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Francis Lynde's 'The Master of Appleby' is a captivating novel set in 19th century England, focusing on the themes of love, betrayal, and redemption. Lynde's literary style is characterized by vivid……続きを見る

A scholarly and imaginative reconstruction of the voyage Daniel Defoe took from the pillory to literary immortality, The Shortest Way with Defoe contends that Robinson Crusoe contains a secret satir……続きを見る

A major new history of the race between two geniuses to decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Europe In 1799, a French Army officer was rebuilding the……続きを見る

WINNER • 2022 PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY Finalist • National Book Award for Nonfiction Best Books of the Year • TIME, Smithsonian, Boston Globe, Kirkus Reviews The Pulitzer Prize-winning history that……続きを見る

Das Buch "Friedrich der Große: Aus den Politischen Testamenten" präsentiert eine Sammlung politischer Schriften des preußischen Königs Friedrich II., auch bekannt als Friedrich der Große. Der litera……続きを見る

This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Margaret Jacob, Distinguished Professor of History at UCLA. Topics examined during this extensive conversation include Margar……続きを見る

A transformative look at colonial women's pivotal roles as lenders and debtors in shaping the economic and legal systems of Newport and Boston. Winner of the Berkshire Women Historians Book Prize by……続きを見る

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (10 November 1759 9 May 1805) was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life (17881805), Schiller stru……続きを見る

This volume offers 18 studies linked together by a common focus on the circulation and reception of motifs and beliefs in the field of folklore, magic, and witchcraft. The chapters traverse a broad ……続きを見る

Enlightened War investigates the multiple and complex interactions between warfare and Enlightenment thought. Although the Enlightenment is traditionally identified with the ideals of progress, eter……続きを見る

New essays exploring the relationship between warfare and Enlightenment thought both historically and in the present. Enlightened War investigates the multiple and complex interactions between warfa……続きを見る

*Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize* In late eighteenth-century London, a group of extraordinary people gathered around a dining table once a week. The host was Joseph Johnson, publisher and b……続きを見る

Laughing Histories breaks new ground by exploring moments of laughter in early modern Europe, showing how laughter was inflected by gender and social power. "I dearly love a laugh," declared Jane Au……続きを見る

Samuel Johnson famously referred to his future biographer, the unsociable magistrate Sir John Hawkins, as “a most unclubbable man." Conversely, this celebratory volume gathers distinguished eighteen……続きを見る

This translation of the classic history of the Prussians and Russians in the Seven Years War details operational history of these forces. It includes color and black and white images. 続きを見る

This collection brings together fifteen essays from practitioners of a variety of disciplines that concern themselves with the past, not only historians, but scholars from other branches of the huma……続きを見る

Rigorously inventive and revelatory in its adventurousness, 1650–1850 opens a forum for the discussion, investigation, and analysis of the full range of long-eighteenth-century writing, thinking, an……続きを見る

This book is the latest contribution to a unique series in a common format documenting in great detail the warships of the major naval powers during the age of sail. To date, four volumes have cover……続きを見る

Who were the world’s most successful pirates, and why? “Interesting and very readable . . . Little clearly knows his subject well.” ーInternational Journal of Naval History More than just simple ret……続きを見る

A timely look at the atmosphere of political hostility surrounding the Civil War, and the venom faced by America’s sixteenth president. Today, Abraham Lincoln is a beloved American icon, widely cons……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

Historians, since the 1960s, argue that the French economy performed as well as did any economy in Europe during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries thanks to the opportunities for profit availa……続きを見る

In this timely collection, teacher-scholars of “the long eighteenth century,” a Eurocentric time frame from about 1680 to 1832, consider what teaching means in this historical moment: one of attacks……続きを見る

A new overview of the contentious period that witnessed revolutions around the Atlantic between 160 and 1830. Within just a half century, the American, French, Haitian, and Spanish American Revoluti……続きを見る

A “well-written, lucid, and vivid” recounting of the battles, beheadings, and other dramatic events that changed modern history (The Washington Post). Works from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo to Cit……続きを見る

Two French Protestant refugees in eighteenth-century Amsterdam gave the world an extraordinary work that intrigued and outraged readers across Europe. In this captivating account, Lynn Hunt, Margare……続きを見る

A “wondrously enthralling” history of the bloody battle that ended Louis XIV’s dream of European domination (The Times, UK). In 1704, the armies of French King Louis XIV were poised to extend the Fr……続きを見る

Over the last two centuries, Europe has developed various forms of political representation from which democratic parliamentary systems gradually emerged. This book unravels the conditions, scale an……続きを見る

British Malta, 1798–1835 explores the incorporation and early administration of Malta as a British protectorate, and later as a Crown colony. Few connections existed between Great Britain and Malta ……続きを見る

Daniel Defoe's 'The History of the Devil' is a groundbreaking work that delves into the religious, philosophical, and moral aspects of the concept of evil. Written in a captivating narrative style, ……続きを見る