
A Medieval Woman's Companion: Women's Lives in the European Middle Ages
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What have a deaf nun, the mother of the first baby born to Europeans in North America, and a...

A Very Queer Family Indeed: Sex, Religion, and the Bensons in Victorian Britain
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"We can begin with a kiss, though this will not turn out to be a love story, at least not a love...

Abraham Hanibal: Prince of Logone, Pushkin's African Ancestor
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Hanibal [1697- 1761] was probably the most outstanding African in Europe in the 18th Century, his...

Archbishop Justin Welby: Risk-taker and Reconciler
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When the search for a new Archbishop of Canterbury began, Justin Welby had been a bishop for only...

Arthur Phillip: Sailor, Mercenary, Governor, Spy
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Australians know Arthur Phillip as the first Governor of the colony of New South Wales. But few know...
Lying in Early Modern English Culture: From the Oath of Supremacy to the Oath of Allegiance
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Lying in Early Modern English Culture is a major study of ideas of truth and falsehood in early...

The Signifying Power of Pearl: Medieval Literary and Cultural Contexts for the Transformation of Genre
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This book enhances our understanding of the exquisitely beautiful, fourteenth-century, Middle...

The Essex Serpent
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Essex Serpent Strange News Out of Essex...'One of the most memorable historical novels of...

The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion
David Bradshaw and Ford Madox Ford
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Ford Madox Ford's extraordinary novel of passion and betrayal, The Good Soldier, is edited with an...

The Other Alcott: A Novel
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Elise Hooper's debut novel conjures the fascinating, untold story of May Alcott-Louisa's youngest...