Black Diamonds: The Rise and Fall of an English Dynasty

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The upbringing of Lord Milton and his purposed and continued separation from the entire huge group of his siblings and central family because of his illness? And that journey to the wilderness of Canada for that birth! Also Billy's "eyes" of perceptions during the King and Queen home visit to Wentworth House in 1912 at the exact time of the horrendous mining implodes. And also the photographs in this book- awesome. A fascinating book for fans of Downton Abbey, it's also a mystery: how can one of the wealthiest families in the UK die out over the course of 50 years? It is a social history of the time, as well as a history of a place, and the specific characters who inhabit it, While not evenly divided between storylines focusing on the Dukes and the locals, it does have the fresh voices of former employees adding color to the narrative. And it is an engrossing story.

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The staggeringly rich are different from you and me: they are just as prone to making egregious errors in every aspect of their lives, but they are rather more protected from the consequences. So good I had requested Baily's other book, The Secret Rooms: A True Gothic Mystery, before I ever finished this one. We refer to the public parking spaces at Slotsholmsgade, Frederiksholms channel, and BLOX parking with 350 parking spaces, which has easy access from Vester Voldgade. Disability parkingThis is a very interesting piece of history. Where it fails as a coherent narrative of historical research and analysis, it succeeds in dangling pieces of titillating drama and trauma for history lovers to devour. Kristin Uys is a tough Roodepoort magistrate who lives alone with her cat. She is on a one-woman crusade to wipe out prostitution in the town for reasons that have personal significance for her. Although she is unable to convict the Visagie Brothers, Stevo and Shortie, on charges of running a brothel, she manages to nail Stevo for contempt of court and gives him a summary six-month sentence. The family charting in front was absolutely necessary. So many people, so much dysfunction. And for all their wealth, miniscule understanding of health or cure for nearly anything that ailed them. The numbers of populations that they employed! Collapse eventually, and not just for the Fitzwilliam family or Wentworth heirs.

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Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information. The wireless network is accessible to all users of the library and covers the entire library. To gain access to the network, you need to log on to 'eduroam' or 'KB-Guest' - the latter requires that you accept the conditions for use.I can highly recommend this book. It’s now one for my favourites shelf and I will source a hard copy for my real life book shelf to sit alongside Fey's war. This is a book which actually took my breath away as I had not expected it to be remotely as interesting as it ended up being. Not only does the work concern itself with the story of the 19th and 20th century doings of the FitzWilliam tragedy (which in themselves are enough for the old adage that one needs not invent fiction but only look into history for a good, if tragic, story), but also the history of mining in that time and the related politics. So how does this extensive fortune and massive house end up on the real estate market in 2014 in need of mass repairs? I cannot praise this book enough. I enjoyed this book so much. I found myself not being able to put it down from the moment I started reading it. How often is the story told of women placed in insane asylums for unjustified reasons, in truth for the convenience of relatives? This happened to men too.

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An aristocratic tale of epic proportions, this gripping novel cleverly interweaves interviews, letters and historical fact . . . Fascinating' Easy Living You know the anticipatory feeling when you’re in a plane and the plane is about to take off? Imagine that feeling but what happens is, the plane never actually takes off. Frustrating.In this scenario Zakes Mda weaves a plot of shifting loyalties and the conflicting values that characterise the "new" South Africa, though it was already ten years old in the time the story is set, and is another fifteen years older now.

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Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. Catherine Bailey chronicles the rise and fall of the Fitzwilliam coal mining dynasty in Yorkshire England. Structurally, this book is a mess, goes off into tangents, and has an annoying way of setting up scenarios by telling the ending first and then trying to get you to wade through the narrative because you're supposed to be held in suspense. Listen to a conversation between Maureen Mahon and Bridgett M. Davis, sponsored by Greenlight Bookstore To give this a 3 star rating? Yes, I'm conflicted. My enjoyment in the reading was nearly a 5. But I love historical text and this work held much of that social mores, economics of changing industry, class conflict, and governmental parsing and perceptions far beyond it's title designation. The book brilliantly sets out the social differences of the time, the age old fight between capitalism and socialism. It also shows that wealth and titles really don't bring happiness. The weight of expectation surrounding the Fitzwilliam name, the in fighting to protect their name is shown in its brutal truth in this book.Besides common office supplies and books, the shop also offers unique products with quotes and motifs from the collections, such as tote bags, notebooks, and fridge magnets. The student reading room is found on your right hand when going up the moving walkway in the atrium of the library. The reading room is open to everyone who needs a place to read. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and while I approached it thinking it would have the Downton Abbey vibe to it and be light and gossipy, I knew Catherine Bailey would bring her own twist to the story and enlighten and educate the reader along the way. The is a book where classes collide after years of miners and workers being oppressed. While the author informs us that vast amounts of Fitzwilliam papers and historical documents were destroyed she manages to weave together a very convincing and well thought out account from memories of living relatives to employees of the family and papers that survived through the years. This is how it mostly felt when reading the book. The storyline has so much potential but it just falls so desperately short. There’s very little done to build up things; the plot takes continuous, dramatic and unexpected turns. This is especially towards the end. The ending felt so rushed, so much is happening and nothing is fleshed out.