Hedingham harvest: Victorian family life in rural England

History

Robinson, Geoffrey

Europe

Constable

An account of the Lincolnshire village of Hedingham during Victorian times in which the author's relatives, who all lived to great age, talk with frankness about everyday life and a rural childhood, with stories of poaching, bull-baiting, skating, killing pigs, threshing, shoeing horses and New Year parties. First published in 1977.

Hedingham Harvest: Victorian Family Life in Rural England

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Geoffrey Robinson has been one of the most powerful figures behind the rise of New Labour. Here, he reveals what life in the corridors of power is really like. He details the wranglings between Cabinet members, the fights over budgets, welfare, films and the royal yacht, in which Robinson was a key player. Of course, here is also the full story of his #373,000 home-loan to Peter Mandelson, which led to the downfall of both - and was the first sign that the Prime Minister's right-hand man had an Achille's heel.

Unconventional Minister: My Life Inside New Labour

Rules & Procedures

Penguin Uk

Geoffrey Robinson has been one of the most powerful figures behind the rise of New Labour. Here, he reveals what life in the corridors of power is really like. He details the concerted campaign against him, including his #373,000 loan to Peter Mandelson which led to the downfall of both.

Michael, Joseph

Hedingham Harvest (Isis Reminiscence Series)

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

ISIS Publishing

"Hiking through peaceful villages in central Bali, we found it difficult to envision the fires of retribution that lit the island's skyline just four years ago." Thus in 1969 a reporter for National Geographic summed up the dilemma facing those who think about Bali. How can the bloody massacres that shook the island in the 1960s be reconciled with the pervasive view of Bali as an earthly paradise whose people live in harmony with nature and each other? Geoffrey Robinson explores this discrepancy, and in doing so exposes the multiple myths about Bali. His work offers the first thorough political history of this varied and complex island. Scrutinizing the Balinese experience under Dutch colonial rule and during the National Revolution (1945-1949), the Sukarno era (1950-1965), and the military coup and countercoup of 1965, "the year of living dangerously, " Robinson discloses previously unexplored conflicts of class and culture which have permeated the island's recent history. He shows how the wide shifts in Balinese politics throughout this century - from the apparent harmony of the colonial period to the chronic violence of revolution and coup - are best understood by relating the island's social, cultural, and economic circumstances to the larger political environment, both national and international. A cogent explanation of Bali's troubled past and paradoxically untroubled reputation, this book is at once a unique history and a critique of popular and scholarly portrayals of modern Bali.

The Dark Side of Paradise: Political Violence in Bali (Asia East by South)

Asia

Cornell University Press

"The Dark Side of Paradise is an effective attempt to put the politics back into Bali's twentieth-century history. With a sure mastery of both Indonesian and Dutch sources, Robinson analyzes the class tensions between aristocrats and commoners during the late colonial period."―Times Literary Supplement"Robinson's work reaches beyond history, amply illustrating the possibilities of what might be termed a 'comparative historical sociology' approach."―Indonesia"Robinson's incisive, well-written work demolishes the fiction of the 'peaceful Balinese' that pervades academic and popular literature, and, for the first time, places modern political history directly into the middle of Balinese scholarship."―Choice"This is a brilliant book that must be read by anybody interested in modern Indonesia."―Journal of the Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology

Robinson, Geoffrey B.

For Catholics who face the reality of marriage breakdown, for separated or divorced Catholics who wish to remarry—and for those who counsel them—the circumstances leading to annulment are of paramount importance. Here, in clear and uncomplicated language, Bishop Robinson explains God's plan for marriage and the criteria the Church follows in granting a decree of nullity.

Marriage, Divorce and Nullity: A Guide to the Annulment Process in the Catholic Church

Religion & Spirituality

Liturgical Pr

The Catholic Reference Guide for obtaining an Annulment of marriage.

Marriage Divorce and Nullity: A Guide to the Annulment Process in the Catholic Church

Christian Books & Bibles

Catholicism

Liturgical Press

Misery and Misfortune: Sudden Deaths in Suffolk 1800-1850

Worlingworth Local History Group

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