Gold For Prince Charlie

Author : Nigel G. Tranter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0706608844

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Gold for Prince Charlie by Nigel G. Tranter Pdf

Author : Nigel Tranter
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781444741087

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Gold for Prince Charlie by Nigel Tranter Pdf

In 1745 the Highlanders limped away from the bitter field of Culloden. Soon the Duke of Cumberland was offering a huge sum for the capture of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, dead or alive. Duncan MacGregor, great-nephew of Rob Roy, volunteers to join the small band of men escorting the Prince to safety. Just one day after the Prince's escape, a large amount of French gold is landed at the very spot from which he has sailed. Thus it is that Duncan becomes involved in a desperate attempt to save Prince Charlie's gold, helped by beautiful, headstrong Caroline Cameron. 'Through his imaginative dialogue, he provides a voice for Scotland's heroes' Scotland on Sunday

Author : David Forsyth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 191068208X

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Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites by David Forsyth Pdf

In the summer of 1745 'Bonnie Prince Charlie', grandson of James VII and II landed on the Isle of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. He would be the Jacobite Stuarts' last hope in the fight to regain the three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland. A major new exhibition on Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites opens at the National Museum of Scotland, and tells a compelling story of love, loss, exile, rebellion and retribution. It will challenge many of the misconceptions that still surround this turbulent period in European history.This book has eight specially commissioned essays on the Jacobites and includes a catalogue that showcases the rich wealth of objects in the exhibition.00Exhibition: National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK (23.06.-12.11.2017).

Author : Alan Gold
Publisher : Skyhorse
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781631580581

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The Pretender's Lady by Alan Gold Pdf

From the author of The Last Testament comes the true love of Bonnie Prince Charlie, her adventures in America and her lasting legacy. In the page-turning popular genre trail-blazed by Antonia Fraser and Phillippa Gregory, The Pretender’s Lady, Alan Gold’s meticulously researched novel, accurately opens history’s pages on a peerless woman who helped change the course of history and whose legend lives on in Scotland today—Flora MacDonald. She was the most famous Scotswoman of her day, single handedly saving Bonnie Prince Charlie. This is her fictionalized life story—her relations with the Prince, her flight to America, Ben Franklin’s influence, and her return to Britain to lobby for peace But what’s hidden from history, revealed now for the first time in Gold’s dazzling new work of fiction, is the result of Flora’s and Charlie’s love: a beautiful and talented boy raised on an American farm. But only she knows his true heritage and his claim to the world’s greatest throne. And only the genius of Ben Franklin understands how to use this naïve boy to change the history of America. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Author : Martyn Downer
Publisher : Corgi
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0552150851

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Nelson's Purse by Martyn Downer Pdf

The extraordinary story of a previously unknown cache of Horatio Nelson’s private possessions. In 2002, Sotheby’s auction house announced the discovery of a major cache of material relating to the life of England’s greatest naval hero, Horatio Nelson. The finding sheds amazing light on the intimate life of Nelson, his wife and his mistress in a way hitherto denied to biographers. The contents of this once-in-a-lifetime discovery are remarkable — some objects were believed lost, others had previously never been known to exist. Among the latter are some remarkable letters from Nelson’s jilted wife, Fanny, detailing the breakdown of their marriage. For the first time, Fanny’s role in Nelson’s life acquires real biographical substance. Also in the find are medals, swords, porcelain and jewelry, papers and letters (including some emotive letters by Emma Hamilton and Nelson himself) which shed fascinating new light on Nelson’s domestic affairs. Most dramatically, the cache also includes the bloodstained purse Nelson was carrying on the day he was shot on board HMS Victory in 1805, still containing its gold coins. Martyn Downer, the man who made this extraordinary find and spent a year of his life validating the material, tells the extraordinary historical detective story behind this great find and its progress from discovery to auction. It’s a gripping work of non-fiction combining historical biography with the uncovering of an extraordinary treasure trove just in time for the 200th anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar.

