in to the story of art and architecture in England. For those already familiar with particular places, Hidden Treasures offers an alternative itinerary. For those who dislike crowds, it shows how to leave the tourist trail well behind. And for those who want to stop and look rather than simply glance, it shows where and how to look.
Author: Mary-Ann Ochota Publisher: Frances Lincoln ISBN: 0711240086 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 291
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For the times when you’re driving past a lumpy, bumpy field and you wonder what made the lumps and bumps; for when you’re walking between two lines of grand trees, wondering when and why they were planted; for when you see a brown heritage sign pointing to a ‘tumulus’ but you don’t know what to look for… Entertaining and factually rigorous, Hidden Histories will help you decipher the story of our landscape through the features you can see around you. This Spotter’s Guide arms the amateur explorer with the crucial information needed to ‘read’ the landscape and spot the human activities that have shaped our green and pleasant land. Photographs and diagrams point out specific details and typical examples to help the curious Spotter ‘get their eye in’ and understand what they’re looking at, or looking for. Specially commissioned illustrations bring to life the processes that shaped the landscape - from medieval ploughing to Roman road building - and stand-alone capsules explore interesting aspects of history such as the Highland Clearances or the coming of Christianity. This unique guide uncovers the hidden stories behind the country's landscape, making it the perfect companion for an exploration of our green and pleasant land.
Author: Eleanore M Jewett Publisher: Bethlehem Books ISBN: 1883937485 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 258
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Amidst great mystery, Hugh is left in the care of Glastonbury Abbey by his father who must flee England too swiftly to be burdened by a crippled son. Ashamed of his physical weakness, yet possessed of a stout heart, Hugh finds that life at the abbey is surprisingly full in this year 1171, in the turbulent days of King Henry II. Hugh, his friend Dickon and their strange friend, the mad Bleheris, uncover a treasure trove and with it a deeper mystery of the sort that could only occur in Glastonbury where Joseph of Arimithea was said to have lived out his last years. Before all is done, more is resolved than Hugh could ever have hoped. A Newbery Honor winner. Illustrated by Frederick Chapman.
Author: Kit Williams Publisher: ISBN: Category : Fantasy Languages : en Pages : 40
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On his way to deliver a splendid necklace to the Sun from the Moon, Jack Hare is diverted by a series of odd characters and when he finally reaches his destination he realizes that the necklace is missing. The reader is invited to answer several riddles and solve the mystery from clues given in the text.
Author: Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe Publisher: Dundurn ISBN: 9781770705081 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 240
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Treasures of many kinds still lie hidden below crumbling castles and ruined monasteries; in macabre tombs; in subterranean labyrinths and sinister caverns. Many sunken treasures lie beneath the seas, oceans and lakes of the world. Vast stores of pirate gold are still hidden on many a real life treasure island such as Oak Island at Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. Many treasures were looted, hidden and lost after the two World Wars - Hermann Goering, for example, one of most powerful leaders of Nazi Germany, is strongly suspected of hiding huge treasures at Veldenstein and Lake Zeller. This fascinating, expertly researched book brilliantly reveals all these unsolved mysteries. The final section covers useful ideas for treasure-seekers: the study of old maps and charts; coded messages; secret symbols; and intensive research into the lives and locations of those people through out history who probably in all certainty, had treasure to hide.
Author: Michael McNay Publisher: Random House ISBN: 1847946178 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 596
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A lavishly illustrated guide to London's lesser-known cultural gems Nobody could deny that London is one of the most culturally and architecturally rich places in the world. We cannot think of it without calling to mind buildings such as the Houses of Parliament and St. Paul's Cathedral, monuments such as Nelson's Column and the Cenotaph, and the incredible collections of museums such as the V&A and Natural History Museum. But such glories can make us overlook some of the other, less obvious wonders that the city has to offer. Michael McNay has collected these more esoteric attractions here, highlighting masterpieces and locations of significance the length and breadth of the city and its suburbs. In some cases an entire building may draw his attention; perhaps a beautiful church tucked away on a backstreet or an unobtrusive townhouse which lodged some great figure. In other cases it may be only a particular object or feature; a display of photographs, or some particularly fine relief sculpture. In every case McNay describes the subject at hand in vivid detail and provides the reader with the cultural and historical context needed to fully appreciate it. However well you may think you know the capital, this book is certain to unlock more of its secrets to you, leading you away from well-trodden tourist destinations to explore the amazing secret history of this great city.
Author: Michael McNay
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Author: Michael McNay
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