Silk Hats & Filthy Hands
The Gentleman Thief Myth and the Rot Beneath Victorian London
The Victorian "Gentleman Thief" is one of history's most seductive myths.
He moves through gaslit drawing rooms……続きを見る
LEITURA ESSENCIAL PARA CONHECER AS RAINHAS ESQUECIDAS DO EGITO
Cleópatra: amante, sedutora e a maior rainha do Egito. Uma figura mais mito do que história, imortalizada na poesia, no drama, na músic……続きを見る
This book provides an analysis of the Welsh immigrant community in the Ballarat/Sebastopol gold mining district of Victoria, Australia during the second half of the nineteenth century. As its focus,……続きを見る
The transnational anti-apartheid sport boycott of South Africa represented the most prominent, extended, and controversial anti-racism campaign in the history of sport. Spearheaded by prominent Brit……続きを見る
Um retrato extraordinário e arrebatador do primeiro grande império da Antiguidade
Os grandes reis da Pérsia governaram o mais vasto império da Antiguidade, que se estendia da Líbia à Ásia Menor e da……続きを見る
O ISTORIE COMPREHENSIVĂ, DEFINITORIE A IMPERIULUI PERSAN, VĂZUT CA ÎNTÂIA SUPERPUTERE MONDIALĂ
Marii Regi ai Persiei au domnit peste cel mai mare imperiu al Antichității, care se întindea din Libia ……続きを見る
First Published in 1972, Prelude to Modern Europe provides a political narrative, the social and economic background of events in Europe from 1815- 1914. Woodward's own deep sense for social values ……続きを見る
First Published in 1947, A History of England combines a concise record of events with an absorbing picture of England’s evolution in the political, social, economic, and cultural spheres. It brings……続きを見る
Birinci Dünya Savaşı'nın başlamasından hemen sonra, Ocak 1915'te İngiltere, Yunanistan'ın Antant safında savaşa girmesi halinde kendisine Anadolu'da "büyük bölgesel tavizler" önerdi. Bu teklifle har……続きを見る
A história oficial do Império Persa, a primeira superpotência do mundo
Tudo o que sabemos do grande Império Persa veio por intermédio de escritores gregos, sobretudo Heródoto. Não havia ainda uma hi……続きを見る
No more striking contrast can be imagined than that between the intensely cultivated Valley of the Nile and the barren deserts on either side. There are arid wastes in many parts of the worldーin Au……続きを見る
The city of Lucknow was the epicentre of the uprising of 1857.
In Lucknow, 1857 - part of a new series of books on India's historic battles - historian Rosie Llewellyn-Jones examines the conflict in……続きを見る
The destruction of the United States battleship Maine in Havana harbor, on the night of February 15, 1898, was the key to the mysterious “Pandora Box,” containing maps of new United States possessio……続きを見る
The Culture of Animals in Antiquity provides students and researchers with well-chosen and clearly presented ancient sources in translation, some well-known, others undoubtedly unfamiliar, but all c……続きを見る
Ninety years after the death of its author, Jerome K Jerome’s ever-popular Three Men in a Boat is taken down from the shelf and the dust blown from its pages to reveal surprising facts and stories.
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On 6 July 2005, the International Olympic Committee awarded the 2012 summer Olympic Games to the city of London, opening a new chapter in Great Britain’s rich Olympic history. Despite the prospect o……続きを見る
To the grave-mounds of the early inhabitants of our island, more than to any other source, we are indebted for our knowledge of their arts, their habits, and their occupations. Indeed, to these moun……続きを見る
In issuing my present work I have two distinct personal duties to perform, and I hasten, in these few brief lines of introduction, to discharge them. First, I earnestly desire to ask indulgence from……続きを見る
