“rosalind northcote”

Lady Rosalind (Lucy) Northcote (1873-1950) was the British author of: Devon: Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts (1908/19) "This book does not pretend to include every district. I have merely passed through a great part of the county, stopping here at an old church with interesting monuments, there at... More

The English language is full of peculiar and obscure expressions, some ancient- bread and circuses some modern gnomes of Zurich. Many of them have fascinating provenances and hidden meanings. Cassell's Dictionary of English idioms is an unrivalled guide to these expressions, providing full and luc... More

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Philomena, fat and lazy when she is requisitioned from an English field at the start of the First World War, sails for Egypt with the territorial regiment, the Dorset Yeomanry. She serves faithfully, charging the dervishes in the Western Desert and enduring the privations of Allenby's great campaign... More

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A series of ELT readers for young learners of English. Can Big Raven's magic stop the storm?... More