Citizen Emperor: Napoleon in Power 1799-1815
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'Napoleon's legend is so persistent that it confounds the historical reality in the popular...
Conversations with Miller
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Dr Lachlan Grant of Ballachulish, 1871-1945
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Dr Lachlan Grant (1871-1945), general practitioner and campaigner, was an important figure in the...
Drawing Blood: Forty Five Years of Scarfe
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This is a truly exceptional collection of drawings from one of our most revered cultural...
Letters to a Sister
Rose Macaulay and Constance Babington Smith
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The letters in this volume were written by Rose Macaulay to her younger sister, Jean, between 1926...
Li Mengyang, the North-South Divide, and Literati Learning in Ming China
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Li Mengyang (1473-1530) was a scholar-official and man of letters who initiated the literary...
Lipman Bers, a Life in Mathematics
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The book is part biography and part collection of mathematical essays that gives the reader a...
Martin Luther: Catholic Dissident
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'A compelling biography of one of the greatest men of the modern age. Stanford is particularly...
Minister of Money: Henry Duncan, Saving Banks, Poetry and the Kirk
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Henry Duncan was a man of many parts: parish minister, savings bank founder, political lobbyist,...
Noble Endeavours: The Life of Two Countries, England and Germany, in Many Stories
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On the eve of marking the centenary of the opening of the hostilities that devastated the world and...