Byker & Heaton in 1913 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. In this title: two maps have been published for this area to show how it has changed over the years. The map covers from Rothbury Terrace in the north to Avondale Road in the south, Heaton Haugh House in the west to Ada Street in the east. Features include Armstrong Park, St Ann's Church, East Heaton Farm, Lawson Main Quarry, NER Railway & Heaton Station, Heaton Junction, St Michael's Church & High Bridge Works. On the reverse of both maps is a street directory for the area. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Map No. 10017, Bykle, in the new topographic survey of Norway at 1:50, 000 covering the country on 195 double-sided sheets & first published by Nordeca in 2011
- 2012; fully GPS compatible, indicating waymarked footpaths, campsites, tourist huts, illuminated ski runs, etc. The maps, now published by Nordeca, the successors to Statens Kartverk & its subsequent owners the Ugland Group, are printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. Each map covers an area of 62x 45 kilometres (39 x 28 miles approx.), with a 2-km overlap between the sheets. The maps have contours at 20m intervals (10m glacier contours), plus colouring & graphics to show cultivated areas, bogs, forests, etc. In addition to all the information expected of topographic mapping at this scale the maps distinguish between waymarked & unmarked footpaths & show campsites, tourist huts (serviced/self service/no supplies), country hotels & restaurants, & illuminated ski trails. The series uses EUREF89 (WGS84) datum & the maps have a 1-km UTM grid. Map legend is in Norwegian & English. Each title comes in a sturdy protective card envelope.
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Byron & the Beauty is very loosely based on Byron`s biography & takes place during two weeks of October 1809, during his visit to the Balkans. Besides being great love story, this is also a novel about East & West, about Europe & the Balkans, about travel & friendship & cruelty. Bazdulj marvellously combines facts with imagination, history & romance, resulting in an exceptionally beautiful novel. Lord Byron ends up experiencing & embodying the lyrical Balkan condition of unrequited love called sevdah, but his valiant behavior also lands him in a regional folk song; this nod to changing cultural production in the Ottoman lands calls to mind the works of Ismail Kadare. Bazdulj`s keen eye seeks out just the right amount of detail to construct a bracing atmosphere for the reader, who will encounter in the book some memorable & key elements of Albanian, Bosnian, & Turkish thought & everyday life. From coffee to customary law, from courtship rituals to the culture of conversation, Byron navigates the invigorating culture of the Balkans with the help of his Muslim & Jewish guides. Connoisseurs of Byron studies will find here an exciting reworking of the great poet`s youth & also ample reflections on his world view & literary influences. ...

