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Contents Subject New Paperbacks British History
General & Social History
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Russian History
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Medieval History
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European History
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Jewish History
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World War History Military History Ancient History & Archaeology
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Science & Medicine
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Religious History
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American History
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Index
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Charles Williams, Wellington and Glory, or the Victory of Vittoria, 1813. © The Trustees of the British Museum.
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Related Reading
Wellington
The Path to Victory, 1769–1814
Rory Muir The Duke of Wellington was not just Britain’s greatest soldier, although his seismic struggles as leader of the Allied forces against Napoleon in the Peninsular War deservedly became the stuff of British national legend. Wellington was much more: a man of vision beyond purely military matters, a politically astute thinker, and a canny diplomat as well as lover, husband and friend. Rory Muir’s masterful new biography, the first of a two-volume set, is the fruit of a lifetime’s research and discovery into Wellington and his times. The author brings Wellington into much sharper focus than ever before, addressing his masterstrokes and mistakes in equal measure.
See page 30 for full details of these other books on Wellington.
Muir looks at all aspects of Wellington’s career, from his unpromising youth through his remarkable successes in India and his role as junior minister in charge of Ireland, to his controversial military campaigns. With dramatic descriptions of major battles and how they might have turned out differently, the author underscores the magnitude of Wellington’s achievements. The biography is the first to address the major significance of Wellington’s political connections and Rory Muir is visiting research shrewdness, and to set his fellow, University of Adelaide. career within the wider history His previously published of British politics and the war books include a highly praised against Napoleon. The volume study of Wellington’s great also revises Wellington’s triumph at Salamanca and the reputation for being cold and edited letters of Alexander aloof, showing instead a man Gordon, Wellington’s of far more complex and confidential aide-de-camp. interesting character.
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A landmark contribution to understanding the real man behind the heroic legend inspired by the triumph at Waterloo
An accompanying commentary by Rory Muir will be available online at
www.lifeofwellington.co.uk
Available October 2013 672pp. 32 pages of illustrations, maps and plans HB ISBN 978-0-300-18665-9 £30.00*
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The Late Medieval English Church
John Dee Glyn Parry
Vitality and Vulnerability Before the Break with Rome G. W. Bernard The later medieval English church is invariably viewed through the lens of the Reformation that transformed it. But in this bold and provocative book, historian George Bernard examines it on its own terms, revealing a church with vibrant faith and great energy, but also with weaknesses that reforming bishops worked to overcome. ‘Superbly researched and coherently argued’ – Peter Marshall, Literary Review ‘Bernard has again achieved what he does best: making us go back to an old problem and start thinking afresh.’ – Lucy Wooding, Times Higher Education ‘A sumptuous account of religious life inside the heads of late medieval men and women … It is very much a ‘yes, but’ complement … to the work of Eamon Duffy, but it has all of the latter’s vitality and vividness to boot. It is massively researched and packed with startling detail.’ – John Morrill, BBC History Magazine
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This Seat of Mars
Perilous Glory
Robespierre
War and the British Isles, 1485–1746 Charles Carlton
The Rise of Western Military Power John France
A Revolutionary Life Peter McPhee
In an innovative and moving account of the effects of war on early modern Britain, Charles Carlton shows how war forged the British state and explores personal experiences of battle and bloodshed. Chapters alternate, providing a robust military and political narrative interlaced with accounts illuminating the personal experience of war, from recruitment to the end of battle in discharge or death. Carlton expertly charts the remarkable military developments over the period, as well as war’s enduring corollaries – camaraderie, courage, fear and grief. ‘This Seat of Mars deserves to become a classic text on war itself and on Britain’s martial ancestry.’ – Allan Mallinson, The Times ‘Readable, thought-provoking and humane.’ – Barbara Donagan, Times Literary Supplement ‘Carlton explores with great insight the many dimensions of warfare over an impressive chronological span. This Seat of Mars is a major achievement.’ – Mark Charles Fissel, author of English Warfare, 1511–1642
This major new history encompasses warfare around the world from 3100 B.C. to the Gulf War and challenges accepted ideas about the development of military strength, the impact of culture on war, the future of Western dominance, and much more. ‘An absorbing account of the history of warfare that does not shy away from challenging the reader’s preconceptions … A worthy addition to any military history collection.’ – Jonathan Eaton, Military Times ‘This is a powerful book, opinionated but crisply argued, and packed with information … It’s hard to think of a more impressive single-volume history of the notonly Western way of war.’ – Noel Malcolm, The Sunday Telegraph ‘[A] splendidly sweeping account of warfare from the Stone Age to cyberspace.’ – Dominic Sandbrook, The Sunday Times
Available October 2013 320pp. 32 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-19724-2 £12.99*
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The Arch Conjuror of England
Based on primary documents, this new biography of John Dee, the great magus of the Elizabethan world, challenges many of our beliefs about his occult, religious and political involvements. ‘Parry has rescued Dee from the shadows of his own secrecy and restored him as a glittering light in the magical Elizabethan firmament.’ – Nigel Jones, The Sunday Telegraph ‘Parry reassesses Dee’s reputation as a maverick figure on the margins and instead places him at the very heart of the Elizabethan court.’ – Anna Whitelock, BBC History Magazine ‘In this intensively researched book, we are invited to imagine Elizabethan England as a much stranger place than we had assumed. John Dee comes across as a figure of national significance in an age with a belief system very different from ours.’ – Graham Parry, The Guardian
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Was Robespierre a heroic martyr or a bloodthirsty tyrant? McPhee reevaluates the ideology and reality of ‘the Terror’, what Robespierre intended, and whether it represented an abandonment or a reversal of his early liberalism and sense of justice. ‘This book is a triumph: an important, open-minded and often moving account of Robespierre … A great and lasting achievement.’ – Marisa Linton, author of The Politics of Virtue in Enlightenment France ‘A wonderful, convincing study, splendidly analytical and evocative, and beautifully penned.’ – John Merriman, author of Dynamite Club: How a Bombing in Fin-de-siècle Paris Ignited the Age of Modern Terror ‘McPhee brilliantly evokes the weaknesses as well as the strengths of this thin-skinned, diminutive figure, who suffered recurrent bouts of nervous exhaustion and withdrew from the fray at vital moments. As this stimulating book shows, those who come to play a leading part in times of upheaval are shaped by events rather than controlling them.’ – Malcolm Crook, BBC History Magazine
The Woman Reader Belinda Jack This engaging book is the first to address the controversies associated with women’s reading throughout history, and to show how vastly different women’s reading experiences have often been compared to those of men. ‘A lively and erudite history of the many and ingenious covers thrown over women’s minds to keep us in the dark, Jack’s absorbing story describes and deconstructs the endlessly remade cover versions that men (mostly) have told to women, and to themselves, about the reasons why books and women should be kept apart.’ – Jeanette Winterson, The Times ‘Jack has done an impressive job of synthesising the scholarly work on book-history that has radically changed what we know about women’s reading habits through the ages. In her thorough and informative book, she steadily demonstrates that the woman reader has not been nearly such an isolated or exceptional figure, historically, as was once thought.’ – Hermione Lee, The Guardian
The Making of the English Gardener Plants, Books and Inspiration, 1560–1660 Margaret Willes A fascinating account of the people, ideas and publications that revolutionised the nation’s gardens in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, from courtiers’ grand estates to the humble kitchen plots of housewives. ‘An erudite study of Tudor and Stuart gardens. This is more than just Ye Olde Gardener’s World – Willes’s book is a subtle study of a world in which exotic tastes and information were spreading worldwide, and a new age of scientific study was dawning.’ – Dan Jones, The Daily Telegraph ‘A heady, brilliant period, well documented by Margaret Willes’s The Making of the English Gardener … Willes is particularly well informed on the books that fed the new obsession and the libraries put together by early English botanists ….[An] excellent study.’ – Anna Pavord, The Independent Magazine
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Livingstone
Islamic Imperialism
The Forgotten Palestinians
Revised and Expanded Edition Tim Jeal
A History Second Edition Efraim Karsh
A History of the Palestinians in Israel Ilan Pappé
Hailed by the Victorians as the greatest explorer since the Elizabethan era, David Livingstone began life as a factory boy and became the first European to cross Africa and find the Congo’s source. Seen as a great missionary, he was revered as a near saint – a myth in his own lifetime. In this superb new edition of his classic biography, which was the first to shatter the Victorian myth and reveal a darker personality, Tim Jeal draws on fresh sources to provide the most fully rounded portrait yet of this complicated man, dogged for years by private and public failure, despite his full share of success. Jeal uses Livingstone’s field notebooks – recently made legible by imaging technology – to show that the explorer’s problems with his African followers were far graver than previously understood. With additional new information, he reexamines Livingstone’s importance to the British Empire and his relationship with the journalist-adventurer, Henry M. Stanley. and evokes the full pathos and courage of his fight against the slave trade and his agonising final journey.
Efraim Karsh, a widely respected expert in Middle Eastern affairs, challenges the way we understand Middle Eastern history and politics in this provocative book. This new edition brings Karsh’s analysis up to date through the events of the Arab spring. ‘If Islamic history features on your to-do list, then you couldn’t hope for a more up-to-date teacher than Efraim Karsh, who offers a new approach to the place of Islam in today’s world, and a fresh look at the Crusades, with Islamic Imperialism: A History.’ – The Sunday Telegraph ‘A vigorous refutation of the oversimplified analysis of Middle Eastern woes which piles responsibility for all these troubles on the West and its imperialist policies, past and continuing.’ – Edmund Bosworth, Times Literary Supplement ‘An impeccable history … I could not recommend this magnificent effort of reportage and analysis more highly.’ – Hazhir Teimourian, Literary Review
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In this book, historian Ilan Pappé examines how Palestinians with Israeli citizenship have fared under Jewish rule and what their lives tell us about both Israel’s attitude towards minorities and Palestinians’ attitudes towards the Jewish state. ‘Pappé, in highly readable prose, gives us details and perspective about the history of the Arab community in the state’s early years.’ – David B. Green, Haaretz ‘Ilan Pappé has few peers in courage and integrity in the world of scholars on history … He should shame our academics and media men who cannot bring themselves to face historical truths … The lot of … [Isreal’s] Palestinian Arab minority … is described in meticulous and well-documented detail.’ – A. G. Noorani, Frontline ‘The Forgotten Palestinians strings together fragments, events, documents and interviews into a coherent and convincing narrative in a way that will certainly lend itself to advancing future studies.’ – Ryvka Barnard, Arab Studies Journal
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Men from the Ministry
Northern Ireland
Pagan Britain
A People’s History of the Industrial Revolution Emma Griffin
How Britain Saved Its Heritage Simon Thurley
The Reluctant Peace Feargal Cochrane
Ronald Hutton
Between 1900 and 1950 the British state amassed a huge collection of over 800 historic buildings, monuments and sites and opened them to the public. This engaging book explains why the extraordinary collecting frenzy took place, locating it in the fragile and nostalgic atmosphere of the interwar years, dominated by neoromanticism and cultural protectionism. The government’s activities were mirrored by the establishment of dozens of voluntary bodies, including the Council for the Protection of Rural England, the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, and the National Trust. Men from the Ministry sets all this activity, for the first time, in its political, economic and cultural contexts, painting a picture of a country traumatised by war, fearful of losing what was left of its history, and a government that actively set out to protect them. It dissects a government programme that established a modern state on deep historical and rural roots. ‘[A] sharp, thought-provoking book.’ – Michael Hall, Country Life
In this thoughtful and engaging book, Feargal Cochrane looks at Northern Ireland’s ‘Troubles’ from the late 1960s to the present day. He explains why, a decade and a half after the peace process ended in political agreement in 1998, sectarian attitudes and violence continue to plague Northern Ireland today. Former members of the IRA now sit alongside their unionist adversaries in the Northern Ireland Assembly, but the region’s attitudes have been slow to change and recent years have even seen an upsurge in violence on both sides. In this book, Cochrane, who grew up a Catholic in Belfast in the ’70s and ’80s, explores how divisions between Catholics and Protestants became so entrenched, and reviews the thirty years of political violence in Northern Ireland – which killed over 3,500 people – leading up to the peace agreement. The book asks whether the peace process has actually delivered for the citizens of Northern Ireland, and what more needs to be done to enhance the current reluctant peace. ‘Intelligent and thought provoking.’ – Sunday Business Post
Britain’s pagan past has always enthralled and perplexed us. Pagan Britain is a history of religious beliefs from the Old Stone Age to the coming of Christianity. This ambitious book integrates the latest evidence to survey our transformed – and transforming – understanding of early religious behaviour; and, also, the way in which that behaviour has been interpreted in recent times, as a mirror for modern dreams and fears. From the Palaeolithic era to the coming of Christianity and beyond, Hutton reveals the long development, rapid suppression and enduring cultural significance of paganism. Woven into the chronological narrative are numerous case studies of sacred sites both wellknown – Stonehenge, Avebury, Seahenge and Maiden Castle – and more unusual far-flung locations across the mainland and coastal islands. Celebrating the powerful challenge and stimulus offered to our imagination by relics of Britain’s deep past, this rich book reveals much about archaeological and historical endeavour and our modern quest to know.
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Liberty’s Dawn
This remarkable book looks at hundreds of autobiographies penned between 1760 and 1900 to offer an intimate firsthand account of how the Industrial Revolution was experienced by the working class. The Industrial Revolution brought not simply misery and poverty. On the contrary, Griffin shows how it raised incomes, improved literacy and offered exciting opportunities for political action. For many, this was a period of new, and much valued, sexual and cultural freedom. This rich personal account focuses on the social impact of the Industrial Revolution, rather than its economic and political histories. In the tradition of best-selling books by Liza Picard, Judith Flanders, and Jerry White, Griffin gets under the skin of the period and creates a cast of colourful characters, including factory workers, miners, shoemakers, carpenters, servants and farm labourers. ‘Intriguing and original’ – Amanda Foreman, The Times
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The Marquess of Queensberry Wilde’s Nemesis Linda Stratmann The Marquess of Queensberry is as famous for his role in the downfall of one of our greatest literary geniuses as he was for helping establish the rules for modern-day boxing. Linda Stratmann’s biography paints a riveting, complex picture of this man. ‘Here he is at last: Wilde’s nemesis, pictured in the round. Linda Stratmann gives a complete and compelling portrait of this complex, fearsome and fascinating figure.’ – Gyles Brandreth ‘Brilliantly challenging, keenly researched, and fascinating.’ – John Carey, The Sunday Times ‘[Stratmann] not only traces the havoc left as [Queensberry] barged and hurtled his way through life, but she illuminates lost notions of manliness, sportsmanship, combat and virility. Her book … revisits, too, the Wilde trials from the viewpoint of his persecutor. This unexpected approach is full of insight and interest.’ – Richard Davenport-Hines, The Guardian
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Jonathan Swift
Isaac and Isaiah
The King’s Pictures
Ham House
Rebranding Rule
His Life and His World Leo Damrosch
The Covert Punishment of a Cold-War Heretic David Caute
The Formation and Dispersal of the Collections of Charles I and His Courtiers PMC Francis Haskell
400 Years of Collecting and Patronage PMC/NT Edited by Christopher Rowell
The Restoration and Revolution Monarchy, 1660–1714 Kevin Sharpe
Built in 1610 during the reign of James I and remodelled in 1637–39 by the future first Earl of Dysart, Ham House and its gardens have endured through centuries of English history while remaining representative of the styles and culture of the original inhabitants. It is one of the few places where Caroline décor – as developed by British architect Inigo Jones and familiar to Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck – can still be appreciated. To mark the 400th anniversary of one of the most famous houses in Europe, eighteen internationally recognised scholars join National Trust curators in documenting the history of Ham House and its collections. The new discoveries, reattributions and revelations of the contributors are accompanied by specially commissioned photography of the house and its contents. An appendix includes complete transcriptions of house inventories for the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, published here for the first time.
In the climactic part of his threebook series exploring the importance of public image in the Tudor and Stuart monarchies, Kevin Sharpe employs a remarkable interdisciplinary approach that draws on literary studies and art history as well as political, cultural and social history to show how this preoccupation with public representation met the challenge of dealing with the aftermath of Cromwell's interregnum and Charles II's restoration, and how the irrevocably changed cultural landscape was navigated by the sometimes astute yet equally fallible Stuart monarchs and their successors.
Jonathan Swift is best remembered today as the author of Gulliver’s Travels, the satiric fantasy that quickly became a classic and has remained in print for nearly three centuries. Yet Swift also wrote many other influential works, was a major political and religious figure in his time, and became a national hero, beloved for his fierce protest against English exploitation of his native Ireland. What is really known today about the enigmatic man behind these accomplishments? Can the facts of his life be separated from the fictions? In this deeply researched biography, Damrosch draws on discoveries made over the past thirty years to tell the story of Swift’s life anew. He shows how Swift’s public version of his life – the one accepted until recently – was deliberately misleading. Swift concealed aspects of himself and his relationships, and other people in his life helped to keep his secrets. Through his own words and those of a wide circle of friends, a complex Swift emerges: a restless, combative, empathetic figure, a man of biting wit and powerful mind, and a major figure in the history of world letters.
Rancorous and highly public disagreements between Isaiah Berlin and Isaac Deutscher escalated to the point of cruel betrayal in the mid1960s. In this gripping account of the ideological clash between two of the most influential scholars of Cold War politics, David Caute uncovers a hidden story of passionate beliefs, unresolved antagonism, and the high cost of reprisal to both victim and perpetrator. Though Deutscher and Berlin had much in common – each arrived in England in flight from totalitarian violence, quickly mastered English and found entry into the Anglo-American intellectual world of the 1950s – Berlin became one of the presiding voices of Anglo-American liberalism, while Deutscher remained faithful to his Leninist heritage, resolutely defending Soviet conduct despite his rejection of Stalin’s tyranny. Caute combines vivid biographical detail with an acute analysis of the issues that divided these two icons of Cold War politics, and brings to light for the first time the full severity of Berlin’s action against Deutscher.
With a Foreword by Nicholas Penny Edited and with an introduction by Karen Serres
The greatest paintings in today’s most famous museums were once part of a fluid exchange determined by volatile political fortunes. In the first half of the 17th century, masterpieces by Titian, Raphael and Leonardo, among others, were the objects of fervent pursuit by art connoisseurs. Francis Haskell traces the fate of collections extracted from Italy, Spain and France by King Charles I and his circle, which, after a brief stay in Britain, were largely dispersed after the Civil War to princely galleries across the Continent. From vivid case studies of individual collectors, advisers and artists, and acute analysis of personality and motive, Haskell challenges ideas about this episode in British cultural life and traces some of the factors that forever changed the artistic map of Europe.
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Image Wars Promoting Kings and Commonwealths in England, 1603–1660 HB ISBN 978-0-300-16200-4 £35.00*
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The True History of Merlin the Magician
2012 352pp. 24 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-18157-9 £12.99*
The English Castle
The Wars of the Roses
Anne Boleyn
Burghley
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Anne Lawrence-Mathers
1066–1650 John Goodall
Fatal Attractions G. W. Bernard
This book explores just who Merlin was believed to be and what he has meant to Britain. ‘Lawrence-Mathers wears her considerable learning lightly and the text is both easy to read and fascinating … Highly recommended.’ – Steve Moore, Fortean Times
‘Majestic in scale and sumptuously produced, it is an authority that scholars will consult for generations.’ – Clive Aslet, The Sunday Telegraph ‘The most handsome and extensive tribute to English castle building yet compiled, ingeniously designed to appeal to a wide readership.’ – Marcus Binney, The Times
William Cecil at the Court of Elizabeth I Stephen Alford ‘A classic example of history written to the highest standards of professional scholarship but also given a style and subject matter that make it an exciting experience for any intelligent reader.’– Ronald Hutton, The Independent on Sunday ‘Excellent.’ – Times Literary Supplement
1998 704pp. 44 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-07448-2 £18.99*
‘Bernard deals with historical reputations and questions of guilt and innocence in his magnificent new life of Anne Boleyn … brilliantly argued.’ – Linda Porter, History Today ‘Bernard is an outstandingly diligent and resourceful archival historian.’ – Peter Marshall, Literary Review 2003 260pp. 16 colour + 26 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-09825-9 £12.99*
‘This book will be required reading for all serious students of the latemedieval English polity.’ – David Grummitt, English Historical Review ‘This is a comprehensive account of the period, logically laid out, explaining why the Wars of the Roses were fought and why they ceased.’ – Richard Woulfe, Tribune
2005 700pp. 141 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-10828-6 £15.99*
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Blood and Mistletoe
Marking the Hours
The Stripping of the Altars
The Voices of Morebath
Thomas Cranmer
The History of the Druids in Britain Ronald Hutton
English People and Their Prayers, 1240–1570 Eamon Duffy
Traditional Religion in England, 1400–1580 Second Edition Eamon Duffy
Reformation and Rebellion in an English Village Eamon Duffy
Diarmaid MacCulloch
‘This book is a tour de force: surely the definitive work on our perception of the Druids.’ – David V. Barrett, The Independent
‘A fascinating book, full of insights into medieval spirituality and religion … a book to treasure.’ – Juliet Barker, Literary Review
Winner of the Longman/History Today Book of the Year Award
Winner of the 2002 Hawthornden Prize
‘A mighty and momentous book.’ – J. J. Scarisbrick, The Tablet
‘Significant and strikng.’ – Peter Ackroyd, The Times
Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography, The Duff Cooper Prize and the Whitbread Biography Award ‘The best biography of Cranmer.’ – A. L. Rowse, The Evening Standard
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Architecture and Politics in Restoration London Christine Stevenson
‘An engaging read … this book will unquestionably become a major talking-point among all interested in Britain’s last revolution.’ – Ted Vallance, BBC History Magazine ‘Brilliant and provocative … creates a welcome stir that will enliven the study of the later 17th century.’ – Mark Knights, Reviews in History
Fires of Faith
Household Politics
The Warrior Generals
Catholic England under Mary Tudor Eamon Duffy
Conflict in Early Modern England Don Herzog
Winning the British Civil Wars Malcolm Wanklyn
‘A dazzling exercise in historical reappraisal, after which the reign of Mary Tudor will never look quite the same again.’ – Peter Marshall, Times Literary Supplement
In this magisterial work, Don Herzog examines the political life of households and families in early modern England, exposing family life as a contested political space.
