I imprint: 1291 books
Palmerston and the Times
Foreign Policy, the Press and Public Opinion in Mid-Victorian Britain
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
England in the Age of Palmerston had two players of colossal influence on the world stage: Lord Palmerston himself - the dominant figure in foreign affairs in the mid-nineteenth century - and The Times - the first global newspaper, read avidly by statesmen around the world. Palmerston was also one...
Squires in the Slums
Settlements and Missions in Late Victorian Britain
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2007
Settlements were a distinctive aspect of late-Victorian church life in which individual philanthropic Christians were encouraged to live and work in communities amongst the poor and set an example for the underprivileged through their own actions. Often overlooked by historians, settlements are of...
Albania's Mountain Queen
Edith Durham and the Balkans
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
Young ladies in the Victorian and Edwardian eras were not expected to travel unaccompanied, and certainly not to the remote corners of Southeast Europe, then part of the crumbling Ottoman Empire. But Edith Durham was no ordinary lady. In 1900, at the age of 37, Durham set sail for the Balkans for...
by Duncan Redford
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014
The Royal Navy's operations in World War II started on 3 September 1939 and continued until the surrender of Japan in August 1945 - there was no 'phoney war' at sea. The navy played a central role in the evacuation of the retreating British army at Dunkirk, and later orchestrated the sinking of Germany's...
by Helen Hackett
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
Shakespeare is a towering presence in English and indeed global culture. Yet considered alongside his contemporaries he was not an isolated phenomenon, but the product of a period of astonishing creative fertility. This was an age when new media - popular drama and print - were seized upon avidly...
The Land Beyond
A Thousand Miles on Foot through the Heart of the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018
There are many reasons why it might seem unwise to walk, mostly alone, through the Middle East. That, in part, is exactly why Leon McCarron did it.
From Jerusalem, McCarron followed a series of wild hiking trails that trace ancient trading and pilgrimage routes and traverse some of the most contested...
The Strongman
Vladimir Putin and the Struggle for Russia
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Russia under Vladimir Putin has proved a prickly partner for the West, a far cry from the democratic ally many hoped for when the Soviet Union collapsed. Abroad, he has used Russia's energy might as a foreign policy weapon, while at home he has cracked down on opponents, adamant that only he has the...
Fashion in European Art
Dress and Identity, Politics and the Body, 1775-1925
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
Fashion reveals not only who we are, but whom we aspire to be. From 1775 to 1925, artists in Europe were especially attuned to the gaps between appearance and reality, participating in and often critiquing the making of the self and the image. Reading their portrayals of modern life with an eye to...
Battle for Budapest
100 Days in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011
The battle of Budapest in the bleak winter of 1944-45 was one of the longest and bloodiest city sieges of the Second World War. From the appearance of the first Soviet tanks on the outskirts of the capital to the capture of Buda castle 102 days elapsed. In terms of human trauma, it comes second only...
Farzana
The Woman Who Saved an Empire
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014
Amongst the riches of 19th century India, as the British fought their way across Mughal territory, an orphaned street-girl is brought to court to perform for the Emperor. That girl was Farzana, and she would become a courtesan, a leader of armies, a treasured defender of the last Mughal emperor and...
Who is Who?
The Philosophy of Doctor Who
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
When you have been wandering the cosmos from one end of eternity to another for nearly a thousand years, what's your philosophy of life, the universe, and everything?
Doctor Who is 50 years' old in 2013. Through its long life on television and beyond it has inspired much debate due to the richness...
Human Rights in Russia
Citizens and the State from Perestroika to Putin
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2015
Today Russia and human rights are both high on the international agenda. Since Putin returned to the presidency in 2012, domestic developments (from Pussy Riot to the release of Khodorkovsky) and Russia's global role (especially in relation to Ukraine) have captured world-wide attention. It is therefore...
Fighting Proud
The Untold Story of the Gay Men Who Served in Two World Wars
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
In this astonishing new history of wartime Britain, historian Stephen Bourne unearths the fascinating stories of the gay men who served in the armed forces and at home, and brings to light the great unheralded contribution they made to the war effort. Fighting Proud weaves together the remarkable...
by Hugh Trevor-Roper
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
As a British Intelligence Officer during World War II, Hugh Trevor-Roper was expressly forbidden from keeping a diary due to the sensitive and confidential nature of his work. He had many high-placed enemies in the Secret Intelligence Service who would have been pleased to use his journals to have...