Author : Richard V. Shriver
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781413471748

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Gold to Refine by Richard V. Shriver Pdf

Gold To Refine is a collection of short stories. It is stories about my experiences as a student, youth director, minister/pastor/preacher, and teacher in Tennessee, Wisconsin, and England. It covers a period of about fifty years. It is stories about places I have lived and places I have visited - wonderful places. But much more, it is stories about people people I have known and admired over the years people who have been important in my life and in the lives of those around them wonderful people (there are a few tales about not-so-nice people, too). If anyone is in contact with all kinds of people and situations, it is clergy. These are stories about the amazing experiences of a particular minister, which happens to be myself. The stories are true. Some of the stories are humorous - even slapstick others are quite serious. As I say in the preface, I believe we all need stories funny stories, touching stories, loving stories, happy stories, stories with a moral, stories with hope. I offer this collection from the events of my life in the hope that in them are elements of humor, hope, and love for entertainment but also for encouragement.

Author : John Henry Walsh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555074792

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The Coursing calendar, ed. by 'Stonehenge'. by John Henry Walsh Pdf

Author : Arthur & Ira Friedberg
Publisher : Coin & Currency Institute
Page : 854 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-20
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780871840127

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Gold Coins of the World, 10th edition by Arthur & Ira Friedberg Pdf

The tenth edition of Gold Coins of the World expands on its predecessor, digging more deeply into new areas of collector interest, and expanding many sections. From the coins of Ancient Greece, Rome, and the Byzantine Empire, and from Afghanistan through Zanzibar, it includes the addition of many new discoveries for dozens of countries. From the 384 pages of the 1958 edition, the work has expanded to 852 pages, which have been completely revised and updated. The authors have listed more than 22,000 coin types, which are illustrated with more than 8,500 photos—now, for the first time, each one of them in color. Each country’s section includes tables of weight and fineness. The market valuations are extensively revised to reflect both the higher price of gold as well as the skyrocketing demand for numismatic rarities. Valuations are now provided, for the first time, in up to three states of preservation. Many of the prices, especially for great rarities and coins in higher grades, have at least doubled. In fact, as collectors recognize the scarcity of coins in the highest states of preservation, the premium for such coins relative to lower-graded ones is escalating beyond traditional proportions. The coinage of India and the Islamic world, long dismissed by western collectors as difficult to decipher, unimportant, and lacking in value, is now the subject of intense interest, and has shown some of the most dramatic increases of all. The reader will also find a useful directory of the world’s leading gold-coin dealers and auction houses. For the numismatist, banker, economist, historian, or institution of higher learning, the tenth edition of Gold Coins of the World is a book for every library, public and private.

Author : Ohio. State. Board of Agriculture
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 730 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89034765354

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Annual Report by Ohio. State. Board of Agriculture Pdf

Author : Canadian Shorthorn Association
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 856 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Cattle
ISBN : CORNELL:31924078833153

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Canadian Shorthorn Herd Book by Canadian Shorthorn Association Pdf

Author : HOWDEN SMITH
Publisher : BEYOND BOOKS HUB
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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PORTO BELLO GOLD by HOWDEN SMITH Pdf

I was in the counting-room, talking with Peter Corlaer, the chief of our fur-traders—he was that very day come down-river from the Iroquois country—when the boy, Darby, ran in from the street…FROM THE BOOKS.

