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Oxfam bookshop shaftesbury winner of the society for military history distinguished book award the horrific series of conflicts known as the thirty years war () tore the heart out of europe, killing perhaps a quarter of all germans and laying waste to whole areas of central europe to such a degree that many towns and regions never recoveredthe war was both a religious and a political one and it was this tangle of motives that made it impossible to stoppeter wilson's book is a major work, the first new history of the war in a generation, and a fascinating, brilliantly written attempt to explain a compelling series of eventsall the major european powers apart from russia were heavily involved and, while each country started out with rational war aims, the fighting rapidly spiralled out of control, with great battles giving way to marauding bands of starving soldiers spreading plague and murderat its end a recognizably modern europe had been created but at a terrible pricethe principal actors in the drama (wallenstein, ferdinand ii, gustavus adolphus, richelieu) are all here, but so is the experience of the ordinary soldiers and civilians, desperately trying to stay alive under impossible circumstancessee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhether motivated by idealism or cynicism, everyone drawn into the conflict was destroyed by it book condition very good, covers and spine unmarked and all pages crisp and cleanwilson's great strength is in allowing the reader to understand the tragedy of mixed motives that allowed rulers to gamble their countries' future with such horrifying results
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Oxfam shop st giles street a deadly continental struggle, the thirty years war devastated seventeenth-century europe, killing nearly a quarter of all germans and laying waste to towns and countryside alikesome scuff on the hard cover and edges of the pages see oxfam website for delivery information read morepeter wilson offers the first new history in a generation of a horrifying conflict that transformed the map of the modern world
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My collection of scouting memorabilia from thirty years of scoutingsad to see them go but the time has comeincludes my cub scout leaders cap badge, my queen's scout pin badge, my tie clip from usa national jamboree in valley forge, my gilwell scout centre tie clip and various others
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Soldier kings - the seven years war worldwide (2nd printing) ex/nmsoldier kings re-creates the free-for-all that was the seven years’ warthrowing a twist into all of this is card playthe world is changing; the power that grabs the most now will dominate the modern age that is just dawning
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Title: the hundred years war: english in france, (history and politics)list price (msrp)first edition: falsecondition: very gooddust jacket: false
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Bladestorm: the hundred years war (ps)condition is gooddispatched with royal mail 2nd class large letter
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The war is overoxfam shop inverness pungent tales of world war two converge with more distant memories of the thirty years war in this powerful, compelling debut novelset in the borderlands between germany and poland, this powerful first novel is reminiscent in mood, complexity and accomplishment of pat barker's world war one trilogy or sebastian faulks' birdsongmeanwhile, a colleague is much more concerned with unravelling uncannily similar events three hundred years old, events twisted by the centuries into their current, misshapen form, as the fairy-story of the pied piper of hamelinwhat he finds there is deeply unsettling and harrowinga young british army doctor finds himself ordered to investigate a curious plague in a polish refugee campsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In the name of the king is an epic swashbuckling pageturner that sweeps from the political intrigues of cardinal richelieu to the great battlefields of the thirty years waroxfam bookshop royal exchange square , and the pall of war hangs over franceaccused of treason and forced to flee into hiding, andré must fight on alone, staking both his life and his honour in the battle to save francetoo late he learns he has stumbled on a conspiracy within the king's own household to seize power by secret alliance with spainsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe young chevalier de roland has scarcely set foot in the city before he crosses swords with a cruel nobleman to defend a young woman's honour
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Oxfam shop keswick trettioåriga kriget ?- krigssånglabel: cbs ?- , stereo, sweden, prog rock lp " thirty years war 'war song' " (translation) very good condition vinyl overall and excellent label conditionsome hair line marks showing on side 2, however both sides have excellent play qualitythe cover is in good nr vg condition withsee first catalogue number on the rear sleeve, second on spine and labelscontains the special inner sleeve released with it, containing the lyrics and drawn impressions of the bandtracklist: a1 krigssång music by - fredin*4:33 a2 metamorfoser music by - åkerberg *4:34 a3 jag och jag och "jag"music by - åkerberg*3:20 a4 mitt mirakel music by - lundquist*3:30 a5 murar music by - åkerberg*, lundquist*, fredin *4:19 b krigssång iimusic by - fredin* see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Christian the younger of brunswick-wolfenbüttel (), a member of the house of welf, titular duke of brunswick-lüneburg and administrator of the prince-bishopric of halberstadt, was a german protestant military leader