Flat Racing and British Society, 1790-1914

Flat Racing and British Society, 1790-1914

Author: Mike Huggins

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-03

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 113526418X

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2001 North American Society for Sports History Book of the Year This volume studies the formative period of racing between 1790 and 1914. This was a time when, despite the opposition of a respectable minority, attendance at horse races, betting on horses, or reading about racing increasingly became central leisure activities of much of British society.


The Art of the Brontës

The Art of the Brontës

Author: Christine Alexander

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1995-02-23

Total Pages: 550

ISBN-13: 9780521438414

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The first full-scale study of the drawings and paintings of the Brontë sisters and their brother, Branwell.