A Right Royal Face Off

Author : Simon Edge
Publisher : Eye Books (US&CA)
ISBN 13 : 1785631314
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Right Royal Face-Off written by Simon Edge and published by Eye Books (US&CA). This book was released on 2020-08-28 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1777, and England's second-greatest portrait artist, Thomas Gainsborough, has a thriving practice a stone's thrown from London's royal palaces, while the press talks up his rivalry with Sir Joshua Reynolds, the pedantic theoretician who is the top dog of British portraiture. Fonder of the low life than high society, Gainsborough loathes pandering to the grandees who sit for him. However, he changes his tune when he is commissioned to paint King George III, his German queen and their vast family. He discovers a taste for royal company—but who will be chosen as court painter, Tom or Sir Joshua? Meanwhile, two and a half centuries later, a badly damaged painting turns up on a downmarket antiques TV show being filmed in Suffolk. Could the monstrosity really be, as its eccentric owner claims, a Gainsborough? If so, who is the sitter? And why does he have donkey's ears?

Author : Simon Edge
Publisher : Lightning Books
ISBN 13 : 9781785631306
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Right Royal Face-Off written by Simon Edge and published by Lightning Books. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1777, and England's second-greatest portrait artist, Thomas Gainsborough, has a thriving practice a stone's thrown from London's royal palaces, while the press talks up his rivalry with Sir Joshua Reynolds, the pedantic theoretician who is the top dog of British portraiture. Fonder of the low life than high society, Gainsborough loathes pandering to the grandees who sit for him. However, he changes his tune when he is commissioned to paint King George III, his German queen and their vast family. He discovers a taste for royal company--but who will be chosen as court painter, Tom or Sir Joshua? Meanwhile, two and a half centuries later, a badly damaged painting turns up on a downmarket antiques TV show being filmed in Suffolk. Could the monstrosity really be, as its eccentric owner claims, a Gainsborough? If so, who is the sitter? And why does he have donkey's ears?

Author : Wendy Holden
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402270682
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marrying Up written by Wendy Holden and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A brilliantly juicy Cinderella tale."—Heat Beautiful but broke student Polly and scheming social climber Alexa may have grown up in the same place, but they couldn't be more different. Polly's just fallen for Max, a handsome country vet. But Alexa can't be bothered with love—any guy with a pedigree will do, mind you, as long as he comes with a title, a mansion, and a family tiara. Alexa wiggles her way into friendship with Florrie, a clueless aristocrat who could support entire countries with her spare change. Suddenly the grandest doors swing open for Alexa, and a new life is so close she can taste it. Polly could care less about Max's money, but his mysterious habit of disappearing scares her. What's he hiding? Razor sharp in its wit, and as fresh as newlywed royals, Marrying Up reveals how sometimes a rags–to–riches story can rip a girl to shreds—and how sometimes the rewards of love aren't always what you expect. "Holden's tale of social snobbery and bare–faced ambition is a modern fairy tale that chimes perfectly with our post–Will and Kate world."—Glamour

Author : Clydesdale Horse Society of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1030 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clydesdale Stud Book written by Clydesdale Horse Society of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 1030 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Clydesdale Horse Society of Great Britain and Ireland
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1030 pages
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Download or read book The Clydesdale Stud-book. ... written by Clydesdale Horse Society of Great Britain and Ireland and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 1030 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Simon Edge
Publisher : Eye Books (US&CA)
ISBN 13 : 1785632531
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The End of the World is Flat written by Simon Edge and published by Eye Books (US&CA). This book was released on 2021-07-17 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A satirical comedy featuring Christopher Columbus, a tech billionaire, and a global delusion. Mel Winterbourne is the founder of a small, single-issue charity in the obscure field of mapmaking. Its success in achieving modest aims attracts the attention of handsome tech billionaire Joey Talavera, who evicts Mel and hijacks her charity for his own ends: to convince the world that the earth is flat. Although his chances of doing so seem slim, Flat Earthery is an idea whose time has come. With the historical reputation of Christopher Columbus in free-fall, old-style 'globularism' becomes heretical for a new generation of angry, anti-Establishment free-thinkers. Teachers, politicians, and celebrities face ruin if they refuse to sign up to the new orthodoxy. For Mel, something must be done. Teaming up with a pariah tabloid journalist and a faded writer of gross-out movie comedies, she sets out to challenge Talavera and his deranged beliefs. Will history and the billionaire's own family origins be their unexpected ally? Using his trademark mix of history and satire to poke fun at modern foibles, Simon Edge is at his razor-sharp best in a caper that may be much more relevant than you think.

Author : Royal Society of New Zealand
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 788 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand written by Royal Society of New Zealand and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes proceedings of member institutes of the Society and of the Society's Science Congress through v. 84, 1956/57.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 798 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand written by and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1674 pages
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Download or read book Journal of the Royal United Service Institution written by and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 1674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Royal United Service Institution (Great Britain)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1044 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Journal of the Royal United Service Institution written by Royal United Service Institution (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 1044 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: