The Lost Continent: The BBC's Europe Editor on Europe's Darkest Hour Since World War Two
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In THE LOST CONTINENT BBC Europe Editor Gavin Hewitt tells the story of a flawed dream, a noble...
The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia
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Set against the background of violence and state repression in a turbulent period of French history,...
The Lion and the Unicorn
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Gladstone and Disraeli were the fiercest political rivals of the modern age. Their intense hatred...
Corporate Commonwealth: Pluralism and Political Fictions in England, 1516-1651
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The Corporate Commonwealth traces the evolution of corporations during the English Renaissance and...
Hitler's Berlin: Abused City
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How Berlin captivated Hitler's imagination, and how he sought to redesign the city to align with his...
Wolsey: The Life of King Henry VIII's Cardinal
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Cardinal Wolsey is a controversial figure: a butcher's son, a man of letters and the Church, a...
Lady Jane Grey Classic Histories Series: Nine Days Queen
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Jane Grey's tragedy was her royal blood. As Henry VIII's great-niece she stood perilously close to...
Head-On (Gegen Die Wand)
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When Head-On (Gegen die Wand, 2004) won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival,...
Concorde: The Rise and Fall of the Supersonic Airliner
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In Concorde, Jonathan Glancey tells the story of this magnificent and hugely popular aircraft anew,...
The Free Port of Livorno and the Transformation of the Mediterranean World
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In the twilight of the Renaissance, the grand duke of Tuscany-a scion of the fabled Medici family of...