Background
He was born Geoffrey Heald in Bolton and took his stepfather"s surname.
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On the Other Side: A Journey Through Soviet Central Asia by Geoffrey Moorhouse (1991-03-03)
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At the George: And Other Essays on Rugby League by Geoffrey Moorhouse (2013-10-09)
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Apples in the Snow: A Journey to Samarkand
(Starting near the roof of the world on the Soviet Union's...)
Starting near the roof of the world on the Soviet Union's border with China, Geoffrey Moorhouse's journey through Central Asia winds across mountains, steppes and desert as well as the path of the retreating Red Army before reaching Tamburlaine's tomb in Samarakand. The sequel to his award winning To the Frontier, Apples in the Snow is both a dramatic history of this wild region and an absorbing portrait of its present. 'A beautifully written account ... Moorhouse is one of the great travellers: everywhere attuned to past and present, to the uneasiness and muted discords of the people about him, to the mundane, the ridiculous and the extraordinary beauties of Central Asia.' Guardian
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The Last Divine Office: Henry VIII and the Dissolution of the Monasteries
( The Last Divine Office explores the enormous upheaval c...)
The Last Divine Office explores the enormous upheaval caused by the English Reformation, drawing for his sources on material that has lain forgotten in one of the world’s great cathedrals. He recreates in vivid detail what life was like in a major monastery before the Dissolution began in 1536, and how that life was forever transformed on the orders of King Henry VIII.
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The Diplomats: The Foreign Office Today
(8vo pp. 406 ril tela, sovrac (cloth, DJ))
8vo pp. 406 ril tela, sovrac (cloth, DJ)
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Against all reason.
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India Britannica
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The Boat And The Town (U)
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The Fearful Void
(Used book, paperback, non-fiction, travel/adventure)
Used book, paperback, non-fiction, travel/adventure
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The Best Loved Game: One Summer of English Cricket (Faber Finds) by Geoffrey Moorhouse (2013-10-09)
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At the George: And Other Essays on Rugby League
( At the George, Geoffrey Moorhouse's testament to a life...)
At the George, Geoffrey Moorhouse's testament to a lifelong love of rugby league, was shortlisted for the inaugural William Hill Sports Book of the Year award in 1989. 'The very soul of rugby league, a sport that has been called 'the toughest in the world', lives within the pages of At the George. From first acquaintance some seasons ago, I believed it to be the finest book ever penned on the thirteen-a-side game... Today, the book remains as fresh as ever and as firmly placed on its pedestal... It is a seminal work, a precious treasure of the game. The book is from the heart, written by a man of intellect, who was bowled over by what he saw one May afternoon at Maine Road, Manchester, back in 1946, and who never lost his affection for the game.' Ian Head, from his new Preface to this edition
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The Last Office: 1539 and the Dissolution of a Monastery
(What happened to the monks, their orders and the communit...)
What happened to the monks, their orders and the communities they served after Henry VIII's break with Rome in 1536? In THE LAST OFFICE Geoffrey Moorhouse reveals how the Dissolution of the Monasteries affected the great Benedictine priory at Durham, drawing for his sources on material that has lain forgotten in the recesses of one of our great cathedrals. The quarrel between Henry VIII and the papacy not only gave birth to the Church of England but heralded the destruction of the 650 or so religious houses that played a central role in the spiritual and economic life of the nation. Durham proved to be the exception. On New Year's Eve 1539, the monks sang the last compline. Next morning the priory and its community were surrendered into the hands of the King's commissioners. But then nothing happened. An interregnum lasted 16 months before the priory was reborn as the new cathedral church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin, part of the new Church of England. The Prior became the Dean and 12 monks were retained as prebendaries. In Geofrey Moorhouse's original and absorbing study, one of the great catalytic events of our past comes alive through the personalities and events at one key monastery.
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The Fearful Void 1st Griffin edition by Moorhouse, Geoffrey (1988) Paperback
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The Fearful Void
(It was because I was afraid that I had decided to attempt...)
It was because I was afraid that I had decided to attempt a crossing of the great Sahara desert, from west to east, by myself and by camel. No one had ever made such a journey before ...' In October 1972 Geoffrey Moorhouse began his odyssey across the Sahara from the Atlantic to the Nile, a distance of 3,600 miles. His reason for undertaking such an immense feat was to examine the roots of his fear, to explore an extremity of human experience. From the outset misfortune was never far away; and as he moved further into that 'awful emptiness' the physical and mental deprivation grew more intense. In March 1973, having walked the last 300 miles, Moorhouse, ill and exhausted, reached Tamanrasset, where he decided to end his journey. The Fearful Void is the moving record of his struggle with fear and loneliness and, ultimately, his coming to terms with the spiritual as well as the physical dangers of the desert.
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Om: An Indian Pilgrimage (Teach Yourself) by Geoffrey Moorhouse (1993-07-01)
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Apples in the Snow: A Journey to Samarkand (By: Geoffrey Moorhouse) published: March, 2011
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Sun Dancing: A Vision of Medieval Ireland
( Combining narrative re-creations with scholarly reflect...)
Combining narrative re-creations with scholarly reflections, Moorhouse brings to life the monks of the Skellig Islands and the spirituality of medieval Ireland in a “highly original, gracefully written” book (Boston Globe) that is “sure to fascinate lovers of Celtic history” (Boston Herald). A Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist.
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Om: An Indian Pilgrimage
(In Om Geoffrey Moorhouse records his travels across South...)
