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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the story of the Mayflower in next to no time with this concise guide. 50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the voyage of the Ma……続きを見る

A Longman–History Today Book Prize Finalist Winner of the Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year “Deeply thoughtful…A delight.” ーThe Economist “[A] tour de for……続きを見る

Nous connaissons tous la vie de Molière à travers ses oeuvres, ses pièces, son théâtre. Nous savons moins qu'une femme est à l'origine de la brillante carrière artistique de Molière. Celle qui fut s……続きを見る

Die dreißig Jahre zwischen 1618 und 1648 haben millionenfachen Tod, Verwüstung und Barbarei über Mitteleuropa gebracht und die politischen Verhältnisse durcheinandergewirbelt. Georg Schmidt schilder……続きを見る

For more than three centuries the trading nations of Europe were suffered to pursue their commerce or forced to abandon their gains at the bidding of pirates. From the days when Barbarossa defied th……続きを見る

Nueve estudios conforman el volumen que tiene como protagonista al obispo-virrey don Juan de Palafox, en su actividad como hombre de Estado e Iglesia, y que está en sintonía con la promoción artísti……続きを見る

SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR! George the Second on the throne of England, "snuffy old drone from the German hive"; Charles Edward Stuart ("bonnie Prince Charlie") making ready for his great coup……続きを見る

Este libro quiere ser un homenaje a la memoria de Ángel García Sanz (Fuentelcésped [Burgos], 1946 - Segovia, 2014). La generosidad intelectual y el compromiso con su tierra seguramente sean los dos ……続きを見る

Versailles Meets the Taj Mahal identifies and explores the traces that exposure to India left on the cultural artifacts and mindset of France’s "Great Century" and the early Enlightenment. Focusing ……続きを見る

Compiled at Saint Petersburg during the years from 1837 and 1851, the Historical Description of the Clothing and Arms of the Russian Army has had an enormous impact and great importance for the stud……続きを見る

In Walter Scott's seminal work, 'Woodstock,' readers are taken on a historical journey set during the English Civil War. Originally published in 1826, the novel skillfully blends fact with fiction, ……続きを見る

At the height of its power around 1800, the English East India Company controlled half of the world’s trade and deployed a vast network of political influencers at home and abroad. Yet the story of ……続きを見る

Wars destroy the morals of mankind by habituating them to refer everything to force, and by necessitating them so often to dispense with the ordinary suggestions of sympathy and justice. This is tru……続きを見る

What was a "garden" in medieval and early modern British culture and how was it imagined? How did it change as Europe opened up to the wider world from the 16th century onwards? In a series of fresh……続きを見る

"The Laughing Cavalier" revolves around Percy Blake, a foreign adventurer and ancestor of the famous Scarlet Pimpernel. In March 1623, the Dutch nobleman Willem, Lord of Stoutenburg, is on the run. ……続きを見る

In seventeenth-century Britain every debate about loyalty oaths invoked the biblical Samson. Samson’s Cords argues that these loyalty tests became an unprecedentedly pervasive feature of life in Res……続きを見る

Providing a gripping, first-hand account of the Chmielnicki massacres in 1648-58, in which tens of thousands of Jews perished in Poland and the Ukraine, Rabbi Nathan Hanover describes the events the……続きを見る

War in the Iberian Peninsula, 700–1600 is a panoramic synthesis of the Iberian Peninsula including the kingdoms of Leon and Castile, Aragon, Portugal, Navarra, al-Andalus and Granada. It offers an e……続きを見る

Pyrrhus Press specializes in bringing books long out of date back to life, allowing today’s readers access to yesterday’s treasures. John Esquemeling was one of the most authoritative sources on 17t……続きを見る

Direttamente dagli atti del processo, la cruda storia di Guy Fawkes e degli altri congiurati che nel 1605 tentarono di far esplodere la Camera dei Lord, per uccidere il re, la sua famiglia e l'inter……続きを見る

THE history of western Europe in the seventeenth century is a history of wars. "Wars destroy the morals of mankind by habituating them to refer everything to force, and by necessitating them so ofte……続きを見る

FOR NEARLY TWO CENTURIES CROMWELL’S name and fame were to suffer detraction, then Carlyle was to come forward and proclaim him with trumpet-blast a man of truth, the hero as King. “A brave bad man,”……続きを見る

The nation which has unmistakably assumed the leading role in European affairs during the past two hundred years is France. At the opening of the eighteenth century she already enjoyed a commanding ……続きを見る

In a famous letter Keats has expounded life under the similitude of Chambers. There is first the Thoughtless Chamber, when man lives only for sensation; then comes the Chamber of Maiden Thought, whe……続きを見る

Gustavus Adolphus and the Struggle for Power During the Protestant Reformation by Charles Fletcher is a compelling exploration of one of Europe’s most influential military leaders and statesmen. Pub……続きを見る

By the universal law of nations, robbery or forcible depredation upon the "high seas," animo furandi, is piracy. The meaning of the phrase "high seas," embraces not only the waters of the ocean, whi……続きを見る

The title, "History of Holland," given to this volume is fully justified by the predominant part which the great maritime province of Holland took in the War of Independence and throughout the whole……続きを見る

Louis XIV., like other military malefactors before and since, was himself the creator of the enemy by whom his power was to be shaken to its foundations. His invasion of the United Provinces, an ent……続きを見る

Giovanni Battista De Benedictis, padre gesuita del Collegio di Napoli, è uno dei protagonisti della grande stagione culturale napoletana a cavallo tra il XVII e XVIII secolo. Una stagione che vide i……続きを見る

THE peace of Vervins was not very well observed on the part of France. The ruling idea which guided the foreign policy of Henry IV was to curb the power of the House of Austria: a plan incompatible ……続きを見る