Carryer Family Stories
Lincoln to Leicester and Staffordshire, Canada, US, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia
Seiten
2024
Troubador Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-80514-258-4 (ISBN)
Troubador Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-80514-258-4 (ISBN)
Read how the Carryer Family moved from Lincoln in 1700, to Leicester, Staffordshire and across the world.
Enjoy tales of valour and achievement: succeeding despite physical handicap; struggling for votes for women; surviving shipwreck; fighting in World Wars; working as nurses; creating original art.
Follow stories of missionaries to Canada and Australia; business success and failure; humorous anecdotes, such as the preacher claiming he had two heads; connections with Stan Laurel, Russian composer Rimsky-Korsakov, the Pankhursts. Follow a bizarre Victorian divorce case. Wonder at an Ulsterman renouncing Queen Victoria to serve in the US Army and then becoming a priest in Her Church of England. Learn of the Carryer role in the World War Two “Dog In The Snow” story in Lebanon. Learn about trade in Charcoal Biscuits, indestructible underwear, handy guns for the ladies.
The book is written for the Carryer family around the world and to inform and entertain the general reader.
Enjoy tales of valour and achievement: succeeding despite physical handicap; struggling for votes for women; surviving shipwreck; fighting in World Wars; working as nurses; creating original art.
Follow stories of missionaries to Canada and Australia; business success and failure; humorous anecdotes, such as the preacher claiming he had two heads; connections with Stan Laurel, Russian composer Rimsky-Korsakov, the Pankhursts. Follow a bizarre Victorian divorce case. Wonder at an Ulsterman renouncing Queen Victoria to serve in the US Army and then becoming a priest in Her Church of England. Learn of the Carryer role in the World War Two “Dog In The Snow” story in Lebanon. Learn about trade in Charcoal Biscuits, indestructible underwear, handy guns for the ladies.
The book is written for the Carryer family around the world and to inform and entertain the general reader.
Alan Charlton CMG CVO was a British diplomat for 35 years. He is Deputy Chair of Canning House, the leading UK organisation promoting UK/Latin American relations. He lectures on world affairs on Viking Ocean cruises. He volunteers with The Samaritans. He researches family histories. He lives in West Sussex. Carryer Family Stories is his fifth book with Troubador Publishing.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.03.2024 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Market Harborough |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte |
| ISBN-10 | 1-80514-258-5 / 1805142585 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-80514-258-4 / 9781805142584 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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