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0-575-00287-5. The House on the Strand is a novel by Daphne du Maurier, first published in the UK in 1969 by Victor Gollancz, with a jacket illustration by her daughter, Flavia Tower. [1][2] The US edition was published by Doubleday. Like many of du Maurier's novels, The House on the Strand has a supernatural element, exploring the ability to ...
Cecil House. Coordinates: 51°30′37.8″N 0°7′17″W. Cecil House refers to two historical mansions on The Strand, London, in the vicinity of the Savoy. The first was a 16th-century house on the north side, where the Strand Palace Hotel now stands. The second was built in the early 17th century on the south side nearly opposite, where ...
The Strand (commonly referred to with a leading "The", but formally without [a]) is a major street in the City of Westminster, Central London.The street, which is part of London's West End theatreland, runs just over 3 ⁄ 4 mile (1.2 km) from Trafalgar Square eastwards to Temple Bar, where it becomes Fleet Street in the City of London, and is part of the A4, a main road running west from ...
The Grand Strand is an arc of beach land on the Atlantic Ocean in South Carolina, United States, extending more than 60 miles (97 km) from Little River to Winyah Bay. [1] It is located in Horry and Georgetown Counties on the northeastern South Carolina coast. The term Grand Strand dates back to a November 19, 1949 The Myrtle Beach Sun column ...
Somerset House is a large Renaissance complex situated on the south side of the Strand in central London, overlooking the River Thames, just east of Waterloo Bridge.The Georgian era quadrangle was built on the site of a Tudor palace ("Old Somerset House") originally belonging to the Duke of Somerset in 1547.
This is a list of public art in and around Strand, a thoroughfare in the City of Westminster, London . Strand has linked Westminster with the City of London since the time of the Anglo-Saxons. [1] Aldwych is a crescent at its eastern end created during urban improvements in the early 20th century. Among the examples of architectural sculpture ...
Coordinates: 51°30′38″N 0°7′15″W. Entrance to Simpson's-in-the-Strand. Simpson's-in-the-Strand is one of London's oldest traditional English restaurants. Situated in the Strand, it is part of the Savoy Buildings, which also contain one of the world's most famous hotels, the Savoy. The restaurant has been "temporarily closed" since ...
For Your Pleasure. For Your Pleasure is the second studio album by the English rock band Roxy Music, released on 23 March 1973 by Island Records. It was their last to feature synthesiser and sound specialist Brian Eno.