The murder of popular vaudeville actor Thomas Weldon Atherstone in 1910 remains one of Britain’s great unsolved mysteries. Expert Ripperologist Richard Whittington-Egan investigates.
Richard Whittington-Egan has written critical studies of a wide range of literary figures of late Victorian and Edwardian England in a style that is note-worthy for its width of vocabulary and objectivity.The life of an unusual and little-known poet, Lionel Johnson, is related here for the first time and the author's personal acquaintance with some of those who knew his subject when they were young is of special importance, providing as it does anecdotal glimpses of character that are unavailable in more bookish research. This, together with his detailed description of places and events, paints in these pages a convincing portrait of a much-troubled nineteenth-century poet and essayist.The Victorian theocratic condemnation and the illegality of unapproved sexual relations after the Oscar Wilde case meant that the lives of young men like Lionel Johnson were blighted by religious guilt and psychological mal-adjustment. These, in their turn, created in many of them an isolation and frequent alcoholic addiction that destroyed much promise and talent at an early age .
The murder of popular vaudeville actor Thomas Weldon Atherstone in 1910 remains one of Britain’s great unsolved mysteries. Expert Ripperologist Richard Whittington-Egan investigates.
Clever, attractive and ambitious, intellectually daring and physically courageous, Cornelia Sorabji was a truly remarkable woman. As India's first female lawyer, she was original and often outspoken in her views - for example, in her criticism of Gandhi and her surprising friendship with Katherine Mayo. Cornelia Sorabji resists easy classification, either as a feminist or as an imperialist. She is an Indian whose loyalty to the British Raj never wavered; a passionate advocate of women's rights whose own career was nearly compromised through her inappropriate relationship with a married man; and, an independent and free-thinking intellectual who depended for work on patronage from an elite circle. Cornelia Sorabji's long and fulfilling life was anything but simple. How did she reconcile these apparent contradictions? How did she succeed in opening doors to aspects of Indian and British life which remain closed to so many, even today - and where did she run into difficulties? Through its beguiling portrait of a determined and pioneering woman at the heart of the Raj, this rich and important story will captivate everyone with an interest in Indian or British history.
This unique resource will be an enormous aid and impetus to Churchill studies. It lists over 600 works, with annotations, and includes sections listing an additional 5,900 entries covering book reviews, significant articles, and chapters from books. Separate author and title indexes will allow the user to locate specific entries. The book's aim is to direct students, researchers, and bibliophiles to the entire corpus of works about Churchill.
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