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The King's Jester

The Life of Dan Leno, Victorian Comic Genius

By: Barry Anthony

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The King's Jester

The Life of Dan Leno, Victorian Comic Genius

By: Barry Anthony

Who was Dan Leno? In 1901 everyone in Britain knew who he was. They had seen him live on the music hall stage, listened to his jokes on the new gramophone and watched his funny antics in some of the earliest moving pictures. Even King Edward VII was a fan and the popular press dubbed Dan Leno 'The King's Jester'. But his path to fame was a hard one: he journeyed from being a child performer in the London and Liverpool slums to a chaotic career in hard-bitten northern variety theatres. Dan became the nation's favourite comedian, but as one of the first mass media stars he suffered from this continual exposure and died at the early age of forty three. Drawing on many previously unused sources, this is first, authoritative, biography of Dan Leno. Only Charlie Chaplin, often compared to Dan in style and appearance, was to occupy a similar position in the hearts of the British public. In telling the full story of Dan's life and career on the stage and screen, Barry Anthony brings to life the everyday life of Victorian Britain, as well as Dan's unique brand of humour and its resonance with later comedians such as Spike Milligan and the Monty Python team.

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290

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0857731041

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9780857731043

The King's Shilling and Stalag V111B

By: Anthony G. Parnell.

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The King's Shilling and Stalag V111B

By: Anthony G. Parnell.

Born in London, England in 1922, Anthony Parnell's interest in aeroplanes took hold of his imagination at an early age. He became a plane spotter with his friend at Croydon Aerodrome. As his love grew, his dream was that one day he would fly. Becoming a pilot in the RAF fulfilled that dream. On March 28, 1942 leaving at dawn on a Top Secret Mission, Anthony's flight came to an abrupt end when he made an emergency landing with his crippled plane on a beach he believed was on the English coast. He and his crew were taken prisoner and thus began his WWII experience as a Prisoner Of War in Stalag V111B. This book tells the story of Anthony's experience during that suspenseful and hopeless time, including his attempts at escape and the 1,000 kilometres walk across Europe in winter conditions that would later become known as The Death March. Per Ardua ad Astra - Through Adversity to the Stars - that is the RAF Motto, and the motto that Anthony Parnell would attempt to follow in his struggle for survival.

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206

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FriesenPress

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1525514377

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9781525514371

Command

The Twenty-First-Century General

By: Anthony King

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Command

The Twenty-First-Century General

By: Anthony King

A history of modern military command, from the individualist, heroic generals of the twentieth century to the highly-professionalised command teams of the twenty-first. Profiling prominent contemporary generals and their staffs, King vividly analyses divisional headquarters, giving a unique insight into the transformation of military command.

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505

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Cambridge University Press

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1108476406

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9781108476409

Bridge

By: H. Anthony Medley

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Bridge

By: H. Anthony Medley

Introduces the game of bridge and discusses bids, rebids, trick-taking, defense, and advanced play

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394

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Penguin

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0028617355

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9780028617350

Charles XI and Swedish Absolutism, 1660-1697

By: Anthony F. Upton

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Charles XI and Swedish Absolutism, 1660-1697

By: Anthony F. Upton

The reading public outside Sweden knows little of that country's history, beyond the dramatic and short-lived era in the seventeenth century when Sweden under Gustavus Adolphus became a major European power by her intervention in the Thirty Years War. In the last decades of the seventeenth century another Swedish king, Charles XI, launched a less dramatic but remarkable bid to stabilize and secure Sweden's position as a major power in northern Europe and as master of the Baltic Sea. This project, which is almost unknown to students of history outside Sweden, involved a comprehensive overhaul of the government and institutions of the kingdom, on the basis of establishing Sweden as a model of absolute monarchy. This 1998 book gives an account of what was achieved under the absolutist direction of a distinctly unglamorous, but pious and conscientious ruler.

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316

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Cambridge University Press

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0521573904

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9780521573900

Awakening Beauty

An Illustrated Look at Mankind's Love and Hatred of Beauty

By: Anthony Napoleon

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Awakening Beauty

An Illustrated Look at Mankind's Love and Hatred of Beauty

By: Anthony Napoleon

Awakening Beauty" is an unprecedented exposé on the subject of beauty. It is both entertaining and thought provoking, a combination that is as unique as it is telling about the author's approach to the subject of this book. The reader is taken backstage into the worlds of beauty pageants, plastic surgery, trophy wives, murderous rage, wardrobe, makeup, Bill Clinton, the events of September Eleven and other provocative topics where beauty has had its effect. Awakening Beauty invites the reader into a world that is as interesting as it is frightening. Readers are transformed as the author shepherds them from their world into his unique perspective and expertise on beauty. "Awakening Beauty" includes over 150 tantalizing photographs and illustrations. "Awakening Beauty" is a compendium of some of the most interesting facts in print. The subject matter of the book along with the author's unique approach to it makes this book a "must read." Get ready to re-think everything you thought you knew about beautiful women and physical attractiveness.

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232

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Virtualbookworm Publishing

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1589393783

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9781589393783

The Traveler's Key to Ancient Egypt

A Guide to the Sacred Places of Ancient Egypt

By: John Anthony West

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The Traveler's Key to Ancient Egypt

A Guide to the Sacred Places of Ancient Egypt

By: John Anthony West

Information to the art and architecture of the sacred sites of ancient Egypt and of items in the Cairo and Luxor museums also provides coverage of modern Egyptology

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526

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Quest Books

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0835607240

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9780835607247

Book's by Anthony King

The King's Jester

The King's Jester

The King's Shilling and Stalag V111B

The King's Shilling and Stalag V111B

Command

Command

Bridge

Bridge

Charles XI and Swedish Absolutism, 1660-1697

Charles XI and Swedish Absolutism, 1660-1697

Awakening Beauty

Awakening Beauty

The Traveler's Key to Ancient Egypt

The Traveler's Key to Ancient Egypt

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