Sir henry rawlinson biography of michael

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    The Curated Links at 3QD *

    by Ali Minai

    I came to Empires of the Plain: Henry Rawlinson and the Lost Languages of Babylon by Lesley Adkins (Thomas Dunne Books, ) because I was looking to read about Henry Rawlinson – someone I had wondered about and admired for a long time. Copying the immense and inaccessible trilingual cuneiform inscription of Bisitun, and then working to decipher not one but three ancient languages from virtually nothing were feats fit more for legend and story than reality. But Rawlinson was real and, if anything, even more remarkable than my limited knowledge of his accomplishments had suggested. Nominally, the book is a biography of Rawlinson, with a strong focus on the period he spent in Iran (or Persia, as it was called then) and Iraq (then under Ottoman rule). But, in fact, it is the story of a Great Adventure that completely revolutionized our knowledge of human history in ways that is almost beyond imagination for us in the 21st century. And it is

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    List of the RAS Collections of Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson ()

    to “Lieut. Rawlinson”. The RH corner of the first page has been torn away including the date and place of writing but it seems from the contents to have been written in Persia. About military and political affairs in that country. The back of the letter is covered in pencilled notes of dates in ancient history, apparently in HCR’s handwriting. [II/02(01)].

    • Letter from MM Anderson dated Ishapoor [now Ishapore, outside Calcutta, the site of an ordnance factory since ] June 14 [at the beginning] and June 13 [at the end] to “My dear Rawlinson”. Probably written in the ’s. Retails gossip about various mutual acquaintances and looks forward to their meeting soon.
    • “Statement of the claims of Major H C Rawlinson … against the Persian Government Teheran July 31st [?]” [II/02(03)].
    • Copies of 9 letters by HCR regarding the destruction by fire of his papers relating to the Candahar Political Agency (mostly requesting substi
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      Rawlinson Endings: Mike Livesley on Sir Henry&#;

      For sju years Michael Livelsey has been gigging his way around the country with his one-man production of Vivian Stanshall&#;s Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, a surreal and very British monologue concerning the eccentric inhabitants of the titelbärare country pile, &#;nestling in green nowhere&#;. But now he&#;s bringing the gardin down.

      Livesley has racked up between 40 and 50 performances in that time, picking up a growing cast of celebrity fans, actors, musicians and comedians to form eller gestalt a dem facto rotating variety troupe that features within its ranks various Bonzo Dogs, Rutles, the occasional Fry and odd Wakeman.

      What started in The Unity Theatre sju years ago &#; an intimate and obviously brilliant performance, yes we were there &#; has travelled as far and bred as the London Palladium, Edinburgh Festival, and a Methodist Chapel in Laugharne and evolved into a rolling celebration of the world of Vivian Stanshall