‘Wanklyn provides a useful, wellresearched, general narrative of the higher direction of the Civil Wars.’ – John Childs, BBC History Magazine
From Still Life to the Screen Print Culture, Display, PMC PMC
The City of London is a jurisdiction whose relationship with the English monarchy has sometimes been turbulent. This fascinating book explores how architecture was used to renew and redefine this relationship in the wake of two momentous events: the restoration in 1660, and the Great Fire six years later.
and the Materiality of the Image in Eighteenth-Century London Joseph Monteyne This insightful volume explores how consumer culture shaped modern notions of identity in 18th-century London, through prints that show the consumption, display, and materiality of both objects and images.
A Plague of Informers Conspiracy and new Political Trust in William III’s England Rachel Weil This fascinating study of the turbulent decade following the Revolution of 1688 uses stories of plots, sham plots and the citizeninformers who discovered (or fabricated) them to illuminate the Williamite regime’s struggle to establish political trust and the painful tension it faced between liberty and security. Available February 2014 320pp. 15 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-17104-4 £25.00*
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The City and the King
The First Modern Revolution Steve Pincus
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‘This is a charming book. It shows life in Early Modern England at a time of enormous stress and never lapses into the repellent, sensationalistic or sentimental.’ – Lauren Kassell, History Today ‘A vivid morsel from which a whole world can be reconstructed.’ – Rosemary Goring, The Herald, Glasgow
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A Scrivener, His City and the Plague Keith Wrightson
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In the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, cultural, economic and political changes, as well as increased geographic mobility, placed strains upon British society. But by cultivating friendships and alliances, women worked to socially cohere Britain and its colonies. This first book-length historical study of female friendship and alliance for the early modern period draws on a series of interlocking microhistorical studies to demonstrate the vitality and importance of bonds formed between British women in the long eighteenth century, demonstrating their importance to the building of the British Atlantic world.
2013 224pp. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18078-7 £22.50
2011 224pp. 16 pages of b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-17447-2 £20.00*
Ralph Tailor’s Summer
Gender, Identity, and Friendship in Early Modern Britain Amanda E. Herbert
British History
Female Alliances
Exhibiting Englishness John Boydell’s Shakespeare Gallery and the Formation of a National Aesthetic Rosie Dias PMC How John Boydell’s late 18thcentury exhibition space, the Shakespeare Gallery, radically redefined the dynamics of display and cultural aesthetics at that time.
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The Eighteenth-Century Church in Britain Terry Friedman PMC ‘The scope is breathtaking.’– John Martin Robinson, Country Life ‘Profoundly revises our understanding of the religious life in the 18th century.’ – Revd Dr William Whyte, Church Times
Available September 2013 656pp. 624 colour illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-19618-4 £60.00*
2012 512pp. 45 colour illus. + 4 maps PB ISBN 978-0-300-18431-0 £12.99*
2013 608pp. 11 colour + 25 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-17859-3 £29.95*
Marlborough’s America
Captain Cook
William Kent
Post-War Crime and Violence in Britain, 1748–53 Nicholas Rogers
Stephen Saunders Webb
Master of the Seas Frank McLynn
Designing Georgian Britain BGC Edited by Susan Weber
Bestselling biographer Frank McLynn presents a vivid, remarkable reappraisal of Captain James Cook, illuminating his identity as a brilliant seaman. ‘Accessible and exciting.’ – Michael Fathers, Literary Review
The most versatile British designer of the 18th century, William Kent created a style for a new nation and monarchy. This is the first comprehensive exploration of this important designer and his extraordinary creations, including architecture, palatial interiors, gardens and exquisite furniture.
‘Nick Rogers’ expert knowledge of electoral politics, crowd behaviour and the lives of seafarers are all put to good use in this Hogarthian account of life in the British metropolis and empire in the mid eighteenth century.’ – Joanna Innes, Somerville College, Oxford
Marlborough’s America demonstrates that the Duke of Marlborough’s victory in Europe created ‘Great Britain’, that it won the United Kingdom preeminence in the Atlantic world, and that the Duke’s delegates in America transformed autonomous and underdeveloped colonies into prosperous and aggressive provinces of empire.
2009 448pp. 81 illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-15280-7 £14.99*
2011 496pp. 185 colour + 520 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-15908-0 £60.00*
A pioneering study of the Georgian era’s spectacular temporary displays, this book surveys the elaborate floral creations, fireworks and architecture erected for royal marriages, battle victories and other public celebrations.
Mayhem
Britons Forging the Nation 1707–1837 Third Edition Linda Colley Winner of the Wolfson History Prize ‘Controversial, entertaining and alarmingly topical.’ – Philip Ziegler, The Daily Telegraph
History and the Enlightenment Hugh Trevor-Roper ‘[This is] a rallying cry for those who cherish history. The reading of it left me exultant.’ – Richard Davenport-Hines, Literary Review
2011 400pp. 80 colour + 200 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-17382-6 £55.00*
Temporary Architecture for Georgian Festivals Melanie Doderer-Winkler
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2005 656pp. 70 b/w illus. + 12 maps & battle diagrams PB ISBN 978-0-300-10861-3 £12.99*
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2010 352pp. HB ISBN 978-0-300-13934-1 £30.00*
new Magnificent Entertainments
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Available September 2013 240pp. 133 colour + 100 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18642-0 £40.00*
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Vauxhall Gardens
Love and Fame Edgar Vincent
A History David E. Coke and Alan Borg
Shortlisted for the BBC 4 Samuel Johnson Prize
‘[A] beautifully produced biography of what was once one of London’s best loved institutions.’ – PD Smith, The Guardian
‘Easily the best biography of Nelson I’ve ever read.’ – Andrew Roberts
PMC
William Beckford
Behind Closed Doors
Aristocratic Vice
The Life of an Eighteenth-Century Protestant Capitalist Matthew Kadane
First Prime Minister of the London Empire Perry Gauci
At Home in Georgian England Amanda Vickery
The recently discovered diary of eighteenth-century English clothier Joseph Ryder provides an illuminating, real-life perspective on the relationship between capitalism and Protestantism in the 1700s at a time when Britain was rapidly changing from a traditional to a modern society.
This first-ever biography of William Thomas Beckford provides a unique look at British history from the perspective of the colonies where he spent his early years. Even in his own time, Beckford was seen as a metaphor for the dramatic changes occurring during this era. ‘The first complete study of the life of one of the most important transatlantic figures of the mideighteenth century.’ – David Armitage, Harvard University
The Attack on Duelling, Suicide, Adultery, and Gambling in Eighteenth-Century England Donna T. Andrew
When London Was Capital of America Julie Flavell ‘Reveals an extraordinary, almost forgotten world, rich with anecdote.’ – Duncan Fallowell, Daily Express ‘Well-researched and enjoyable.’ – Leslie Mitchell, Literary Review
The Church of England and the Age of Benevolence, 1680–1730 Brent S. Sirota
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This original and persuasive book examines the moral and religious revival led by the Anglican Church after the Glorious Revolution, and shows how that revival laid the groundwork for a burgeoning civil society in Britain. Available February 2014 368pp. HB ISBN 978-0-300-16710-8 £45.00
‘We see the Georgians at home as we have never seen them before in this ground-breaking book … both scholarly and terrifically good fun.’ – Frances Wilson, The Sunday Times ‘Compelling.’ – Dan Cruickshank
Aristocratic Vice examines the outrage against the four vices associated with the aristocracy in eighteenth-century England – duelling, suicide, adultery and gambling – and the subsequent emergence of the middle class.
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2013 368pp. 7 b/w illus. + 2 maps HB ISBN 978-0-300-16254-7 £30.00
The Christian Monitors
Accompanied the BBC TV series ‘At Home wth the Georgians’
2003 448pp. 66 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-10222-2 £9.99*
2011 320pp. 36 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-17813-5 £12.99*
The Watchful Clothier
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2013 240pp. 120 colour + 45 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18538-6 £45.00*
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Ireland and the Picturesque
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Design, Landscape Painting, and Tourism, 1700–1840 Finola O’Kane Positioning Ireland at the core of the development of the picturesque in the eighteenth century, this book is also a history of the physical shaping of Ireland as a tourist destination, one of the earliest, most calculated and most successful in the world.
2012 680pp. 24 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-11834-6 £40.00*
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2013 328pp. 4 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18433-4 £35.00
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The Gentleman’s Daughter
Enlightenment’s Frontier
Making Ireland English
Women’s Lives in Georgian England Amanda Vickery
The Scottish Highlands and the Origins of Environmentalism Fredrik Albritton Jonsson
The Irish Aristocracy in the Seventeenth Century Jane Ohlmeyer
Jonsson looks at the eighteenth-century Scottish Enlightenment, which gave birth to modern-day environmentalism, and sheds new light on Scottish thinkers from the era.
‘[A] stimulating study … [of] one of the most interesting (and controversial) social transformations in the British Isles over the last 500 years.’ – Daniel Szechi, BBC History Magazine
Winner of the Wolfson History Prize, The Whitfield Prize and the Longman/History Today Book of the Year Prize (joint) ‘Lively and engrossing’ – Financial Times
British & Irish History
2013 312pp. 15 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-16961-4 £35.00*
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In the Olden Time
Architects of Imperial Britain Catherine Hall
Victorians and the British Past Andrew Sanders PMC
‘Brown is a superb writer and his Palmerston ought to be required reading for all students of 19thcentury political history.’ – Amanda Foreman, Financial Times ‘Rich, thoughtful … rewarding … surely [the] definitive life.’ – Ferdinand Mount, Times Literary Supplement
‘The most rounded and fascinating biography of a political figure (let alone two) that it has ever been my pleasure to read.’ – Bernard Porter, London Review of Books ‘This is a remarkably valuable and eminently readable book.’ – John MacKenzie, BBC History Magazine
This groundbreaking cultural survey of Victorian responses to British history sheds new light on the intersection of architecture, art, literature and religion in Victorian England. Sanders explores the essentially literary nature of Victorian history writing, and reveals the degree to which painters were indebted to written records both fictional and factual. In the Olden Time examines works by poets and painters, essayists and dramatists, architects and musicians, together with a study of religious history as seen through the eyes of architect and critic Augustus Pugin and journalist William Cobbett.
2013 248pp. 19 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-18807-3 £11.99*
Macaulay and Son
A Biography David Brown
A Genius for Money
The Age of Doubt
Business, Art and the Morrisons Caroline Dakers
Tracing the Roots of Our Religious Uncertainty Christopher Lane
‘An emblem of the 19th-century story … an absolutely model biography.’ – A. N. Wilson, Financial Times ‘A finely researched history.’ – Richard Ryder, The Spectator
‘Render[s] complicated ideas accessible … altogether admirable.’ – Edward Norman, Literary Review
On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Thomas Carlyle
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Edited by David R. Sorensen and Brent E. Kinser
Carlyle’s classic exploration of heroes and heroic leadership is accompanied by essays that reevaluate the spiritual, rather than the authoritarian, roots of his thought. 2013 360pp. PB ISBN 978-0-300-14860-2 £12.99
now in paper
2013 704pp. 16 pp. b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-19728-0 £12.99*
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The Memoirs of Walter Bagehot
The Richard Burton Diaries
Frank Prochaska
The irresistible, candid diaries of Richard Burton offer a fresh perspective on the glamorous decades of the mid-twentieth century. ‘Shameless, prolix, vivid and curiously touching. Burton’s diaries are a telling, often painfully truthful addition to the social history of the years between 1960 and 1974.’ – Times Literary Supplement
Walter Bagehot (1826–1877) was a prominent English journalist, banker and man of letters. For many years he was editor of The Economist, and to this day the magazine includes a weekly ‘Bagehot’ column. His analyses of politics, economics and public affairs were nothing short of brilliant. Sadly, he left no memoir. In this imaginative reconstruction of the memoir the eminent Victorian might have written, Frank Prochaska captures the spirit and brilliance of his subject and scrupulously avoids what Bagehot considered an unpardonable fault: dullness. A faux autobiography allows for considerable license, but Prochaska remains true to Bagehot’s character and is accurate in his depiction of the times. The memoir immerses us in the spirit of the Victorian era and makes us wish to have known Walter Bagehot. He is, Prochaska observes, the Victorian with whom we would most want to have dinner.
Edited by Chris Williams
2012 360pp. 16 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-17901-9 £30.00*
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Available August 2013 224pp. HB ISBN 978-0-300-19554-5 £18.99*
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2011 352pp. 60 colour + b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-11220 7 £25.00*
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2012 420pp. 16 pp. b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-16023-9 £35.00*
2012 584pp. 30 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-17796-1 £16.99*
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Witness to History The Life of John Wheeler-Bennett Victoria Schofield The first biography of one of the twentieth century’s most extraordinary political observers. ‘Well-researched and well-written.’ – Andrew Roberts, The Weekly Standard
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2012 440pp. 50 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-18775-5 £12.99*
Victorian Bloomsbury
Beyond the Tower
The Landscapes of London
Carscapes
Rosemary Ashton
A History of East London John Marriott
The City, the Country and the Suburbs, 1660–1840 Elizabeth McKellar PMC
The Motor Car, Architecture and Landscape in England Kathryn A. Morrison PMC/EH and John Minnis
Nights Out
The London Square
Life in Cosmopolitan London Judith R. Walkowitz
Gardens in the Midst of Town PMC Todd Longstaffe-Gowan
‘This is an engaging and authoritative contribution to the history of the place we Londoners still cleave to as the cool heart of our capital.’ – Melanie McGrath, Evening Standard
‘Traces the fascinating evolution of these once private urban gardens and explores the social history within their undergrowth.’ – Jonathan Foyle, Financial Times
The idea of a ‘Greater London’ emerged in the 18th century with the expansion of the city’s suburbs. This book traces this growth back to the 17th century, when domestic retreats were established in outlying areas. This transitional zone was occupied and shaped by the urban middle class as much as by the elite who built villas there. McKellar provides the first major interdisciplinary cultural history of this area, analysing it in relation to key architectural and planning debates and to concepts of national, social, and gender identities. She draws on a wide range of source materials, including prints, paintings, maps, poetry, songs, newspapers, guidebooks and other popular literature, as well as buildings and landscapes. The author suggests that these suburban landscapes – the first in the world – were a new environment, but one in which the vernacular, the rustic and the historic played a substantial part. This fascinating investigation shows London as the forerunner of the complex, multifaceted modern cities of today.
‘A serious and well-researched study of the impact of the car on the physical environment of England. … make[s] good use of the many illustrations to show how much the car has shaped where and how we live.’ – Alan Judd, Literary Review 2012 460pp. 150 colour + 250 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18722-9 £75.00*
2012 348pp. 88 colour + 202 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-15201-2 £30.00*
‘He has done a brilliant job of gazing past the theme-park standbys (from Jack the Ripper to the Krays) to give us a portrait of an area that once more – as in the 17th and 18th centuries – contains pockets of wealth, as well as steep poverty … terrific.’ – Sinclair Mckay, The Daily Telegraph
2012 432pp. 8 pp. colour + 37 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-15194-7 £25.00*
‘[An] indispensible addition to the literature of nineteenth century London.’ – Jerry White, Times Literary Supplement ‘That Ashton has managed to tame “Bloomsbury”, and present it in such a coherent, digestible fashion, is triumph indeed.’ – Judith Flanders, The Sunday Telegraph
Survey of London: Woolwich Volume 48 PMC/EH Andrew Saint, General Editor, and Peter Guillery, Volume Editor Bringing together everything of significance in Woolwich’s built history, this volume will prove invaluable to historians, planners, residents and the wider public.
new Survey of London: Battersea
British History
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2012 448pp. 225 colour + 75 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18704-5 £40.00*
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Volume 49: Public, Commercial and Cultural Edited by Andrew Saint The latest two volumes in the acclaimed Survey of London series offer a thorough account of the south London parish of Battersea. ‘The Survey of London is unique in depth and breadth of its description and analysis of the architecture and planning of a capital city.’ – The Burlington Magazine Available November 2013 520pp. 150 colour + 250 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-19616-0 £75.00*
Survey of London: Battersea Volume 50: Houses and Housing Edited by Colin Thom Available November 2013 520pp. 150 colour + 250 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-19617-7 £75.00*
2-volume set of both Battersea volumes: HB ISBN 978-0-300-19813-3 £135.00*
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2012 384pp. 16 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-18195-1 £15.99*
2012 304pp. 16 pp. b/w illus. + 3 maps PB ISBN 978-0-300-18771-7 £14.99*
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2012 328pp. 24 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-18777-9 £14.99*
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Edward III
George II
Æthelstan
King Stephen
England’s Catholic Queen John Edwards
W. Mark Ormrod
King and Elector Andrew C. Thompson
The First King of England Sarah Foot
Edmund King
‘Thompson has finally, and triumphantly, given us one of the essential, basic building blocks for royal history in the 18th century … I’m utterly delighted that this longstanding gap has been filled so authoritatively.’ – Lucy Worsley, BBC History Magazine (Books of the Year)
‘[An] outstanding biography … Foot has pieced together a narrative that speaks of the realities of a vanished world … Revisionary, thoughtful, beautifully written and exhaustively researched, this biography of Æthelstan is set to become a classic.’ – Helen Fulton, Times Higher Education
This enlightening biography takes a deeper look at the personality of the celebrated warrior king, emphasizing the importance of Edward’s familial relationships and his achievement of a cohesive stable nation. ‘Majestically compelling.’ – Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Daily Telegraph (Books of the Year) ‘An original and important account not only of a King but of a nation at a critical stage of its history. Edward III is a remarkable achievement.’ – Scott L. Waugh, Times Literary Supplement ‘Ormrod’s sheer mastery of his sources informs every page of his text. Here we have the long-awaited authoritative biography of the king for our generation.’ – Nigel Saul, Reviews in History ‘Perhaps the greatest merit of Mark Ormrod’s magnificent new biography, is that it penetrates behind [Edward’s] image … Ormrod is at his best in describing the personality of the King, and his impact on English political society.’ – Jonathan Sumpton, Literary Review
2011 704pp. 20 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-17802-9 £18.99*
Mary I
This authoritative biography of the first Tudor queen reveals in new detail Mary’s connections with Spain, her fraught relationships with her father King Henry VIII and halfsister Elizabeth, her religious fervor and how it led to horrible violence, and much more. ‘Mary has not lacked for biographers, but John Edwards has managed to outclass them all. For the first time we have a proper account of her with a fully European-wide perspective, depicting a Trastamara princess as well as a Tudor, and using a framework of Spanish documentation which English historians have seldom consulted. This is a biography without undue indulgence but replete with human sympathy.’ – Diarmaid MacCulloch ‘Edwards has comprehensively defeated a persistent and painful historical myth and replaced it with something more complicated, more human and much more accurate. This is the best biography of Mary we have yet seen.’ – Lucy Wooding, Times Higher Education
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2013 752pp. PB ISBN 978-0-300-19408-1 £16.99*
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2013 408pp. 16 pp. b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-19416-6 £14.99*
Yale English Monarchs
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Edward II Seymour Phillips ‘Phillips takes us deftly through the twists and turns of Edward’s eventful career.’ – Nigel Saul, History Today
Yale English Monarchs For over thirty years the Yale English Monarchs series has brought the highest standards of historical scholarship to the widest possible readership. Harnessing the latest research, leading historians scrutinise the lives of the kings and queens of England and explore the cumulative impact of the longest permanent governing institution in Europe. For a full list of titles in this series visit www.yalebooks.co.uk
‘King is an expert guide, with a forensic eye for detail.’ – Helen Castor, Times Higher Education ‘King deploys his knowledge of the contemporary authors to great effect, time and again making arresting observations about their individual perspectives and links to events.’ – Reviews in History
Faisal I of Iraq Ali A. Allawi Born in 1885, King Faisal I of Iraq was a seminal figure not only in the founding of the state of Iraq but also in the making of the modern Middle East. In all the tumult leading to the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and the establishment of new Arab states, Faisal was a central player. His life traversed each of the important political, military and intellectual developments of his times. This comprehensive biography is the first to provide a fully rounded picture of Faisal the man and Faisal the monarch. Ali A. Allawi recounts the dramatic events of his subject’s life and provides a reassessment of his crucial role in developments in the pre- and post-World War I Middle East and of his lasting but underappreciated influence in the region even 80 years after his death. In his many roles Faisal overcame innumerable crises and opposing currents while striving to build the structures of a modern state. This book is the first to afford his contributions to Middle East history the attention they deserve.