during the early years of the thirty years' war, fighting against the forces of the imperial house of habsburg, habsburg spain, and the catholic leaguemauquoy-hendrickx 186 identical to british museum copy: read morewith text marginsome vague toning, otherwise in excellent conditionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeportrait of christian, duke of brunswick, half-length, wearing a ruff, sash and armour; tree in the backgroundfrom the famous icones series, after van dyckplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitereinforced edges on versoon laid paper with watermark (strassbourg lilly)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablerobert van voerst was a famous flemish engraver, trained in the workshop of crispijn de passeappointed royal engraver to charles i incondition -- trimmed to the platemarkonly state! reference: hollstein 5
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham 'like a punch from a mailed fist, master of war gives a true taste of the hundred years waras he fights his way across northern france, blackstone learns the brutal lessons of war - from the terror and confusion of his first taste of combat, to the savage realities of siege warfareengland, : for thomas blackstone the choice is easy - dance on the end of a rope for a murder he did not commit, or take up his war bow and join the king's invasionit is a gripping chronicle of pitched battle, treachery and crueltysee oxfam website for delivery information read morevastly outnumbered, edward iii's army will finally confront the armoured might of the french nobility on the field of crécythe stench and harshness of medieval life is ever present' robert fabbri, bestselling author of the vespasian seriesit is a battle that will change the history of warfare, a battle that will change the course of blackstone's life, a battle that will forge a legend
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Very beautiful unique edition, photo book of 30 years of reforms from china to a world economic powerour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitelarge and thick book 35 x 26 x 4 cm, with coverare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle bernard watson's book traces the first 100 years of the salvation army's history text with a number of b/w platesexcellent pages, a little edge and jacket wear + small inscription to fly-leafsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sincefor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubt" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold warthe cold war was more of a global conflict than was either of this century's two major wars; far more than a confrontation between states or even empires, it was, as martin walker puts it, "a total war between economic and social systems, an industrial test to destructionnow that it is over, it is crucial to our future to understand how the cold war has shaped us and, especially, to recognize it as the economic and political dynamic that determined the structure of today's global economyas the united states became the national security state, california, which had a population of five million at the start of the cold war, grew to thirty million and, by the s provided one in every ten members of congress and two presidentsfrom the origins of the marshall plan, which revived europe after world war ii, and the strategic decision to rebuild a defeated japan into a bulwark against china to the collapse of the berlin wall, this authoritative work reveals how the west was built into an economic alliance that overpowered the soviet economy while also unleashing global economic forces that today challenge the traditional nation-stateat the end of the s the fear was generated by communist expansion into eastern europe and china; in the s by the prospect of defeat in vietnamthe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breathin the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominencesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreusing newly opened kremlin archives and his own experiences in the field, martin walker has written a brilliant analysis of the conflict that has shaped the contemporary worldwe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic power"walker reminds us how easy it is to forget that there were many occasions for the late s on when victory seemed far from assured, and that lent a particular urgency to the efforts of postwar western leaders
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The creation of britain's 'mandates' of palestine, transjordan and iraq, and france's in lebanon and syria, made the two powers uneasy neighbours for the following thirty yearsagainst the odds their pact survived the war to form the basis for the post-war division of the region into five new countries britain and france would rulein , after many years of intrigue and espionage, britain finally succeeded in ousting france from lebanon and syria, and hoped that, having done so, it would be able to cling on to palestineit explains exactly how the old antagonism between these two powers inflamed the more familiar modern rivalry between the arabs and the jews, and ultimately led to war between the british and the french in and between the arabs and the jews inoxfam books & music marlborough in , in the middle of the first world war, two men secretly agreed to divide the middle east between themthe deal they struck, which was designed to relieve tensions that threatened to engulf the entente cordiale, drew a line in the sand from the mediterranean to the persian frontiersir mark sykes was a visionary politician; françois georges-picot a diplomat with a grudgeterritory north of that stark line would go to france; land south of it, to britainthrough a stellar cast of politicians, diplomats, spies and soldiers, including tsee oxfam website for delivery information read morelawrence, winston churchill and charles de gaulle, a line in the sand vividly tells the story of the short but crucial era when britain and france ruled the middle eastusing newly declassified papers from the british and french archives, james barr brings this overlooked clandestine struggle back to life, and reveals, for the first time, the stunning way in which the french finally got their revenge
