Frederick Hamiton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin & Ava, enjoyed a glittering career which few could equal. As Viceroy of India & Governor-General of Canada, he held the two most exalted positions available under the Crown, but prior to this his achievements as a British ambassador included restoring order to sectarian conflict in Syria, helping to keep Canada British, paving the way for the annexation of Egypt & preventing war from breaking out on India`s North-West Frontier. Dufferin was much more than a diplomat & politician, however: he was a leading Irish landlord, an adventurer & a travel writer whose Letters from High Latitudes proved a publishing sensation. He also became a celebrity of the time, & in his attempts to sustain his reputation he became trapped by his own inventions, thereafter living his public life in fear of exposure. Ingenuity, ability & charm usually saved the day, yet in the end catastrophe struck in the form of the greatest City scandal for forty years & the death of his heir in the Boer War. With unique access to the family archive at Clandeboye, Andrew Gailey presents a full biography of the figure once referred to as the `most popular man in Europe`. ...

In ” The Lost Kingdoms of Africa”, cultural historian Gus Casely-Hayford takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of this remarkable continent. As we encounter archaeological sites of staggering beauty, vast & ancient universities that pre-date Oxford & Cambridge, kingdoms of extraordinary wealth, andartistic traditions that still inspire artists today, we see how new research has opened up the study of African history in ways previously unimaginable. Long-lost kingdoms are being brought back to life & civilizations that had faded into myth are revealing their secrets. Using this recent research, Casely-Hayford not only reveals the story of Africa`s major kingdoms in an entirely new & informed way, but provides a richer understanding of this often overlooked history. ...

The Lost Lines of Britain is a nostalgic trip along Britain's lost railways. Retracing Britain's lost railway history, the book explores many of Britain's more popular routes that have now been converted to footpaths & cycleways. The informative text not only gives the historical background to each railway, but also details of the route as it lays disused today, with clear directions for anyone to retrace bits of line. Historical photographs show the lines in use prior to their closure & there are modern photographs of what can be seen today. ...

Mayfair is comprised principally of the London estates of the Grosvenors & the Berkeleys. It has always been an area where the well-to-do resided, building town mansions whose interiors & exteriors revealed a flowering of domestic architecture, from the classicism of Lord Burlington to the extravagant exuberance of those erected by industrialists & bankers. This book focuses on the architectural heritage of Mayfair's lost buildings. It

Includes:: numerous illustrations, many published for the first time.

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The welcome return of Oliver & Patch
- this time with Ruby & a lost baby penguin too! Everyone fell in love with these special
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The Lost Photographs of Captain Scott are just that, an incredible look at the last expedition he would ever undertake. During the final months of that journey in March 1912, Scott took a series of breathtaking photographs: panoramas of the continent, superb depictions of mountains & formations of ice & snow, & photographs of the explorers on the polar trail. These photos have never been seen
- initially fought over, neglected, then lost
- until now, that is. For the first time, they are resurrected & are testament to the men whose graves still lie unmarked in the vastness of the Great Alone.

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The Sahara Desert, February 1962: the wreckage of a plane emerges from the sands revealing, too, the body of the plane`s long-dead pilot. But who was he? & what had happened to him? Baker Street, London, June 1927: twenty-five-year-old Jessie Miller had fled a loveless marriage in Australia, longing for adventure in the London of the Bright Young Things. At a gin-soaked party, she met Bill Lancaster, fresh from the Royal Air force, his head full of a scheme that would make him as famous as Charles Lindbergh, who has just crossed the Atlantic. Lancaster wanted to fly three times as far
- from London to Melbourne
- & in Jessie Miller he knew he had found the perfect co-pilot. By the time they landed in Melbourne, the daring aviators were a global sensation
- &, despite still being married to other people, deeply in love. Keeping their affair a secret, they toured the world until the Wall Street Crash changed everything; Bill & Jessie
- like so many others
- were broke. & it was then, holed up in a run-down mansion on the outskirts of Miami & desperate for cash, that Jessie agreed to write a memoir. When a dashing ghostwriter Haden Clark was despatched from New York, the toxic combination of the handsome interloper, bootleg booze & jealousy led to a shocking crime. The trial that followed put Jessie & Bill back on the front pages & drove him to a reckless act of abandon to win it all back. The Lost Pilots is their extraordinary story, brought to vivid life by Corey Mead. Based on years of research & startling new evidence, & full of adventure, forbidden passion, crime, scandal & tragedy, it is a masterwork of narrative nonfiction that firmly restores one of aviation`s leading female pioneers to her rightful place in history.




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A Classic work, essential in the study of London history. This is the third edition. The author locates the rivers once above ground in London, though now mostly or completely buried & only occasionally apparent. He surveys what we know of them & their courses, their uses & their effect on London's development. This is without doubt the best book on the subject & comes with a fold-out map showing the courses of the rivers. ...

A moving investigation into the human comedy. The men aboard an impounded freighter in the port of Marseilles are divided
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