Four Princes: Henry VIII, Francis I, Charles V, Suleiman the Magnificent and the Obsessions That Forged Modern Europe
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'Never before had the world seen four such giants co-existing. Sometimes friends, more often...
Medieval People: Vivid Lives in a Distant Landscape - from Charlemagne to Piero Della Francesca
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This engrossing and often witty account tells the life stories of some 70 individuals who made the...
Ceremony, Ritual and Kingcraft at the Court of Charles I
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This is a unique study of the relationship between religious ritual and ceremonial dining. Blunt's...
Charles Pelham Villiers: Aristocratic Victorian Radical
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This book provides the first biographical study of Charles Pelham Villiers (1802-1898), whose long...
Architectural Theory of Modernism: Relating Functions and Forms
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Architectural Theory of Modernism presents an overview of the discourse on function-form concepts...
The Chartist General: Charles James Napier, the Conquest of Sind, and Imperial Liberalism
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General Charles James Napier was sent to confront the tens of thousands of Chartist protestors...
Oscar Wilde: Recollections by Jean Paul Raymond
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A highly personal memoir of Oscar Wilde, and a close copy of the 1932 original, which was limited to...
James Shirley and Early Modern Theatre: New Critical Perspectives
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James Shirley was the last great dramatist of the English Renaissance, shining out among other...
Victorian Writers and the Environment: Ecocritical Perspectives
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Applying ecocritical theory to the work of Victorian writers, this collection explores what a...