This biography of Byron (by Byron's own publisher John Murray) attempts to reinterpret Byron's life & poetry for a new generation. Fiona Mac Carthy has had access to the full John Murray Byron archive, by far the largest in the world. In addition to this resource of correspondence, literary manuscripts & artefacts (many previously unseen by Byron scholars), she has drawn fully on other major collections & has travelled extensively in the Europe that Byron knew, believing strongly in the resonance of place. She aims to bring a fresh eye to Byron's childhood in Scotl&, his embattled relations with his mother & the effect on him of his deformed foot. Mac Carthy traces his early travels in the Mediterranean & the East, using fresh material to throw light on his series of relationships with adolescent boys
- a hidden subject in earlier biographies. Perceptive on the compelling tragi-comedy of Byron's separation, his incestuous love for his half-sister Augusta & the clamorous attentions of his female fans, Fiona Mac Carthy gives a new importance to his close male friendships, in particular with his publisher John Murray. For the first time she tells the story of their famous rift, as Byron's poetry became more recklessly controversial. Here Byron is viewed as a formative figure in European romanticism, the literary equivalent of Napoleon in the sweep of his ambition. He was a charasmatic influence on 19th-century music, painting, dress, manners & the art of self-preservation. Not merely a poet, Byron was a man of action, involved in the Italian Risorgimento & in the Greek War of Independence in which he died aged 36. Newly translated letters illuminate this tragic episode. Byron was a celebrity in his lifetime, a superstar after the publication of Childe Harold in 1812. As the Byron legend grew to unprecendented proportions after his death, the problem for the biographer has been to sift the truth from the sentimental, the self-serving & the spurious. What was Byron really like?
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Fiona Mac Carthy makes a breakthrough in interpreting Byron`s life & poetry drawing on John Murray`s world-famous archive. She brings a fresh eye to his early years: his childhood in Scotl&, embattled relations with his mother, the effect of his deformed foot on his development. She traces his early travels in the Mediterranean & the East, throwing light on his relationships with adolescent boys
- a hidden subject in earlier biographies. While paying due attention to the compelling tragicomedy of Byron`s marriage, his incestuous love for his half-sister Augusta & the clamorous attention of his female fans, she gives a new importance to his close male friendships, in particular that with his publisher John Murray. She tells the full story of their famous disagreement, ending as a rift between them as Byron`s poetry became more recklessly controversial. Byron was a celebrity in his own lifetime, becoming a `superstar` in 1812, after the publication of Childe Harold. The Byron legend grew to unprecedented proportions after his death in the Greek War of Independence at the age of thirty-six. The problem for a biographer is sifting the truth from the sentimental, the self-serving & the spurious. Fiona Mac Carthy has overcome this to produce an immaculately researched biography, which is also her refreshing personal view.
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One was the mother who bore him; three were women who adored him; one was the sister he slept with; one was his abused & sodomized wife; one was his legitimate daughter; one was the fruit of his incest; another was his friend Shelley`s wife, who avoided his bed & invented science fiction instead. Nine women; one poet named George Gordon, Lord Byron
- mad, bad & very very dangerous to know. The most flamboyant of the Romantics, he wrote literary bestsellers, he was a satirist of genius, he embodied the Romantic love of liberty (the Greeks revere him as a national hero), he was the prototype of the modern celebrity
- & he treated women (and these women in particular) abominably. In BYRON`S WOMEN, Alex Larman tells their extraordinary, moving & often shocking stories. In so doing, he creates a scurrilous `anti-biography` of one of England`s greatest poets, whose life he views
- to deeply unflattering effect
- through the prism of the nine damaged woman`s lives.



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One was the mother who bore him; three were women who adored him; one was the sister he slept with; one was his abused & sodomized wife; one was his legitimate daughter; one was the fruit of his incest; another was his friend Shelley`s wife, who avoided his bed & invented science fiction instead. Nine women; one poet named George Gordon, Lord Byron
- mad, bad & very very dangerous to know. The most flamboyant of the Romantics, he wrote literary bestsellers, he was a satirist of genius, he embodied the Romantic love of liberty (the Greeks revere him as a national hero), he was the prototype of the modern celebrity
- & he treated women (and these women in particular) abominably. In BYRON & HIS WOMAN, Alex Larman tells their extraordinary, moving & often shocking stories. In so doing, he creates a scurrilous `anti-biography` of one of England`s greatest poets, whose life is views
- to deeply unflattering effect
- through the prism of the nine damaged woman`s lives.



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Topographic survey of Sweden at 1:50, 000, the Terrängkartan, from the Lantmäteriet, covering most of the country in 244 double-sided maps. Please note: the mountainous regions of central & northern Sweden are not covered by this series but presented in a separate “ Fjällkartan
- Mountain Map” series also listed on our website. Each 1:50, 000 topographic survey map covers an area of 37.5 x 40km. The maps have contours at 5 metre intervals, plus relief shading & graphics for rocky outcrops & boulders. Further graphics and/or colouring show different types of land use or vegetation (forests, arable l&, orchards, marshes, peat bogs, etc). An unusual feature of this survey is the colouring indicating buildings below or above two storeys high & “leisure/holiday homes”. The maps indicate privately maintained roads & include all other information expected of topographic survey at this scale. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude lines 5’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. For coverage of the country’s most visited hiking areas in central & northern Sweden please see Lantmäteriet’s Mountain Map series, listed separately on our website.


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‘ Byzantium
- The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire’ is a comprehensive introduction to the history of the Byzantine Empire.
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Now recognised as having had a considerable influence on the Renaissance & a significant impact in the shaping of Europe, the Byzantine Empire is increasingly acknowledged by modern historians as having a pivotal role in the development of both Islam & Christianity
- & the relationship between the two. The Byzantine Empire was often at the centre of profound geopolitical, cultural & religious forces that threatened to pull it apart. It lasted for over 1000 years, created remarkable art & a still reverberating cultural legacy.
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