The Second Arab Awakening Marwan Muasher This important book is not about immediate events or policies or responses to the Arab Spring. Instead, it takes a long, judicious view of political change in the Arab world, beginning with the first Awakening in the nineteenth century and extending into future decades when – if the dream is realised – a new Arab world defined by pluralism and tolerance will emerge. Marwan Muasher, former foreign minister of Jordan, asserts that all sides – the United States, Europe, Israel and Arab governments alike – were deeply misguided in their thinking about Arab politics and society when the turmoil of the Arab Spring erupted. He explains the causes of the unrest, tracing them back to the first Arab Awakening, and warns of the forces today that threaten the success of the Second Arab Awakening, ignited in December 2010. Muasher calls on the West to rethink political Islam and the Arab-Israeli conflict, and he discusses steps all parties can take to encourage positive state-building in the freshly unsettled Arab world.
now in paper
new edition
Syria
Egypt on the Brink
The Fall of the House of Assad David W. Lesch
From Nasser to the Muslim Brotherhood Tarek Osman
The author, who knows Assad better than any other Westerner, analyses the Syrian president’s failed leadership, his transformation from bearer of hope to reactionary tyrant, and his regime’s violent response to Arab Spring-inspired protests. ‘In a thoughtful, often persuasive book, [Lesch] lays a useful foundation for our fuller understanding of the Syrian crisis.’ – The Times ‘This is a fluent, well-organised piece of work that offers clear insight into the workings of the Syrian regime.’ – Vincent Durac, Irish Times ‘David Lesch is one of the very few outsiders who knows anything about either Assad or his highly secretive regime; all the other scholars of Syria are forced to look from the outside in.’ – E. Roger Owen, author of The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life ‘A major contribution to our knowledge of Syria and the Middle East. Anyone who seeks a real understanding of these subjects must read this book.’ – Andrew Rosenbaum, New York Journal of Books
In this immensely readable and thoroughly researched book, Tarek Osman explores what has happened to the biggest Arab nation since President Nasser took control of the country in 1954. This new edition takes events up to summer 2013, looking at how Egypt has become increasingly divided under its new Islamist government. ‘Osman paints a colourful and convincing picture of the decline of Mubarak’s rule … A compelling account of how the various combustile ingredients of revolution came together, awaiting the final spark.’ – Gerald Butt, Times Literary Supplement ‘Tarek Osman writes with feeling, backed up by an impressively broad list of sources as well as sharp critical insight and astute judgement.’ – The Economist ‘[A] well researched and closely argued book.’ – John R. Bradley, Literary Review
new edition
2013 360pp. 20 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-19415-9 £12.99*
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2013 304pp. 20 illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-19869-0 £9.99*
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2013 288pp. PB ISBN 978-0-300-19722-8 £9.99*
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The Battle for the Arab Spring Revolution, Counter-Revolution and the Making of a New Era Lin Noueihed and Alex Warren The updated edition of this highly readable book analyses the explosive events of the Arab Spring and its aftermath, looking at what each country has accomplished – or failed to accomplish – and assessing the challenges the region faces on its long road to democracy. ‘Why did they fall? In the months that followed the advent of the Arab spring, authors have rushed to explain why some dictators have been unseated but not others … These are not easy questions, but [this book represents] one of the strongest attempts to answer them.’ – The Economist ‘The overall scope and breadth of the work makes it deserving of special recognition. The authors’ personal experiences are combined well with a riveting narrative that plays especially well in chronicling the ‘battleground states.’’ – James Denselow, Huffington Post
International History The Middle East
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Available January 2014 560pp. 32 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-12732-4 £30.00*
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2012 584pp. 48 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-16235-6 £29.95*
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Available November 2013 288pp. 8 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-16424-4 £17.99
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Available October 2013 480pp. 7 maps PB ISBN 978-0-300-19850-8 £14.99*
Rav Kook
Moshe Dayan
In Ishmael’s House
Menachem Begin
Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians in the Aftermath of the June 1967 War Avi Raz
Mystic in a Time of Revolution Yehudah Mirsky
Israel’s Controversial Hero Mordechai Bar-On
A History of Jews in Muslim Lands Martin Gilbert
A Life Avi Shilon Translated by Danielle
This insightful biography of Abraham Isaac Kook, the first chief rabbi of Jewish Palestine and the founding theologian of religious Zionism, recounts the extraordinary events of his life and examines his teachings and complicated legacy.
‘Incisive, elegantly written … full of up-close and personal glimpses of and insights into the many pivotal roles Dayan played in his nation’s military and political affairs.’ – Martin Rubin, Washington Times ‘[The book] encapsulates the complexity of this unusual man.’ – Colin Shindler, Jewish Renaissance
A powerful account of Jews living in Muslim lands and the surprising truths about their shared history ‘Outstanding … essential reading.’ – Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Sunday Telegraph ‘An illuminating and a moving account.’ – Avi Shlaim, Financial Times ‘A nonstop barrage of compelling facts from a breathtakingly wide collection of archives.’ – Dominic Lawson, The Sunday Times
Palestine Betrayed
1948
Efraim Karsh
A History of the First Arab-Israeli War Benny Morris
‘Efraim Karsh’s Palestine Betrayed tells in rich detail the story of the fall of the British Mandate and the rise of Israel, going a long way towards doing justice to the history at hand.’ – Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post
‘Breaks new ground, offers new revelations and arguments about the conflict’s causes and character … impressively exhaustive.’ – Stephen Howe, The Independent
The Geonim of Babylonia and the Shaping now in of Medieval paper Jewish Culture Robert Brody The only survey in English of the crucial Geonic period in Babylonia, this book – now reissued with a new preface and bibliography – focuses on the cultural and historical milieu of the Geonim as well as their intellectual and literary creativity. 2013 416pp. PB ISBN 978-0-300-18932-2 £26.00
Zilberberg and Yoram Sharett
‘I read this book, which was written with immense talent and based on profound research, with great interest. This biography represents a decisive contribution to the truth.’ – Shimon Peres ‘A useful assessment.’ – David Goldberg, Jewish Chronicle
2012 448pp. 35 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-16713-9 £40.00*
This is the first comprehensive study of the Arab-Israeli conflict in the crucial years after the Six Day War. Mining newly declassified records in Israeli, American, British, and UN archives, as well as private papers of individual participants, Avi Raz uncovers how and why Israeli-Arab peacemaking negotiations failed. ‘The story of Israeli policy in the late 1960s has been told before … But no one has provided as thorough – or as damning – an account as Avi Raz … a work of meticulous scholarship.’ – Adam Shatz, London Review of Books ‘Avi Raz’s readable, scholarly, and engaging volume is situated firmly within the ‘new’ history of the Arab-Israeli conflict … A tight, convincing examination … sure to provoke counter-debates.’ – Matthew Hughes, Middle East Journal ‘[Raz’s] conclusions may be radical, but his case is set out with the utmost scruple, and in damning detail.’ – Michael Kerrigan, The Scotsman
2009 544pp. 25 b/w illus. + 30 maps PB ISBN 978-0-300-15112-1 £14.99*
The Bride and the Dowry
2011 352pp. 16 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-17234-8 £12.99*
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The Limits of Detente The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1969–1973 Craig Daigle ‘A must-read book for everyone interested in Soviet-American relations in the Middle East.’ – Douglas Little, Clark University
2010 328pp. 15 illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-11701-1 £14.99*
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2010 448pp. 32 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-16932-4 £18.99*
2012 288pp. 20 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-13932-7 £20.00*
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A Single Roll of the Dice
The Persians
Yemen
The Rise and Fall of Qaddafi Alison Pargeter
Obama’s Diplomacy with Iran Trita Parsi
Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern Iran Homa Katouzian
Dancing on the Heads of Snakes Victoria Clark
The entire story of Qaddafi’s corrupt and repressive regime, the details of its downfall, and what Libya’s future may hold in store. ‘This history of modern Libya is a vital aid to understanding its current conflicts.’ – Rachel Aspden, Prospect
‘Perfectly-timed … A carefully balanced and thoroughly researched account of the tortured US-Iranian relationship in recent years. Parsi is the ideal person to write it.’ – Julian Borger, The Guardian ‘Well-timed … absorbing … A tale of missed opportunities, obduracy and short-sightedness.’ – The Economist
‘Maybe the broadest and best overview available in English of a country which we need urgently to understand better. It should be required holiday reading in the Foreign Office, and maybe the White House too.’ – Stephen Howe, The Independent
‘A clear, immensely absorbing introduction to Yemen’s complicated history and opaque politics.’ – Owen Bennett-Jones, BBC World Service ‘Excellent … part history and part travelogue. Clark leads the reader through Yemen’s turbulent past with humour and perception.’ – Richard Beeston, The Times
Turkey, Islam, Nationalism, and Modernity
Islam, Science, and the Challenge of History
A History Carter Vaughn Findley
Ahmad Dallal
‘A monumental work … encouraging the reader to reflect on one of the most complex stories in modern history.’ – Michael Wheeler, Church Times
‘Fascinating to read as history and instructive in its exploration of issues that remain familiar today.’ – Tom Siegfried, Science News
2006 448pp. 18 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-12105-6 £14.99*
2012 256pp. 2 line illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-17771-8 £12.99*
2011 544pp. 16 colour+ 40 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-15261-6 £20.00*
In this unbarred account of life in postoccupation Iraq, the author describes the sectarian violence, government corruption and declining living standards that beset his nation but argues that the people’s struggle for a better future can be won.
2010 360pp. 20 illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-15217-3 £14.99*
Libya
How Corruption, Incompetence and Sectarianism Have Undermined Democracy Zaid Al-Ali
2011 320pp. 16 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-17091-7 £14.00*
The Struggle for Iraq’s Future
Pashas
Modern Iran
Dubai
Traders and Travellers in the Islamic World James Mather
Roots and Results of Revolution Updated Edition Nikki R. Keddie
Gilded Cage Syed Ali
Runner up for the Longman/History Today prize ‘Vivid and well-written.’ – Linda Colley, Times Literary Supplement
with a section by Yann Richard
‘Perceptive, sensitive and insightful.’ – Ahmed Rashid
International History The Middle East
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‘Examine[s] the paradoxes and contradictions of Dubai society.’ – Hugh Tomlinson, The Times ‘[A] fascinating study’ – P. D. Smith, The Guardian
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A Living Man from Africa
Of Africa
Restless Valley
Confluences
Between Hope and Despair, 1963–2012 Daniel Branch
Jan Tzatzoe, Xhosa Chief and Missionary, and the Making of Nineteenth-Century South Africa Roger S. Levine
Wole Soyinka
Revolution, Murder and Intrigue in the Heart of Central Asia Philip Shishkin
An American Expedition to Northern Burma, 1935 Erin L. Hasinoff BGC
An award-winning reporter provides a vivid account of Central Asia’s wild recent history, its role as a staging ground for U.S. military actions in nearby Afghanistan, and its struggles against violence, corruption and the ruinous heroin industry. Philip Shishkin focuses mainly on Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. Both nations have struggled with the enormous challenges of post-Soviet independent statehood; both became entangled in America’s Afghan campaign when U.S. military bases were established within their borders. At the same time, the region was developing into a key smuggling hub for Afghanistan’s booming heroin trade. Through the eyes of local participants – the powerful and the powerless – Shishkin reconstructs how Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have ricocheted between extreme repression and democratic strivings, how alliances with the United States and Russia have brought mixed blessings, and how Stalin’s legacy of ethnic gerrymandering incites conflict even now.
Texts, photographs, and collected specimens and artifacts convey the experiences and findings of the three-month Vernay-Hopwood Chindwin expedition in northern Burma on behalf of the American Museum of Natural History.
2012 320pp. PB ISBN 978-0-300-18428-0 £12.99*
‘Skilfully weaving archival sources into a beautifully written text, Levine’s book is a prime example of a colonial ‘micro history’: showing the symbiosis between individuals and often brutal historical events.’ – Dr Andrew Rudd, Church Times
2010 320pp. 30 illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-16273-8 £14.99*
In this authoritative and insightful account of Kenya’s history from 1963 to the present day, Daniel Branch sheds new light on the nation’s struggles and the complicated causes behind them. ‘There had been a glaring shortage of really good general works on [Kenya’s] post-independence history. [This book] not only plugs that hole, but has much to say too about the possible futures of many other poor post-colonial states.’ – Stephen Howe, The Independent ‘[An] engaging and important book.’ – Philip Murphy, International Affairs ‘Branch has produced a largely narrative account, accessible to the general, non-specialist reader, and an excellent primer for students on African Studies courses interested in Kenya.’ – Warris Vianni, Awaaz Magazine.com
In search of a deeper understanding of Africa, its identity, and its current crises, Wole Soyinka explores a wide range of topics, including culture, religion, history, imagination and identity. Refusing defeatism, he charts a path to a better future. ‘A fascinating, urgent appraisal of Africa’s relationship to the world.’ – Publishers Weekly
Sudan
Southern Africa
Darfur and the Failure of an African State Richard Cockett
Old Treacheries and New Deceits Stephen Chan ‘[The] best-written book about southern African politics in the last few decades.’ – Professor Paul Moorcraft, RUSI Journal
2011 272pp. 40 pp. b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-17814-2 £12.99*
Kenya
‘Unsentimental, well sourced and eminently readable.’ – Colin Murphy, The Irish Times
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2013 328pp. 18 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18436-5 £20.00*
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Vietnam Rising Dragon Bill Hayton ‘A balanced, intelligent account of a country whose history so differs from our own.’ – Justin Wintle, Financial Times
A Restatement of Religion
Gandhi
A History Sam van Schaik
Swami Vivekananda and the Making of Hindu Nationalism Jyotirmaya Sharma
A Spiritual Biography Arvind Sharma
This comprehensive history of Hinduism and the rise of the Hindu nationalist movement offers a fascinating reappraisal of Swami Vivekananda, one of India’s most controversial religious figures, examining the spiritual vision that helped establish a national identity.
Under the Banyan Tree Relocating the Picturesque in British India Romita Ray PMC The first comprehensive study of the evolution and flourishing of the picturesque during the British Raj.
2011 464pp. 2 b/w illus. + 7 maps PB ISBN 978-0-300-16917-1 £18.00
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Retelling the story of Gandhi’s life through the lens of his spirituality, Arvind Sharma reveals the unsuspected dimensions of Gandhi’s inner world and their surprising connections with his outward actions. This book enlarges our understanding of one of history’s most profoundly influential figures.
2013 372pp. 60 colour + 50 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18769-4 £50.00*
This timely and insightful history of Tibet spans from the seventh century to modern times, in a lively narrative that sheds light on the country’s complex relationship with China, and it explores what it means to be Tibetan today. ‘In Tibet: A History Sam van Schaik provides an overview of its past from the seventh century AD to the present, calling into question many preconceptions the general reader may have about Tibet, its religion, its society and its politics … an entertaining read for a wide audience.’ – Tom Neuheus, BBC History Magazine ‘[Sam van Schaik] successfully portrays a wider historical Tibet in an informed, well-researched, unbiased and readable way. It should appeal to scholars and researchers in Tibetan studies and equally to the more general reader.’ – Priyanka Singh, Asian Affairs ‘Well-written and authoritative.’ – Glyn Ford, Tribune
Forgotten Voices of Mao’s Great Famine, 1958–1962 An Oral History Zhou Xun Modern China’s most devastating tragedy, the Great Famine brought about by Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward, is movingly and powerfully recalled by survivors of the catastrophe that took more than 45 million Chinese lives.
The Art of Not Being Governed
The Great Famine in China, 1958–1962
An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia James C. Scott
A Documentary History Edited by Zhou Xun
‘Scott’s panoramic view will no doubt enthrall many readers.’ – Grant Evans, Times Literary Supplement
2012 320pp. 8 pp. b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-17378-9 £18.99*
Apocalyptic Realm Jihadists in South Asia Dilip Hiro An important new history of the relentless growth of South Asia's jihadist violence, and a careful analysis of how it can be countered ‘Mr. Hiro ought to be commended for attempting to bring a regional lens to a subject too often written about in narrower terms.’ – Sadanand Dhume, Wall Street Journal
‘[This] collection allows Englishlanguage readers to confront the many features of everyday life during the famine.’ – The Nation
2011 304pp. 10 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-15457-3 £19.99*
Tibet
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2012 224pp. 1 b/w map HB ISBN 978-0-300-17518-9 £35.00*
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2013 352pp. 24 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-19410-4 £12.99*
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Afghanistan How the West Lost Its Way Tim Bird and Alex Marshall ‘A highly readable history of the war to date.’ – Theo Farrell, RUSI Journal
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Islanders
A Religious History of Latin America John Lynch
The Pacific in the Age of Empire Nicholas Thomas
‘The most authoritative, reliable and comprehensive study of its subject to have appeared for a very long time.’ – Fernando Cervantes, Times Literary Supplement ‘A remarkable achievement. It oozes authority … Lynch is an enthusiastic, knowledgeable and expansive guide.’ – Matthew Brown, History Today
Joint winner of the 2010 Wolfson History Prize
David Eltis & David Richardson Foreword by David Brion Davis Afterword by David W. Blight
‘A ground-breaking project: the Atlas will be indispensable for all those interested in the slave trade.’ – Jane Webster, Times Literary Supplement ‘A monumental chronicle of this historical tragedy.’ – Dwight Garner, New York Times
Simón Bolívar
Mexico
A Life John Lynch
Democracy Interrupted Jo Tuckman
The definitive account of the life and influence of Simón Bolívar. ‘The best biography to date of “The Liberator”’ – J. H. Elliott, New York Review of Books
‘A lively account of the ups and downs of Mexico’s first steps under democracy.’ – Tom Wainwright, Literary Review
2007 608pp. 43 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-12399-9 £16.00*
2012 328pp. 14 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-16031-4 £20.00*
‘Islanders is not only a fine work of scholarship but also a lucid and engrossing read.’ – Rod Edmond, BBC History Magazine ‘Comprehensive but gripping.’ – Katrina Schlunke, Times Higher Education
Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Empires of the Atlantic World Britain and Spain in America 1492–1830 J. H. Elliott ‘[A] monumental analysis of two New World empires.’ – Christian Tyler, Financial Times Magazine
2011 304pp. 12 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-12555-9 £18.99*
2012 352pp. 50 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-18056-5 £16.99*
New Worlds
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Available January 2014 320pp. 21 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-19452-4 £20.00*
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Latin America, The Atlantic & Slavery International History
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The Zong
Ship of Death
A Massacre, the Law and the End of Slavery James Walvin
A Voyage that Changed the Atlantic World Billy G. Smith
‘A world authority on transatlantic slavery, Walvin produces an authoritative, fair-minded and grippingly readable account.’ – Madge Dresser, BBC History Magazine ‘The voyage of slaves to the plantations of the Caribbean has never been better recorded than in The Zong by James Walvin. Walvin’s victory is to take us aboard The Zong in all its evil.’ – Colin Gardiner, Oxford Times
It is no exaggeration to say that the Hankey, a small British ship that circled the Atlantic in 1792 and 1793, transformed the history of the Atlantic world. This extraordinary book uncovers the long-forgotten story of the Hankey, from its altruistic beginnings to its disastrous end, and describes the ship’s fateful impact upon people from West Africa to Philadelphia, Haiti to London. The story of the Hankey began with a group of high-minded British colonists who planned to establish a colony free of slavery in West Africa. With the colony failing, the ship set sail for the Caribbean and then North America, carrying, as it turned out, mosquitoes infected with yellow fever. The resulting pandemic as the Hankey travelled from one port to the next was catastrophic. In the United States, tens of thousands died in Philadelphia, New York, Boston and Charleston. Smith links the voyage and its deadly cargo to some of the most significant events of the era and spins a riveting tale of unintended consequences and the legacy of slavery that will not die.
