A history of London

History

Gray, Robert

Europe

Hutchinson

Grass script

Angus&Robertson

Selected poems (A & R modern poets)

<p>From Publishers Weekly      An ecclesiastical eminence of the Victorian era is the subject of this biographical reassessment, which sheds light on his complex character and the heady religious ferment in England at the time. Henry Manning, a convert to Catholicism from the Church of England, who 14 years later was named Archbishop of Westminster and Metropolitan of all Catholics in England, was a controversial figure. With apocalyptic zeal, he defended the temporal power of the Rome-centered church and had a publicized falling-out with another famous convert, Cardinal Newman. Although Manning was highly regarded in his lifetime, his reputation suffered a decline after his death. Ambitious, aristocratic, a widower, he was "acknowledged to be one of the handsomest men of his day," according to Gray, author of A History of London. This lively, well researched study is corrective, occasionally tedious in service to justice, but consistently illuminating. DecemberCopyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.      From Library Journal      Gray provides a multidimensional portrait of Henry Edward Manning (1808-92), Cardinal and Archbishop of Westminster, tracing his career from married Anglican priest to widowed Catholic prelate. Gray's sound biography can be recommended to all readers interested in 19th-century British social and religious history, since he provides compelling descriptions of Manning's relations with other significant figures such as Gladstone and Cardinal Newman and a clear portrayal of the intellectual problems of the Oxford Movement. While some readers may find that Gray is too passionately pro-Manning and unfair to both the Church of England and Cardinal Newman, Gray's work serves as a valuable corrective to Lytton Strachey's debunking portrayal of Manning. The book's only major flaw is the lack of a bibliography. Susan A. Stussy, Marian Coll. Lib., IndianapolisCopyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.</p>

Cardinal Manning: A Biography

Weidenfeld and Nicolson

Biographies & Memoirs

St.Martin's Press

The King's Wife: Five Queen Consorts

In this book the author presents portraits of five very different women who married English kings, and in the process it reassesses famous episodes of our history in unfamiliar, often unflattering perspective. He focuses on the women themselves and on the forces which shaped their characters, on the delicate balance of public and personal lives and the remarkable resilience which unites them all. The subjects of the book are Eleanor of Aquitaine, Henrietta Maria, Catherine of Braganza, Caroline of Brunswick and Mary of Teck. Robert Gray has also written "A History of London" and "Cardinal Manning".

Secker Warburg

Depicts the life of Felis, a cougar, to familiarize readers with the habitat, behavior and characteristics of this wild animal and his role in the animal kingdom

Cougar;: The natural life of a North American mountain lion

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Grosset&Dunlap

Cougar; The Natural Life of a North American Mountain Lion.

Children's Books

An Introduction to Statistical Signal Processing

Technology

Cambridge University Press

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