The Turkish Embassy Letters: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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In 1716, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's husband Edward Montagu was appointed British ambassador to the...
Tides of March
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A magnitude-9 earthquake triggers a rampaging tsunami that thrashes a nuclear power plant. Radiation...
Victoria's Scottish Lion: The Life of Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde
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From humble Glasgow beginnings, Colin Campbell rose to become Scotland's finest general and a...
A Re-Assessment of Aristotle's Economic Thought
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The world has seen several financial and economic crises in the past few years. Psychological,...
Resistance Heroism and the End of Empire: The Life and Times of Madeleine Riffaud
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This book introduces an English-speaking public to the life of Madeleine Riffaud - one of the last...
Richmond Unchained: The Biography of the World's First Black Sporting Superstar
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Today Bill Richmond is largely unknown to the wider public, but he was one of the most significant...
Season of Infamy: A Diary of War and Occupation, 1939-1945
Charles Rist, Michele McKay Aynesworth and Robert O. Paxton
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In 1939, the 65-year old French political economist Charles Rist was serving as advisor to the...
Border Crossings: Essays in Identity and Belonging
Paul Longley Arthur and Leena Kurvet-Kaosaar
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The border between intimate memory and historical revelation is explored in this wide-ranging...
Capability Brown: And His Landscape Gardens
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One of the most remarkable men of the 18th century, Lancelot 'Capability' Brown was known to many as...
East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
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WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE AND THE JQ-WINGATE LITERARY PRIZE 'A monumental achievement:...