The Frontier Club

The Frontier Club

Author: Christine Bold

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2013-02-21

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 0199731799

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The Frontier Club delves into institutional archives and personal papers to excavate the hidden social, political, and financial interests in the making of the modern western.


Victor and Evie

Victor and Evie

Author: Dorothy Anne Phillips

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 2017-11-07

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 0773552227

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In the middle of the Great War, Victor Cavendish, the ninth Duke of Devonshire, and his wife Lady Evelyn landed in Halifax in November 1916 so he could serve as the governor general of Canada. Throughout the difficult years of the First World War and its aftermath, the new governor general travelled extensively, oversaw policy, presided over Canada’s rejection of the British honours system, and walked a fine line between the colonial authorities and Canada’s desire for greater independence. Meanwhile, the duchess managed their home at Rideau Hall and fretted over propriety between her daughters and the young male staff who lived with them. In Victor and Evie, Dorothy Anne Phillips provides an intimate portrait of a family at the centre of Canadian social and political life. Utilizing letters released in 2005, the correspondence of an aide-de-camp, the duke’s diary, and other primary documents, Phillips constructs a detailed inquiry into the family’s relationships with each other and with the prominent people they met. This volume details their reactions to a number of dramatic events, including the conscription crisis, the Halifax Explosion, the influenza epidemic, the Winnipeg General Strike, the Prince of Wales’s tour across Canada, and the courtship of their daughter Dorothy by the young Harold Macmillan, the future British prime minister. An engaging account of politics, travel, love, and tragedy, Victor and Evie presents the life of a governor general and his family during a pivotal moment in early twentieth-century Canada.


The Days of My Life

The Days of My Life

Author: Haggard H.R.

Publisher: Рипол Классик

Published:

Total Pages: 641

ISBN-13: 5521066381

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An autobiography of Henry Rider Haggard, an English writer, largely of adventure fi ction. He was also involved in agricultural reform throughout the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and infl uential.