Quaker history and biography

English cowboy, tramp, author, adulterer, social reformer, preacher. This lovingly written, but brutally honest, biography by the subject's grandson belongs to an unusual genre - the spiritual thriller.

Friends House, on Euston Road in London, was “…purpose-built as headquarters for the Society of Friends who had previously met at Devonshire House, an 18th century building in Houndsditch (now demolished).

A quaker family's history from 1660 to the present day. Antony Barlow, one of the five children of ralph and joan Barlow, is the descendant of one of the oldest Quaker families, whose ancestor james Lancaster was one of The Society of Friends

Though Fox's own Journal tells his life-story fully and vividly, some readers find it so detailed, and so quick to assume his reader's familiarity with situations, events and outlooks of his time that it is difficult to read or grasp it as a whole.

It is about real stools and chairs, including 'Walnut Chairs' and a 'George Fox Chair', while resting gently on the surface of Quaker history proper. It explores the evidence behind some local Quaker furniture legends.

Centred on the ancient wapentakes of East and West Staincliffe, this study examines some of the factors which resulted in the North Yorkshire Pennines becoming a notable centre of independent, radical religion ...

Amelia opie's interesting life coud have been lived for the benefit of some future biographer. she was a best selling novelist, much in demand in the highest social circles a committed campaigner for the under privileged and anti slavery, a Quaker...