The Story Of Ravensworth

Author : John Browne
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781722037109
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of Ravensworth written by John Browne and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-12 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Ravensworth starts with William Fitzhugh's purchase of the Ravensworth landgrant in 1685, the largest colonial landgrant in Fairfax County, Virginia - 24,112 acres (37.7 square miles), about one-half the area of nearby Washington, DC. From a population of zero, not counting Native Americans who may have had encampments there, the 2000 Census recorded about 138,355 people living within Ravensworth's original borders. The land was repeatedly carved into smaller and smaller parcels through inheritance, sale and subdivision. The once uncharted expanse of forest became first a plantation, then a succession of smaller plantations, then farms - both large and small - served by crossroads villages, and finally today's thousands of homes and businesses as well as commercial and government centers. The story of Ravensworth is a story of colonial settlement, early government, tobacco plantations, slavery, civil war, economic expansion, the rise and decline of family farms, and suburban development - next door to the nation's capital - involving people, places and events both famous and obscure. It explores... The people who owned Ravensworth land and disposed of its parts; others who leased, worked, visited and helped shape it How the land was acquired, partitioned, leased and used Ravensworth's enduring landmarks Events that occurred there Tracing the step-by-step partitioning of Ravensworth through the generations of changing ownership involved studying land deeds and mapping their metes and bounds (compass direction and distance of boundary lines). The parcels then were georeferenced to place them in their correct geographic location on a contemporary map. The resulting maps enable visualizing the land where people lived and worked and where events occurred in Ravensworth in the context of today's communities, roads and streets.

Author : Catherine LaRoche
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476710139
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Knight of Love written by Catherine LaRoche and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-06-09 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this saucy romance, an English lady turns the damsel-in-distress tale on its head as she escapes her malicious fiancé and fights for both her life and that of the lustful rebel that has become her protector. Lady Lenora Trevelyan, a naïve yet stubborn young lady born to the highest noble houses of England and Germany, finds herself betrothed to the brutal Prince Kurt von Rotenburg-Gruselstadt. But after she is cruelly bruised and flogged by her fiancé, she decides to take the reins of her fate. In the midst of a German revolution, Lenora escapes Kurt’s iron fist and embarks home to England. She quickly finds herself in the hands of a rebel group and their robust, gentle, and handsome leader, Wolfram von Wolfsbach und Ravensworth, the English Earl of Ravensworth. Lenora struggles to deny the passion she feels towards the frustratingly chivalrous Earl but her desire for him continues to bloom. Wolfram hungers nothing other than to fight for democracy and civil rights in uniting Germany and to protect what he assumes is his damsel in distress. Through nights of immeasurable pleasure, Lenora and Wolfram learn that their passion is no match for the revolutionary chaos that ensues. And when Lenora discovers that her protector’s life is threatened, she must risk everything to save her Knight of Love.

Author : S. J. Martin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ravensworth written by S. J. Martin and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1071, in an England now harshly ruled and occupied by the Normans. Peace is a distant memory for the Saxon people as rebellions and retribution ravage the land and decimate the population. Luc De Malvais is the leader of the famed Breton Horse Warriors, a legend in battle, a feared and ruthless swordsman who has spent months quelling the rebellions in Northumberland. He suddenly finds himself in the eye of the storm in northern England when Alain Rufus orders him to manage and control a large rebel area around Ravensworth. However, it is not long before he is experiencing the full violence of the maelstrom that breaks around his head. He faces the most dangerous challenges of his life when he finds unexpected forbidden love with a beautiful rebel but encounters a savage and merciless enemy. This brutal Saxon leader intends to take revenge against these invaders. Full of hatred and rage, he resolves not only to drive out the Normans and destroy Malvais, but he wants to make the Horse Warrior suffer before taking both his life and the woman he loves.Praise for Ravensworth: The opening book of The Breton Horse Warrior Series."A good story and a great read. The intrigue and fighting keep it moving at a good pace. Braxton is the perfect villain." Tim Walker- Author."I found this a fascinating and riveting book; I was disappointed that I would be reading something else tomorrow: I look forward to Book 2 'Rebellion'. " Andy Mitchell."A very clever, well-crafted mash-up of fact and fiction, with engaging characters and a gripping storyline." Jan Spencelayh."I found it difficult to put down. The book has a great pace and keeps you involved." Rebecca Rowntree."What an incredible book this was. Read it in two days; I just couldn't put my kindle down." Charlie Albrighton.If you are followers of historical fiction authors such as Ken Follet, Conn Iggulden and Robyn Young, you will love this book.

