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Kings, Nobles and Commoners | |||
| States and Societies in Early Modern Europe. A Revisionist History | History | |||
| Jeremy Black | ||||
| IB Tauris 2004 198 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1860649866 | ||||
| Published Price £15.99 | Sale Price £8.99 | |||
| Jeremy Black explores the workings of religion on the development of the early modern state in Europe and traces its continued influence from 1550 to 1800. | ||||
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Struggle for a Vast Future | |||
| The American Civil War | History | |||
| Aaron Sheehan-Dean (Edited by) | ||||
| Osprey 2006 272 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 184603213X | ||||
| Published Price £12.99 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| Here, twelve eminent historians discuss the origins and legacy of the American Civil War, each offering a fresh perspective on a key theme. Among their topics: military leadership, the naval war, espionage, emancipation, and European influence. | ||||
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The Affair of the Poisons | |||
| Murder, Infanticide and Satanism at the Court of Louis XIV | History | |||
| Anne Somerset | ||||
| Weidenfeld 2003 378 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0297842161 | ||||
| Published Price £20.00 | Sale Price £7.99 | |||
| In the France of Louis XIV, accusations of poisoning and black magic led to the arrests of suspects from the highest ranks of society. Intelligence was received suggesting that the King himself was at risk of poisoning, and his mistress was accused of engaging in Satanic rituals. Anne Somerset looks again at early accounts of the affair and suggests answers to some crucial problems in this bizarre period of French history. Paperback bookclub edition. | ||||
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The Fourth of July | |||
| and the Founding of America | History | |||
| Peter de Bolla | ||||
| Profile 2007 196 pages | ||||
| Hardback 1861978502 | ||||
| Published Price £15.99 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| Every year on 4 July Americans, at home and abroad, celebrate the founding of their country. Why has the 4th been so punctual a moment in the nation's calendar when the Declaration of Independence was in fact made on 2 July? In this original book Peter de Bolla teases out the true history of Independence Day, from 1776, through the Civil War and the Cold War, and into the present time. | ||||
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A People's History of the Civil War | |||
| Struggles for the Meaning of Freedom | History | |||
| David Williams | ||||
| New Press 2006 586 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1595581251 | ||||
| Published Price £14.99 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| There have been many published histories of America at war with itself, but David Williams's remarkable People's History is firmly rooted in accounts of everyday people caught up in the momentous struggle. When the conflict is seen through the experiences of people whose voices are rarely heard - among them, foot-soldiers, women, slaves, prisoners of war, draft resisters and Native Americans - a new perspective emerges that complements, contradicts and humanizes more conventional historical accounts. Off-mint and felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge. | ||||
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Free at Last | |||
| A Documentary History of Slavery, Freedom and Civil War | History | |||
| Ira Berlin; Barbara J Fields; (Edited by) | ||||
| New Press 2007 571 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 1565841204 | ||||
| Published Price £13.99 | Sale Price £4.99 | |||
| In 1864 Annie Davis of Baltimore wrote to Abraham Lincoln with an urgent question: 'you will please let me know if we are free. and what i can do. I write to you for advice. please send me word this week.' Her letter is typical of the documents in this fascinating collection of sources illuminating the struggle for emancipation in the words of the participants themselves - black and white, slave and free. Off-mint with felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge. | ||||
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Between Two Empires | |||
| Ahmet Agagoglu and the New Turkey | History | |||
| A Holly Shissler | ||||
| IB Tauris 2003 280 pages | ||||
| Hardback 186064855X | ||||
| Published Price £54.50 | Sale Price £28.00 | |||
| Shissler's biography focuses on Ahmet Agaoglu (1869-1939) as a man whose life and writings embodied the struggles of late 19th century Ottoman and Transcaucasian Muslim intellectuals. An intellectual, politician and activist, he was involved in momentous developments in early 20th century Europe and the Middle East - in the First World War as as political adviser to the Ottoman army, in the creation of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and, above all, in the consolidation of the new Republic of Turkey. | ||||
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Cavalier | |||
| A Tale of Chivalry, Passion and Great Houses | History | |||
| Lucy Worsley | ||||
| Faber 2007 332 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0571227031 | ||||
| Published Price £20.00 | Sale Price £4.99 | |||
| Sir William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle (1593-1676) is often called the 'last of the great cavaliers' and he certainly embodies the popular notion of that flamboyant tribe - courageous and cultured, passionate about grand architecture, horses and women, and head of the king's army in the north during the Civil War. Lucy Worsley, Chief Curator of the Historic Royal Palaces, vividly portrays Cavendish's world, and the vital support such a man received from his household and family. | ||||
