1980, oversize paperback, Pitkin Pictorials, Ltd., London. Paperback. Absolutely gorgeous guide/souvenir book/English literary history concerning Alice Liddell, the daughter of the Dean of Christ Church and the friendship that developed with Lewis Carroll, the Oxford mathematics don who eventually used this gorgeous little girl as the inspiration for the Alice books. Superb color paintings, b&amp;w Victorian photos throughout. Here is a celebration of a young girl who eventually became immortalized in a series of children's books that are read to this very day. The text is written by Mavis Batey. This is a lovely item, with great artwork, 32 pages.

Alice's Adventures in Oxford

Mavis Batey

Travel

Pitkin Guides

Wonderland was invented by Lewis Carroll, whose real name was Charles Dodgson. He was a reserved bachelor Oxford don who had a unique gift for telling stories to children. Dodgson loved children and had a deep understanding of their minds and appreciation of their points of view. A great number of his stories have been lost, but Alice Liddell, the daughter of the Dean of Christ Church, insisted that those he told to her and her sisters should be written down. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland became immortalised, and were followed by the sequel Through the Looking-Glass. The stories have since become known and loved by children and adults all over the world. The tale of how they came to be written is, in many ways, just as fascinating as the Alice stories themselves.

The World of Alice

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Oxford Gardens

Arts & Photography

Architecture

Ashgate Publishing, Limited

Beautifully illustrated in color and B/W. Maps. 34p. Measures 8.25 inches square. Covers the history and reconstruction of the garden. Hampton Court Palace was home to some of England's most famous kings and queens from Henry VIII (1509-47), its first royal resident, to George II (1727-60), its last. The privy, meaning private, garden was created to allow a quiet space for the monarch's exclusive use. Although the gardens had been present during Henry VIII's time, it was William III who instilled his own very definite ideas on the gardens, as reconstructed in the 1990s.

The Story of the Privy Garden at Hampton Court

History

Jan Woudstra

World

Barn Elms Publishing

Jane Austen and the English Landscape

Alfred Dillwyn Knox was Britain?s leading wartime codebreaker, a famously eccentric and temperamental genius who cracked German ciphers in both wars. During the Second World War Knox became Britain?s chief cryptographer, working in a cottage at the world-famous Bletchley Park. His work would eventually provide the solution to German secret service Enigma cipher, ensuring the success of the 1944 D-Day landings. A compelling portait of a great British eccentric and a fascinating and detailed behind-the-scenes look into codebreaking and the hidden side of war.

Dilly: The Man Who Broke Enigma

Front Line Publishing

From Bletchley with Love

Bletchley Park Trust

A CELEBRATION OF JOHN EVELYN: Proceedings of a conference to mark the tricentenary of his death

Surrey Gardens Trust

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