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The Civil Wars after 1660
Boydell & Brewer 2013; US$ 99.00This book examines the conflicting ways in which the civil wars and Interregnum were remembered, constructed and represented in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England. It argues that during the late Stuart period, public remembering of the English civil wars and Interregnum was not concerned with re-fighting the old struggle but rather with commending... more...
Reading Authority and Representing Rule in Early Modern England
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 30.99Reading Authority and Representing Rule in Early Modern England explores the publication and reception of authority in early modern England. Examples are drawn from a broad range of source, including royal portraits, architecture, coins and medals and written texts.This is a volume that presents the history of society and state as a cultural as well... more...
Unholy Joy: 50 Years On - A Short History of the Profumo Affair
Atlantic Books Ltd 2013; US$ 0.01Named after John Profumo, Secretary of State for War, the Profumo Affair was the biggest British political scandal of 1963. His affair with Christine Keeler, the reputed mistress of an alleged Soviet spy, followed by his lying in the House of Commons when he was questioned about it, forced the resignation of Profumo and damaged the reputation of Prime... more...
Jane Austen's Aunt Behind Bars
Anthem Press 2013; US$ 4.36The collected essays explore the lives of several writers in Georgian and Victorian Britain, in terms of their knowledge and experience of prison life. This book focuses on the lives of the writers themselves, or on the prison stretches endured by their relatives or acquaintances. Some of these writers were locked up for debt, while others were deprived... more...
Early Modern England 1485-1714
Wiley 2013; US$ 57.95The second edition of this bestselling narrative history has been revised and expanded to reflect recent scholarship. The book traces the transformation of England during the Tudor-Stuart period, from feudal European state to a constitutional monarchy and the wealthiest and most powerful nation on Earth. Written by two leading scholars and experienced... more...
Chivalry, Kingship and Crusade
Boydell & Brewer 2013; US$ 99.00The central theme of this book is the largely untold story of English knighthood's ongoing obsession with the crusade fight during the age of Chaucer, "high chivalry" and the famous battles of the Hundred Years War. After combat in France and Scotland, fighting crusades was the main experience of English chivalry in the fourteenth century.... more...
Elizabethan Rogues and Vagabonds
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 175.00Published in he year 1967, Elizabethan Rogues and Vagabonds is a valuable contribution to the field of History. more...
Britain and Japan
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 190.00The continuing success of this series, highly regarded by scholars and the general reader alike, has prompted The Japan Society to commission this fourth volume, devoted as before to the lives of key people, both British and Japanese, who have made significant contributions to the development of Anglo-Japanese relations. The appearance of this volume... more...
Memories of Margaret Thatcher
Biteback Publishing 2013; US$ 29.17Margaret Thatcher is a British icon. There is no denying her place in history as Britain?s greatest peacetime Prime Minister. The reaction to her death confirms that twenty-three years after leaving office she still bestrides the political scene, both in Britain and around the world, like a colossus. Margaret Thatcher was elected to Parliament in... more...
Perilous Question
PublicAffairs 2013; US$ 29.99Antonia Fraser?s Perilous Question is a dazzling re-creation of the tempestuous two-year period in Britain?s history leading up to the passing of the Great Reform Bill in 1832, a narrative which at times reads like a political thriller. The era, beginning with the accession of William IV, is evoked in the novels of Trollope and Thackeray, and described... more...









