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This latest edition in the Denby & District series opens up in its own unique and in depth style. It begins with a chronicle of the area dating from Medieval times to the 18th century. Most of the d……続きを見る

Ann S. Stephens' 'Mary Derwent: A Tale of Wyoming and Mohawk Valleys in 1778' is a gripping historical novel set against the backdrop of the American Revolutionary War. The novel beautifully capture……続きを見る

The book points out that the North wanted to focus on the romance of war not the technology that empowered Grant to win 続きを見る

Socialism always loses out financially through no incentives to work and their emphasis to take from more successful people and institutions. 続きを見る

Immanuel Kant, der bedeutendste Philosoph der Neuzeit, wurde vor 300 Jahren geboren. Aber sein revolutionäres Denken ist bis heute aktuell. Kant erklärt die Entstehung unseres Planetensystems, begrü……続きを見る

In ‘In de schaduw van de keizerin’ beschrijft Nancy Goldstone het leven van Maria Theresia van Oostenrijk en drie van haar dochters. Samen vertellen zij het verhaal van Europa in de achttiende eeuw.……続きを見る

Three hundred years ago Queen Anne's Captain-General, John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough, led the Allied armies in an epic struggle against the powerful French forces of Louis XIV, in campaigns ……続きを見る

"The French Revolution" by Hilaire Belloc is a detailed and insightful account of one of the most significant events in European history. The book offers a comprehensive overview of the causes, even……続きを見る

The Routledge Companion to John Wesley provides an overview of the work and ideas of one of the principal founders of Methodism, John Wesley (1703-91). Wesley remains highly influential, especially ……続きを見る

Moi Louis XVI, Roi approfondit l’Individualité de Louis XVI au travers de sa famille et de son éducation. Il réunit les facteurs prédisposant la Révolution tels les Parlements, les lois du pays, l’é……続きを見る

In 'An Account of the Slave Trade on the Coast of Africa' by Alexander Falconbridge, the author provides a detailed and harrowing examination of the slave trade in Africa during the 18th century. Fa……続きを見る

Lord Macartney's mission to open up China in 1792 failed, but it did give the Western world its first glimpse of the secretive Middle Kingdom, through the memoirs written by eight different members ……続きを見る

A bold rethinking of the Haitian Revolution reveals the roots of the only successful slave uprising in the modern world. Unearthing the progenitors of the Haitian Revolution has been a historical pr……続きを見る

In 1777, Congress labeled Quakers who would not take up arms in support of the War of Independence as “the most Dangerous Enemies America knows” and ordered Pennsylvania and Delaware to apprehend th……続きを見る

A sweeping history of the Age of Reason, which shows how, although it was a time of progress in many areas, it was also an era of brutality and intolerance, by the author of The Borgias and The Flor……続きを見る

The autobiography of a fascinating figureーas well as a rich, detailed portrait of eighteenth-century European society. The Venetian son of a dancer and an actress, Giacomo Casanova is best known to……続きを見る

This is a true tale of survival from 1899. Shipwrecked in a typhoon, Hjalmar Johnson survived on a raft for 45 days, walked across South Africa during the Boer War and battled the elements of the So……続きを見る

First published in 1949, Cloak of Charity provides a short history of philanthropy in the eighteenth-century. The author asserts that the history of charity is the history of the changes which have ……続きを見る

Frameworks of Time in Rousseau explores the ways in which Jean-Jacques Rousseau envisaged time as a diagnostic tool for understanding the state of society and the predicaments of modernity. Central ……続きを見る

A rollicking portrait of the paradoxical patriot, whose measured pragmatism helped make American independence a reality. Americans are surprisingly more familiar with his famous signature than with ……続きを見る

In 'Über die schrecklichen Wirkungen des Aufsturzes eines Kometen' von August Heinrich Christian Gelpke wird die faszinierende und zugleich beunruhigende Vorstellung eines Kometeneinschlags auf die ……続きを見る

This book tells the story of the history of popular culture in Europe since 1800, providing a framework which challenges traditional associations that have formulated popular culture firmly in relat……続きを見る

Wanneer de Franse revolutie uitbreekt, wordt een jongeman gedwongen te kiezen tussen de liefde en zijn idealen. 'Het geheim van de lavendel' is een historische roman van Arlem Hawks die zich afspeel……続きを見る

This new account explores the most notorious pirates in history and how their rise and fall can be traced back to a single pirate haven, Nassau. Angus Konstam, one of the world's leading pirate expe……続きを見る

In the years between 1776 and 1815, grand square-rigged sailing ships dominated warfare on the high seas. Fighting Sail is a tabletop wargame of fleet battles in this age of canvas, cannon, and timb……続きを見る

The Seven Years' War was the pinnacle of 18th-century warfare, with dramatic campaigns and battles, famous leaders, and wide variety of colourful uniforms. Compared with the later Napoleonic Wars, t……続きを見る

The closest thing to total war before World War One, the Seven Years' War was fought in North America, Europe, the Caribbean and India with major consequences for all parties involved. This fascinat……続きを見る

The wars against the Barbary pirates not only signaled the determination of the United States to throw off its tributary status, liberate its citizens from slavery in North Africa, and reassert its ……続きを見る

The American Revolution has been characterized politically as a united political uprising of the American colonies and militarily as a guerrilla campaign of colonists against the inflexible British ……続きを見る

The French-Indian War was fought in the forests, open plains, and forts of the North American frontier. The French army, supported by North American tribes, was initially more successful than the Br……続きを見る