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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Antonio de la Gándara 1861-1917 is in Painters.
On 16th December 1861 Antonio de la Gándara was born. His father was of Spanish ancestry, born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, and his mother was from England.
1888. Antonio de la Gándara (age 26). Self-portrait.
1898. Antonio de la Gándara (age 36). Portrait of Maria Hardouin (age 33).
Maria Hardouin: On 30th January 1864 she was born to Jules Hardouin. On 28th July 1883 Gabriele D'Annunzio and she were married. On 18th January 1954 she died.
1898. Antonio de la Gándara (age 36). Portrait of Princess Anna Elisabeth Bibesco Bassaraba de Brancovan (age 21).
1898. Antonio de la Gándara (age 36). Portrait of Virginie Amélie Avegno "Madame Gautreau" (age 38).
Around 1903. Antonio de la Gándara (age 41). Portrait of Ida Rubinstein (age 19).
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
1913. Antonio de la Gándara (age 51). Portrait de Madame Louis Rosenau.
1913. Antonio de la Gándara (age 51). Portrait Of Ambassador Del Solar And His children.
Before 1917. Antonio de la Gándara (age 55). Portrait of Madame Rene Prejean.
On 30th June 1917 Antonio de la Gándara (age 55) died. he was buried at Pére Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.