Indian Ocean Slavery in the Age of Abolition Edited by Robert Harms, Bernard K. Freamon and David W. Blight
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Bringing together essays from the leading authorities in the field of slavery studies, this groundbreaking work presents the first comprehensive study of the slave trade in the Indian Ocean world during the nineteenth century. Available January 2014 264pp. 4 b/w illus. + 3 maps PB ISBN 978-0-300-16387-2 £20.00
The Power of Knowledge
War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century Geoffrey Parker
How Information and Technology Made the Modern World Jeremy Black
Winner of one of the 2012 Heineken Prizes A master historian uncovers the disturbing connection between the worldwide tumult of the midseventeenth century and weather changes during the same period. The inevitable question arises: are we prepared to deal with the repercussions of climate change in our own time? ‘In this vast, superbly researched and utterly engrossing book, Parker shows how climate change pushed the world towards chaos.’ – Dominic Sandbrook, The Sunday Times ‘A masterpiece, a major work of scholarship by any standard.’ – Jeremy Black, Standpoint ‘[Parker] pieces together a global tale of worsening weather conditions leading to hardship, administrative chaos, war and widespread inhumanity. These accounts give us a rich and emotionally intense sense of how it felt to live through chaotic times.’ – Lisa Jardine, Financial Times
Information is power. For more than five hundred years the success or failure of nations has been determined by a country’s ability to acquire knowledge and technical skill and transform them into strength and prosperity. Leading historian Jeremy Black approaches global history from a distinctive perspective, focusing on the relationship between information and society and demonstrating how the understanding and use of information have been the primary factors in the development and character of the modern age. Black suggests that the West’s ascension was a direct result of its institutions and social practices for acquiring, employing, and retaining information and the technology that was ultimately produced. His cogent and wellreasoned analysis looks at cartography and the hardware of communication, armaments and sea power, mercantilism and imperialism, science and astronomy, as well as bureaucracy and the management of information, linking the history of technology with the history of global power.
2012 272pp. 42 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-18779-3 £9.99*
Available October 2013 304pp. 200 colour illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-19718-1 £14.99*
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A Little History of Literature
A Little History of the World
A Little History of Philosophy
John Sutherland
Illustrated Edition E. H. Gombrich
‘The magic of Nigel Warburton’s book is its disarming accessibility… Anyone who’s enjoyed Warburton’s brilliant podcast series, ‘Philosophy Bites’, where he and fellow demystifier David Edmonds halfnelson academics into spelling out their theories, will know he has a special gift for defusing complexity.’ – Chris Brown, Time Out
This ‘little history’ takes on a very big subject: the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to graphic novels, from The Epic of Gilgamesh to Harry Potter. John Sutherland guides young readers and the grown-ups in their lives on an entertaining journey ‘through the wardrobe’ to a greater awareness of how literature from across the world can transport us and help us to make sense of what it means to be human. Sutherland introduces great classics in his own irresistible way, enlivening his offerings with humour as well as learning: Beowulf, Shakespeare, Don Quixote, the Romantics, Dickens, Moby Dick, The Waste Land, Woolf, 1984, and dozens of others. He adds to these a less-expected, personal selection of authors and works, including literature usually considered well below ‘serious attention’ – from the rude jests of Anglo-Saxon runes to The Da Vinci Code. With masterful digressions into various themes – censorship, narrative tricks, self-publishing, taste, creativity and madness – Sutherland demonstrates the full depth and intrigue of reading.
Nigel Warburton
‘The whole experience of human history, from prehistory to the Second World War, compressed into a flowing narrative … A delight.’ – Robert Hanks, The Daily Telegraph ‘The book charms, amuses and informs superbly.’ – Andrew Roberts, Daily Express
A Little Book of Language David Crystal In this charming narrative history, expert linguist David Crystal proves why the story of language deserves retelling. ‘Demotic, lively, rigorous but unabashedly unpedantic.’ – Iain Finlayson, The Times
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Available August 2013 272pp. 40 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-19713-6 £9.99*
Global Crisis
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2011 272pp. 40 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-17082-5 £8.99*
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2013 904pp. 100 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-15323-1 £29.99*
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Friendship
Stay
Artist/Rebel/Dandy
The Mechanical Smile
A. C. Grayling
A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It Jennifer Michael Hecht
Men of Fashion Edited by Kate Irvin RISD and Laurie Anne Brewer
In this sweeping intellectual and cultural history, poet and historian Jennifer Michael Hecht channels her grief for two friends lost to suicide into a search for history’s most persuasive arguments against the irretrievable act, arguments she hopes to bring back into public consciousness. From the Stoics and the Bible to Dante, Shakespeare, Wittgenstein, and such twentieth-century writers as John Berryman, Hecht recasts the narrative of our “secular age” in new terms. She shows how religious prohibitions against self-killing were replaced by the Enlightenment’s insistence on the rights of the individual, even when those rights had troubling applications. This transition, she movingly argues, resulted in a profound cultural and moral loss: the loss of shared, secular, logical arguments against suicide. By examining how people in other times have found powerful reasons to stay alive when suicide seems a tempting choice, she makes a persuasive intellectual and moral case against suicide.
With essays by Kate Irvin, Laurie Anne Brewer, Christopher Breward & Monica L. Miller. Preface by Thom Browne
Modernism and the First Fashion Shows in France and America, 1900–1929 Caroline Evans
Artist/Rebel/Dandy celebrates the well-dressed man, tracing the dandy’s many manifestations over the past two centuries and showing that he employs profound thought and imagination in his self-presentation.
A leading fashion historian gives a fascinating account of early fashion shows in France and the United States and how the evolution of these events intersected with emerging forms of popular culture, such as the dance craze, sport and film.
A Queer History of Fashion
FIT
From the Closet to the Catwalk Edited by Valerie Steele An unprecedented in-depth exploration of the complex interrelationship between high fashion and queer history and culture, this beautiful and provocative book looks at the history of fashion through a queer lens.
2012 224pp. 26 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-18184-5 £9.99*
2012 294pp. PB ISBN 978-0-300-18774-8 £12.99*
In this highly original investigation of the history of friendship, one of the most thought-provoking philosophers of our time explores the many kinds of friendship, how technology has altered relationships, the role of friendship in an ethical life, and an array of other thoughtprovoking topics. A. C. Grayling roves the rich traditions of friendship in literature, culture, art and philosophy, bringing into his discussion familiar pairs as well as unfamiliar – Achilles and Patroclus, David and Jonathan, Coleridge and Wordsworth, Huck Finn and Jim. Grayling lays out major philosophical interpretations of friendship, then offers his own take, drawing on personal experiences and an acute awareness of vast cultural shifts that have occurred. With penetrating insight he addresses internet-based friendship, contemporary mixed gender friendships, how friendships may supersede family relationships, one’s duty within friendship, the idea of friendship to humanity, and many other topics of universal interest.
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2011 256pp. 100 colour + 50 b/w llus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-12486-6 £30.00*
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2013 338pp. 80 colour + 170 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18953-7 £30.00*
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Love
Boredom
Facing Beauty
A History Simon May
A Lively History Peter Toohey
Painted Women and Cosmetic Art Aileen Ribeiro
‘May is able to draw out what is true in each age’s perception of love … the most persuasive account of love’s nature I have ever read.’ – Financial Times
‘Makes a strong case for boredom as a universal emotion, experienced by humans throughout history and throughout all cultures, with many practical and emotional benefits.’ – Ian Sansom, The Guardian
This wide-ranging survey illuminates shifting perceptions of female beauty through works of art and the evolution of cosmetics. ‘[An] engaging contribution to the study of female appearance.’ – Costume
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2012 264pp. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18638-3 £17.50*
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Inventing the Christmas Tree
Return from the Natives
On Historical Distance
History in the Making
The Allure of the Archives
Bernd Brunner
How Margaret Mead Won the Second World War and Lost the Cold War Peter Mandler
Mark Salber Phillips
J. H. Elliott
Arlette Farge
Conceptions of distance are foundational to historical thought, but Mark Salber Phillips gives the idea new subtlety and meaning. He argues that distance is a matter not just of time and space but also of form, affect, ideology and understanding. In this exceptionally wide-ranging study, Phillips examines Renaissance, Enlightenment and contemporary histories, as well as a broad spectrum of historical genres – including local history, literary history, counter-factual fiction, history painting and museology.
An eminent historian offers an insider’s account of his craft, providing a fresh view of the challenges of historical research, changes in the field since the 1950s, and the power of historical works to shape the world of thought and action. ‘Elegantly written and urbane.’ – Richard J. Evans, New Statesman ‘John Elliott’s History in the Making supplies an elegant summing-up of a lifelong obsession with Spanish history and its role in our understanding of the early modern world.’ – Nicholas Vincent, The Tablet
Translated by Thomas Scott-Railton Foreword by Natalie Zemon Davis
2012 368pp. 35 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-18812-7 £11.99*
This charming history of the Christmas tree spans many centuries and cultures, uncovering the mysteries of the tradition and tracing its evolution to our own times. ‘A wide-ranging exploration of the genesis of this symbol of the Christmas season.’ –Juliet Gardiner, History Today
Milk A Local and Global History Deborah Valenze ‘[A] stimulating cultural history.’ – Nick Rennison, The Sunday Times ‘[A] fascinating history.’ – Alex Renton, The Observer
Celebrated anthropologist Margaret Mead, who studied sex in Samoa and child-rearing in New Guinea in the 1920s and ’30s, was determined to show that anthropology could tackle the psychology of the most complex, modern societies in ways useful for waging the Second World War. This fascinating book follows Mead and her closest collaborators – her lover and mentor Ruth Benedict, her third husband Gregory Bateson and her prospective fourth husband Geoffrey Gorer – through their triumphant climax, when Mead became the cultural ambassador from America to Britain in 1943, to their downfall in the Cold War. ‘Mandler’s account is massively well-documented and researched … he gives us a highly nuanced, balanced, persuasive picture of one of the 20th century’s most important and influential thinkers.’ – Chris Knight, Times Higher Education
Mutiny and Its Bounty Leadership Lessons from the Age of Discovery Patrick J. Murphy new and Ray W. Coye This original book explores how great seafaring captains like Columbus and Magellan not only quelled mutinies but also built upon such incidents to strengthen their enterprises. Today’s organisational leaders have much to learn about leadership and tactics from these earlier masters. 2013 304pp. 9 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-17028-3 £18.99*
At once a practical guide to archival research, an elegant literary reflection on the challenges of writing history, and a fascinating view of the lives of the poor in pre-Revolutionary France, historian Arlette Farge’s internationally admired classic work is a grand appreciation of the craft of discovery.
2012 192pp. PB ISBN 978-0-300-18169-2 £12.99*
Translated by Benjamin A. Smith
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The Letters of C. Vann Woodward Edited by Michael O’Brien
C. Vann Woodward’s letters offer a fascinating and immensely entertaining glimpse into the mind of one of the most prominent and respected historians of the twentieth century. Available October 2013 480pp. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18534-8 £25.00
General History
2012 108pp. 7 colour + 15 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18652-9 £12.99*
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The Future of History John Lukacs ‘We are in the presence of one of the most powerful, as well as one of the most learned, minds of the century.’ – Conor Cruise O’Brien
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Shadows of the Past Catriona Kelly Fragile, gritty and vital to an extraordinary degree, St Petersburg is one of the world’s most alluring cities – a place in which the past is at once ubiquitous and inescapably controversial. Yet outsiders are far more familiar with the city’s pre1917 and Second World War history than with its recent past. In this beautifully illustrated and highly original book, Catriona Kelly shows how creative engagement with the past has always been fundamental to St Petersburg’s residents. Weaving together oral history, personal observation, literary and artistic texts, journalism and archival materials, she traces the at times paradoxical feelings of anxiety and pride that were inspired by living in the city, both when it was socialist Leningrad, and now. Ranging from rubbish dumps to promenades, from the city’s glamorous centre to its grimy outskirts, this ambitious book offers a compelling and always unexpected panorama of an extraordinary and elusive place.
It Was a Long Time Ago, and It Never Happened Anyway Russia and the Communist Past David Satter This compelling and original book explores why Russia has ignored the lessons of its tragic Communist experience and shows how a deeprooted lack of respect for the individual blocks the nation’s way to a stable and democratic future. ‘An informed and insightful essay – with disturbing implications.’ – Michael Kerrigan, The Scotsman ‘Impeccably argued … Satter is a man whom no Russian leader would wish to meet, let alone shake by the hand, but he has their measure.’ – Donald Rayfield, Literary Review ‘David Satter has written a book full of vivid and well-chosen anecdotes.’ – John Lloyd, Financial Times ‘David Satter has written a fascinating account of what the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia have really been like and why the failure of today’s Russians to face up to that reality has ominous consequences for them and us.’ – Richard Pipes, Baird Professor of History, Emeritus, Harvard University
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2013 416pp. 7 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-19198-1 £18.99
Available September 2013 384pp. HB ISBN 978-0-300-16929-4 £30.00
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Practicing Stalinism
Petersburg Fin de Siècle
Bolsheviks, Boyars, and the Persistence of Tradition J. Arch Getty
Mark Steinberg
In old Russia, patron/client relations, ‘clan’ politics, and a variety of other informal practices spanned the centuries. This book shows how these political practices and traditions from old Russia have persisted throughout the twentieth-century Soviet Union, down to the present.
The final decade of the old order in imperial Russia was a time of both crisis and possibility. This investigation of the writings of diverse urban Russian writers on the eve of revolution sheds new light on their shared anxieties about modern life and the search for meaning in a time of both crisis and possibility. ‘[A] tour de force.’ – D. B. Johnson, Choice
2013 224pp. 20 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-16436-7 £25.00
St Petersburg
How Russia Fell In and Out of Love with Vladimir Putin Ben Judah
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2012 544pp. PB ISBN 978-0-300-18819-6 £18.99*
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A journalist’s lively, inside account of Russian President Putin’s leadership, his achievements and failures, and the crisis he faces amidst rising corruption, government dysfunction and growing citizen unrest. ‘Mr Judah is in no doubt that Mr Putin is a dictator in the making. The answer to the old question, Kud a idyot Rossiia (‘whither Russia?’), is down – and further down.’ – The Economist ‘In Vladimir Putin, Russia has found a leader in tune with its national psyche, the perpetual commuting between crushing selfdoubt and delusional overconfidence. And yet Judah’s energetic research has convinced me: Mr Putin’s era is coming to an end … ‘Rather than saving Russia, he has come to hold her back, imprisoned in defunct institutions’ says Judah. It is difficult to disagree.’ – Roger Boyes, The Times ‘This is a rich and powerful book.’ – Tony Brenton, Standpoint
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Available January 2014 416pp. 30 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-16918-8 £25.00*
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2013 400pp. 20 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18121-0 £20.00*
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Russia’s Cold War
Funding Loyalty
From the October Revolution to the Fall of the Wall Jonathan Haslam
The Economics of the Communist Party Eugenia Belova and Valery Lazarev
‘Bound to stimulate debate for years to come.’ – Orlando Figes, The Sunday Times
The authors examine the Soviet communist party’s financial operations and its budget from the 1930s through the 1960s.
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Available October 2013 288pp. 26 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-19830-0 £30.00*
Available September 2013 376pp. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18512-6 £45.00
Leon Trotsky
A New Documentary History from the Soviet Archives Annals of Communism Series Richard Bidlack & Nikita Lomagin
A Revolutionary’s Life Joshua Rubenstein
Based on new archival research, this is a comprehensive account of the response of Soviet authorities and the population at large to the German siege of Leningrad in 1941–1944, during which close to one million Leningraders perished.
The Most Musical Nation
Roads to the Temple
Jews and Culture in the Late Russian Empire James Loeffler
Truth, Memory, Ideas, and Ideals in the Making of the Russian Revolution, 1987–1991 Leon Aron
‘Stimulating and provocative … contributes creatively to a number of scholarly streams of inquiry.’ – Alexander Orbach, The Russian Review
‘A fascinating chronicle of the main ideas that caused and inspired the revolutionary upheaval in the USSR.’ – International Affairs
Leon Trotsky was both a world-class intellectual and a man capable of the most narrow-minded ideological dogmatism. In Joshua Rubenstein’s interpretation, Trotsky emerges as a brilliant and brilliantly flawed man – mentally acute and impatient with others, one of the finest students of contemporary politics who refused to engage in the nitty-gritty of party organisation in the 1920s when Stalin was manoeuvering, inexorably, toward Trotsky’s own political oblivion. ‘Both a good read and a balanced, plausible interpretation of the man in his times … Seeking to understand how Trotsky saw the world, while not sharing that vision, [Rubenstein] achieves the mixture of empathy and critical distance that a good biographer needs.’ – Sheila Fitzpatrick, The Guardian ‘Rubenstein does him justice as an intellectual and a man of action: he captures the brilliance, courage and grandeur of a meteoric rise … [An] accessible introduction to a flawed but fascinating 20th-century giant.’ – Times Higher Education
2012 216pp. PB ISBN 978-0-300-17783-1 £12.99*
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The Leningrad Blockade
2012 496pp. HB ISBN 978-0-300-11844-5 £40.00
Drawing on newly available materials from the Soviet archives, Polly Jones offers an innovative, comprehensive account of de-Stalinisation in the Soviet Union during the Khrushchev and early Brezhnev eras. Engaging with the dynamic field of memory studies, this book represents the first sustained comparison of this process with other countries’ attempts to rethink their own difficult pasts, and with later Soviet and post-Soviet approaches to Stalinism. ‘Bound to become the standard work on the Stalin cult’s long afterlife.’ – Jan Plamper, author of The Stalin Cult: A Study in the Alchemy of Power
The Voice of the People
Gulag Voices
Letters from the Soviet Village, 1918–1932 Annals of Communism Series Edited by C. J. Storella and A. K. Sokolov Documents translated by C. J. Storella
The first comprehensive collection in English of peasant writings during the early years of the Bolshevik regime.
An Anthology Annals of Communism Series Edited by Anne Applebaum ‘[Gulag Voices] will inform a generation fortunate enough to be living in different times.’ – Mary Dejevsky, The Independent ‘A marvellous collection of memoirs, stories and reminiscences written by surviving Gulag inmates.’ – Victor Sebestyen, The Spectator 2008 496pp. 32 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-13622-7 £16.99*
Rethinking the Stalinist Past in the Soviet Union, 1953–70 new Polly Jones
2013 448pp. HB ISBN 978-0-300-11233-7 £45.00
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Myth, Memory, Trauma
2011 312pp. HB ISBN 978-0-300-11063-0 £25.00*
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Russian Orientalism
Stalin’s Wars
Asia in the Russian Mind from Peter the Great to the Emigration David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye
From World War to Cold War, 1939–1953 Geoffrey Roberts
‘Highly readable.’ – Rachel Polonsky, Times Literary Supplement
‘an astonishing defence of the Soviet dictator … a must-read for anyone with an interest in Stalin and his times.’ – BBC History Magazine
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A Portrait Denys Turner
In this authoritative work, N. J. Higham and M. J. Ryan reexamine Anglo-Saxon England in the light of new research in disciplines as wide ranging as historical genetics, paleobotany, archaeology, literary studies, art history and numismatics. The result is the definitive introduction to the Anglo-Saxon world, enhanced with a rich array of photographs, maps, genealogies and other illustrations. The Anglo-Saxon period witnessed the birth of the English people, the establishment of Christianity, and the development of the English language. With an extraordinary cast of characters (Alfred the Great, the Venerable Bede, King Cnut), a long list of artistic and cultural achievements (Beowulf, the Sutton Hoo ship-burial finds, the Bayeux Tapestry), and multiple dramatic events (the Viking invasions, the Battle of Hastings), the Anglo-Saxon era lays legitimate claim to having been one of the most important in Western history.
