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John Brown: Queen Victoria's Highland Servant
Raymond Lamont BrownBased on research in public,. private and royal archives, as well as diaries and memoirs of those who knew Brown and interviews with his surviving relatives, this text analyses the relationship between Queen Victorian and Brown.
A book of proverbs
Raymond Lamont-BrownA selection of observations and mottoes drawn from the oral traditions of many cultures
Fife in history and legend
Raymond Lamont-BrownIn this book the author introduces the reader to famous churches, castles and houses that witnessed events that have quite literally shaped the nation, and to those associated with them.
Villages of Fife
Raymond Lamont-BrownThis work is an account of the people of Fife and their village and Hamlet communities from medieval times to the present day.
Alice Keppel and Agnes Keyser: Edward VII's Last Loves
Raymond Lamont BrownA detailed look at the two women in the life of Edward VII during his last years.
Scottish Folklore
Raymond Lamont-BrownThis work provides an A-Z of locations throughout Scotland and the folklore associated with each place. It traces the roots and traditions of Scottish folklore, and discusses recurring themes and influences.
Carnegie
Raymond Lamont-BrownCharts the life of Andrew Carnegie, from Dunfermline bobbin boy to Steel King of America. Carnegie was born in Dunfermline in 1835, but poverty forced the Carnegies to immigrate to Pittsburgh.
How Fat Was Henry VIII?: And 100 Other Questions on Royal ...
Raymond Lamont BrownJames was horrified to discover, from where it is not clear, that the witches he had spoken to at court were employing their devilish arts to cause his murder on land or sea at the instigation of the Earl of Bothwell. Under torture the witches ...
Humphry Davy
Raymond Lamont-BrownBorn in Penzance in 1778, Humphry Davy's scientific reputation grew with his pioneering discoveries of nitrous oxide (laughing gas), sodium, calcium and the invention of the miners' Davy lamp.
Ships from Hell: Japanese War Crimes on the High Seas in ...
Raymond Lamont-BrownThis is a new and frightening insight into Japanese atrocities in the Second World War. The horrific conditions aboard hellships at sea are revealed including the torture, disease and massacre which characterised them.
Royal Poxes and Potions: The Lives of Court Physicians, ...
Raymond Lamont-BrownFocusing primariily on the Georgian Period, this book tells the stories of the relationships between royal physicians and the monarchs they treated, giving us a unique perspective on monarchs and the monarchy.
The Critical Meaning of the Bible
Raymond Edward BrownRaymond Brown, a Catholic priest who is Auburn Professor of Biblical Studies at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, argues strongly to the contrary.
Royal Poxes and Potions: Royal Doctors and Their Secrets
Raymond Lamont-BrownIncluded here is Sir William Gull, court physician to Queen Victoria, who was a suspect in the Jack the Ripper case, and Sir Frederick Treves, who was not only court physician to the four succeeding monarchs, but was also the man who helped ...
Society and the Holy in Late Antiquity
Peter Robert Lamont BrownPublisher description: Peter Brown here examines how the sacred impinged upon the profane during the first Christian millennium.
John Masefield Correspondence with Corliss Lamont
John MasefieldConsists of two volumes of photocopied correspondence between Masefield and Lamont, concerning events of daily life and family news as well as Masefield and Lamont's work.
The body and society: men, women, and sexual renunciation in ...
Peter Robert Lamont BrownBrown focuses on the practice of permanent sexual renunciation-continence, celibacy, and lifelong virginity-in Christian circles from the first to the fifth centuries A.D. and traces early Christians' preoccupations with sexuality and the ...
An Introduction to the New Testament: The Abridged Edition
Raymond E. BrownAbridged by Marion Soards, who worked with Brown on the original text, this new, concise version maintains the essence and centrist interpretation of the original without tampering with Brown’s perspective, insights, or conclusions.
International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004
PreviewBROWN, Patricia Ann Fortlni; b. 16 Nov. 1936, Oakland, CA, USA. University Prof ; Art Historian, m. 1st Peter Claus Meyer. May 1957, divorced 1978, two s.; m. 2nd Peter Robert Lamont Brown, Aug. 1980, divorced 1989. Education: AB, 1959 ...
28th Infantry (Keystone) Division (Mechanized): 125 Years of ...
PreviewMichael Phillip SPC Brown, Paul Gene SGT Brown, Rachel Elizabeth SSG Brown , Raymond SPC Brown, Ronald Cart, ... Gregory James PV2 Burnsworth, Chad Michael SPC Burnworth, Jason Adam SPC Burr. ... Cole, Jason Daniel PFC Cole.
Augustine of Hippo: A Biography
Peter Robert Lamont BrownClassic biography, published 30 years ago. Contains new thoughts in a 2 chapter epilogue.
Yes to life: memoirs of Corliss Lamont
Corliss LamontA philosophy teacher and longtime defender of civil liberties recalls his life and discusses his views on government, economics, Vietnam, freedom, and immortality
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