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The three central theses are the way in which war, politics and journalism have changed beyond all recognition in the past thirty yearsoxfam bookshop cheltenham what kind of a world do we live in when governments are able to pursue wars against not only the will of the people, but also the international institutions set up to promote peace? in the first world war 90% of casualties were soldiers; in recent wars 90% of casualties are civiliansbut instead of bringing home the real human costs of war, the advent of 'live' conflict coverage has led to television being used as just another propaganda toolsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebell pleads with poetic conviction for a stark reappraisal of the world we're creating for ourselves, as politics becomes increasingly remote from ordinary lives and reports from the front line often seem more like scenes from a hollywood moviein through gates of fire, martin bell uses his personal experiences as a reporter of eleven wars, and independent mp, to write an impassioned, heartfelt and coruscating call to arms
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Oxfam bookshop hove thirty years after lyndon johnson declared a war on poverty, the united states still lags behind most western democracies in national welfare systems, lacking such basic programs as national health insurance and child care supportit is racism that has undermined the war on poverty, and america must come to terms with this history if there is to be any hope of addressing welfare reform todayturning to lyndon johnson's "unconditional war on poverty," she contends that though anti-poverty programs for job training, community action, health care, housing, and education have accomplished much, they have not been fully realized because they became inextricably intertwined with the civil rights movement of the s, which triggered a white backlashsome critics have explained the failure of social programs by citing our tradition of individual freedom and libertarian values, while others point to weaknesses within the working classdrawing on extensive primary research, quadagno shows, for instance, how roosevelt, in need of support from southern congressmen, excluded african americans from the core programs of the social security actthe color of welfare reveals the root cause of this failure-the inability to address racial inequalityfrom reconstruction to lyndon johnson and beyond, quadagno reveals how american social policy has continually foundered on issues of racesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis shift of emphasis eventually alienated white, working-class americans, who had some of the same needs-for health care, subsidized housing, and job training opportunities-but who got very little from these programsthe "american creed" of liberty, justice, and equality clashed with a history of active racial discrimination, says quadagnojob training programs, for instance, became affirmative action programs, programs to improve housing became programs to integrate housing, programs that began as community action to upgrade the quality of life in the cities were taken over by local civil rights groupsquadagno shows that nixon, who initially supported many of johnson's programs, eventually caught on that the white middle class was disenchantedat the same time, affirmative action clashed openly with organized labor, and equal housing raised protests from the white suburban middle-class, who didn't want their neighborhoods integratedin the color of welfare, jill quadagno takes exception to these claims, placing race at the centre of the "american dilemma," as swedish economist gunnar myrdal did half a century agoin the s, the united states embarked on a journey to resolve the "american dilemmahe realized that his grand plan for welfare reform, the family assistance plan, threatened to undermine wages in the south and alienate the republican party's new constituency-white, southern democrats-and therefore dropped it" yet instead of finally instituting full democratic rights for all its citizens, the policies enacted in that turbulent decade failed dismally
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Over the past thirty years there, the forces of conservatism have achieved such supremacy as to reduce liberalism to a term of abuseoxfam bookshop cheltenham the state we're in, will hutton's explosive analysis of british society, was the biggest selling politico-economic work since the second world warand whilst american ideas dominated the latter part of the twentieth century, hutton argues that the underpinning of the twenty-first must come from europeto understand the global economy, hutton argues, one must first understand the united statessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is time for britain to stop vacillating between two cultures and make common cause with its continental partners - to reject the conservative orthodoxy in favour of the shared european beliefs of obligations, rights and fairnessnow, as the world realigns itself in the wake of the september 11th atrocities, hutton turns his attention to the global picture, and the ways in which the new world should be orderedhe lays bare modern america for what it is: a country of inequality in risk, opportunity and income, where 1% of the population owns 38% of the wealth, and 19% live in terrible poverty