A concise and illuminating introduction to the elusive Thomas Aquinas, the man and the saint. Denys Turner provides a more detailed human portrait than ever before of one of the most influential philosophers and theologians in all of Western thought, bringing Thomas vividly to life for contemporary readers.
Translated by Jeff Rider
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In 1127 Charles the Good, count of Flanders, was surrounded by assassins while at prayer and killed. His murder upset the fragile balance of power between England, France and the Holy Roman Empire, giving rise to a bloody civil war while impacting the commercial life of medieval Europe. This excellent new translation of medieval Flemish cleric Galbert of Bruges’s 12th-century journal describing the scandalous assassination and its bloody aftermath provides a fascinating, first-person account of life, politics, power and murder in Europe during the Middle Ages. Available January 2014 288pp. 6 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-15230-2 £15.99
Holy Bones, Holy Dust
The Crusader States
How Relics Shaped the History of Medieval Europe Charles Freeman
Malcolm Barber
‘A readable and ambitious panoramic history of medieval society, politics and religion, defined by the impetus of relics, saints cults and miraculous interventions occurring between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Reformation.’ – E.L Devlin, History Today
‘An enriching account of the expansion of the political and cultural frontiers of the Latin West in the central Middle Ages.’ – William Purkis, History Today ‘A fine book, told by a historian whose handling of the ups and downs of the Latin East is a delight to read.’ – Peter Frankopan, Literary Review
2008 376pp. 20 colour + 40 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-11888-9 £25.00*
Thomas Aquinas
Nicholas J. Higham and Martin J. Ryan
2011 416pp. 16 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-17820-3 £14.99*
The Anglo-Saxon World
Galbert of Bruges
2012 324pp. 16pp. b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-18430-3 £12.99*
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The Murder, Betrayal, and Slaughter of the Glorious Charles, Count of Flanders
2012 496pp. 15 b/w illus., 2 figs. + 21 maps HB ISBN 978-0-300-11312-9 £25.00*
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2013 312pp. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18855-4 £18.99*
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2013 496pp. 100 colour illus., 40 line drawings, 60 maps HB ISBN 978-0-300-12534-4 £30.00*
Medieval History
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Eleanor of Aquitaine
The Mortgage of the Past
The End of Byzantium
Fighting for the Cross
Queen of France, Queen of England Ralph V. Turner
Reshaping the Ancient Political Inheritance (1050–1300) Francis Oakley
Jonathan Harris
Crusading to the Holy Land Norman Housley
‘One of very few capable of distinguishing fiction from the 12th-century fact. It also offers a rattling good read.’ – Nicholas Vincent, BBC History Magazine
‘A masterpiece and the central part of a trilogy that will be a true masterwork.’ – Jeffrey Burton Russell, author of A History of Heaven: The Singing Silence
‘Harris interrogates the evidence sensitively … What [his] lucid narrative demonstrates is that there was no clear East-West, MuslimChristian split.’ – Times Literary Supplement
This vividly written book recreates for the first time the experience of medieval European crusaders. ‘Vivid and well-organised.’ – John France, BBC History Magazine
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2013 376pp. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18112-8 £25.00*
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2013 440pp. 24 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-12358-6 £27.50*
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The Huguenots
Solomon’s Secret Arts
The Field of Cloth of Gold
The Danube
The Passage to Europe
Geoffrey Treasure
The Occult in the Age of Enlightenment Paul Monod
Glenn Richardson
A Journey Upriver from the Black Sea to the Black Forest Nick Thorpe
How a Continent Became a Union Luuk van Middelaar
In this engaging book the author takes an unexpected journey up the entire length of the Danube River and provides a vivid record of the people he encounters, the recent and ancient history of the region, and the lands through which the great river flows. Immersing himself in the Danube’s waters during daily morning swims, Thorpe likewise becomes immersed in the histories of the lands linked by the river. He observes the river’s ecological conditions, some discouraging and others hopeful, and encounters archaeological remains that whisper of human communities sustained by the river over eight millennia. Most fascinating of all are the ordinary and extraordinary people along the way – the ferrymen and fishermen, workers in the fields, shopkeepers, beekeepers, waitresses, smugglers and border policemen, legal and illegal immigrants, and many more. For readers who anticipate their own journeys on the Danube, as well as those who only dream of seeing the great river, this book will be a unique and treasured guide.
Translated by Liz Waters
This majestic historical account encompasses the entire Huguenot experience in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century France, from hopeful beginnings and rising political influence to Catholic reprisals and the repressive edict that forced hundreds of thousands to flee the country. In this capstone work, Geoffrey Treasure tells the full story of the Huguenots’ rise, survival, and fall in France over the course of a century and a half. He explores what it was like to be a Huguenot living in a ‘state within a state’, weaving stories of ordinary citizens together with those of statesmen, feudal magnates, leaders of the Catholic revival, Henry of Navarre, Catherine de’ Medici, Louis XIV and many others. Treasure describes the Huguenots’ disciplined community, their faith and courage, their rich achievements and their unique place within Protestantism and European history. The Huguenot exodus represented a crucial turning point in European history, Treasure contends, and he addresses the significance of the Huguenot story.
This illuminating book reveals the surprising extent to which great and lesser known thinkers of the Age of Enlightenment embraced the spiritual, the magical and the occult. Although public acceptance of occult and magical practices waxed and waned during this period they survived underground, experiencing a considerable revival in the mideighteenth century with the rise of new anti-establishment religious denominations. The occult spilled over into politics with the radicalism of the French Revolution and into literature in early Romanticism. Even when official disapproval was at its strongest, the evidence points to a growing audience for occult publications as well as to subversive popular enthusiasm. Ultimately, finds Monod, the occult was not discarded in favor of ‘reason’ but was incorporated into new forms of learning. In that sense, the occult is part of the modern world, not simply a relic of an unenlightened past, and is still with us today.
Glenn Richardson provides the first history in more than four decades of a major Tudor event: an extraordinary international gathering of Renaissance rulers unparalleled in its opulence, pageantry, controversy and mystery. Throughout most of the late medieval period, from 1300 to 1500, England and France were bitter enemies, often at war or on the brink of it. In 1520, in an effort to bring conflict to an end, England’s monarch, Henry VIII, and Francis I of France agreed to meet, surrounded by virtually their entire political nations, at ‘the Field of Cloth of Gold’. In the midst of a spectacular festival of competition and entertainment, the rival leaders hoped to secure a permanent settlement between them, as part of a European-wide ‘Universal Peace’. Richardson offers a bold new appraisal of this remarkable historical event, describing the preparations and execution of the magnificent gathering, exploring its ramifications, and arguing that it was far more than the extravagant elitist theatre and cynical charade it historically has been considered to be.
European History
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2013 480pp. 45 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-19388-6 £25.00*
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Drawing on long experience working behind the scenes, Luuk van Middelaar captures the dynamics and tensions shaping the European Union from its origins until today. It is a story of unexpected events and twists of fate, bold vision and sheer necessity, told from the perspective of the key players – from De Gaulle to Havel, Thatcher to Merkel. Van Middelaar cuts through the institutional complexity by exploring the unforeseen outcome of decisive moments and focusing on the quest for public legitimacy. As a first-hand witness to the day-today actions and decisions of Europe’s leaders, the author provides a vivid narrative of the crises and compromises that united a continent. By revisiting the past, he sheds fresh light on the present state of European unification and offers insights into what the future may hold. ‘Discerning, balanced … filled with the meat of European Union history over six decades.’ – Tony Barber, Financial Times
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Pliny and the Artistic Culture of the Italian Renaissance The Legacy of the ‘Natural History’ Sarah Blake McHam This landmark contribution to Renaissance studies is the first comprehensive evaluation of the enormous impact of Pliny’s work on the art and culture of Renaissance Italy.
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2008 440pp. 24 colour + 70 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-11851-3 £30.00*
Beginning in 1410 with the birth of Agnès Sorel and continuing to Gabrielle d’Estrees’ death in 1599, this book examines the lives, accomplishments and iconic status of elite women in the French court. Kathleen Wellman tells the history of the French Renaissance through the lives of its most prominent queens and mistresses.
The French Renaissance Court
Spain, Europe and the Wider World 1500–1800
Robert J. Knecht
J. H. Elliott
‘The erudition and the insight are evident on every page. A major new achievement has been added to the study of princely courts.’ – Theodore K. Rabb, Times Literary Supplement
‘[An] invaluable and wonderfully readable collection.’ – Fernando Cervantes, Times Literary Supplement
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2013 312pp. PB ISBN 978-0-300-19716-7 £8.99*
2013 330pp. 50 colour + 65 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-19021-2 £45.00*
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Available October 2013 240pp. 200 colour illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-19792-1 £40.00*
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Art and Music in Venice
Roman Fever
Good Italy, Bad Italy
From the Renaissance EHP to the Baroque Edited by Hilliard T. Goldfarb
Influence, Infection and the Image of Rome, 1700–1870 Richard Wrigley
Why Italy Must Conquer Its Demons to Face the Future Bill Emmott
This lavishly illustrated catalogue explores the close relationship between the visual and musical arts and their role in society in Venice from the 16th through the 18th century.
Beautifully illustrated with unfamiliar images, this book is an original and engaging look at how the climate, environment and blighted atmosphere in Rome impacted artistic inspiration and cultural production prior to the 20th century.
‘[A] lucid and thoughtful book … it is written in a graceful style that is stronger for its careful – even delicate – illumination of personal and national failure than simply offering a wilderness of denunciations.’ – Financial Times ‘A useful guide to the virtues and misdeeds of a nation long bedevilled by corruption and bad governance.’ – Ian Thomson, Evening Standard
Illustration: Giovanni Busi, called Cariani, The Lute Player, c. 1515, Musée des BeauxArts de Strasbourg. Photo: M. Bertola
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2011 358pp. 33 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-11471-3 £25.00*
Queens and Mistresses of Renaissance France
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2013 448pp. 59 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-17885-2 £30.00
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The Serpent and the Lamb
Whispering City
Cranach, Luther and the Making of the Reformation Steven Ozment
Rome and its Histories R. J. B. Bosworth
‘An absorbing portrait of a cultural giant at the heart of tumultuous events.’ – Andrew Pettegree, University of St Andrews
‘A matchless history of Rome over the last two centuries.’ – Ian Thomson, The Spectator
The Great Mirror of Folly Finance, Culture and new the Crash of 1720 Edited by William N. Goetzmann, Catherine Labio, K. Geert Rouwenhorst & Timothy G. Young With a Foreword by Robert J. Shiller
A unique cultural record of the world’s first great financial crisis – the stock market crash of 1720 in France, England and Holland – as depicted in the art, literature and commentary of the time. Available October 2013 360pp. 240 colour + 15 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-16246-2 £50.00
‘An ambitious and valiant attempt to bring together the real history of the Serbs and the myths and theories in which that history was handed down.’ – Melanie McDonagh, Evening Standard
2011 432pp. 4 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-16629-3 £40.00*
2010 384pp. 32 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-16394-0 £12.99*
‘Both a supremely competent and detailed narrative account of the short life of a central European state and a brilliant piece of iconoclasm. … It is essential reading for anyone interested in 20th-century central European history.’ – Paul Anderson, Tribune
2011 256pp. 16 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-13435-3 £20.00*
The Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus is a magnificent collection of fifty-six original maps with commentaries that detail the ethnic, religious and linguistic makeup of the Caucasus from the eighteenth century to the present. The highly detailed maps and text untangle the exceptionally complicated history of this area, illuminating the conflicting historical visions of homelands and borders, and providing a comprehensive reference tool for scholars, geographers and historians. 2013 208pp. 57 colour maps HB ISBN 978-0-300-15308-8 £40.00
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Belarus
Contesting Democracy
The Last European Dictatorship Andrew Wilson
Political Ideas in TwentiethCentury Europe Jan-Werner Müller
‘Wilson’s depth of knowledge is impressive.’ – Lucy Popescu, Belfast Telegraph ‘Wilson succeeds in restoring the vibrant multi-ethnic and multiconfessional history of the Belarusian lands before Soviet times.’ – Rodger Potocki, Times Literary Supplement
‘[An] excellent book … Müller provides an insightful and comprehensive overview of the development of political ideas in 20th-century Europe that takes in Fascism, Communism, social democracy, liberalism and much else.’ – Jeremy Jennings, Standpoint
2011 352pp. 22 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-17674-2 £12.99*
History, Myth and the Destruction of Yugoslavia Third Edition Tim Judah
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Translated by Nora Seligman Favorov
2009 416pp. 52 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-15476-4 £14.99*
The Serbs
The State That Failed Mary Heimann
Arthur Tsutsiev
Croatia
The Hour of Europe
The People’s State
The Ukrainians
The Euro
A Nation Forged in War Third Edition Marcus Tanner
Western Powers and the Breakup of Yugoslavia Josip Glaurdic
East German Society from Hitler to Honecker Mary Fulbrook
The Battle for the New Global Currency New Edition David Marsh
‘The most complete and systematic account to date of the impact that western policies had on the various Yugoslav actors.’ – Toby Vogel, European Voice
Unexpected Nation Third Edition Andrew Wilson
‘Will surely act … as a standard work on GDR society.’ – Josie McLellan, Reviews in History/ History in Focus
‘A colourful mosaic of the nation’s history … a timely and important work of reference.’ – Marcus Keane, Irish Times
‘Should become required reading for anyone with a serious interest in Eastern Europe.’ – Anna Reid, Literary Review
European History
Czechoslovakia
Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus
2013 296pp. PB ISBN 978-0-300-19412-8 £15.99*
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2008 352pp. 12 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-14424-6 £18.99*
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‘A detailed and illuminating account of [the Euro’s] origins, its record and its prospects.’ – Roger Morgan, Times Higher Education
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Available January 2014 200pp. 7 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-13723-1 £18.99*
2013 200pp. 2 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-13661-6 £18.99*
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Forbidden Music
Totally Unofficial
Franz Kafka
Primo Levi
The Jewish Composers Banned by the Nazis Michael Haas
The Autobiography of Raphael Lemkin Edited by Donna-Lee Frieze
The Poet of Shame and Guilt Saul Friedländer
The Matter of a Life Berel Lang
With National Socialism’s arrival in Germany in 1933, Jews dominated music more than virtually any other sector, making it the most important cultural front in the Nazi fight for German identity. This groundbreaking book looks at the Jewish composers and musicians banned by the Third Reich and the consequences for music throughout the rest of the twentieth century.
This never-before-published autobiography recounts the life of a giant among modern ethical thinkers, a Holocaust survivor who invented the word ‘genocide’, inspired the 1948 UN Genocide Convention, and profoundly influenced human rights history.
A highly original and engaging appraisal of Kafka’s life, work, legacy and thought by a renowned holocaust historian. ‘The work of a great historian paying careful attention to a great and disquieting writer.’ – Robert Eaglestone, Times Higher Education
This groundbreaking biography investigates the intersection of Levi’s work as a chemist and as a writer, shining new light on Levi’s literary and intellectual accomplishments as well as on his importance as a Holocaust writer and witness.
The Music Libel Against the Jews Ruth HaCohen
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This deeply imaginative and wideranging book shows how, since the first centuries of the Christian era, gentiles have associated Jews with noise. Ruth HaCohen focuses her study on a ‘musical libel’ – a variation on the Passion story that recurs in various forms and cultures in which an innocent Christian boy is killed by a Jew in order to silence his ‘harmonious musicality’. 2013 532pp. 9 colour + 80 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-19477-7 £25.00*
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2013 328pp. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18696-3 £25.00
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Available October 2013 160pp. 1 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-19823-2 £10.99*
This ambitious anthology documents the interaction of Jewish ideas and themes around the world since 1973. From literature to visual arts, from popular culture to spiritual works, the volume encompasses the full diversity of Jewish civilization. ‘The volume is sumptuously produced by Yale University Press: it is a delight to the touch, and to the eye. The almost 100 pages dedicated to Visual Culture at the centre of the book contain a cornucopia of exactingly reproduced prints, paintings, photographs, sculpture and installations.’ – Howard Cooper, Jewish Quarterly ‘Readers seeking primary texts, documents, images and artefacts constituting Jewish culture and civilization will not be disappointed. More important, they might even be inspired.’ – Booklist
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Volume 10: 1973–2005 Edited by Deborah Dash Moore and Nurith Gertz
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2012 488pp. 19 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-18749-6 £25.00*
The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization
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2013 352pp. HB ISBN 978-0-300-15430-6 £25.00*
2013 1232pp. 169 colour + 58 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-13553-4 £125.00*
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The Familiarity of Strangers
Sarah
Emma Goldman
The Sephardic Diaspora, Livorno, and Cross-Cultural Trade in the Early Modern Period Francesca Trivellato
The Life of Sarah Bernhardt Robert Gottlieb
Revolution as a Way of Life Vivian Gornick
‘Wise, funny, affectionate and enjoyable.’ – John Carey, The Sunday Times
‘[A] fascinating biography … Gornick weaves it together in an accessible and engaging way … a timely and valuable contribution.’ – Jennifer Lipman, Jewish Chronicle
‘One of the best and most original books on Jewish history published this year.’ – The Jerusalem Post
Abused City Thomas Friedrich
‘A near-definitive analysis of the campaign … It is military history of the highest order.’ – Mark Lasswell, Wall Street Journal ‘A full account that demolishes many myths … Students of history will welcome this definitive work.’ – A. G. Noorani, Frontline
Translated by Stewart Spencer
Robin Prior and Trevor Wilson ‘Two Australian authors of great renown … have reconstructed the day-by-day events, giving the most precise and authentic account ever likely to be in print.’ – Bob Wyatt, Stand To!
Twelve Turning Points of the Second World War
Barry Rubin and Wolfgang G. Schwanitz
‘Through a sharp focus on a number of key episodes, Philip Bell’s lucid and fascinating analysis is able to highlight the uncertainties of the Second World War, and show that its outcome was at many points less predictable than we often presume.’ – Ian Kershaw
This groundbreaking book is the first to offer a complete account of the Nazi-Arab-Muslim alliance that changed the course of World War II and continues to influence the Middle East today.
P. M. H. Bell
Hitler, the Germans, and the Final Solution
Five Days in London
December 1941
May 1940 John Lukacs
Twelve Days That Began a World War Evan Mawdsley
‘A brilliant, heavyweight little book … its skillful concision cuts painfully to the bone and spills real blood on the carpets of Whitehall and Westminster.’ – The Times
‘Marks the change from a continental war into a global war in an original and interesting way.’ – Antony Beevor, The Sunday Telegraph (Books of the Year)
Ian Kershaw ‘An excellent chance to acquire, in a single volume, Kershaw’s writings on the Holocaust.’ – Dan Stone, BBC History Magazine
2012 360pp. 16 pp. b/w illus. + 6 maps PB ISBN 978-0-300-18787-8 £12.99*
2001 256pp. Illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-08466-5 £8.50*
The Somme
The Great War Seen from the Air, 1914–1918 Birger Stichelbaut MF
Nazis, Islamists, and the Making of the Modern Middle East
2009 400pp. PB ISBN 978-0-300-15127-5 £12.99*
In Flanders Fields
A unique historical record comprised primarily of aerial photographs taken over the bitter four-year course of the Great War.
‘Our understanding of Hitler’s rise to power, of Berlin’s much debated role in it, of Hitler’s relations with the capital, and of the Nazi movement within Berlin have all been enhanced by the careful scholarship of this impressive volume.’ – Contemporary Review
2006 368pp. 20 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-11963-3 £14.00*
Available January 2014 396pp. 532 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-19658-0 £40.00*
‘A very informative piece which gives a factual take on some of the social side-effects and lesser-known, yet prominent, episodes of the First World War.’ – Philip Robinson, Manchester Evening News ‘Offers genuine insight into the wider war, political and diplomatic as well as military.’ – Richard Holmes
Hitler’s Berlin
The End of the Myth Robin Prior
2012 288pp. 20 b/w illus. + 5 maps PB ISBN 978-0-300-18770-0 £12.99*
2010 304pp. 16 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-16894-5 £10.99*
Ian F. W. Beckett
Gallipoli
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World War Historyxxx
The Making of the First World War
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Available February 2014 288pp. 31 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-14090-3 £25.00
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Orderly and Humane
Yvonne Sherratt
The Expulsion of the Germans after the Second World War R. M. Douglas ‘Deserving of the widest readership.’ – Max Hastings, Sunday Times ‘This important, powerful and moving book should be on the desk of every international policymaker as well as every historian of twentieth-century Europe.’ – Richard J. Evans, The New Republic
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Belonging and Genocide
Wellington’s Wars
Second Edition Charlotte Delbo
Hitler’s Community, 1918–1945 Thomas Kühne
The Making of a Military Genius Huw J. Davies
Translated by Rosette C. Lamont • With a New Introduction by Lawrence L. Langer
How could the German people have condoned and participated in the Holocaust? Thomas Kühne offers a provocative answer to this troubling question. He shows how the Nazis used the human desire for community to build a genocidal society.