Author : Malcolm Seddon
Publisher : eBook Partnership
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781911113669

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Escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie by Malcolm Seddon Pdf

This book describes the exciting adventures ofBonnie Prince Charlie over five months afterhis defeat at the battle of Culloden in 1746.On the run from his Hanoverian enemies, hedesperately sought a ship in which to escapefrom Scotland. In the process, he and a fewcompanions secretly trekked for five hundredmiles over remote mountainous areas of theWestern Isles and the North-West Highlands ofScotland. Eventually, he was rescued byfriends, and taken to France.The author has thoroughly researched the storyfrom contemporary accounts. Over ten years,he has also walked and explored the wholeroute that Charles followed on foot.For the benefit of present-day hillwalkers,there is a companion Hillwalkers' Guide. It contains details of walks that together coverCharles' complete route, and lead to places thatfigure in the story. The Guide can be accessedfree of charge from the dedicated website.www.bpcbooks.co.uk

Author : A. Dick
Publisher : Springer
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137292926

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Romanticism and the Gold Standard by A. Dick Pdf

Through a close analysis of the pamphlets, reviews, lectures, journalism, editorials, poems, and novels surrounding the introduction of the gold standard in 1816, this book examines the significance of monetary policy and economic debate to the culture and literature of Britain during the age of Romanticism.

Author : Ohio State Board of Agriculture
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : OSU:32435023773526

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Annual Report of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture by Ohio State Board of Agriculture Pdf

Reports for 1862-1866 include reports of the Ohio Pomological Society; reports for 1857- include abstracts of proceedings of the county agricultural societies.

Author : Sally Bedell Smith
Publisher : Random House
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780812988437

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Prince Charles by Sally Bedell Smith Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The life and loves of Prince Charles are illuminated in a major new biography from the New York Times bestselling author of Elizabeth the Queen—perfect for fans of The Crown. Sally Bedell Smith returns once again to the British royal family to give us a new look at Prince Charles, the oldest heir to the throne in more than three hundred years. This vivid, eye-opening biography—the product of four years of research and hundreds of interviews with palace officials, former girlfriends, spiritual gurus, and more, some speaking on the record for the first time—is the first authoritative treatment of Charles’s life that sheds light on the death of Diana, his marriage to Camilla, and his preparations to take the throne one day. Prince Charles brings to life the real man, with all of his ambitions, insecurities, and convictions. It begins with his lonely childhood, in which he struggled to live up to his father’s expectations and sought companionship from the Queen Mother and his great-uncle Lord Mountbatten. It follows him through difficult years at school, his early love affairs, his intellectual quests, his entrepreneurial pursuits, and his intense search for spiritual meaning. It tells of the tragedy of his marriage to Diana; his eventual reunion with his true love, Camilla; and his relationships with William, Kate, Harry, and his grandchildren. Ranging from his glamorous palaces to his country homes, from his globe-trotting travels to his local initiatives, Smith shows how Prince Charles possesses a fiercely independent spirit and yet has spent more than six decades waiting for his destined role, living a life dictated by protocols he often struggles to obey. With keen insight and the discovery of unexpected new details, Smith lays bare the contradictions of a man who is more complicated, tragic, and compelling than we knew, until now. Praise for Prince Charles “[Smith] understands the British upper classes and aristocracy (including the royals) very well indeed. . . . [She] makes many telling, shrewd points in pursuit of realigning the popular image of Prince Charles.”—William Boyd, The New York Times Book Review “[A] masterly account.”—The Wall Street Journal “Thoroughly researched and insightful . . . In this profile, it is clear [Smith] got inside the circular barriers that protect the man and his position. The Charles that emerges is, as the subtitle suggests, both a paradox and a creature of his passions.”—The Washington Times “[A] compellingly juicy bio . . . Windsor-philes will be mesmerized.”—People “Prince Charles paints an affectingly human portrait. . . . Smith writes about [Charles’s life] with a skill and sympathy she perfected in her 2012 biography of Charles’s mother.”—The Christian Science Monitor “Comprehensive and admirably fair . . . Until his accession to the throne, Smith’s portrait will stand as the definitive study.”—Booklist (starred review) “[A] fascinating book that is not just about a man who would be king, but also about the duties that come with privilege.”—Walter Isaacson “Sally Bedell Smith has given us a complete and compelling portrait of the man in the shadow of the throne. It’s all here, from the back stairs of the palaces to the front pages of the tabs.”—Tom Brokaw