Honest Penny

Gale Pedrick, Jean Stroud

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Език:: Английски
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Издателство:: Pelham Books
Град на издаване:: London
Година:: 1970 г.
Език:: Английски
Страници:: 206
Корици:: Твърди
Категория:: История и археология
Тегло (гр.):: 386
Ширина (мм):: 140
Височина (мм):: 225
Дебелина (мм):: 22

The Penny, the best-known and possibly the most highly-regarded coin of all, is to disappear from British currency on February 15,1971. Honest Penny is an authoritative yet entertaining record of the Penny through a thousand years of British history, beginning with the Roman denarius. It is much more than a history, however, for it examines the many different ways in which the Penny has influenced social and domestic life in this country. Honest Penny can appeal to those who appreciate a factual account of its thousand-year existence and equally to those who enjoy an element of adventure and romance in their study of such a subject. * About the Authors Gale Pedrick, who was writing Honest Penny in collaboration with Jean Stroud, was a leading figure in the world of television and radio. He joined the Western Morning News as an apprentice, and became radio critic and theatre correspondent of the London Star. His work as an author spanned a remarkable range of subjects. When Gale Pedrick died in February, 1970, Jean Stroud asked his lifelong friend David H. Williams, former Managing Editor of the Evening Standard, to help her finish Honest Penny. Jean Stroud, London-born journalist, broadcaster and author, has been responsible for the research and writing of several important series on television and sound, including the BBC's longrunning 'Pick of the Week' programme. She is wellknown as a children's magazine writer, has been concerned with the production of pageants at the Royal Albert Hall, London, and is also an authority on London past and present. ** Contents Introduction 1 Pride of Pedigree 2 The Rare Ones 3 Cautious William 4 The Long and the Short of It 5 Merlin's Prophecy 6 The Mint Dries Up 7 The Tudor Rose 8 Royal Maundy 9 'The Poorer Sort of People' 10 Rule Britannia 11 The Days of Panic 12 Victoria's Empire 13 Rowland Hill and the Penny Post 14 The Best... The Worst of Times 15 A Catch In It 16 Blue Peter 17 Nothing Venture 18 Don't Ask the Price 19 Penny Fair 101 20 Pot Luck 103 21 The Nursery Penny 104 22 A Pennyworth of Sweets 108 23 Money in the Bank 110 24 Any Gum Chum? 112 25 Penny Patter 114 26 Toysellers' Row 120 27 A Penny a Mile 128 28 Fares Please 133 29 Penny in the Slot 140 30 What the Butler Saw 145 31 Battle of the Sexes 147 32 The Young Shaver 149 33 The Man who was Penny 151 34 The Penny Dream 152 35 Roll up, Roll up 154 36 Penny on the Drum 157 37 Read All About It 158 38 The Power of Advertising 165 39 The Merry, Merry Cries 167 40 Don't Play With Fire 170 41 D-Day 175 42 A Purseful of Pennies 187 43 Dates With a Penny 191 INDEX 197

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