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specially commissioned CD of music sung by the College
choirs under the direction of Daniel Hyde accompanies
the book (and is only available with it). The recording
explores the long and rich tradition of chapel music at
Jesus, unique among Cambridge Colleges in maintaining
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With
close on forty essays by almost as many authors and over
230 illustrations –
featuring both new and archival photography –
this book, commissioned by the College, describes what
its members know is one of Cambridge's most beautiful,
interesting and distinctive places, with a history that
pre-dates even the University's. Now the home of a
cosmopolitan community of 800 people studying,
researching and teaching in one of the world's greatest
universities, Jesus College is also the focus of many of
their extra-curricular activities –
social, sporting,
musical and in the arts –
and the starting place for
many life-long friendships.
The book tells how, generation by generation, its
members have contributed to the making of what, though
we may often take it for granted, is a remarkable
institution, one with strong ties to many parts of the
world. It portrays, in words and pictures, the
College's physical and historical setting –
its
foundation within the ruined buildings, and with the
exiguous endowments, of a twelfth century nunnery; the
treasures acquired over the centuries –
archives, manuscripts,
books, silver, paintings and sculptures; the famous (and
not so famous) people who have studied and taught in it;
and their achievements as scholars, scientists and
writers. It explains how, after three-and-a-half
centuries as one of Cambridge's smaller and poorer
colleges, Jesus rapidly expanded, and became much better
known –
a process in which notable prowess on the river
and the sports fields played its part –
thereby making
possible the College we know.
Most (if not quite all!) aspects of the sixty years of
change since the Second World War, when more students
have come to the College than throughout all its
previous history, are reviewed. There are accounts
of a notable group of dons of the 1950s and 1960s; of
College staff –
porters and bed makers –
and of that now
extinct species, landladies; of the emergence of a large
community of graduate students; and, of course, of the
arrival thirty years ago of women as Fellows and
students. Both Old Members and Fellows write about
the College they encountered (with some trepidation) as
freshmen, of their lives as students and those they met
here.
Book Production Consultants provided editorial, design,
proof reading, production and print services –
all
overseen by a dedicated project manager.
297 x 255mm; hardback; 320 pages in full colour plus
full colour jacket.
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"Jesus: The Life of a Cambridge College is, on any
reckoning, a handsome volume and members and friends of
the College have been delighted with it. BPC's superb
publishing team - managing editor, book designer, copy
editor, proofreaders, production manager - were a
pleasure to work with, and not only because they were so
keen to ensure that every aspect of the book was absolutely
right. They provided its editor (me!) with all the
support he could have hoped for."
Peter Glazebrook, Emeritus Fellow Jesus College,
Cambridge
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Date published:
31st October 2007 |
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Price: £45.00 per copy
UK p&p £8.00
Europe p&p £13.20
ROW p&p £24.00
Canada p&p £30.60
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To
order, please contact us at the below details:
Granta Editions
25-27 High Street
Chesterton
Cambridge
CB4 1ND
Tel: +44 (0)1223 352790
Fax: +44 (0)1223 460718
booksales@bpccam.co.uk
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