‘Huw J. Davies should be congratulated on producing such an original treatment of Wellington’s development.’ – Jonathan Eaton, Military History ‘Highly original, audaciously irreverent and yet admirably scrupulous.’ – Michael Kerrigan, The Scotsman
Written by a member of the French resistance who became an important literary figure in postwar France, this moving memoir of life and death in Auschwitz and the post-war experiences of women survivors has become a key text for Holocaust studies classes.
A German Generation
Hitler’s Hangman
Architecture in Uniform
An Experiential History of the Twentieth Century Thomas A. Kohut
The Life of Heydrich Robert Gerwarth
Designing and Building for the Second World War EHP Jean-Louis Cohen
An original psychological and historical examination of the generation of Germans born around the outbreak of World War I.
2012 336pp. 16 pages of b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-16417-6 £25.00*
Available September 2013 224pp. PB ISBN 978-0-300-19828-7 £20.00*
Auschwitz and After
2013 352pp. 1 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-19245-2 £15.99
Astonishingly, Hitler gained the backing of many intellectuals of his time. This book is the first to uncover the chilling story of the philosophers who supported the Nazis, and those whose lives were destroyed by them. ‘A powerful portrait of collaboration, and corruption.’ – John Cornwell, Financial Times ‘She has the advantage of being able to make use of recent research into Hitler’s library, so we now know what he actually read, and she is in no doubt that Hitler vulgarised the philosophical ideas he imbibed, or twisted them to his own purposes.’ – Richard J. Evans, Times Higher Education ‘Hitler’s Philosophers … is a sobering and disturbing tale.’ – Alasdair Palmer, The Sunday Telegraph ‘Sherratt charts chillingly and exactly how the Nazi regime began to indoctrinate and intimidate the universities.’ – Stuart Kelly, The Scotsman
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‘Gerwarth’s approach is subtle, painstaking and psychologically acute.’ – Roy Foster, Times Literary Supplement (Books of the Year)
‘A major achievement … it is the sheer variety of the episodes and anecdotes that Cohen recounts that makes the book fascinating.’ – Adrian Forty, Architects Journal
2010 160pp. 35 b/w illus. + 77 maps HB ISBN 978-0-300-14869-5 £25.00*
Hitler’s Philosophers
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2011 448pp. 300 colour illus. HB ISBN 978-2-7541-0530-9 £40.00*
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2012 336pp. 16 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-15193-0 £25.00*
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An Atlas of the Peninsular War Ian Robertson Cartography by Martin Brown
‘A model of concise clarity … Anyone interested in the Peninsular War should buy this book.’ – Matthew Bennett, Military Illustrated
Anthony Fletcher Drawing on the correspondence of British soldiers on the Western Front, this book offers a vivid account of the physical and emotional experiences of seventeen British soldiers whose letters survive. Drawn from different regiments, social backgrounds and areas of England and Scotland, they include twelve officers and five ordinary ‘Tommies’. The book explores the training, journey to France, fear, shellshock and life in the trenches as well as the leisure, love and home leave the soldiers dreamed of. Fletcher discusses the psychological responses of 17- and 18-year-old men facing appalling realities and considers the particular pressures of those who survived their fallen comrades. While acknowledging the horror and futility the soldiers of the Great War experienced, the author shows another side to the story, focusing new attention on the loyal comradeship, robust humour and strong morale that uplifted the men at the Front and created a powerful bond among them.
2012 304pp. PB ISBN 978-0-300-18274-3 £10.99*
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2013 288pp. HB ISBN 978-0-300-19062-5 £18.99*
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Monty’s Men
Surge
Investment in Blood
Losing Small Wars
The British Army and the Liberation of Europe John Buckley
My Journey with General David Petraeus and the Remaking of the Iraq War Peter R. Mansoor
The True Cost of Britain’s Afghan War Frank Ledwidge
British Military Failure in Iraq and Afghanistan Frank Ledwidge
In this follow-up to his much-praised book Losing Small Wars, Frank Ledwidge argues that Britain has paid a heavy cost – both financially and in human terms – for its involvement in the Afghanistan war. Ledwidge calculates the high price paid by British soldiers and their families, taxpayers in the United Kingdom and, most importantly, Afghan citizens, highlighting the thousands of deaths and injuries, the enormous amount of money spent bolstering a corrupt Afghan government, and the longterm damage done to the British military’s international reputation. In this hard-hitting exposé, based on interviews, rigorous on-the-ground research and official information obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, Ledwidge demonstrates the folly of Britain’s extended participation in an unwinnable war. He provides a powerful, eye-opening, and often heartbreaking account of military adventurism gone horribly wrong. ‘A masterpiece in miniature.’ – Sherard Cowper-Coles, New Statesman
‘A savage indictment of the military leadership that got British soldiers into one impossible situation after another in Iraq and Afghanistan.’ – Rodric Braithwaite, Financial Times ‘[A] superb ground-breaking book … Mr Ledwidge is judicious, sceptical, intelligent and highly informed.’ – Patrick Cockburn, The Independent on Sunday ‘Intelligent, well-informed and thought-provoking … A very important book.’ – Adrian Weale, Literary Review
Historian John Buckley offers a radical reappraisal of Great Britain’s fighting forces during World War Two, challenging the common belief that the British Army was no match for the forces of Hitler’s Germany. Following Britain’s military commanders and troops across the battlefields of Europe, from D-Day to VE-Day, from the Normandy beaches to Arnhem and the Rhine, and, ultimately, to the Baltic, Buckley’s provocative history demonstrates that the British Army was more than a match for the vaunted Nazi war machine. This fascinating revisionist study of the campaign to liberate Northern Europe in the war’s final years features a large cast of colourful unknowns and grand historical personages alike, including Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery and the prime minister, Sir Winston Churchill. By integrating detailed military history with personal accounts, it evokes the vivid reality of men at war while putting longheld misconceptions finally to rest.
The first full account of the 2007-8 troop surge in Iraq, told by a member of General Petraeus’s innermost circle, reveals how the strategy was devised and implemented, who supported the effort and who didn’t, and how the surge changed Iraqi history. 2013 612pp. 179 colour + 362 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-17738-1 £60.00*
Life, Death and Growing Up on the Western Front
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War/Photography Images of Armed Conflict MFH and Its Aftermath Anne Wilkes Tucker and Will Michels, with Natalie Zelt ‘One of the most remarkable histories of … modern war – and its human impact ever to be published.’ – Marina Vaizey, The Tablet
World War & Military History
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Related Reading: Punching Below Our Weight How Interservice Rivalry has Damaged the British Armed Forces ebook short Frank Ledwidge In this lively e-book, by turns amusing and concerning, Frank Ledwidge looks at the problem of rivalry between the top ranks of the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. 2012 ebook £0.99
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In this compact yet comprehensive history of ancient Greece, Thomas R. Martin brings alive Greek civilisation from its Stone Age roots to the fourth century B.C. Focusing on the development of the Greek city-state and the society, culture and architecture of Athens in its Golden Age, Martin integrates political, military, social and cultural history in a book that will appeal to students and general readers alike. Now in its second edition, this classic work now features new maps and illustrations, a new introduction, and updates throughout. ‘A limpidly written, highly accessible, and comprehensive history of Greece and its civilizations from prehistory through the collapse of Alexander the Great’s empire … A highly readable account of ancient Greece, particularly useful as an introductory or review text for the student or the general reader.’ – Kirkus Reviews
The Origins of Classical Architecture
A Visitor’s Guide to the Ancient Olympics
The Mysteries of Artemis of Ephesos
Temples, Orders and Gifts to the Gods in Ancient Greece Mark Wilson Jones
Neil Faulkner
Cult, Polis, and Change in the Graeco-Roman World Guy MacLean Rogers
This groundbreaking volume sheds new light on the function and stylistic evolution of Greek architecture through a detailed examination of the interaction between classical orders and votive offerings in the context of the temple and its artistic, religious and social environment. While contextualizing past debate and prevailing frequently evolutionary assumptions, Mark Wilson Jones explains how the orders emerged over a relatively short period in response to cultural developments, human agency and artistic inspiration. Temples were houses for the gods while also considered as offerings to them, and thus made appropriately from enduring materials and grandly scaled. These structures, furthermore, sheltered votive offerings of great artistic quality, the design of which influenced that of the temples and the creation of the new architectural forms. Temples and their orders thereby symbolised the dedication of effort and artistry to the cause of religious expression and collective identity.
‘Around his descriptions of the Olympic events Faulkner contrives to weave very skilfully indeed a rich texture of social, economic, political – in a word, cultural – history.’ – Paul Cartledge, BBC History Magazine ‘The book has a true pagan tang and is completely fascinating.’ – Duncan Fallowell, Daily Express
In a groundbreaking reinterpretation of ancient polytheism, Guy MacLean Rogers rethinks and de-naturalises Roman imperial history and the transition to Christianity. ‘Magisterial.’ – Greg Woolf, University of St. Andrews
The Battle of Marathon
Caesar’s Druids
Peter Krentz
An Ancient Priesthood Miranda Aldhouse-Green
‘It is hard to imagine that Krentz’s account of the events of that sweltering day can be improved on.’ – Peter Thonemann, Times Literary Supplement
‘If any book can succeed in getting close to the reality of the ancient Druids, it must be this one.’ – Ronald Hutton
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2013 292pp. 97 colour + 78 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18921-6 £50.00*
2012 272pp. 8 pp. colour + 40 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-15907-3 £14.99*
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From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times Second Edition Thomas R. Martin
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Ancient Greece
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Rediscovering the Ancient World on the Bay of Naples, 1710–1890 NGAW Edited by Carol C. Mattusch The ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., drew international attention when excavations commenced in the 1730s. As a result, the nearby city of Naples became a nexus of scholarship, cultural diplomacy and tourism. This fascinating book examines responses to the excavations by 18th- and 19thcentury monarchs, statesmen, scholars and archaeologists, as well as by artists, architects, designers, writers and tourists. Essays by leading art historians and archaeologists chronicle the exploitation of the sites through excavation, publication and museum display, and discuss the wider influence of the recovered objects and architectural remains on art and design in Italy, France, Germany and Britain. Unlike other publications that focus on the archaeological artifacts and their documentation, this extensively illustrated book presents the discoveries from the standpoint of how they were understood at the time.
Ancient Rome
Transient Apostle
From Romulus to Justinian Thomas R. Martin
Paul, Travel, and the Rhetoric of Empire Timothy Luckritz Marquis
The Romans and Their World A Short Introduction Brian Campbell ‘A clear narrative, well illustrated with pictures and maps, that introduces us to the broad sweep of Roman history in the traditional sense.’ – Peter Jones, BBC History Magazine
In a significant reevaluation of Paul’s place in the early Christian story, Timothy Luckritz Marquis explores the theme of travel in the apostle’s correspondence and shows how Paul was a product of the material forces of his day.
2011 480pp. 274 colour + 350 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-17094-8 £35.00*
2011 288pp. 42 b/w illus. 10 maps + 5 plans HB ISBN 978-0-300-11795-0 £20.00*
Encompassing the period from Rome’s founding in the eighth century B.C. through Justinian’s rule in the sixth century A.D., this concise and accessible history offers a distinctive perspective on the Romans and their civilisation by employing fundamental Roman values as a lens through which to view both their rise and spectacular fall.
The Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt 300 B.C.–A.D. 700 The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art Judith McKenzie ‘Outstanding.’ – Andrew Selkirk, Current World Archaeology
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From the Origins to the Ottomans Katharina Galor and Hanswulf Bloedhorn In this sweeping and lavishly illustrated history, Katharina Galor and Hanswulf Bloedhorn survey nearly four thousand years of human settlement and building activity in Jerusalem, from prehistoric times through the Ottoman period. The study is structured chronologically, exploring the city’s material culture, including fortifications and water systems as well as key sacred, civic and domestic architecture. Distinctive finds such as paintings, mosaics, pottery and coins highlight each period. Their book provides a unique perspective on the emergence and development of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and the relationship among the three religions and their cultures into the modern period. Available November 2013 368pp. 20 colour + 185 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-11195-8 £30.00*
The Formation of the Jewish Canon The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library Timothy H. Lim
A leading Hebrew Bible scholar and expert on the Dead Sea Scrolls presents a complete account of the formation of the Jewish canon. Available November 2013 304pp. HB ISBN 978-0-300-16434-3 £30.00
Alexander to Constantine
Stepping-Stones
Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, Volume III The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library Eric M. Meyers & Mark A. Chancey
A Journey through the Ice Age Caves of the Dordogne Christine Desdemaines-Hugon
‘Based on the most recent research, this book is authoritative, well written and beautifully presented, with many illustrations … it challenges a fair number of opinions that have become standard fare in biblical scholarship. It is a most impressive piece of work.’ – Canon J.W. Rogerson, Church Times
A Social History of Hebrew
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2012 272pp. 8 colour + 38 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-18802-8 £18.99*
The Archaeology of Jerusalem
An expert on prehistoric cave art and anthropology explores the culture of the Paleolithic shelter peoples of France’s Dordogne region and throughout Europe. ‘A rapturous guide.’ – Peter A. Young, Archaeology
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Its Origins Through the Rabbinic Period The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library William M. Schniedewind An ambitious and strikingly original study of classical Hebrew, from its origins through the Rabbinic period, this book combines linguistics and social history to view the story of the ancient Israelites through the lens of their language. Available January 2014 288pp. HB ISBN 978-0-300-17668-1 £25.00
Foreword by Ian Tattersall
2011 480pp. 80 colour + 120 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-17086-3 £19.99*
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Europe Between the Oceans 9000 BC–AD 1000 Barry Cunliffe ‘Nothing less than a masterwork, a gloriously sweeping survey of the early history of Europe drawn by a scholar and archaeologist at the very peak of his powers.’ – Alistair Moffat, The Scotsman
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Naturalists at Sea
Ginkgo
Fatal Flaws
William Henry Fox Talbot
Contagion
Scientific Travellers from Dampier to Darwin Glyn Williams
The Tree That Time Forgot Peter Crane A renowned botanist recounts the eventful 250-million-year history of the ginkgo tree, its near demise during the ice ages, its surprising reprieve from extinction through human intervention, and its honoured place in cities around the globe. Inspired by the historic ginkgo that has thrived in London’s Kew Gardens since the 1760s, botanist Peter Crane explores the history of the ginkgo from its mysterious origin through its proliferation, drastic decline, and ultimate resurgence. Crane also highlights the cultural and social significance of the ginkgo: its medicinal and nutritional uses, its power as a source of artistic and religious inspiration, and its importance as one of the world’s most popular street trees. ‘A wholly absorbing biography of one of the world’s oldest and most celebrated trees.’ – The Independent ‘One of those rare works written by a scholar whose passion for his subject makes you want to go out and hug a ginkgo.’ – Stephanie Pain, New Scientist
Beyond Photography Edited by Mirjam Brusius, Katrina Dean and Chitra Ramalingam YCBA/PMC
How Commerce Has Spread Disease Mark Harrison
This enthralling book is the first to describe the adventures and misadventures, discoveries and dangers of the naturalists who joined great eighteenth-century voyages of discovery in the Pacific and documented a natural world filled with new wonders. Together their stories offer a new perspective on the extraordinary era of Pacific exploration. Historian Glyn Williams illuminates the naturalist’s lot aboard ship, where danger alternated with boredom and quarrels with the ship’s commander were the norm. Nor did the naturalist’s difficulties end upon returning home, where recognition for years of work often proved elusive. Peopled with wonderful characters and major figures of Enlightenment science – among them Louis Antoine de Bouganville, Joseph Banks, John Reinhold Forster, Captain Cook and Charles Darwin – this book is a gripping account of a small group of scientific travellers whose voyages of discovery were to change perceptions of the natural world.
How a Misfolded Protein Baffled Scientists and Changed the Way We Look at the Brain Jay Ingram Discovered and identified as the cause of mad cow disease only three decades ago, the prion is a protein molecule that, when misshapen in the brain, becomes fatal. This book recounts the birth of prion science and the imaginative detective work scientists have undertaken as they struggle to find the answers to devastating brain diseases from mad cow and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease to Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and others. As in each of his best-selling books, Jay Ingram here makes complex scientific concepts accessible and shows how little-known events may have profound significance. He describes the development of prion science as a rough-and-tumble affair, with rivals, eccentrics, interfering governments and brilliantly creative people all playing salient roles. Weaving biology, medicine, human tragedy, discovery and bitter scientific competition into his account, he reveals the stunning potential of prion science, whose discoveries may unlock the answers to some of humankind’s most destructive diseases.
A fascinating investigation into Talbot’s manuscripts, this book uncovers connections between his innovations as a photography pioneer and his broader interests in optics, mathematics, science and classical studies.
Foreword by Peter Raven
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Writing History in the Age of Biomedicine Roger Cooter with Claudia Stein One of the leading medical historians of his generation uses his own writings to examine the role that various intellectual frameworks and trends have played in the writing of history.
A pathbreaking investigation of the connections between trade and contagious disease through the centuries. ‘This is a book of impressive range of originality – the new global history at its best.’ – Michael Worboys, BBC History Magazine ‘Harrison presents us with a magisterial history which is as much about the present as the past.’ – Alison Bashford, Times Higher Education
The Great Manchurian Plague of 1910–1911 The Geopolitics of an Epidemic Disease William C. Summers A fascinating case history of how plague was used by various entities for different purposes, illustrating the interplay among technology, culture and disease. ‘A timely and fascinating topic.’ – Susan D. Jones, University of Minnesota 2012 216pp. 13 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18319-1 £29.95*
A Little History of Science
Watcher of the Skies David Wootton
William Bynum
2012 544pp. 15 colour + 20 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-18837-0 £11.99*
2011 304pp. 16pp. illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-17896-8 £10.99*
‘Vivid and compelling …[An] engaging subtle and arresting story.’ – Eileen Reeves, Times Higher Education ‘Wootton’s biography has much to recommend it … engagingly written … offers fresh insights into Galileo’s intellectual development.’ – James Hannam, Standpoint Magazine
A journey through the amazing history of science. ‘Beginning with the Babylonians and ending with the World Wide Web, Bynum manages to squeeze in nearly every essential scientific idea and discovery while also discussing most major disciplines … I happily confess I learned a lot.’ – Andrew Robinson, New Scientist
Dazzled and Deceived
The Master and His Emissary
Mimicry and Camouflage Peter Forbes
The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World Iain McGilchrist
‘In this excellent and wide-ranging book, Forbes makes the hidden histories of science recognisable.’ – Leena Lindstrom, Nature
‘A scintillating intelligence is at work.’ – The Economist
The Science of Human Perfection How Genes Became the Heart of American Medicine Nathaniel Comfort ‘[A] beautifully written account of how genes became central to American medicine.’ – Science ‘Other books … have traced portions of the history of genetics, but none have put together the whole story in [this] way.’ – Choice
Truth or Beauty
Reality’s Dark Dream Thomas Dormandy
Science and the Quest for Order David Orrell
‘Both an extraordinary work of scholarship and a rip-roaring read.’ – Rebecca Rose, Prospect ‘Rich in stories and an entertaining read, Dr Dormandy has traced the many lives of opium, from the Stone Age to the War of Terror.’ – Yangwen Zheng, BBC History Magazine
Jefferson’s Shadow The Story of His Science Keith Thomson ‘Architect, philosopher, critic of slavery, slave-owner; the contradictions of American ‘founding father’ Thomas Jefferson are well known. That he was a scientist is not. Natural historian Keith Thomson redresses the balance in this finely wrought biography.’ – Nature 2012 336pp. 12 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18403-7 £20.00*
2012 356pp. 20 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18661-1 £20.00*
2012 376pp. 16pp. b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-17532-5 £25.00*
Opium
An Empire of Ice Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science Edward J. Larson Shortlisted for the 2012 Hessell-Tiltman prize ‘Enlightening and entertaining.’ – Times Higher Education
‘Orrell swings from the ancient preoccupation with musical harmony and numerical ratios to Renaissance nature studies, the mechanistic approach and the physical sciences of today.’ – Nature ‘Fascinating.’ – Ian Critchley, The Sunday Times
2012 336pp. PB ISBN 978-0-300-18822-6 £10.99*
Galileo
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2013 344pp. 54 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-18821-9 £10.99*
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The Theory That Would Not Die How Bayes’ Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy Sharon Bertsch McGrayne ‘Engrossing.’ – The Sunday Times
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Earthly Mission
The Devil Within
The First Thousand Years
Francis of Assisi
A History D. G. Hart
The Catholic Church and World Development Robert Calderisi
Possession and Exorcism in the Christian West Brian P. Levack
A Global History of Christianity Robert Louis Wilken
The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Saint André Vauchez
With 1.2 billion members, the Catholic Church is the world’s largest organisation and perhaps its most controversial. The Church’s obstinacy on matters like clerical celibacy, the role of women, birth control and the child abuse scandal has alienated many Catholics, especially in the West. Yet in Africa, Asia and Latin America, the Church is highly esteemed for its support of education, health and social justice. In this deeply informed book, Robert Calderisi unravels the paradoxes of the Catholic Church’s role in the developing world over the past 60 years. Has the Catholic Church on balance been a force for good? Calderisi weighs the Church’s various missteps and poor decisions against its positive contributions, looking back as far as the Spanish Conquest in Latin America and the arrival of missionaries in Africa and Asia. He also looks forward, highlighting difficult issues that threaten to disrupt the Church's future social role.
