Bøger om Cambridgeshire

I 1999 fandt man blot 700 meter fra toppen af Mount Everest det dybfrosne lig af den legendariske engelske bjergbestiger George Mallory, der forsvandt i 1924. Tre gange forsøgte han at bestige verdens højeste bjerg, tredje gang blev ulykkens gang. Både han og hans klatremakker Andrew Irvine omkom på bjerget. Liget af Irvine er aldrig blevet fundet, heller ikke Mallorys kamera. Måske indeholder det billeder fra toppen og dermed beviset for, at Mallory blev den første på verdens tag næsten 30 år før Sir Edmund Hillary. ÆRENS VEJE er den dramatiske historie om George Mallory, født i 1886 og uddannet på Cambridge University. Han kæmpede på Vestfronten under Første Verdenskrig, og var hele sit liv en fænomenal bjergbestiger. På spørgsmålet om, hvorfor han ville bestige Mount Everest, svarede han: ”Fordi det ligger der.””Hvis der var en nobelpris i fortællekunst, ville Archer få den.” Daily Telegraph

"The seventeenth-century philosophers known as the Cambridge Platonists were recognised in their time as some of England's most influential and controversial philosophers. In this study, Samuel M. Kaldas explores the intellectual contributions of the group, which serve as the foundation for the modern field of philosophy of religion"--

"Lulu Moore created a perfect book boyfriend in OAR THAN FRIENDS. Oz is the very definition of boy obsessed and his pursuit of Kate is absolutely delicious! This book is sweet and sexy and I didn't want it to end!" ~ New York Times bestselling author Monica MurphyShe's rowing for Cambridge. He's rowing for Oxford. But they just can't keep one another at oar's length . . .Arthur Osbourne-Cloud has his future mapped out for him - graduate Oxford and follow his dreadful father into politics. Except Arthur wants anything but that. He'd rather spend his days rowing for gold at the Olympics,.And this year he has the Boat Race to win. Kate Astley also has her future mapped out. Fly half-way across the world, and win a scholarship at Cambridge University to study medicine. Oh, and crew for the legendary Boat Race. Seems simple enough. But then she meets Arthur. For Arthur, this feisty American challenges everything he's been taught to believe, while Kate battles between what she's expected to do, and what she wants to do. The bitter rivalry between their universities ought to destroy them. Or will it just be a matter of time before they surrender to the sizzling chemistry between them?But In The Boat Race, there can only be one winner. Who will sink and who will swim?PRAISE FOR OAR THAN FRIENDS:'I could not put this book down' Goodreads Reviewer'A breathtakingly unique take on the college rivals and sports romance tropes' Goodreads Reviewer'5+ stars!' Goodreads Reviewer'This book gives it all, and I'm not ashamed to say, I laughed, I cried, and I may have bit through my lip because of the tension in the end' Goodreads Reviewer'It's a 5-star read - if I could give more I would' Goodreads Reviewer

'I just loved it - it truly wedged itself into my brain. Absolutely vile and brilliant. Plaything is an unhinged melody, and it will serenade fans of the darkest narratives.' ALICE SLATER, author of Death of a Bookseller'A gloriously tense tale of obsession' Financial TimesAnna is smart. Smarter than you, probably. But when she falls for the beautiful, enigmatic Caden, her need to get under his skin, to truly know him becomes overpowering.Anna's new life in Cambridge is full of promise - she's the top student in her PhD cohort, she has great friends and she has met an exhaustingly attractive man - but something is a little off. Perhaps it's the routine violence of her lab work with animals, or maybe it's something to do with her boyfriend's icy reserve but it seems there is a kind of menace hiding beneath the Cambridge dream.When Anna and Caden's lives become tightly entangled, her obsession with Caden's seemingly ever-present ex-girlfriend reaches a dangerous pitch... Just how far will she go to satiate her curiosity?-------------------FROM THE REVIEWS FOR BEA SETTON'S BERLIN'Terrific . . . [an] unsettling and compelling read' Observer'I was completely absorbed' FRANCESCA REECE, author of Voyeur'Compelling, raw and thrillingly strange' MONA AWAD, author of Bunny'Cinematically vivid, and refreshingly honest' LISA HALLIDAY, author of Asymmetry

The history of the railway route from Oxford to Cambridge, from its beginnings through partial closure to the present day plans to reopen it as an East-West line.

This book tells the story of John Wright, a talented but poor student at Cambridge who was deprived of success and impelled to make a living as hack writer in London, where he was often imprisoned for debt. His memoir, along with the in-depth commentary and detailed scholarly notes presented here, offers extraordinary reading.

Explore the city of Peterborough in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to its history, people and places.

In this intimate history of the extraordinary Black Plague pandemic that swept through the British Isles in 1665, Evelyn Lord focuses on the plague’s effects on smaller towns, where every death was a singular blow affecting the entire community. Lord’s fascinating reconstruction of life during plague times presents the personal experiences of a wide range of individuals, from historical notables Samuel Pepys and Isaac Newton to common folk who tilled the land and ran the shops. She brings this dark era to vivid life through stories of loss and survival from those who grieved, those who fled, and those who hid to await their fate.  

A fascinating photographic exploration of Cambridgeshire's historic churches. Will be of interest to all those who live in or are visiting this attractive county in England.

Never before published in America, and now a six-hour PBS presentation, Porterhouse Blue is the story of one college campus with more problems than students. A revolution at Porterhouse College sends a lot of things out in the open--namely one gross of condoms.

Midt i den ubarmhjertige sommervarme bliver en ung læge fundet brutalt myrdet i sit hjem i en malerisk landsby i Cambridgeshire.Har hans død noget at gøre med hans privatliv eller hans arbejdsliv?Dr. Joshua Ainsworth arbejdede i et kvindefængsel, der stadig lider under følgerne af en skandale et par år tidligere. Var det ham, der var whistlebloweren – eller var det ham, der stod bag?Da kriminalkommissær Zigic og kriminalbetjent Ferreira møjsommeligt begynder at rekonstruere dr. Ainsworths sidste dage, dukker endnu flere hemmeligheder og mistænkte op.Denne sag er imidlertid ikke den eneste, der lægger beslag på deres opmærksomhed. En voldelig forbryder er blevet løsladt på grund af en teknikalitet, og politiet ved, at han vil slå til igen: Spørgsmålet er kun, hvem der bliver hans første offer …

Da politiet efter en anmeldelse bliver kaldt ud til et skyderi sent på aftenen, forventer de, at det er stoffer eller banderelateret. De forventer ikke at finde en ung studerende, der er blevet henrettet på vej hjem.Jordan Radley studerede journalistik og var hårdtarbejdende, vellidt og dedikeret. Hans første store historie – at se på nedfaldet efter lukningen af en stor lokal fabrik – var blevet bragt for nylig og så ud til at blive det første skridt i den karriere, han så ivrigt så frem til. Selv efter historien var blevet bragt, holdt Jordan kontakten med dem, han havde interviewet. Han var på vej hjem fra deres klub den aften, han blev myrdet. Det står hurtigt klart for politiet, at Jordan ikke blot blev dræbt, men at gerningsmændene også brød også ind i hans hus og tog hans bærbare computer og notater. Hvad var han i færd med at undersøge, som kunne have ført til hans død? Og kan det sættes i forbindelse med en anden sag i området, som længe er blevet betragtet som en ulykke?