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Bervie and Beyond reaches back to the early 1700s and into the lives of the author's paternal ancestry in North East Scotland, and then endeavours to trace the lives of all his fellow descendants through to around the mid-1900s. It tells the story of a not very successful smuggler who turned legitimate and established the first linen mill in Scotland. It progresses to his son Walter, who published several books in the early 1800s before being lured to Irelandby Chief Secretary Robert Peel to publish the Dublin Journal newspaper. But it was the next generation which brought real success. Alex Thom developed what was to become the leading Irish printing company, culminating in appointment as t...
Bervie and Beyond reaches back to the early 1700s and into the lives of the author’s paternal ancestry in North East Scotland, and then endeavours to trace the lives of all his fellow descendants through to around the mid-1900s. It tells the story of a not very successful smuggler who turned legitimate and established the first linen mill in Scotland. It progresses to his son Walter, who published several books in the early 1800s before being lured to Irelandby Chief Secretary Robert Peel to publish the Dublin Journal newspaper. But it was the next generation which brought real success. Alex Thom developed what was to become the leading Irish printing company, culminating in appointment as...
"A cultural history from renowned book historian David Finkelstein, who draws on a vast range of international sources to explore how printers interacted and shared trade and cultural identities across the English-speaking world over a significant part of the long nineteenth century"--Source : éditeur.
The Gentlemen of Horror 2014 are: Thom Futrell, Colin M. Maguire, Rick Powell, Joseph DeRepentigny, Peter Adam Salomon, W. Freedreamer Tinkanesh, and Nicholas Day. Foreword written by 2013 Lady of Horror, Hydra M. Star, and stunning artwork by Jihane Mossalim. The Gentlemen of Horror is a unique anthology that focuses as much on the writer as on the stories they tell. Inside you will find around 10,000 words of great horror in the form of stories, flash fiction and poetry, as well as in-depth biographies and fun photos.Come along and join the ride as each remarkable Gentleman drags you deeper into the dark, the terrifying, the surreal worlds within.Are you ready?