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the era of the Reformation, thousands of Europeans were thought to be possessed by demons. In response to their horrifying symptoms – violent convulsions, displays of preternatural strength, vomiting of foreign objects, displaying contempt for sacred objects and others – exorcists were summoned to expel the evil spirits from victims’ bodies. This compelling book focuses on possession and exorcism in the Reformation period, but also reaches back to the fifteenth century and forward to our own times. Taking into account the diverse interpretations of generations of theologians, biblical scholars, pastors, physicians, anthropologists, psychiatrists and historians, the author explores puzzling questions about the motives of the possessed, the contagiousness of symptoms, differences among religious cultures, modern cases of possession and much more. ‘Wonderfully readable and lucid.’ – Alec Ryrie, Times Higher Education
A New History of Early Christianity Charles Freeman ‘Brilliantly evokes the intellectual excitement and spiritual ferment when a sect of enthusiasts was turning itself into a church.’ – Michael Kerrigan, The Scotsman
Translated by Michael Cusato
A comprehensive and authoritative version of Francis’s life and of how his significance was appropriated in vastly different ways in the decades after his death. ‘[A] well-informed study.’ – Robert E. Lerner, Times Literary Supplement
2012 232pp. HB ISBN 978-0-300-17504-2 £25.00*
2011 400pp. 16pp. b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-17083-2 £12.99*
‘Ambitious and wide-ranging … [This] highly accessible volume abounds with lively tales and fascinating connections, and the color illustrations are a delight. Wilken’s recent scholarship has also given him a global perspective of impressive sweep.’ – Philip Jenkins, Christian Century
Available August 2013 416pp. 2 maps PB ISBN 978-0-300-19837-9 £14.99*
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This briskly told history of Reformed Protestantism takes these churches through their entire 500-year history – from sixteenth-century Zurich and Geneva to modern locations as far flung as Seoul and São Paulo. D. G. Hart explores specifically the social and political developments that enabled Calvinism to establish a global presence. Hart’s approach features significant episodes in the institutional history of Calvinism that are responsible for its contemporary profile. He traces the political and religious circumstances that first created space for Reformed churches in Europe and later contributed to Calvinism’s expansion around the world. He discusses the effects of the American and French Revolutions on ecclesiastical establishments as well as nineteenth- and twentieth-century communions, particularly in Scotland, the Netherlands, the United States and Germany, that directly challenged church dependence on the state.
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The Life of the Virgin Maximus the Confessor Translated, with an Introduction and Notes, by Stephen J. Shoemaker This first English translation of the earliest complete Life of the Virgin provides a rich and crucial source for understanding the history of Marian piety.
‘Groundbreaking … a bold and utterly compelling case that [Julian’s] works warrant a place in the higher echelons of rigorous, systematic theology … Perhaps the greatest achievement of this book is that it will encourage us all to read or re-read Julian’s masterpiece.’ – Jonathan Wright, Catholic Herald
‘In The Stripping of the Altars, Eamon Duffy changed the way we looked at England on the eve of the Reformation. His Ten Popes provokes us to rethink the way the bishops of Rome made world history.’ – Christopher Howse, The Tablet ‘Very readable.’ – Church Times
2011 416pp. 12 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-17084-9 £15.99*
The acclaimed author of Sin: A History here turns his attention to the essential role of charity in the Judeo-Christian tradition, how it has been clouded in modern times, and what the Bible asserts about almsgiving and its relation to the goodness of God’s creation.
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The first comprehensive account of Anglican church-building activity on a worldwide scale that sets the development of ecclesiology in an empire-wide, global context, and sheds new light on the geographical spread of Anglicanism and its architecture.
2013 320pp. 3 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-19244-5 £14.99*
2013 364pp. 80 colour + 285 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18703-8 £50.00*
Religious Architecture and High Anglican Culture in the British Empire, 1840–1870 G. A. Bremner
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Conversions Two Family Stories from the Reformation and Modern America Craig Harline ‘Hugely compelling. All the narrative skills which are so apparent in Harline’s earlier work are now bent towards a purpose which shows what history is for: illuminating present concerns through wise, informed, and serious reflection upon the past. A superb, important book.’ – Diarmaid MacCulloch
now in paper
Available September 2013 256pp. 9 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-19825-6 £14.99*
Eamon Duffy
Imperial Gothic
The Place of the Poor in the Biblical Tradition Gary A. Anderson
2012 360pp. PB ISBN 978-0-300-18143-2 £14.99*
Denys Turner
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Charity
2013 288pp. HB ISBN 978-0-300-15416-0 £25.00*
Ten Popes Who Shook the World
2006 496pp. 47 colour illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-11597-0 £12.99*
Julian of Norwich, Theologian
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2011 160pp. 30 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-17688-9 £14.99*
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Calvin
Saints and Sinners
Before Religion
A Quiet Revolution
Evangelical Disenchantment
Bruce Gordon
A History of the Popes Eamon Duffy
A History of a Modern Concept Brent Nongbri
Nine Portraits of Faith and Doubt David Hempton
‘The most comprehensive singlevolume history of the popes in print.’ – John Adamson, The Sunday Telegraph
Spanning two thousand years of history, this concise, gripping narrative shows how religion was an invention of modernity.
The Veil’s Resurgence, from the Middle East to America Leila Ahmed
‘Masterful … succeeds spectacularly by allowing a vivid insight into the life and world of Calvin, using generous quotations from his correspondence.’ – Hilmar Pabel, The Tablet
‘A Quiet Revolution is an exceptional study of women in Islam.’ – Joseph Preville, Time Out
Religious History
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2013 288pp. PB ISBN 978-0-300-19255-1 £13.99*
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‘Enthralling. Hempton asks a single, very important question: what caused people who had previously embraced the evangelical message to turn their backs on it?’ – Jonathan Wright, The Tablet
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Defiance of the Patriots
From Peace to Freedom
Geronimo
The Old Testament as a Political Text from the Revolution to the Civil War Eran Shalev
The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America Benjamin L. Carp
Quaker Rhetoric and the Birth of American Antislavery,1657–1761 Brycchan Carey
Robert M. Utley
‘A thoughtful, balanced corrective to partisan treatments of the Boston Tea Party.’ – Maya Jasanoff, The Guardian ‘[Carp’s] book will tell you everything you could possibly want to know about the Boston Tea Party. His research is meticulous.’ –Raymond Seitz, Literary Review
‘This is the book we have been waiting for – a fine-grained exploration of Quaker writings and rhetorical strategies aimed at ending slave trading and slave holding.’ – Gary B. Nash, University of California, Los Angeles
2012 304pp. 2 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-18183-8 £16.99*
Letters from America Alexis de Tocqueville Edited, Translated and with an Introduction by Frederick Brown
‘The first publication en bloc, in either French or English, of Alexis de Tocqueville’s delightful letters from America in 1831-2.’ – Hugh Brogan, Times Literary Supplement
Before L.A.
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Race, Space and Municipal Power in Los Angeles, 1781–1894 David Samuel Torres-Rouff
A bold new work of urban history explores the early development of Los Angeles, how race has always determined its social and spatial boundaries, and how a nineteenthcentury incursion of immigrants from the United States caused a profound and permanent shift in its political and physical environment. Available Ocrober 2013 376pp. 40 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-14123-8 £45.00
The Declaration new of Independence in Historical Context American State Papers, Petitions, Proclamations, and Letters of the Delegates to the First National Congresses Compiled, edited and introduced by Barry Alan Shain Letters, papers, petitions, and proclamations from the mid-eighteenth century in the American colonies provide a radically different historical perspective on the Declaration of Independence and the motivations and events that inspired the creation of the remarkable document that inflamed the American Revolution. Available January 2014 704pp. HB ISBN 978-0-300-15874-8 £85.00
Photography and the American Civil War
This fast-paced biography strips away the myths that have obscured the real Geronimo and presents the first authentic portrait of the ferocious and elusive Apache fighter. ‘If you are intrigued by the real Apache behind the burning ranches and scattered corpses of Cormac McCarthy’s novels or John Ford’s films, then this is a valuable and recommended read.’ – Brian Schofield, The Sunday Times
Connecticut’s Indigenous Peoples
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What Archaeology, History and Oral Traditions Teach Us About Their Communities and Cultures Lucianne Lavin PMNH Contribution to the Introduction by Paul Grant-Costa • Edited by Rosemary Volpe
A groundbreaking volume on the rich 10,000-plus-year history and culture of Connecticut’s indigenous peoples. 2013 528pp. 37 colour + 235 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18664-2 £30.00
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Jeff Rosenheim
This eye-opening study of Civil War photography traces the introduction of the camera into the battlefield and shows its influence on history and our responses to war. 2013 288pp. 303 colour + b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-19180-6 £35.00*
2012 352pp. 14 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-18185-2 £12.99*
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Available September 2013 376pp. 27 b/w illus. + 13 maps PB ISBN 978-0-300-19836-2 £14.99*
2012 272pp. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18077-0 £25.00*
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American Zion
This original book examines the widespread notion in America’s early decades that the United States was a second or new Israel, an idea that powerfully influenced nationalism, politics and culture.
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Savages and Scoundrels The Untold Story of America’s Road to Empire through Indian Territory Paul VanDevelder VanDevelder demolishes long-held myths about America’s westward expansion and uncovers the unacknowledged federal Indian policy that shaped the republic.
2013 256pp. 10 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18280-4 £25.00*
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2013 368pp. 13 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18140-1 £27.50
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2013 336pp. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18049-7 £20.00*
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Nature’s Noblemen
Sun Chief
John Brown’s Spy
The Rush to Gold
Ambition, A History
Transatlantic Masculinities and the Nineteenth-Century Anerican West Monica Rico
The Autobiography of a Hopi Indian Second Edition Don C. Talayesva
The Adventurous Life and Tragic Confession of John E. Cook Steven Lubet
The French, and the California Gold Rush, 1848–1854 Malcolm J. Rohrbough
From Vice to Virtue William Casey King
This lively book investigates the unknown story of John Cook, who plotted the Harper’s Ferry invasion with John Brown, participated in the disastrous raid, then betrayed his comrades in a tragic confession that shook the entire abolitionist movement.
Rohrbough examines the California Gold Rush through the eyes of 30,000 French participants. In so doing, he offers a completely original analysis of an important – but previously neglected – chapter in the history of the Gold Rush, which occurred at a time of sweeping changes in France.
Hell on the Range A Story of Honor, Conscience and the American West Daniel Justin Herman ‘Any reader will be stimulated and challenged by the use of this lens for viewing the American West and indeed much of the nation.’ – Richard W. Slatta, The American Historical Review
First published in 1942, Sun Chief is the autobiography of Hopi Chief Don C. Talayesva and offers a unique insider view on Hopi society. A new Foreword situates the book within contemporary Hopi studies, exploring how scholars have used the book since its publication more than seventy years ago.
Hollow Justice
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A History of Indigenous Claims in the United States David E. Wilkins This book provides a legal and political history of the claims Native Americans have made against the federal government over the past two centuries in response to the federal government’s persistent violations of treaties, indigenous sovereignty and property rights. Available November 2013 272pp. HB ISBN 978-0-300-11926-8 £25.00
This engaging book explores the history of changing attitudes towards ambition – pernicious vice, admired virtue, both? – and how ambition influenced New World colonisation, the Declaration of Independence, and Americans’ perceptions of themselves.
Against the Profit Motive 2013 352pp. 56 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-18746-5 £14.99*
Edited by Leo W. Simmons; Forewords by Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert and Robert V. Hine
2012 240pp. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18138-8 £25.00*
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Available October 2013 400pp. 40 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-19826-3 £20.00*
Exploring the myth of the American West in the nineteenth century as a place for men to assert their masculinity by ‘roughing it’ in the wilderness, Monica Rico reveals how this myth played out in a transatlantic context.
American History
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2013 304pp. 5 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-13606-7 £27.50
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American Lynching
The Iron Way
Ashraf H. A. Rushdy
Railroads, the Civil War. and the Making of Modern America William G. Thomas
In this meticulously researched and accessibly written interpretive history, Rushdy shows how lynching in America has endured, evolved, and changed, from its origins in colonial-era Virginia to the present.
The Salary Revolution in American Government, 1780–1940 Nicholas R. Parrillo
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In this innovative book Nicholas Parrillo uses the history of how federal employees have been compensated to derive an original and important lesson about the legitimacy of government. Available November 2013 576pp. 3 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-17658-2 £85.00 PB ISBN 978-0-300-19475-3 £35.00
A new perspective on the central role of the railroads and slavery in the coming, fighting and aftermath of the Civil War.
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This groundbreaking book is the first to focus on the flamboyant Carl Van Vechten, his notoriety as a white man with a passion for black people and culture, and his still-debated contributions to the Harlem Renaissance. ‘[Van Vechten] was undoubtedly one of the midwives of the Harlem Renaissance, which raised the vexing question of the effects of white patronage on that proud but short-lived cultural movement. Emily Bernard’s penetrating book confronts this issue from every conceivable angle while writing the largely forgotten Van Vechten back into the story. Bernard’s book [is] obviously a labor of love.’ – Morris Dickstein, Times Literary Supplement ‘Convincingly captures the era and the colorful personalities who punctuated it, including Langston Hughes, James Weldon Johnson, Zora Neale Hurston and Countee Cullen, all of whom Van Vechten befriended and promoted.’ – Sam Roberts, New York Times
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2013 256pp. PB ISBN 978-0-300-19251-3 £10.99*
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Available November 2013 336pp. 23 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-14942-5 £18.99*
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Available January 2014 224pp. 1 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-16497-8 £18.99*
2012 472pp. 327 colour illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18539-3 £40.00*
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The American Circus
Lillian Hellman
Bernard Berenson
Renegade
Susan Weber, Kenneth Ames & Matthew Wittmann, eds. BGC
An Imperious Life Dorothy Gallagher
A Life in the Picture Trade Rachel Cohen
‘Aided by rich visual ephemera, it’s fascinating stuff, whether on the role of music, ingenious tents, the cultural baggage of clowns, Victorian poster wars or the treatment of ‘freaks’ and animals. Do roll up.’ – Damian Thompson. World of Interiors
Glamorous, talented, and audacious, Hellman created Broadway hits, supported radical political causes, and often became embroiled in scandal. This book’s sharp new portrait reveals the truth behind the myths she spun about her life and herself.
This brilliant new biography of the leading art connoisseur of the Gilded Age explores his accomplishments, his painful disappointments, the historical forces that affected his life, and the women who were central to his achievements.
Henry Miller and the Making of ‘Tropic of Cancer’ Frederick Turner
Just Words
Circus and the City New York, 1793–2010 Matthew Wittmann
BGC
A compelling look at the American circus in New York City, featuring archival photography, circus ephemera, and costumes, as well as offering a broad history of the circus business.
paper ‘Ackerman does an admirable job of tying this case to the great issues of the midtwentieth century. He uses Hellman and McCarthy as a pretext for fascinating digressions about John Dewey’s commission on Leon Trotsky, the history of Latin instruction in America, and the culture’s attitude toward abortion in the 1930s.’ – Franklin Foer, The New Republic 2013 376pp. PB ISBN 978-0-300-19196-7 £12.99
The untold story of Henry Miller’s explosive 1934 novel. ‘Erudite and highly coloured … explores both an extraordinary American life and Miller’s ‘renegade’ American inheritance.’ – Robert McCrum, The Observer
Promiscuous
Lillian Hellman, Mary McCarthy, and the Failure of Public Conversation in America Alan Ackerman now in
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Available November 2013 504pp. 23 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-19172-1 £30.00*
Carl Van Vechten and the Harlem Renaissance A Portrait in Black and White Emily Bernard
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2012 208pp. 250 colour illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18747-2 £25.00*
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2013 376pp. 41 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-19252-0 £12.00*
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The Great Rent Wars New York, 1917–1929 Robert M. Fogelson This groundbreaking book recreates the early history of rent control in New York from the end of World War I to the eve of the Great Depression.
‘Portnoy’s Complaint’ and Our Doomed Pursuit of Happiness now in paper Bernard Avishai ‘An affectionate, attentive, rumbustious meditation on Roth’s Portnoy’s Complaint, which also provides a robust, opinionated history of twentieth-century American Jewishness, sexual politics, literary criticism, psychoanalysis, skepticism and joking.’ – Hermione Lee 2013 240pp. PB ISBN 978-0-300-19241-4 £10.99*
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Available November 2013 320pp. HB ISBN 978-0-300-12338-8 £18.99*
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2013 240pp. HB ISBN 978-0-300-17656-8 £20.00
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2013 424pp. 64 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-12434-7 £25.00*
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Civil Disobedience
Eslanda
JFK
Time No Longer
Through a Screen Darkly
An American Tradition Lewis Perry
The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson Barbara Ransby
A Photographic Memoir Lee Friedlander
Americans After the American Century Patrick Smith
Popular Culture, Public Diplomacy, and America’s Image Abroad Martha Bayles
The distinctive American tradition of civil disobedience stretches back to pre-Revolutionary War days. This stimulating book examines the causes that have inspired civil disobedience, the justifications used to defend it, disagreements among its practitioners and the controversies it has aroused at every turn.
The first biography of the bold, principled and fiercely independent woman who defied convention to make her own mark on the world. ‘This long overdue biography of a bold scholar-activist emerging from the shadow of her famous husband is a gift.’ – Ms. Magazine
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Fifty years after John F. Kennedy’s death, this book collects Lee Friedlander’s wittily observed photographs of the public response to Kennedy from his election to the presidency through his assassination. Available September 2013 60pp. 49 tritone illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-19108-0 £35.00*
An original exploration of America’s founding myths, Americans’ nostalgic commitment to such ideas as American exceptionalism, and why Americans must understand the facts of their history if they are to thrive in the coming century.
American History
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America’s image abroad has declined precipitously. This thoughtprovoking book looks closely at the impact of American entertainment and of cutbacks in public diplomacy, then offers nuanced suggestions for restoring America’s good name.
Sex and the Office
Elizabeth and Hazel
A History of Gender, Power and Desire Julie Berebitsky
Two Women of Little Rock David Margolick
Julie Berebitsky explores how Americans’ attitudes toward sexuality and gender in the office have changed from the 1860s to the present.
‘Someday Elizabeth and Hazel will be a textbook. Long before, on the civil rights bookshelf, it will be considered a classic.’ – Jesse Kornbluth, Huffington Post
A forgotten story of a bittersweet, impromptu art exhibition for President and Mrs. Kennedy seen the morning of his fateful death. 2013 112pp. 120 colour + b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18756-4 £18.99*
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What Changed When Everything Changed 9/11 and the Making of National Identity Joseph Margulies How America’s national identity has changed in significant and unexpected ways since the attacks of 9/11.
