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Nobody ever forgets their first sight of Blickling. The breath-taking red-brick gabled mansion and ancient yews sit at the heart of a magnificent garden and historic park in the beautiful Bure meadows. The completeness of the estate is just one of the things that sets Blickling apart. Its story can be traced over a thousand years, during which Blickling has been the scene of many historic events, and yet its landscape has changed little and is quintessentially Norfolk. The mansion was built, modified and embellished to reflect the status of its owners, the high- ranking and politically heavyweight Hobarts. While the house has been remodelled and added to over the centuries, each owner that w...
This is in essense a ghost story, the old fashioned kind! but it does deal with other complex family issues! Sarah Jones was a 6 year old little girl living with her family in an old house, that was the family's home in the town of Bristol, the southwest of England, set in 1974 to end of 1984. You will follow Sarah's chilly haunting memories of a ghost of a little girl Anna and her father, through Sarah's eyes as her experiences from the age of 6 become more apparent with sinister intentions. Sarah and her family will learn of the dark secrets this house holds, unknowing that a evil presence wants this secret to stay hidden and will do whatever it takes to keep it that way! This is based on true events that happened to a family in an actual house! This is one of the first of three books, a trilogy. Second is a prequel to the first set in 1860 - 1880 and the third a sequel to the first set in 1985 - 2012
Packed with fascinating facts, fun things to do and clues about the Earths history, this book will tell you all you need to know about Giants Causeway, and its a lot more than just rocks. Join our guides, Craig, Sal and Will with some interesting facts served up along the way by Frank the vomiting Fulmar on a journey through 500 million years of history! Youll read about battling giants, clashing continents, spewing lava and meet lots of the wildlife that call the Causeway home.
Giant's Causeway is truly deserving of its titanic title. As Northern Ireland's only World Heritage Site, it strikes wonder into the hundreds of thousands of people who visit each year. However, as you would expect of a geological phenomenon millions of years old (if you go for the scientists' explanation over the one about giants meeting to battle on a specially constructed causeway), it has been inspiring visitors and locals for hundreds of years. This guidebooks explores both the science and the myth, and introduces many fascinating characters, some fancied, others real, some world-famous, others local legends. As well as the Causeway's long history and the tall stories that abound, this ...
ONE OF IRELAND'S GREATEST UNSUNG HEROINES In the late nineteenth century, before women even had the vote, a group of respectable ladies operated outside the law to fight for the rights of the poor in Ireland. They were feared by both the British government and the Irish nationalist movement because of their radicalism, and the authorities were reluctant to confront them because they were women. They were the Ladies' Land League, led by Anna Parnell. When Anna and her colleagues started questioning her brother Charles Stewart Parnell's political strategies, they challenged the authority of the Irish Parliamentary Party and the male-run Land League, forcing Charles to reassert control and disband the Ladies' League. In this new study of an often unheralded heroine, Patricia Groves explores the life of Anna Parnell, her relationship with her brother and the forces that drove her to such remarkable feats.
Gardening legend Alan Titchmarsh (Gardeners' World, Alan Titchmarsh Show) introduces a lavishly illustrated book about the best of Britain, showcasing the best houses, gardens, landscapes, natural history and artistic treasures.This is an illustrated journey around many of the most beautiful and fascinating places that the National Trust looks after. Whether you are an armchair explorer or you're thinking about your next National Trust visit or holiday, this is a book you will want to have.The tour starts in the Midlands, then we travel through England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, discovering spectacular and iconic landscapes; perfect beaches, dramatic hills, peaceful wood and prec...
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