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Mysticism, Myth and Celtic Identity explores how the mythical and mystical past informs national imaginations. Building on notions of invented tradition and myths of the nation, it looks at the power of narrative and fiction to shape identity, with particular reference to the British and Celtic contexts. The authors consider how aspects of the past are reinterpreted or reimagined in a variety of ways to give coherence to desired national groupings, or groups aspiring to nationhood and its ‘defence’. The coverage is unusually broad in its historical sweep, dealing with work from prehistory to the contemporary, with a particular emphasis on the period from the eighteenth century to the pre...
An annual biographical dictionary, with which is incorporated "Men and women of the time."
This volume provides a history of St Michael's Mount, the enigmatic tidal island off the coast of Cornwall.
Lists the descendants of several different Taylor families in both the British Isles and the United States.
Vols. 1897-1916 published in 1920, which included obituaries of those who died up to Sept. 15, 1915, was reissued in 1929 with title-page 1897-1915 and included addenda giving details of additional death 1897 to the end of 1915 which had no previously come to the attention of the editor.
Reproduction of the original.
Ampleforth College; A Sketch-Book by Joseph Pike Bath and Wells; A Sketch-Book by D. S. Andrews Bristol; A Sketch-Book by Dorothy E.G. Woollard Bruges; A Sketch-Book by Joseph Pike Cambridge; A Sketch Book by Walter M. Keesey Canterbury; A Sketch Book by Walter M. Keesey Cardiff; A Sketch-Book by Douglas S. Andrews Chester; A Sketch-Book by Joseph Pike Durham; A Sketch-Book by Robert J. S. Bertram Florence; A Sketch-Book by Fred Richards From sketch-book and diary by Elizabeth Butler From sketch-book and diary by Elizabeth Butler Glasgow; A Sketch-Book by John Nisbet Harrow; A Sketch-Book by Walter M. Keesey Hastings and Environs; A Sketch-Book by H. G. Hampton Hastings and Environs; A Sketc...
Detailed and comprehensive, the second volume of the Venns' directory, in six parts, includes all known alumni until 1900.