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Kitty O'Shea | |||
| An Irish Affair | History | |||
| Jane Jordan | ||||
| Sutton 2005 278 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0750933429 | ||||
| Published Price £20.00 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| The world of Anglo-Irish politics was rocked to its foundations in 1889, when it was very publicly revealed that the leader of the Home Rule movement, Charles Stewart Parnell, had been involved for years in an affair with Katharine O'Shea (1845-1921), the wife of a fellow MP. Kitty, as she was slightingly called by the media, has been routinely denigrated by historians on both sides; here, Jane Jordan presents a new and balanced account of this surprisingly modern woman. | ||||
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Marlborough | |||
| Hero of Blenheim | History | |||
| John Hussey | ||||
| Weidenfeld 2004 255 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0297846868 | ||||
| Published Price £14.99 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| The military genius of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), made him easily the most successful general of his generation, and later drew admiring comments from Napoleon, Wellington, Montgomery and many others. John Hussey's new appraisal demonstrates that Marlborough's success rested on a unique combination of good luck, astute political manoeuvring, brilliance on the battlefield, and an almost uncanny diplomatic ability to hold together a disparate group of restless and mistrustful allies. | ||||
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The Pirate Queen | |||
| Elizabeth I, her Pirate Adventurers and the Dawn of Empire | History | |||
| Susan Ronald | ||||
| Sutton 2007 471 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0750948418 | ||||
| Published Price £25.00 | Sale Price £4.99 | |||
| It was Philip II of Spain who dubbed Elizabeth the 'Pirate Queen', and he was not far wrong. Elizabeth was acutely aware of the vulnerability of her Protestant nation, and fully understood how vital sea power was to its survival: in the words of Sir Walter Raleigh, 'Whoever commands the sea commands trade'. Susan Ronald ably demonstrates the thin line between Elizabethan merchant adventurer and pirate, and shows how state-sponsored piracy and plunder played an important part in transforming England into a world power. | ||||
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The Pope's Daughter | |||
| History | ||||
| Caroline P Murphy | ||||
| Faber 2004 359 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0571221076 | ||||
| Published Price £16.99 | Sale Price £6.99 | |||
| Outspoken and ambitious, Felice della Rovere defied her father, a cardinal who became Pope Julius II in 1503; she refused no fewer than five husbands and, once married, conducted a bitter feud with her stepson. Based on Felice's surviving correspondence and the reports of those who met her, this biography explores her exceptional character and vividly recreates the day-to-day life of Renaissance Italy and the intrigue of the papal court. Off-mint. | ||||
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The Fall of Toulon | |||
| The Last Opportunity to Defeat the French Revolution | History | |||
| Bernard Ireland | ||||
| Weidenfeld & Nicholson 2005 319 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0297846124 | ||||
| Published Price £25.00 | Sale Price £4.99 | |||
| In the summer of 1793 the strategic port of Toulon was deliberately surrendered by French Royalists to a multi-national task force involving British, Spanish, Austrian and Italian forces. The plan was to use the port as a base to launch an invasion to crush the Revolution, but, as Bernard Ireland demonstrates, the allies' inexplicable failure to act decisively wasted a golden opportunity and resulted in a lengthy siege, leading eventually to the long drawn out Napoleonic Wars. | ||||
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Blood Brothers | |||
| A Short History of the Civil War | History | |||
| Frank E Vandiver | ||||
| Texas A&M UP 1993 209 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0890965242 | ||||
| Published Price $15.95 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| Combining vivid narrative with a meditation on the meaning of the American Civil War, Frank Vandiver recounts the campaigns and major battles of the first war of the Industrial Revolution, with its unprecedented machinery, firepower and engineering; and interprets the war as rooted in the character and vision of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, their conflicting ideologies and the different revolutions of North and South. | ||||
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Finding Atlantis | |||
| A True Story of Genius, Madness and an Extraordinary Quest for a Lost World | History | |||
| David King | ||||
| Harmony 2005 310 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1400047528 | ||||
| Published Price $23.00 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| This is the first full account in English of the life and work of Olof Rudbeck (1630-1702), the forgotten Swedish philosopher and scientist who enjoyed a high international reputation in his day. Rudbeck's grand theory argued that almost all the ancient mythologies could be traced to a common ancestor civilization, previously situated in northern Sweden, but now lost. David King's analysis reveals a fascinating combination of genius and madness in Rudbeck's character and demonstrates how seriously his ideas were taken at the time. American-cut pages. | ||||
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