Books with author Douglas Sutherland

The 5th Earl of Lonsdale, Hugh Lowther, was perhaps the most famous English Lord in the world by the 1880s. His reckless spending of his vast fortune, his womanising, his love of fast-living, horses, hunting and boxing rocked the Edwardian aristocracy and has endeared him to risk-takers and bon-viveurs the world over ever since. As a penniless, wayward, younger son who had not expected to inherit, Hugh had joined a travelling circus for a year after leaving Eton, then moved on to America, spending months buffalo-hunting. He pawned his birthright to make his fortune from cattle ranching in Wyoming and was practically destitute when the scheme failed. But then his older brother unexpectedly died, Hugh took both the title and the vast fortune that went with it, and the rest is history: a close friend of Edward VII, a great public benefactor and an unforgettable showman in everything he did, his biography is a pacey, elegant and fascinating tribute to one of aristocracy’s greatest eccentri.

The 5th Earl of Lonsdale, Hugh Lowther, was perhaps the most famous English Lord in the world by the 1880s. His reckless spending of his vast fortune, his womanising, his love of gambling, horses, hunting and boxing rocked the aristocracy and has endeared him to risk-takers and bon-viveurs the world over ever since. As a penniless, wayward, younger son who had not expected to inherit, Hugh had joined a travelling circus for a year after leaving Eton, then moved on to America, spending months buffalo-hunting. He pawned his birthright to make his fortune from cattle ranching in Wyoming and was practically destitute when the scheme failed. But then his older brother unexpectedly died, Hugh took both the title and the vast fortune that went with it, and the rest is history: a close friend of Edward VII before and after his coronation, a great public benefactor and an unforgettable showman in everything he did. This biography is an elegant and fascinating tribute to one of aristocracy’s greatest eccentrics.

Excerpt from Passages From the Past, Vol. 2The prairie - The Mormons - English and Scots emigrants Gone to Canada -calgary-alberta - Need of railways - Lines on Alberta - Canadian prairies - Mounted Police - Marching records -fort Shaw, Montana - Address to Mounted Police pp. 507 - 517.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Tomorrow is Bruno's last day of school for the year. But the full moon makes everything strange. Granny gives him Bill's Big Book of Bunyips to read. Will this explain why there is fur growing down his arms, and who keeps painting the funny faces and breaking the farm fences? Bruno's neighbours, the Stickwhistles, want to drain his beloved swamp to build their pineapple cannery. To save the swamp, Bruno talks to the animals and climbs the Big Pimple to find out who he really is.

Excerpt from Passages From the Past, Vol. 2The prairie - The Mormons - English and Scots emigrants Gone to Canada -calgary-alberta - Need of railways - Lines on Alberta - Canadian prairies - Mounted Police - Marching records -fort Shaw, Montana - Address to Mounted Police pp. 507 - 517.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Published by CUSTOM BOOK PUBLICATIONS... Noveletta imprint ... ... Tomorrow is Bruno’s last day of school for the year. But the full moon makes everything strange. Granny gives him Bill’s Big Book of Bunyips to read. Will this explain why there is fur growing down his arms, and who keeps painting the funny faces and breaking the farm fences? Bruno’s neighbours, the Stickwhistles, want to drain his beloved swamp to build their pineapple cannery. To save the swamp, Bruno talks to the animals and climbs the Big Pimple to find out who he really is. For 5-10 year olds