tef - British 1

'Brilliant and hilarious' GRAYSON PERRY 'Absolutely brilliant' JENNIFER SAUNDERS, THE TIMES 'A delightful read' SUNDAY TIMES 'An entertaining, clever book' TELEGRAPH The international bestseller and……続きを見る

What did sex mean for ordinary people before the sexual revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, who were often pitied by later generations as repressed, unfulfilled and full of moral anxiety? This book p……続きを見る

Some of the earliest examples of medieval canon law are penitentials - texts enumerating the sins a confessor might encounter among laypeople or other clergy and suggesting means of reconciliation. ……続きを見る

The Second World War was waged across many fronts, economic, political and cultural as well as military. As might be expected in a conflict fuelled by ideology, the war of words and ideas played a c……続きを見る

“The Conspiracy of Good Taste is a passionate analysis of the way working class culture has been appropriated and sanitised by middle class mediators of taste. Using the case studies of William Morr……続きを見る

During the nineteenth century Britain’s maritime, commercial and colonial interests all depended upon a regular and reliable flow of seaborne information from around the globe. Whilst the telegraph ……続きを見る

La battaglia di Azincourt è considerata uno dei momenti più cupi della storia della Francia e al contrario uno dei più fulgidi della storia dell'Inghilterra e del suo re Enrico V. Inserita nel più a……続きを見る

It has appeared to many commentators that the most fundamental change in what it is meant to be working-class in twentieth-century Britain came not as a result of war or of want, but of prosperity. ……続きを見る

This book examines the Catholic elaboration on the relationship between state and Church in late Elizabethan and Jacobean England. Among the several factors which have contributed to the complex pro……続きを見る

This unusual book explores the historical assumptions at work in the style of literary criticism that came to dominate English studies in the twentieth century. Stefan Collini shows how the work of ……続きを見る

This book explores the understudied history of the so-called ‘incurables’ in the Victorian period, the people identified as idiots, imbeciles and the weak-minded, as opposed to those thought to have……続きを見る

During the Cold War, Britain had an astonishing number of contacts and connections with one of the Soviet Bloc’s most hard-line regimes: the German Democratic Republic. The left wing of the British ……続きを見る

“The Conspiracy of Good Taste is a passionate analysis of the way working class culture has been appropriated and sanitised by middle class mediators of taste. Using the case studies of William Morr……続きを見る

**Pointing persistently to heaven: A guide to UK cathedrals**Power, glory, bloodshed, prayer: cathedrals in the UK are as much about human drama as spiritual sanctuary, as much about political wrang……続きを見る

This book offers the first dedicated and comprehensive examination of the lives of nearly thirty women known to occupy the office of queen in the English kingdoms between 650 and 850. The queens of ……続きを見る

Et in Arcadia ego scrive Goethe a sigillo di un viaggio nella città di Roma – l’ideale Arcadia di scrittori, artisti ed intellettuali della modernità. Il presente volume raccoglie capitoli dedicati ……続きを見る

Die Geschichte Dithmarschens in der ersten Hälfte des 16. Jahrhunderts bietet sich wie kaum ein anderes Beispiel für eine Verknüpfung von Regionalgeschichte und Hansegeschichte an: Von 1468 bis 1558……続きを見る

This open access book draws on conceptual resources ranging from medieval scholasticism to postmodern theory to propose a new understanding of secular time and its mediation in nineteenth-century te……続きを見る

1936 befann sig Europa vid krigets rand. Men mitt i Brasilien fann Stefan Zweig något som man kan likna vid harmoni och skönhet. Hans bok om Brasilien är ett kärleksbrev till ett land som han uppfat……続きを見る

Under hela sin karriär skrev Stefan Zweig essäer om resor, möten med andra människor, idéer och kulturer. Samlade här är en handfull texter som alla är relevanta än idag. Här får vi möta böcker från……続きを見る

Magic, to a sailor, is harnessing the wind – getting something for nothing – the surprise of a gust, the boon of a side-wind and the trial of a headwind and best of all, the moment when a change in ……続きを見る

In a series of penetrating and attractively readable essays, Stefan Collini explores aspects of the literary and intellectual culture of Britain from the early twentieth century to the present. Comm……続きを見る

Considered by the majority of commentators to be the quintessential personal narrative of Napoleon’s disastrous 1812 campaign in Russia. The book charts the progress of the Grande Armée toward it’s ……続きを見る

Bought by Sir Winston Churchill for its magnificent views over the Weald of Kent, Chartwell was his home and the place from which he drew inspiration from 1924 until the end of his life. The rooms r……続きを見る

La battaglia di Azincourt è considerata uno dei momenti più cupi della storia della Francia e al contrario uno dei più fulgidi della storia dell'Inghilterra e del suo re Enrico V. Inserita nel più a……続きを見る

This is the first book-length study of the political and theological views of Thomas White (alias Blacklo) and his followers the Blackloists. It both complements and opens up new lines of inquiry in……続きを見る

Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, reigned over Scotland from 14 December 1542 to 24 July 1567. Mary, the only surviving legitimate child of James V o……続きを見る

Titanic: il più famoso disastro navale della storia si ripropone in tutta la sua drammaticità in occasione del centenario dell’affondamento. Velocità, bellezza, lusso, dimensioni, inaffondabilità… t……続きを見る

This book explores the political ideas of the Belgian Revolution of 1830, which led to the break-up of the Restoration state of the ‘united’ Kingdom of the Netherlands. It uncovers the origins of li……続きを見る

During the First World War, Britain was the epicentre of global mass internment and deportation operations. Germans, Austro-Hungarians, Turks, and Bulgarians who had settled in Britain and its overs……続きを見る