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A secret that was kept entirely until thirty years after the war finishedbenedict cumberbatch stars in this close to accurate story of what went on behind super secret closed doors at bletchley park when a group of near geniuses broke enigma the nazi unbreatable coderiveting watching free post or buyer collects read more
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The war pictorial - de oorlog in beelda series of thirty consecutive issues - running from july through decemberthe paper quality is reasonable to goodour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe first eight are in the original englishthe magazines were published in dutch (‘hollandsche uitgave) as of marchall staples (somewhat rusty) are still in themplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitephoto reports from ww ithe first issue (july ) has more wear and frays than the restare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethey have a sturdy cardboard cover with a drawing on the spine of the last issue (december )
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Sun tzu's art of war, compiled more than two thousand years ago, is a study of the anatomy of organizations in conflictthe silver sparrow art of war: a version of sun tzu's art of war based on a manuscript of the classic text discovered at a chinese archeological site in china's shandong province in , which contains previously unknown fragmentsthe lost art of war: written more than one hundred years after sun tzu's text, by sun bin, a linear descendant of sun tzu, this classic of political and military strategy is faithful to the principles of the art of war, while developing their practical application much furthernow, this unique volume brings together the essential versions of sun tzu's text, along with illuminating commentaries and auxiliary texts written by distinguished strategiststhis comprehensive collection contains: the art of war: this edition of sun tzu's text includes the classic collection of commentaries by eleven interpretersthe translations, by the renowned translator thomas cleary, have all been published previously in book form, except for the silver sparrow art of war, which is available here for the first timeit draws on episodes from chinese history to show in concrete terms the proper use of sun tzu's principlessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world todaymastering the art of war: consisting of essays by two prominent statesmen-generals of han dynasty china, zhuge liang and liu ji, this book develops the strategies of sun tzu's classic into a complete handbook of organization and leadership
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However, after marty travels thirty years back in time, he discovers that he doesn't have enough fuel to return toand, after he accidentally prevents the first ever meeting between his own, teenage parents, marty's own future birth and present existence are placed in jeopardy! in 'back to the future part ), accompanied by doc brown (lloyd), marty mcfly (fox) must travel thirty years into the future to save his own children from going to jailmeanwhile, the good doc has fallen in love with a newly arrived schoolteacher (mary steenburgen)triple bill containing the entire time-travelling series of sci-fi comedy filmsin 'back to the future' (), teenager marty mcfly (michael jfox) just wants to play electric guitar and date girlfriend jennifer; he is also determined not to end up a loser in life like his own parentsoxfam shop kendal case and vhs in good conditionmeanwhile, the aged biff tannen (wilson) steals the delorean time machine to return to the fifties and make his younger self rich, creating an alternative timeline in which marty's father, george, has been murderedmarty's friend and mentor is the eccentric doctor emmet brown (christopher lloyd), who has successfully invented his own time machine in the form of a plutonium-powered delorean sports carsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefather george (crispin glover) is a weak-willed failure, bullied at work by his former high school tormentor biff tannen (thomas fwilson), while mother lorraine (lea thompson) is an alcoholicwhilst 'back to the future part ) sees marty (fox) go back in time to the wild west of to rescue his friend doc brown (lloyd), who he has discovered is due for a fatal showdown with one of bad guy biff's nasty ancestors
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From onwards, after 20 years, the character of the war changed to a more organised onethe first phase of the war can be characterised as an uprising, a civil war, and is known as the dutch uprising although this name is sometimes used to indicate the entire warthe eighty years' war was a battle in the netherlands that began in and ended in , with an intermediate peace (the twelve-year truce) from tothe war raged in one of the richest european territories, the habsburg or spanish netherlands and turned against a world power: the spanish empire under king philip ii, lord of the netherlands, and his successors philip iii and philip ivone page was mounted onto paperverso: latin/dutch textcondition: goodour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storewith centrefold as issued, adequate marginsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website#wikipedia (total of 8pages contain some foxingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabletwo tears which were fixed on the back
