Wigs On The Green

Author : Nancy Mitford
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307741370
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wigs on the Green written by Nancy Mitford and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-08-10 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nancy Mitford’s most controversial novel, unavailable for decades, is a hilarious satirical send-up of the fascist political enthusiasms of her sisters Unity and Diana, and of her notorious brother-in-law, Sir Oswald Mosley. Written in 1934, early in Hitler’s rise, Wigs on the Green lightheartedly skewers the devoted followers of British fascism. The sheltered and unworldy Eugenia Malmain is one of the richest girls in England and an ardent supporter of General Jack and his Union Jackshirts. World-weary Noel Foster and his scheming friend Jasper Aspect are in search of wealthy heiresses to marry; Lady Marjorie, disguised as a commoner, is on the run from the Duke she has just jilted at the altar; and her friend Poppy is considering whether to divorce her rich husband. When these characters converge with the colorful locals at a grandly misconceived costume pageant that turns into a brawl between Pacifists and Jackshirts, madcap farce ensues. Long suppressed by the author out of sensitivity to family feelings, Wigs on the Green can now be enjoyed by fans of Mitford’s superbly comic novels.

Author : Kendra Van Cleave
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692220436
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 18th Century Hair and Wig Styling written by Kendra Van Cleave and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : The B-52s
Publisher : Hyperion Books for Children
ISBN 13 : 9780786800797
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wig! written by The B-52s and published by Hyperion Books for Children. This book was released on 1995-09-25 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes in pictures and words a variety of zany wigs and the people who wear them. Based on a song by the B-52s.

Author : Kevin M. Miller
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 : 1662485344
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wigs on the Green written by Kevin M. Miller and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2023-02-16 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wigs on the green!" was once the gentleman's invitation to a duel. Wigs on the Green and Other Stories is a collection of historical fiction shorts covering little-known subjects. The centerpiece delves into the earliest known gangs of London and their hold on the populace, a trend that would continue with the Five Points Gangs in the years to come. There was a righteous cross-dressing swords(wo)man of the time known as the Chevalier d'Eon. Perhaps he could lend a hand in quelling the rascality of these bigwig hedonists?

Author : Steven H. Gale
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780824059903
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of British Humorists written by Steven H. Gale and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1996 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Green Bag written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes index. 1 v.

Author : Jonathon Green
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780304366361
Total Pages : 1600 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cassell's Dictionary of Slang written by Jonathon Green and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 1600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review; 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard.But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. The research has thrown up some fascinating results

Author : Pierce Egan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Real life in Ireland, or, The day and night scenes ... of Brian Boru, esq. and ... sir Shawn O'Dogherty, by a real Paddy [P. Egan]. written by Pierce Egan and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Pierce Egan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Real Life in Ireland written by Pierce Egan and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nancy Mitford
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0345806964
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Highland Fling written by Nancy Mitford and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Highland Fling—Nancy Mitford’s first novel, published in 1931—a set of completely incompatible and hilariously eccentric characters collide in a Scottish castle, where bright young things play pranks on their stodgy elders until the frothy plot climaxes in ghost sightings and a dramatic fire. Inspired in part by Mitford’s youthful infatuation with a Scottish aristocrat, her story follows young Jane Dacre to a shooting party at Dulloch Castle, where she tramps around a damp and chilly moor on a hunting expedition with formidable Lady Prague, xenophobic General Murgatroyd, one-eyed Admiral Wenceslaus, and an assortment of other ancient and gouty peers of the realm, while falling in love with Albert, a surrealist painter with a mischievous sense of humor. Lighthearted and sparkling with witty banter, Highland Fling was Mitford’s first foray into the delightful fictional world for which the author of The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate later became so celebrated. With an Introduction by Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey.