Tag / Rosie Llewellyn-Jones
A Literary Quartet – from Raj Postcards to Architecture
In the past week we have been pleased to be part of the launches for four very different, but equally exciting, books. On Friday 2 November we welcomed George Michell and Helen…
9 November 2018New research on Sir Aurel Stein
Yesterday evening, 4 October 2018, the Society was delighted to host a lecture by Dr Rosie Llewellyn-Jones MBE, “‘My Dear Schomberg’: Letters from Sir Aurel Stein”. Highlighting a hitherto unstudied collection of…
5 October 2018Happy Birthday Sir William Jones
William Jones was born on this day, 28 September, in 1746. His father, also William Jones, was a mathematician from Anglesey, but living in Westminster when his son was born. Unfortunately William…
28 September 2018Book Launch and Signing – Moin Mir (Author) in conversation with Dr. Rosie Llewellyn-Jones MBE – The Prince Who Beat the Empire: How an Indian Ruler took on the might of the East India Company
“THE PRINCE WHO BEAT THE EMPIRE. How an Indian ruler took on the might of the East India Company” published by Amberely Publishing June 2018. An acclaimed history of Empire and resistance.…
17 September 2018Dr. Rosie Llewellyn-Jones MBE (Independent Scholar) – ‘My Dear Schomberg’: Letters from Sir Aurel Stein
Sir Aurel Stein’s life and work has been extensively examined in books and biographies. He was a prolific letter writer but surprisingly none of his biographers have commented on the correspondence with…
17 September 2018