Ill, p.397.fictionA historical romancefrance - fiction, romantic fiction

Ill, p.110.non-fictionThe life and times of King George VIgreat britain - royal family, great britain - monarchy - history

Ill, p.304.non-fictionA history of King Edward VIII 1936great britain - monarchy - history, king edward viii

Ill, p.570.non-fictionTitle A history of King George the Fifth - 1910-1936great britain - monarchy - history, great britain - royal family

Ill, p.392.non-fictionThe life and times of King Edward VIIgreat britain - monarchy - history, great britain - royal family

Ill, p.212.non-fictionAn illustrated guide to travel in Irelandireland - travel, ireland description

Ill, p.264.non-fictionA travellers guide to Oxfordoxford - description, oxford - travel

Ill, p.64.non-fictionA travellers guide to cambridgecambridge - description, cambridge - travel

Ill, p.48.non-fictionAn illustrated guide to English villagesvillages - england, england - description and travel

Ill, p.373non-fictionPart of his numerous writings concerned his work on Venice in three volumes: The Stones of Venice. He visited Venice in November 1849 with his wife, Effie, and stayed at the water-fronted Hotel Danieli. Their six-year marriage was never consummated and for Effie, Venice provided an opportunity to socialise, while for Ruskin it was a venue to engage in more solitary studies. In particular, he made a point of drawing the Ca' d'Oro and the Doge's Palace, or Palazzo Ducale, fearing they would be destroyed by the occupying Austrian troops. Ruskin made extensive sketches and notes for the three-volume work, which soon developed from a technical history of Venetian architecture, from the Romanesque to the Renaissance, into a broad cultural history. Cleverly Ruskin managed to reflect his own view of contemporary England and to weave in a warning about the moral and spiritual health of society. Ruskin argued that Venice had slowly deteriorated. Its cultural achievements had been compromised, and its society corrupted, by the decline of true Christian faith. Instead of revering the divine, Renaissance artists honoured themselves, arrogantly celebrating human sensuousness. It is a work of immense worth both culturally and artistically. venice, venice - architecture

Ill, p.406.non-fictionPart of his numerous writings concerned his work on Venice in three volumes: The Stones of Venice. He visited Venice in November 1849 with his wife, Effie, and stayed at the water-fronted Hotel Danieli. Their six-year marriage was never consummated and for Effie, Venice provided an opportunity to socialise, while for Ruskin it was a venue to engage in more solitary studies. In particular, he made a point of drawing the Ca' d'Oro and the Doge's Palace, or Palazzo Ducale, fearing they would be destroyed by the occupying Austrian troops. Ruskin made extensive sketches and notes for the three-volume work, which soon developed from a technical history of Venetian architecture, from the Romanesque to the Renaissance, into a broad cultural history. Cleverly Ruskin managed to reflect his own view of contemporary England and to weave in a warning about the moral and spiritual health of society. Ruskin argued that Venice had slowly deteriorated. Its cultural achievements had been compromised, and its society corrupted, by the decline of true Christian faith. Instead of revering the divine, Renaissance artists honoured themselves, arrogantly celebrating human sensuousness. It is a work of immense worth both culturally and artistically. venice, venice - architecture

Ill, p.410.non-fictionA history of the individuals who contributed to Venetian historyvenice - history, venice - art

Ill, p.422.non-fictionA history of the individuals who made Florenceflorence - history, savonarola, dante

Ill, p.433.non-fictionA history of the art and architecture of Venicevenice - history, venice - art

Ill, p.208.non-fictionA travellers guide to Venicevenice - travel, venice - description

Ill, p.234.A travellers guide to Naplesnaples - travel, naples - description

Ill, p.195.A travellers guide to the Italian lakesitaly - lakes, italy - description and travel

Ill, p.95.non-fictionA travellers guide to Florenceflorence - description, florence - travel

Ill, p.10.non-fictionA photographic essay of egyptegypt - description, egypt - pictorial representation

Ill, p.210.non-fictionA travellersguide to Indiaindia - description and travel, india - social life and customs

Index, p.389.non-fictionThe life and times of the Duke of Wellingtonarthur wellesley duke of wellington, napoleonic wars

Ill, p.404.non-fictionAn essay on social life in Chinachina - social life and customs, china - women

Ill, p.339.non-fictionA travellers guide to Chinachina - description and travel, china - social life and customs

Ill, p.191.non-fictionThe life and time of Charles the Firstengland - monarchy - history, charles i 1625-1649

Index, p.613.non-fictionThe stories, traditions, legends, humor, wisdom, ballads and songs of he Irish people.folklore - ireland, ireland - social life and customs

ill., p.320.fictionA story of a young slave who became a national heroine.ireland - religion - fiction, saint brigid of ireland

bib. p.256.fictionIn her colloquial retelling of these stories, Marie Heaney conveys the full dramatic and poetic power of one of Europe's oldest narrative traditions. The most important tales from the three major pre-Christian sequences - the Mythological Cycle, the Ulster Cycle and the Finn Cycle - are followed by lives of the saints Patrick, Brigid and Columcille, and the result is a uniquely accessible compendium. Encompassing both extremes of violence and the most sublime and tender imaginative fancy, the world of Over Nine Waves is one in which the present-day reader will have no difficulty finding his or her bearings. Marie Heaney is the ideal guide, demonstrating with authority what may still be too little known, that the ancient Irish legends are comparable in their force and profundity to any in the world. legends - ireland, tales - ireland

Bib, p.224.non-fictionDictionary of Celtic Mythology derived from the earliest manuscript sources arranged in alphabetical format.mythology - celtic, dictionaries

Ill, p.434.non-fictionThis collection features humour and a vernacular approach to the collection of myth, legend and folklore of Irelandirish folklore, irish myths

Index, p.169.non-fictionA selection of Irish poetry.ireland - poetry, ireland