Inglis - History 1

Al duizenden jaren is de mensheid in de ban van opium en papaver. Deze overweldigende, panoramische geschiedenis volgt de epische reis van opium langs de meest uiteenlopende samenlevingen en culture……続きを見る

Translation was a critical mode of discourse for early modern writers. Gifting Translation in Early Modern England: Women Writers and the Politics of Authorship examines the intersection of translat……続きを見る

'Shaped by meticulous research, Inglis writes with clarity, pace and a sharp eye for surprising details.' - Alice Loxton, author of Eighteen and Uproar 'Deeply researched, smart, poignant, and witty……続きを見る

The author’s family boasts an extraordinary lineage of nine Royal Air Force pilots, spanning from the First World War to the present day. Beginning with the Royal Flying Corps, the family has produc……続きを見る

In 1999, Barholm Castle in Galloway had lain ruinous and derelict for over two hundred years when Janet Brennan-Inglis and her husband John bought it as a restoration project. Together with a team o……続きを見る

Behind the Tube (1990) tells the story of the unseen foundation of modern radio, TV and cable – the technology that enables programming to reach an audience. It charts the evolution of this technolo……続きを見る

Traces the development of the Chinese love story during the Song and Yuan dynasties. Love stories formed a major part of the classical short story genre in China from as early as the eighth century,……続きを見る

Raised by the Mayor of Kensington, the 22nd Royal Fusiliers (the Kensington Battalion) were a strange mixture of social classes (bankers and stevedores, writers and laborers) with a strong sprinklin……続きを見る

The War of Words is part of the series - a conveniently portable, stylishly packaged and eminently collectible set of six books that each open a window onto a selection of remarkable stories, charac……続きを見る

Blood curdling account of the Seige of Lucknow in 1857 India.A fascinanting and shockingly testimony. This is the personal diary of Julia Selina Inglis, the wife of Major-General Sir John Eardley In……続きを見る

Seven days before Lees surrender, Lieutenant Otho McManus was killed leading a battle charge in Alabama. During the previous thirty months, the young Midwestern schoolteacher wrote more than a hundr……続きを見る

Family history research has been one of Brendas passions for the past twenty years. Finding the diaries of Albert Moore in the War Memorial was a particularly exciting find. As a result she wanted t……続きを見る

It is impossible to enter any foreign country for the first time, without experiencing some mental excitement; and it seems to me, that among all the countries of Europe, Spain is the most calculate……続きを見る

'Lucy Inglis has done a wonderful job bringing together a wide range of sources to tell the history of the most exciting and dangerous plants in the world. Telling the story of opium tells us much a……続きを見る

How the experience of war impacted on the town, from the initial enthusiasm for sorting out the German kaiser in time for Christmas 1914, to the gradual realization of the enormity of human sacrific……続きを見る

This is the first biography of the last and greatest British idealist philosopher, R. G. Collingwood (1889-1943), a man who both thought and lived at full pitch. Best known today for his philosophie……続きを見る

[Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles of the Indian Mutiny] By 1857, the British power in India had been largely undisputed for almost fifty years, however, t……続きを見る

In Georgian London: Into the Streets, Lucy Inglis takes readers on a tour of London's most formative age - the age of love, sex, intellect, art, great ambition and fantastic ruin. Travel back to the……続きを見る

First published in 2006. A listener to sermons, and even a reader of respectable history books, could easily think that during the nineteenth century the habit of attending religious worship was nor……続きを見る

A history of celebrity from Byron to Beckham Love it or hate it, celebrity is one of the dominant features of modern lifeーand one of the least understood. Fred Inglis sets out to correct this probl……続きを見る