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2013 232pp. 25 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-16949-2 £18.99*
An Art Exhibition for the President and new Mrs John F. Kennedy Essays by Olivier Meslay, Scott, Grant Barker, David Lubin, and Alexander Nemerov Illustrated Chronology by Nicola Longford DMA
2013 392pp. 4 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-17655-1 £20.00
2012 320pp. 33 b/w illus. PB ISBN 978-0-300-18792-2 £9.99*
2012 376pp. 20 b/w illus. HB ISBN 978-0-300-11899-5 £28.00*
Hotel Texas
The Gateway Arch A Biography Tracy Campbell This book is the first to explore the colourful history of the spectacular Gateway Arch of St. Louis and the controversial tactics of its creators.
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Ackerman: Just Words Æthelstan: Foot Afghanistan: Bird & Marshall Against the Profit Motive: Parrillo Age of Doubt: Lane Ahmed: A Quiet Revolution Al-Ali: The Struggle for Iraq’s Future Aldhouse-Green: Caesar’s Druids Alexander to Constantine: Meyers & Chancey Alford: Burghley Ali: Dubai Allawi: Faisal I of Iraq Allure of the Archives: Farge Ambition, A History: King American Circus: Weber et al. American Lynching: Rushdy American Zion: Shalev Ancient Greece: Martin Ancient Rome: Martin Anderson: Charity Andrew: Aristocratic Vice Anglo-Saxon World: Higham & Ryan Anne Boleyn: Bernard Apocalyptic Realm: Hiro Applebaum: Gulag Voices Arch Conjuror of England: Parry Archaeology of Jerusalem: Galor Architecture in Uniform: Cohen Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt: McKenzie Aristocratic Vice: Andrew Aron: Roads to the Temple Art and Music in Venice: Goldfarb Art of Not Being Governed: Scott Artist/Rebel/Dandy: Irvin & Brewer Ashton: Victorian Bloomsbury Atlas of the Ethno-Political History: Tsutsiev Atlas of the Peninsular War: Robertson Atlas of Transatlantic Slave Trade: Eltis & Richardson Auschwitz and After: Delbo Avishai: Promiscuous Bar-On: Moshe Dayan Barber: The Crusader States Battle for the Arab Spring: Noueihed & Warren Battle of Marathon: Krentz Bayles: Through a Screen Darkly Beckett: The Making of the First World War Before L.A.: Torres-Rouff Before Religion: Nongbri Behind Closed Doors: Vickery Belarus: Wilson Bell: Twelve Turning Points of the 2nd World War Belonging and Genocide: Kühne Belova & Lazarev: Funding Loyalty Berebitsky: Sex and the Office Bernard: Anne Boleyn Bernard Berenson: Cohen Bernard: Carl Van Vechten
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Bernard: The Late Medieval English Church Beyond the Tower: Marriott Bidlack & Lomagin: The Leningrad Blockade Bird & Marshall: Afghanistan Black: The Power of Knowledge Blood and Mistletoe: Hutton Boredom: Toohey Bosworth: Whispering City Branch: Kenya Bremner: Imperial Gothic Bride and the Dowry: Raz Britons: Colley Brody: The Geonim of Babylonia Brown: Palmerston Brunner: Inventing the Christmas Tree Brusius: William Henry Fox Talbot Buckley: Monty’s Men Burghley: Alford Bynum: A Little History of Science Caesar’s Druids: Aldhouse-Green Calderisi: Earthly Mission Calvin: Gordon Calvinism: Hart Campbell: The Gateway Arch Campbell: The Romans and Their World Captain Cook: McLynn Carey: From Peace to Freedom Carl Van Vechten: Bernard Carlton: This Seat of Mars Carlyle: On Heroes Carp: Defiance of the Patriots Carscapes: Morrison & Minnis Caute: Isaac and Isaiah Chan: Southern Africa Charity: Anderson Christian Monitors: Sirota Circus and the City: Wittmann City and the King: Stevenson Civil Disobedience: Perry Clark: Yemen Cochrane: Northern Ireland Cockett: Sudan Cohen: Architecture in Uniform Cohen: Bernard Berenson Coke & Borg: Vauxhall Gardens Colley: Britons Comfort: The Science of Human Perfection Confluences: Hasinoff Connecticut’s Indigenous Peoples: Lavin Contagion: Harrison Contesting Democracy: Müller Conversions: Harline Cooter: Writing History in the Age of Biomedicine Crane: Ginkgo Croatia: Tanner Crusader States: Barber Crystal: A Little Book of Language
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Cunliffe: Europe Between the Oceans Czechoslovakia: Heimann Daigle: Limits of Detente Dakers: A Genius for Money Dallal: Islam, Science and Challenge of History Damrosch: Jonathan Swift Danube: Thorpe Dash Moore & Gertz: The Posen Library vol. 10 Davies: Wellington’s Wars Dazzled and Deceived: Forbes De Tocqueville: Letters from America December 1941: Mawdsley Declaration of Independence: Shain Defiance of the Patriots: Carp Delbo: Auschwitz and After Desdemaines-Hugon: Stepping-Stones Devil Within: Levack Dias: Exhibiting Englishness Doderer-Winkler: Magnificent Entertainments Dormandy: Opium Douglas: Orderly and Humane Dubai: Ali Duffy: Fires of Faith Duffy: Marking the Hours Duffy: Saints and Sinners Duffy: The Stripping of the Altars Duffy: Ten Popes Who Shook the World Duffy: The Voices of Morebath Earthly Mission: Calderisi Edward II: Phillips Edward III: Ormrod Edwards: Mary I Egypt on the Brink: Osman Eighteenth-Century Church in Britain: Friedman Eleanor of Aquitaine: Turner Elizabeth and Hazel: Margolick Elliott: Empires of the Atlantic World Elliott: History in the Making Elliott: Spain, Europe and the Wider World Eltis & Richardson: Atlas of Transatlantic Slave Trade Emma Goldman: Gornick Emmott: Good Italy, Bad Italy Empire of Ice: Larson Empires of the Atlantic World: Elliott End of Byzantium: Harris English Castle: Goodall Enlightenment’s Frontier: Jonsson Eslanda: Ransby Euro: Marsh Europe Between the Oceans: Cunliffe Evangelical Disenchantment: Hempton Evans: The Mechanical Smile Exhibiting Englishness: Dias Facing Beauty: Ribeiro Faisal I of Iraq: Allawi Familiarity of Strangers: Trivellato Farge: The Allure of the Archives
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Fatal Flaws: Ingram Faulkner: Visitor’s Guide to the Ancient Olympics Female Alliances: Herbert Field of Cloth of Gold: Richardson Fighting for the Cross: Housley Findley: Turkey, Islam, Nationalism & Modernity Fires of Faith: Duffy First Thousand Years: Wilken Five Days in London: Lukacs Flavell: When London Was Capital of America Fletcher: Life, Death and Growing Up Fogelson: The Great Rent Wars Foot: Æthelstan Forbes: Dazzled and Deceived Forbidden Music: Haas Forgotten Palestinians: Pappé Forgotten Voices of Mao’s Great Famine: Zhou Formation of the Jewish Canon: Lim Fragile Empire: Judah France: Perilous Glory Francis of Assisi: Vauchez Franz Kafka: Friedländer Freeman: A New History of Early Christianity Freeman: Holy Bones, Holy Dust French Renaissance Court: Knecht Friedländer: Franz Kafka Friedlander: JFK Friedman: The 18th-Century Church in Britain Friedrich: Hitler’s Berlin Friendship: Grayling Frieze: Totally Unofficial From Peace to Freedom: Carey From Still Life to the Screen: Monteyne Fulbrook: The People’s State Funding Loyalty: Belova & Lazarev Future of History: Lukacs Galbert: Murder, Betrayal, and Slaughter Galileo: Wootton Gallagher: Lillian Hellman Gallipoli: Prior Galor: The Archaeology of Jerusalem Gateway Arch: Campbell Gauci: William Beckford Genius for Money: Dakers Gentleman’s Daughter: Vickery George II: Thompson Geonim of Babylonia: Brody German Generation: Kohut Geronimo: Utley Gerwarth: Hitler’s Hangman Getty: Practicing Stalinism Gilbert: In Ishmael’s House Ginkgo: Crane Glaurdic: The Hour of Europe Global Crisis: Parker Goetzmann: The Great Mirror of Folly Goldfarb: Art and Music in Venice
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Gombrich: A Little History of the World Good Italy, Bad Italy: Emmott Goodall: The English Castle Gordon: Calvin Gornick: Emma Goldman Gottlieb: Sarah Grayling: Friendship Great Famine in China: Zhou Great Manchurian Plague: Summers Great Mirror of Folly: Goetzmann Great Rent Wars: Fogelson Griffin: Liberty’s Dawn Gulag Voices: Applebaum Haas: Forbidden Music HaCohen: The Music Libel Against the Jews Hall: Macaulay and Son Ham House: Rowell Harline: Conversions Harms et al: Indian Ocean Slavery Harris: The End of Byzantium Harrison: Contagion Hart: Calvinism Hasinoff: Confluences Haskell: The King’s Pictures Haslam: Russia’s Cold War Hayton: Vietnam Hecht: Stay Heimann: Czechoslovakia Hell on the Range: Herman Hempton: Evangelical Disenchantment Herbert: Female Alliances Herman: Hell on the Range Herzog: Household Politics Hicks: The Wars of the Roses Higham & Ryan: The Anglo-Saxon World Hiro: Apocalyptic Realm History and the Enlightenment: Trevor-Roper History in the Making: Elliott Hitler, the Germans, and Final Solution: Kershaw Hitler’s Berlin: Friedrich Hitler’s Hangman: Gerwarth Hitler’s Philosophers: Sherratt Hollow Justice: Wilkins Holy Bones, Holy Dust: Freeman Hotel Texas: Meslay Hour of Europe: Glaurdic Household Politics: Herzog Housley: Fighting for the Cross Huguenots: Treasure Hutton: Blood and Mistletoe Hutton: Pagan Britain Image Wars: Sharpe Imperial Gothic: Bremner In Flanders Fields: Stichelbaut In Ishmael’s House: Gilbert In the Olden Time: Sanders Indian Ocean Slavery: Harms et al
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Ingram: Fatal Flaws Inventing the Christmas Tree: Brunner Investment in Blood: Ledwidge Ireland and the Picturesque: O’Kane Iron Way: Thomas Irvin & Brewer: Artist/Rebel/Dandy Isaac and Isaiah: Caute Islam, Science and Challenge of History: Dallal Islamic Imperialism: Karsh Islanders: Thomas It Was a Long Time Ago: Satter Jack: The Woman Reader Jeal: Livingstone Jefferson’s Shadow: Thomson JFK: Friedlander John Brown’s Spy: Lubet Jonathan Swift: Damrosch Jones: Myth, Memory, Trauma Jonsson: Enlightenment’s Frontier Judah: Fragile Empire Judah: The Serbs Julian of Norwich, Theologian: Turner Just Words: Ackerman Kadane: The Watchful Clothier Karsh: Islamic Imperialism Karsh: Palestine Betrayed Katouzian: The Persians Keddie: Modern Iran Kelly: St Petersburg Kenya: Branch Kershaw: Hitler, the Germans, and Final Solution King: Ambition, A History King: King Stephen King Stephen: King King’s Pictures: Haskell Knecht: The French Renaissance Court Kohut: A German Generation Krentz: The Battle of Marathon Kühne: Belonging and Genocide Landscapes of London: McKellar Lane: The Age of Doubt Lang: Primo Levi Larson: An Empire of Ice Lavin: Connecticut’s Indigenous Peoples Late Medieval English Church: Bernard Lawrence-Mathers: The True History of Merlin Ledwidge: Investment in Blood Ledwidge: Losing Small Wars Ledwidge: Punching Below our Weight Leningrad Blockade: Bidlack & Lomagin Leon Trotsky: Rubenstein Lesch: Syria Letters from America: De Tocqueville Letters of C. Vann Woodward: O’Brien Levack: The Devil Within Levine: A Living Man from Africa Liberty’s Dawn: Griffin
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Libya: Pargeter Life, Death and Growing Up: Fletcher Life of the Virgin: Shoemaker Lillian Hellman: Gallagher Lim: The Formation of the Jewish Canon Limits of Detente: Daigle Little Book of Language: Crystal Little History of Literature: Sutherland Little History of Philosophy: Warburton Little History of Science: Bynum Little History of the World: Gombrich Living Man from Africa: Levine Livingstone: Jeal Loeffler: The Most Musical Nation London Square: Longstaffe-Gowan Longstaffe-Gowan: The London Square Losing Small Wars: Ledwidge Love: May Lubet: John Brown’s Spy Luckritz Marquis: Transient Apostle Lukacs: Five Days in London Lukacs: The Future of History Lynch: New Worlds Lynch: Simón Bolívar Macaulay & Son: Hall MacCulloch: Thomas Cranmer Magnificent Entertainments: Doderer-Winkler Making of the First World War: Beckett Making Ireland English: Ohlmeyer Making of the English Gardener: Willes Mandler: Return from the Natives Mansoor: Surge Margolick: Elizabeth and Hazel Margulies: What Changed Marking the Hours: Duffy Marlborough’s America: Webb Marquess of Queensberry: Stratmann Marriott: Beyond the Tower Marsh: The Euro Martin: Ancient Greece Martin: Ancient Rome Mary I: Edwards Master and His Emissary: McGilchrist Mather: Pashas Mattusch: Rediscovering the Ancient World Mayhem: Rogers Mawdsley: December 1941 May: Love McGilchrist: The Master and His Emissary McGrayne: The Theory That Would Not Die McHam: Pliny and the Artistic Culture McKellar: The Landscapes of London McKenzie: Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt McLynn: Captain Cook McPhee: Robespierre Mechanical Smile: Evans Memoirs of Walter Bagehot: Prochaska
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Men from the Ministry: Thurley Menachem Begin: Shilon Meslay: Hotel Texas Meyers & Chancey: Alexander to Constantine Mexico: Tuckman Milk: Valenze Mirsky: Rav Kook Modern Iran: Keddie Monod: Solomon’s Secret Arts Monteyne: From Still Life to the Screen Monty’s Men: Buckley Morris: 1948 Morrison & Minnis: Carscapes Mortgage of the Past: Oakley Moshe Dayan: Bar-On Most Musical Nation: Loeffler Muasher: The Second Arab Awakening Muir: Wellington Müller: Contesting Democracy Murder, Betrayal, and Slaughter: Galbert Murphy & Coye: Mutiny and Its Bounty Music Libel Against the Jews: HaCohen Mutiny and Its Bounty: Murphy & Coye Mysteries of Artemis of Ephesos: Rogers Myth, Memory, Trauma: Jones Naturalists at Sea: Williams Nature’s Noblemen: Rico Nazis, Islamists and Making of Middle East: Rubin Nelson: Vincent New History of Early Christianity: Freeman New Worlds: Lynch Nights Out: Walkowitz 1948: Morris Nongbri: Before Religion Northern Ireland: Cochrane Noueihed & Warren: The Battle for the Arab Spring O’Brien: The Letters of C. Vann Woodward O’Kane: Ireland and the Picturesque Oakley: The Mortgage of the Past Of Africa: Soyinka Ohlmeyer: Making Ireland English On Heroes: Carlyle On Historical Distance: Phillips Opium: Dormandy Orderly and Humane: Douglas Origins of Classical Architecture: Wilson Jones Ormrod: Edward III Orrell: Truth or Beauty Osman: Egypt on the Brink Ozment: The Serpent and the Lamb Pagan Britain: Hutton Palestine Betrayed: Karsh Palmerston: Brown Pappé: The Forgotten Palestinians Pargeter: Libya Parker: Global Crisis Parrillo: Against the Profit Motive
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Russian Orientalism: Schimmelpenninck Russia’s Cold War: Haslam Saint: Survey of London: Battersea vol 49 Saint: Survey of London, Woolwich Saints and Sinners: Duffy Sanders: In the Olden Time Sarah: Gottlieb Satter: It Was a Long Time Ago Savages and Scoundrels: VanDevelder Schimmelpenninck: Russian Orientalism Schniedewind: A Social History of Hebrew Science of Human Perfection: Comfort Schofield: Witness to History Scott: The Art of Not Being Governed Second Arab Awakening: Muasher Selling the Tudor Monarchy: Sharpe Serbs: Judah Serpent and the Lamb: Ozment Sex and the Office: Berebitsky Shain: The Declaration of Independence Shalev: American Zion Sharma: A Restatement of Religion Sharma: Gandhi Sharpe: Image Wars Sharpe: Rebranding Rule Sharpe: Selling the Tudor Monarchy Sherratt: Hitler’s Philosophers Shilon: Menachem Begin Ship of Death: Smith Shishkin: Restless Valley Shoemaker: The Life of the Virgin Simón Bolívar: Lynch Single Roll of the Dice: Parsi Sirota: The Christian Monitors 1688: Pincus Smith: Ship of Death Smith: Time No Longer Social History of Hebrew: Schniedewind Solomon’s Secret Arts: Monod Somme: Prior & Wilson Southern Africa: Chan Soyinka: Of Africa Spain, Europe and the Wider World: Elliott St Petersburg: Kelly Stalin’s Wars: Roberts Stay: Hecht Steele: A Queer History of Fashion Steinberg: Petersburg Fin de Siècle Stepping-Stones: Desdemaines-Hugon Stevenson: The City and the King Stichelbaut: In Flanders Fields Storella & Sokolov: The Voice of the People Stratmann: The Marquess of Queensberry Stripping of the Altars: Duffy Struggle for Iraq’s Future: Al-Ali Sudan: Cockett Summers: The Great Manchurian Plague
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Sun Chief: Talayesva Surge: Mansoor Survey of London: Battersea vol 49: Saint Survey of London: Battersea vol 50: Thom Survey of London, Woolwich: Saint Sutherland: A Little History of Literature Syria: Lesch Talayesva: Sun Chief Tanner: Croatia Ten Popes Who Shook the World: Duffy Theory That Would Not Die: McGrayne This Seat of Mars: Carlton Thom: Survey of London: Battersea vol 50 Thomas Aquinas: Turner Thomas Cranmer: MacCulloch Thomas: The Iron Way Thomas: Islanders Thompson: George II Thomson: Jefferson’s Shadow Thorpe: The Danube Through a Screen Darkly: Bayles Thurley: Men from the Ministry Tibet: van Schaik Time No Longer: Smith Toohey: Boredom Torres-Rouff: Before L.A. Totally Unofficial: Frieze Transient Apostle: Luckritz Marquis Treasure: The Huguenots Trevor-Roper: History and the Enlightenment Trivellato: The Familiarity of Strangers True History of Merlin: Lawrence-Mathers Truth or Beauty: Orrell Tsutsiev: Atlas of the Ethno-Political History Tucker: War/Photography Tuckman: Mexico Turkey, Islam, Nationalism & Modernity: Findley Turner: Eleanor of Aquitaine Turner: Julian of Norwich, Theologian Turner: Renegade Turner: Thomas Aquinas Twelve Turning Points of the 2nd World War: Bell Ukrainians: Wilson Under the Banyan Tree: Ray Utley: Geronimo Valenze: Milk Van Middelaar: The Passage to Europe Van Schaik: Tibet VanDevelder: Savages and Scoundrels Vauchez: Francis of Assisi Vauxhall Gardens: Coke & Borg Vickery: Behind Closed Doors Vickery: The Gentleman’s Daughter Victorian Bloomsbury: Ashton Vietnam: Hayton Vincent: Nelson Visitor’s Guide to the Ancient Olympics: Faulkner
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The Voice of the People: Storella & Sokolov Voices of Morebath: Duffy Walkowitz: Nights Out Walvin: The Zong Wanklyn: The Warrior Generals War/Photography: Tucker Warburton: A Little History of Philosophy Warrior Generals: Wanklyn Wars of the Roses: Hicks Watchful Clothier: Kadane Webb: Marlborough’s America Weber: William Kent Weber et al: The American Circus Weil: A Plague of Informers Wellington: Muir Wellington’s Wars: Davies Wellman: Queens and Mistresses What Changed: Margulies When London Was Capital of America: Flavell Whispering City: Bosworth Wilken: The First Thousand Years Wilkins: Hollow Justice Willes: The Making of the English Gardener William Beckford: Gauci William Henry Fox Talbot: Brusius William Kent: Weber Williams: Naturalists at Sea Williams: The Richard Burton Diaries Wilson: Belarus Wilson: The Ukrainians Wilson Jones: The Origins of Classical Architecture Witness to History: Schofield Wittmann: Circus and the City Woman Reader: Jack Wootton: Galileo Wrightson: Ralph Tailor’s Summer Wrigley: Roman Fever Writing History in the Age of Biomedicine: Cooter Yemen: Clark Zhou: Forgotten Voices of Mao’s Great Famine Zhou: The Great Famine in China Zong: Walvin
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