In Om Geoffrey Moorhouse records his travels across South India in 1992, from the places of worship he visited to the wide range of people he met on his way - the pilgrims and supplicants, agnostics and holy men and women, politicians and the last survivor of the pre-Independence princes. An honest and unflinching account of a deeply personal spiritual quest, Om also brilliantly evokes the frustrations and delights of India. 'A remarkable book ... Humble and sensitive, with a complete lack of pretension, Om is both a lesson in how to write about a foreign culture and an inspiration to read.' Independent
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India Britannica: A Vivid Introduction to the History of British India
( From the beginnings of the East India Company in the se...)
From the beginnings of the East India Company in the seventeenth century down to February 28, 1948, when the Somerset Light Infantry became the last British soldiers to leave Indian soil, Moorhouse charts the course of British rule in India.
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The Last Divine Office: Henry VIII and the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Geoffrey Moorhouse (2009-04-01)
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The Last Office: 1539 and the Dissolution of a Monastery: 1539 - The Dissolution of a Monastry by Geoffrey Moorhouse (2008-03-13)
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Against All Reason
(About monasticism in the twentieth century.)
About monasticism in the twentieth century.
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The Best Loved Game: One Summer of English Cricket (Faber Finds) by Geoffrey Moorhouse (2013-10-09)
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INDIA BRITANNICA.
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Sun Dancing: A Medieval Vision
(In this remarkable feat of imagination and reconstruction...)
In this remarkable feat of imagination and reconstruction Moorhouse shows how the medieval monastic community of The Great Skellig, an island off Ireland's southwest coast, worshipped and survived from 500 bc to ad 1200. The first part of the book is a fictional description of the austere life of the monks beginning with their arrival on the island, withdrawing from the world to a life of prayer, fasting, hardship, and danger. Subsequent scenes depict aspects of Celtic spirituality, a dangerous Viking raid, and spiritual crises. Finally, the abbot and his aging disciples abandon the island following a severe storm. The second part is a collection of short essays describing the many features of medieval monastic life.
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The Fearful Void by Geoffrey Moorhouse (2011-05-11)
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Geoffrey Moorhouse
Edit ProfileEducation
He attended Bury Grammar School. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1972, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1982, and received an honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Warwick.
Career
He began writing as a journalist on the Bolton Evening News. At the age of 27, he joined the Manchester Guardian where he eventually became chief feature writer and combined writing books with journalism. Many of his books were largely based on his travels.
He had recently concentrated on Tudor history, with The Pilgrimage of Grace and Great Harry"s Navy.
He lived in a hill village in North Yorkshire. In an interview given at the University of Tübingen in 1999, he described his approach to his writing.
All three of Moorhouse"s marriages ended in divorce. His writing on the sport of rugby league is some of the greatest associated with the game - his series of essays entitled At The George in particular are a powerful and eloquent homage to a deeply held love.
Achievements
Works
book
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The Last Office: 1539 and the Dissolution of a Monastery
(What happened to the monks, their orders and the communit...)
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Sun Dancing: A Vision of Medieval Ireland
( Combining narrative re-creations with scholarly reflect...)
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Om: An Indian Pilgrimage
(In Om Geoffrey Moorhouse records his travels across South...)
-
Apples in the Snow: A Journey to Samarkand
(Starting near the roof of the world on the Soviet Union's...)
-
India Britannica: A Vivid Introduction to the History of British India
( From the beginnings of the East India Company in the se...)
-
Sun Dancing: A Medieval Vision
(In this remarkable feat of imagination and reconstruction...)
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The Last Divine Office: Henry VIII and the Dissolution of the Monasteries
( The Last Divine Office explores the enormous upheaval c...)
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At the George: And Other Essays on Rugby League
( At the George, Geoffrey Moorhouse's testament to a life...)
-
The Fearful Void
(It was because I was afraid that I had decided to attempt...)
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The Fearful Void
(Used book, paperback, non-fiction, travel/adventure)
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Against All Reason
(About monasticism in the twentieth century.)
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The Diplomats: The Foreign Office Today
(8vo pp. 406 ril tela, sovrac (cloth, DJ))
- On the Other Side: A Journey Through Soviet Central Asia by Geoffrey Moorhouse (1991-03-03)
- Fearful Void
- At the George: And Other Essays on Rugby League by Geoffrey Moorhouse (2013-10-09)
- Against all reason.
- India Britannica
- The Boat And The Town (U)
- The Best Loved Game: One Summer of English Cricket (Faber Finds) by Geoffrey Moorhouse (2013-10-09)
- The Fearful Void 1st Griffin edition by Moorhouse, Geoffrey (1988) Paperback
- Om: An Indian Pilgrimage (Teach Yourself) by Geoffrey Moorhouse (1993-07-01)
- Apples in the Snow: A Journey to Samarkand (By: Geoffrey Moorhouse) published: March, 2011
- The Last Divine Office: Henry VIII and the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Geoffrey Moorhouse (2009-04-01)
- The Last Office: 1539 and the Dissolution of a Monastery: 1539 - The Dissolution of a Monastry by Geoffrey Moorhouse (2008-03-13)
- The Best Loved Game: One Summer of English Cricket (Faber Finds) by Geoffrey Moorhouse (2013-10-09)
- INDIA BRITANNICA.
- The Fearful Void by Geoffrey Moorhouse (2011-05-11)
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The Last Office: 1539 and the Dissolution of a Monastery
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Died
November 26, 2009 (aged 77) -
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English