A Material History of Medieval and Early Modern Ciphers
Katherine Ellison and Susan Kim
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The first cultural history of early modern cryptography, this collection brings together scholars in...
The Good Bohemian: The Letters of Ida John
Michael Holroyd and Rebecca John
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Captivatingly fresh and intimate letters from Augustus John's first wife, Ida, reveal the untold...
The Prose Brut and Other Late Medieval Chronicles: Books Have Their Histories. Essays in Honour of Lister M. Matheson
Jaclyn Rajsic, Erik Kooper and Dominique Hoche
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The histories of chronicles composed in England during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and...
An Edo Anthology: Literature from Japan's Mega-City, 1750-1850
Sumie Jones and Kenji Watanabe
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During the eighteenth century, Edo (today's Tokyo) became the world's largest city, quickly...
Duchess of Malfi, the White Devil, the Broken Heart and 'Tis Pity She's a Whore
John Ford, John Webster and Jane Kingsley-Smith
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These four plays, written during the reigns of James I and Charles I, took revenge tragedy in dark...
Innocent Traitor
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I am now a condemned traitor . . . I am to die when I have hardly begun to live. Historical...
Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916
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Combining rich historical detail and a harrowing, pulse-pounding narrative, Close to Shore...
The Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
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Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908) is the most important woman in Chinese history. She ruled China for...
Shock Treatment
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-If you haven't read this book yet--buy it, take it home, and read it now! This is the work that...
Watch the Lady
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The Queen's God Daughter. Her Most Trusted Maid. Adultress. Enemy Of The State. Who is The Real...