The Scholar Gypsy
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Author |
: Anthony Sampson |
Publisher |
: A&C Black |
Total Pages |
: 200 |
Release |
: 2012-11-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781448210602 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1448210607 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Scholar Gypsy by : Anthony Sampson
As a child, Anthony Sampson was haunted by a family skeleton. He knew his grandfather John Sampson had been an authority on the gypsies. They had called him the Rai - the Master - and had flocked to his magnificent funeral on a Welsh mountain. But of his grandfather's private life he was told nothing, nor of the mysterious aunt who joined the family after his death. In fact only sixty years later did the truth begin to emerge. This book follows a trail of clues to uncover an extraordinary hidden life and a gypsy world now disappeared. John Sampson was a brilliant philologist who, happening to encounter a gypsy tribe in North Wales, compiled over thirty years a dictionary of the Romani language that remains the standard work. But he also became a Bohemian himself, a bigamist and the father of a child who was brought up secretly and who would in turn become a remarkable scholar. Using intimate letters, bawdy rhymes and wonderful illustrations- including many by Augustus John who was part of the circle - Anthony Sampson brings to life a group of scholars, writers and painters who escaped Victorian convention to pursue an alternative life in the Welsh hills. The Scholar Gypsy is both a detective story and a moving voyage of discovery. Ranging through finely observed contrasts and connections it illuminates many lesser-known aspects of Victorian and Edwardian Britain and vividly conveys the spell that gypsies cast on the imagination of artists and writers, and the fear that they arouse among the conventional.
Author |
: Matthew Arnold |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 126 |
Release |
: 1906 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCD:31175035206476 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Scholar-gipsy by : Matthew Arnold
Author |
: Marjorie B. Garber |
Publisher |
: Fordham Univ Press |
Total Pages |
: 247 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780823242047 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0823242048 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis Loaded Words by : Marjorie B. Garber
Asthma is a common chronic inflammatory condition of the airways which causes coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath and tightness of the chest. Asthma attacks can be triggered by exposure to allergens, physical exertion, stress, or can be aggravated as a result of common coughs and colds. Over 5 million people in the UK and over 6% of children in the US suffer from Asthma, and a recent increase in prevalence is thought to be attributed to our modern lifestyle, such the changes in housing, diet and a more hygienic environment that have developed over the past few decades. Asthma: The Facts is a practical guide to asthma, suitable for those who suffer from asthma, their families, and the health professionals that treat them. It details how a diagnosis of asthma is reached, and what treatments are available to successfully manage the condition and prevent attacks on a day-to-day basis. The book contains advice on proactive changes which can be made to lifestyles, such as avoiding allergens, as well as how to cope with an attack, and how to administer the relevant treatment effectively. The authors conclude that whilst there is currently no cure for asthma, by taking a proactive, self-directed approach to management, its impact on the patient and their lives can be significantly reduced.
Author |
: Joseph Glanvill |
Publisher |
: Harvester Press |
Total Pages |
: 632 |
Release |
: 1970 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015004110543 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Vanity of Dogmatizing by : Joseph Glanvill
Author |
: Matthew Arnold |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 1972 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0393043770 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780393043778 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Poems of Matthew Arnold by : Matthew Arnold
Author |
: Judith Okely |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 262 |
Release |
: 1983-02-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521288703 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521288705 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Traveller-Gypsies by : Judith Okely
The first monograph to be published on Gypsies in Britain using the perspective of social anthropology.
Author |
: Ronald Arbuthnott Knox |
Publisher |
: Courier Corporation |
Total Pages |
: 276 |
Release |
: 1983-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0486244938 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780486244938 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Footsteps at the Lock by : Ronald Arbuthnott Knox
Urbane mystery, set in the pastoral reaches of the upper Thames, concerns the disappearance of young heir to a fortune. Insurance company investigator Miles Bredon takes on the case. Delightfully tongue-in-cheek tone, baffling clues, challenging mystery counterpointed by poetic evocation of the river and countryside. Fine novel by author of 10 celebrated "commandments" for writing detective fiction.
Author |
: Matthew Arnold |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 42 |
Release |
: 1996 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:40945706 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Scholar Gipsy by : Matthew Arnold
Author |
: Matthew Arnold |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 328 |
Release |
: 1854 |
ISBN-10 |
: BL:A0018565497 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis Poems ... A new edition by : Matthew Arnold
Author |
: Alison Reeger Cook |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2013-05-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1908483873 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781908483874 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Scholar, the Sphinx and the Shades of Nyx by : Alison Reeger Cook
Cervera, Spain, 1852. David Sandoval is a sixteen-year-old genius on many different subjects, yet he is more content studying than becoming close with family or friends. When he accepts an apprenticeship offer from a French architect, he is convinced that this will be the biggest achievement of his life. While on his travels to Paris, a foolhardy decision on his part gets him abducted by a gypsy caravan, owned by a living Grecian sphinx. The sphinx, seemingly intrigued by the fearless young man, takes him through the Curtain, the gateway between our world and the worlds of the "unseen," where many creatures of myth and legend reside. When David discovers that he has unwittingly proposed to the sphinx--who appears pleased to have him as a potential mate--he attempts to escape back through the Curtain to the human world, only to be sent to Kyoto, Japan, and that is only the beginning of his problems. On his adventure to return home, he learns a dark secret: a Shade, an extension of the shadowy Night Goddess Nyx, is slowly draining the sphinx of her most precious talents. David might be the only human on earth with the knowledge of how to save the sphinx from a lethal blight imposed on her by Nyx, and he must also save his new friends from a ruthless adversary, the Teumessian. Can one normal boy truly undo the inflictions of a goddess, and rescue both the seen and unseen worlds from her dark intentions?