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The case of the married woman : Caroline Norton and her fight for women's justice / by Fraser, Antonia,1932-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Poet, pamphleteer and artist's muse, Caroline Norton dazzled nineteenth-century society with her vivacity and intelligence. After her marriage in 1828 to the MP George Norton, she continued to attract friends and admirers to her salon in Westminster, which included the young Disraeli. Most prominent among her admirers was the widowed Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne. Racked with jealousy, George Norton took the Prime Minister to court, suing him for damages on account of his 'Criminal Conversation' (adultery) with Caroline. A dramatic trial followed. Despite the unexpected and sensational result - acquittal - Norton legally denied Caroline access to her three children under seven. He also claimed her income as an author for himself, since the copyrights of a married woman belonged to her husband. Yet Caroline refused to despair. Beset by the personal cruelties perpetrated by her husband and a society whose rules were set against her, she chose to fight, not surrender. She channelled her energies in an area of much-needed reform: the rights of a married woman and specifically those of a mother. Over the next few years she campaigned tirelessly, achieving her first landmark victory with the Infant Custody Act of 1839. Provisions which are now taken for granted, such as the right of a mother to have access to her own children, owe much to Caroline, who was determined to secure justice for women at all levels of society from the privileged to the dispossessed. Award-winning historian Antonia Fraser brilliantly portrays a woman, at once courageous and compassionate, who refused to be curbed by the personal and political constraints of her time"--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Biographies.; Norton, Caroline Sheridan, 1808-1877.; Authors, English; Women authors, English; Women's rights; Women;
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Dinosaurs at the dinner party : how an eccentric group of Victorians discovered prehistoric creatures and accidentally upended the world / by Dolnick, Edward,1952-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In the early 1800s the world was a safe and cozy place. But then a twelve-year-old farm boy in Massachusetts stumbled on a row of fossilized three-toed footprints the size of dinner plates-the first dinosaur tracks ever found. Soon, in England, Victorians unearthed enormous bones-bones that reached as high as a man's head. No one had ever seen such things. Outside of myths and fairy tales, no one had even imagined that creatures like three-toed giants had once lumbered across the land. And if anyone had somehow conjured up such a scene, they would never have imagined that all those animals could have vanished, hundreds of millions years ago. The thought of sudden, arbitrary disappearance from life was unnerving and forced the Victorians to rethink everything they knew about the world. Now, in Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party, celebrated storyteller and historian Edward Dolnick leads us through a compelling true adventure as the paleontologists of the first half of the 19th century puzzled their way through the fossil record to create the story of dinosaurs we know today. The tale begins with Mary Anning, a poor, uneducated woman who had a sixth sense for finding fossils buried deep inside cliffs; and moves to a brilliant, eccentric geologist named William Buckland, a kind of Doctor Doolittle on a mission to eat his way through the entire animal kingdom; and then on to Richard Owen, the most respected and the most despised scientist of his generation. Entertaining, erudite, and featuring an unconventional cast of characters, Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party tells the story of how the accidental discovery of prehistoric creatures upended humanity's understanding of the world and their place in it, and how a group of paleontologists worked to bring it back into focus again"--
Subjects: Dinosaurs; Paleontologists; Paleontology;
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My brown-eyed earl / by Bennett, Anna.;
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Subjects: Love stories.; Historical fiction.; Nobility; Governesses;
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Flame and ashes : the Great Fire diary of Triffie Winsor / by McNaughton, Janet,1953-;
The disastrous fire of 1892 burns down most of St. John's, Newfoundland, leaving Triffie Winsor's family and 15,000 others homeless. Includes historical note.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Diary fiction.; Fires;
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Cruel winter of the mountain man / by Johnstone, William W.; Johnstone, J. A.;
While keeping the peace in Salt Lick, Texas, Smoke Jensen is faced with a twenty-man gang of trigger-happy thieves who have set their sights on this town during a monstrous blizzard, and must rally the townspeople to defend their lives and land from both mother nature and man's worst nature.
Subjects: Western fiction.; Historical fiction.; Jensen, Smoke; Trappers; Mountain life; Outlaws;
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Seeking a better future : the English pioneers of Ontario and Quebec / by Campey, Lucille H.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [467-490) and index.Discusses the emigration of English people from England to Ontario and Québec in the 19th century.LSC
Subjects: British; British;
© c2012., Dundurn,
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Naming Jack the Ripper : new crime scene evidence, a stunning forensic breakthrough, the killer revealed / by Edwards, Russell.;
From Birkenhead to Brick Lane -- A murderer strikes in Whitechapel -- A nameless midnight terror : the deaths of Mary Ann Nichols and Annie Chapman -- A murderer interrupted : the death of Elizabeth Stride -- From hell : the death of Catherine Eddowes -- Murder most ghastly : the death of Mary Jane Kelly -- The history of the shawl -- Finding human blood -- Finding DNA -- Narrowing down the suspects -- Who was Aaron Kosminski? -- Catching the Ripper -- Conclusion.
Subjects: Jack, the Ripper.; Serial murders; Victims of crimes;
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Return of a king : the battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42 / by Dalrymple, William.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [483]-497), and index.LSC
Subjects: Shāh Shujāʻ, Amir of Afghanistan, 1780?-1842.; British;
© 2013., Alfred A. Knopf,
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From Ulster to Canada : the life and times of Wilson Benson 1821-1911 / by Houston, Cecil J.,1943-; Smyth, William J.;
Wilson Benson's Irish world: population, economy and society in pre-famine Ireland - Making the transatlantic connection - Settling in: Wilson Benson and the Canadian frontier, 1840-70 - Rural stability and the urban experience - Conclusion - Index - Part two: Life and adventures of Wilson Benson (written by himself).Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Benson, Wilson, 1821-1911.; Irish; Irish;
© 2015., Ulster Historical Foundation,
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The Underground Railroad [videorecording] / by Atim, Sheila,1992-actor.; Crowther, Jihan,screenwriter.; Davis, Allison, (Producer),screenwriter,television producer.; De Landro, Valentine,illustrator.; Dillon, Chase W.,actor.; Edgerton, Joel,1974-actor.; Hechinger, Fred,actor.; Hoyt, Jacqueline,screenwriter.; Jenkins, Barry,1979-television director,screenwriter,author.; Mbedu, Thuso,1991-actor.; Mullan, Peter,actor.; Parker, Nathan C.,screenwriter.; Rush, Adrienne,screenwriter.; container of (work) :Jenkins, Barry,1979-Genesis.; television adaptation of (work):Whitehead, Colson,1969-Underground railroad.; Amazon Studios,production company.; Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.;
Thuso Mbedu, Chase W. Dillon, Joel Edgerton, Fred Hechinger, Peter Mullan, Sheila Atim.Originally broadcast as single episodes of a television program in 2021.Cora, fleeing slavery, embarks on a treacherous quest for freedom and is menaced by violence, supported by a clandestine community fighting for liberation, and haunted by the people she loses along the way.14A.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Television mini-series.; Historical television programs.; Fugitive slaves; Underground Railroad; Antislavery movements;
For private home use only.
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