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From onwards, after 20 years, the character of the war changed to a more organised onethe first phase of the war can be characterised as an uprising, a civil war, and is known as the dutch uprising although this name is sometimes used to indicate the entire warthe eighty years' war was a battle in the netherlands that began in and ended in , with an intermediate peace (the twelve-year truce) from tothe war raged in one of the richest european territories, the habsburg or spanish netherlands and turned against a world power: the spanish empire under king philip ii, lord of the netherlands, and his successors philip iii and philip ivsufficient margins, zutpen as some tears and a piece was added oncondition: goodour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecentrefold is as issued#wikipedia (total of 6are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe pages have some foxing / stainsone page has a small tear which was reinforced on the back
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Battlefieldsof then and now [that is twenty years after the warhundreds of pictures of war and afterwar magazines showing places in france with bomb damage then 20 years after with some remedial workthey were issued in weekly partsgood condition for their age
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They are in good used condition, clean and not rusty, having been removed from a mattress that was in our child, pet and smoke free home for about thirty yearsas a guide 25 springs could be yours for twenty pounds or 50 springs for thirty poundsi am willing to sell in alternative numbers, in five spring increments with a minimum order of ten springs, to suit individual buyersthese five inch double coned, hourglass shaped, coil springs are ideal for use in craft, art, restoration or upcycling projectsall prices shown include delivery within mainland englandplease message me your requirements and i will reply with a price, i always reply to messages5 cm) the price shown is for 10 springs delivered within mainland englandmeasurements (approx) height – 5 inch (12 cm) max diameter – 35 cm) min diameter – 1
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Grant hayter-menzies chronicles not only the lives and eventual rescue of these noble creatures, who after years of deprivation and suffering found respite in the old war horse memorial hospital established by dorothy, but also the story of the challenges of founding and maintaining an animal-rescue institution on this scaleoxfam shop arnold in wealthy scottish socialite dorothy brooke followed her new husband to cairo, where she discovered thousands of suffering former british war horses leading lives of toil and miserythe legacy of the old war horse memorial hospital and its founder endures today in the dozens of international brooke animal-welfare facilities dedicated to improving the lives of working horses, donkeys and mules across africa, asia and latin americabrought to the middle east by british forces during the great war, these ex-cavalry horses had been left behind at the war's end, abandoned as used equipment too costly to send homesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The battle of the nile and then at acre were the first sallies in what would be fifteen years of bitter fightingit was a war won at sea, and by the time of waterloo britain had gained control and possessed the foundations of her empiretaking in gallant duels, bloody battles between huge fleets, amphibious assaults, daring coastal raids, and the subtleties of espionage and naval intelligence, this global conflict truly was the war for all the oceansbrought vividly to life through the words and stories of the ordinary people caught up in the conflict, this is a sweeping history of the years of naval warfare that set the balance of power in europe for the following centurybritain swung her forces into action to battle for control of the world's sea-lanes and thus all international tradeoxfam books & music troon as france emerged from revolution, a young general named napoleon bonaparte invaded egypt, hoping next to march overland to indiasee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit would not happen
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Ten years older, he is a dull, violent and controlling lawyer but caroline is determined not to be a traditional wifeafter years of simmering jealousy, norton accuses caroline and the prime minister of a 'criminal conversation' (adultery) precipitating 'the scandal of the century'for the next thirty years caroline campaigned for women and battled male-dominated victorian society, helping to write the infant custody act (), and influenced the matrimonial causes (divorce) act () and the married women's property act (), which gave women a separate legal identity for the first timeangry and humiliated he cuts caroline off, as was his right under the law, refuses to let her see their three sons, seizes her manuscripts and letters, her clothes and jewels, and leaves her destitutepickwick' inthe pickwick papersnorton is a laughing stockher beauty and wit attract many male admirers, including the prime minister, lord melbourneafter a trial lasting twelve hours, the jury's not guilty verdict is immediate, unanimous and sensationalon trial is caroline sheridan, a beautiful and clever young woman who had been manoeuvred into marrying the honourable george norton when she was just nineteenit is a fine, fresh morning that will become hot as the day progressesby her early twenties, caroline has become a respected poet and songwriter, clever mimic and outrageous flirtthe criminal conversation of mrs nortonis the extraordinary story of one woman's fight for the rights of women everywheresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham westminster, london, 22 junein westminster hall that day is a young charles dickens, who would, just a few months later, fictionalise the event as 'bardell vcrowds are gathering at the court of common pleas
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