Survey of the High Roads of England and Wales. Part the First
Survey of the High Roads of England and Wales. Part the First

Author: Edward S. Mogg

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-12-19

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13:

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'Survey of the High Roads of England and Wales' by Edward S. Mogg is a groundbreaking work, which exhibits the various branches of roads and towns in the southern division of the kingdom. This comprehensive work provides an accurate description of the seats of the nobility and gentry, along with their respective proprietors. The pages of this book are devoted to accurately delineating the extensive improvements in the old and new roads that provide the traveler with the facilities to experience the island's unparalleled traveling. The author has aimed for simplicity, accuracy, and completeness, leaving no stone unturned to make this work the most original and executed of its kind.

Britain's Lost High Streets
Britain's Lost High Streets

Author: Sarah Kendall

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2014-10-15

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1445643952

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A unique portrait of the streets where Britons have worked, shopped and played –and how they have been transformed over the decades.

The High Road to China
The High Road to China

Author: Kate Teltscher

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2013-07-11

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1408846756

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_______________ 'Splendid and fascinating ... Teltscher has made remarkable use of her source material, aided by the constantly perceptive and witty tone of Bogle's own writings' - Patrick French, Sunday Times 'It is hard to imagine this fascinating story being told with greater sensitivity or skill' - Sunday Telegraph 'Teltscher is a remarkable new historian ... wholly original' - William Dalrymple 'Thrilling and fascinating ... Letters, journals and documents are woven into the flowing narrative, which is wonderfully vivid and evocative' - Jenny Uglow _______________ An unlikely meeting between a young Scotsman and the Panchen Lama gives birth to a remarkable friendship In 1774 British traders longed to open relations with China so they sent a young Scotsman, George Bogle, as an envoy to Tibet. Bogle became smitten by what he saw there, and struck up a remarkable friendship with the Panchen Lama. This gripping book tells the story of their two extraordinary journeys across some of the harshest and highest terrain in the world: Bogle's mission, and the Panchen Lama's state visit to China, on which British hopes were hung. Piecing together extracts from Bogle's private papers, Tibetan biographies of the Panchen Lama, the account of a wandering Hindu monk and the writings of the Emperor himself, Kate Teltscher deftly reconstructs the momentous meeting of these very different worlds.