Author : Ruby Waldeck
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fairfax County Courthouse written by Ruby Waldeck and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-04 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Fairfax County Courthouse" by Ruby Waldeck, Ross De Witt Netherton. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Louise Pecquet du Bellet
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN 13 : 0806307226
Total Pages : 1756 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Some Prominent Virginia Families written by Louise Pecquet du Bellet and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1976 with total page 1756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Philip Slaughter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of Truro Parish in Virginia written by Philip Slaughter and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : G. Varndell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1785705237
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Enclosures in Neolithic Europe written by G. Varndell and published by . This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These papers come from a conference on Neolithic Causewayed Enclosures in Europe held in London in 1999. They present a series of snapshots of some of the sites and regions at the forefront of current research on causewayed enclosures in Europe, and as such are a complement to the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME) project which has systematically recorded all known Neolithic enclosures in England by both analytical topographic survey techniques and aerial transcription. The detailed regional data collected by the RCHME project has allowed a radical reinterpretation of these sites and the recognition that there are regional groups of enclosures. This series of papers serves to broaden the discussion about the structure and form of causewayed monuments beyond lowland England, looking at a wide geographical range of sites across central Europe, as well as considering some sites which do not conform to the traditional type but which have been proved by excavation to have a Neolithic context. This collection of papers provides a long-awaited and important addition to the debate on these enigmatic prehistoric sites. Contents: Neolithic Enclosures of Scandinavia (Niels H Anderson) ; The Causewayed Enclosures of West-Central France from the beginning of the Fourth to the End of the Third Millennium (Claude Burnez and Catherine Louboutin) ; Le Mourral, Trèbes (Aude) and the Final Neolithic Circular Enclosures of the Languedoc (Jean Vaquer) ; The Late Neolithic Settlement of La Hersonnais, Pléchatel in its Regional Context (Jean-Yves Tinevez) ; The Neolithic Ditched Enclosures of the Tavoliere, South-East Italy (Robin Skeates) ; An Interrupted Ditch Alignment at Rivoli, Italy, in the Context of Neolithic Interrupted Ditch/Pit Systems (Lawrence Barfield) ; Aerial Survey and Neolithic Enclosures in Central Europe (Otto Braasch) ; From Lilliput to Brobdingnag: The Traditions of Enclosure in the Irish Neolithic (Gabriel Cooney) ; Billown Neolithic Enclosures, Isle of Man (Timothy Darvill) ; Lithic Artefacts from Neolithic Causewayed Enclosures: Character and Meaning (Alan Saville) ; A Causewayed Enclosure at Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire (Adrian Butler, Patrick Clay and John Thomas) ; The Howe Robin Story: An Unusual Enclosure on Crosby Ravensworth Fell (Moraig Brown) ; The Seventieth Causewayed Enclosure in the British Isles? (Peter D Horne, David MacLeod and Alastair Oswald) ; Rethinking the Carrock Fell Enclosure (Trevor Pearson and Peter Topping) .

Author : Mem Fox
Publisher : Omnibus Books
ISBN 13 : 9781743810583
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge written by Mem Fox and published by Omnibus Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge lives next door to a nursing home. When he finds out that his special friend, Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper, is losing her memory he sets out to find what a memory is.

Author : Nicola Cornick
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 0369702107
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Daughter of York written by Nicola Cornick and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An engaging, fast-paced read for fans of Philippa Gregory and of dual-timeline historical fiction." —Library Journal In the winter of 1483, Francis Lovell is Richard III’s Lord Chamberlain and confidant, but the threat of Henry Tudor’s rebels has the king entrusting to Francis and his wife, Anne, his most crucial mission: protecting the young Richard of York, his brother’s surviving son and a threat to Henry’s claims to the throne. Two years later, Richard III is dead, and Anne hides the young prince of York while Francis is hunted by agents of the new king, Henry VII. Running out of options to keep her husband and the boy safe, Anne uses the power of an ancient family relic to send them away, knowing that in doing so she will never see Francis again. In the present day, Serena Warren has been haunted by her past ever since her twin sister, Caitlin, disappeared. But when Caitlin’s bones are discovered interred in a church vault that hasn’t been opened since the eighteenth century, the police are baffled. Piecing together local folklore that speaks of a magical relic with her own hazy memories of the day Caitlin vanished, Serena begins to uncover an impossible secret that her grandfather has kept hidden, one that connects her to Anne, Francis and the young Duke of York. Inspired by the enduring mystery of the Princes in the Tower, Nicola Cornick cleverly interprets the events into a dazzling novel set between a present-day mystery and a country on the brink of Tudor rule.

Author : Mary L
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692118733
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aviation written by Mary L and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-16 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For thousands of years, man has dreamed of flying. In 1490 da Vinci drew a flying machine. Powered flight was finally realized by the Wright Brothers in 1903, which changed transportation forever.