The Story of Britain - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Story of Britain write by Roy Strong. This book was released on 2018-06-14. The Story of Britain available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 'A triumph' INDEPENDENT 'A thought-provoking and indispensable book' DAILY MAIL 'An instant classic ... I have been reading it with unalloyed admiration and delight' EVENING STANDARD Roy Strong has written an exemplary introduction to the history of Britain, as first designated by the Romans. It is a brilliant and balanced account of successive ages bound together by a compelling narrative which answers the questions: 'Where do we come from?' and 'Where are we going?' Beginning with the earliest recorded Celtic times, and ending with the present day of Brexit Britain, it is a remarkable achievement. With his passion, enthusiasm and wide-ranging knowledge, he is the ideal narrator. His book should be read by anyone, anywhere, who cares about Britain's national past, national identity and national prospects.
The Laskett
The Laskett - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Laskett write by Roy C. Strong. This book was released on 2005. The Laskett available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Laskett is an intimate history of the garden Roy Strong made with his wife, Julia Trevelyan Oman--the largest formal garden created in the country since 1945. This personal book is the tale of a marriage as much as the tale of a garden, as into the Laskett they etched their own biographies, including many of the people who have crossed their lives and are commemorated within it.
A Country Life
A Country Life - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Country Life write by Roy Strong. This book was released on 2007-04-01. A Country Life available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Sir Roy Strong and his wife, the designer Julia Trevelyan Oman, have lived in the country for nearly thirty years. In 1987 he was asked to write an occasional column reflecting this quintessentially English way of life for the prestigious magazine A Country Life. This charming book brings these popular pieces together, portraying the passing of the seasons in what the author describes as his 'beloved adopted county' of Herefordshire. A Country Life is a wide-ranging kaleidoscope of memories and observations, embracing the countryside, gardens, cooking, and remembrances of things both long gone and only yesterday. The author writes lyrically of the arrival of the bright green tarragon shoots in spring; of the delights of eating al fresco; of making sorbets from blackberry and quince; of the russet beech hedges in winter and the sweet nostalgia that comes from unpacking Christmas decorations. The keynote of A Country Life is delight--a portrait of life in the English countryside, which seems as old as time itself.
Splendours and Miseries: The Roy Strong Diaries, 1967-87
Splendours and Miseries: The Roy Strong Diaries, 1967-87 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Splendours and Miseries: The Roy Strong Diaries, 1967-87 write by Roy Strong. This book was released on 2017-08-10. Splendours and Miseries: The Roy Strong Diaries, 1967-87 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 'The Alan Clark diaries of cultural politics' Sunday Times 'At every word a reputation dies' A. N. Wilson Roy Strong is best known as the flamboyant former director of two great cultural institutions - the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria & Albert Museum. In his first volume of diaries, he takes the reader into the heart of his career, revealing himself to be not just a mercurial and brilliant administrator, but also a shrewd observer of the glittering and political milieu into which he was drawn. We encounter David Hockney in his studio, the poignant figure of Cecil Beaton in decline, Nureyev fizzing with ideas and the Philistine Mrs Thatcher among many others, including a bevy of the Royal Family. And throughout the diaries runs the thread of an exceptional marriage, following his elopement with the designer Julia Trevelyan Oman. Splendours and Miseries provides a unique panorama of the world of the arts, fashion and society, taking us from the outrageous Swinging Sixties to the hard-edged glitz of Thatcher's Britain.
Gloriana
Gloriana - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Gloriana write by Roy Strong. This book was released on 2003. Gloriana available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. To examine the portraits of Elizabeth I is to witness the creation of the legend of the Virgin Queen, of Gloriana and her burgeoning empire. The history of the portraiture is that of the deliberate manufacture of an image powerful enough to hold together a people divided by both rigid hierarchy and religious belief. When Elizabeth came to the throne in 1558, her subjects had an all-too-vivid memory of military defeat and religious turmoil. Restoring stability to the kingdom involved the image of the Queen herself--over the years, she was transmuted from an elegant aristocrat into a cosmic vision. In Gloriana, Roy Strong provides a richly detailed analysis of all the major portraits.
