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Contents Subject

eBooks Page

New Paperbacks

2–3

British History

4–12

Yale English Monarchs International History

12 1, 3, 13–18

General History

1, 3, 19

Russian History

3, 20–21

Medieval History

2, 22

European History

23–26

Jewish History World War I & II

Many of the titles listed here can be purchased as ebooks from online retailers. You can browse the Yale website to find titles that are available as ebooks, or visit the ebooks section of our site for new ebooks, bestsellers and short ebooks.

PMC

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EH

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MMA

Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art Distributed by Yale University Press

AIC

Distributed for the Art Institute of Chicago

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YCBA

Published for the Yale Center for British Art

3, 8, 29

RA

Published in association with the Real Academia

30–31

MF

Distributed for Mercatorfonds

MFH

Distributed for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

EHP

Distributed for Editions Hazan, Paris

FWC

Published in association with the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

CAI

Distributed for the Clark Art Institute

HAM

Distributed for Harvard Art Museum

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SAM

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Military History Ancient History & Archaeology Science & Medicine

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Religious History

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American History

36–39

Index

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J. H. Elliott

Geoffrey Parker

Sir John Elliott is a prize-winning historian and Regius Professor Emeritus of Modern History, University of Oxford. He is the author of a sequence of major historical studies, seven of which are published by Yale (see also pages 18 and 24).

Geoffrey Parker is Andreas Dorpalen Professor of History at The Ohio State University, and winner of the 2012 Heineken History Prize. Among his many books is The Grand Strategy of Philip II, published by Yale.

Photo by James T. VanRensselaer

Photo by Kevin Fitzsimons

History in the Making

Global Crisis

From the vantage point of nearly sixty years devoted to research and the writing of history, J. H. Elliott steps back from his work to consider the progress of historical scholarship. From his own experiences as a historian of Spain, Europe and the Americas, he provides a deft and sharp analysis of the work that historians do and how the field has changed since the 1950s.

The author begins by explaining the roots of his interest in Spain and its past, then analyses the challenges of writing the history of a country other than one’s own. In succeeding chapters, he offers acute observations on such topics as the history of national and imperial decline, political history, biography, and art and cultural history. Elliott concludes with an assessment of changes in the approach to history over the past half-century, including the impact of digital technology, and argues that a comprehensive vision of the past remains essential. Professional historians, students of history and those who read history for pleasure will find in Elliott’s delightful book a new appreciation of what goes into the shaping of historical works and how those works in turn can shape the world of thought and action.

War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century

Available September 2012 256pp. HB ISBN 978-0-300-18638-3 £17.50*

new An eminent historian offers rare insight into his craft, the way it has changed over his lifetime and the power of historical works to shape the world of thought and action

Revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, regicides, government collapses – the calamities of the mid-seventeenth century were unprecedented in both frequency and extent. The effects of what historians call the ‘General Crisis’ extended from England to Japan, from the Russian Empire to sub-Saharan Africa. The Americas, too, did not escape the turbulence of the time.

In this meticulously researched volume, Geoffrey Parker presents the firsthand testimony of men and women who saw and suffered from the sequence of political, economic and social crises between 1618 to the late 1680s. Parker also deploys the scientific evidence of climate change during this period. His discoveries revise entirely our understanding of the General Crisis: changes in prevailing weather patterns, especially longer winters and cooler and wetter summers, disrupted growing seasons and destroyed harvests. This in turn brought hunger, malnutrition and disease; and as material conditions worsened, wars, rebellions and revolutions rocked the world.

new How to account for decades of worldwide war, revolution and human suffering in the seventeenth century?

A master historian uncovers the disturbing answer

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Captain Cook

Hitler’s Hangman

Master of the Seas Frank McLynn

The Life of Heydrich Robert Gerwarth

Bestselling biographer Frank McLynn presents a vivid, remarkable reappraisal of Captain James Cook, illuminating an aspect of the legendary explorer’s life that has been largely overlooked by recent writers: his identity as a brilliant seaman.

‘Accessible and exciting.’

– Michael Fathers, Literary Review ‘Historians thought Beaglehole had written the last word about Captain Cook in his classic study. Frank McLynn shows they were wrong, with a more searching, more lively, more profound reading of the evidence and of the protagonist’s character.’

– Felipe Fernandez-Armesto ‘Frank McLynn has no doubt about Captain Cook’s status … the finest maritime explorer in the history of the world … [He] proves it in a meticulous rollercoaster chronicle.’

– Duncan Fallowell, Daily Express ‘McLynn’s biography is well researched and respectful.’

– John de Falbe, The Spectator

This chilling biography tells the full story of the ‘Butcher of Prague’ for the first time. One of the most dangerous men in the Third Reich, Heydrich commanded the SS Security Service, the Gestapo and the Nazi Criminal Police, organised the SS killing squads and helped plan the ‘Final Solution’.

‘Gerwarth’s approach is subtle, painstaking and psychologically acute; it convincingly demonstrates that the historian’s tool of ‘cold empathy’ best clarifies the enduring question of what brings forth monsters.’ – Roy Foster, Times Literary Supplement (Books of the Year) ‘superb on the making of evil.’

– Frank Dikotter, The Daily Telegraph (Books of the Year) ‘the outstanding definitive scholarly and heartbreakingly horrible biography of the repellent mastermind of the Holocaust.’

– Simon Sebag Montefiore, BBC History Magazine (Books of the Year)

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Twelve Turning Points of the Second World War P. M. H. Bell A fresh exploration of the Second World War through twelve key events that shaped the direction and outcome of the conflict.

‘Philip Bell provides a sharp depth of writing that conveys the detail required in an engaging and informative manner about a multifaceted conflict that still grips our attention even after all these years.’

– Leslie J. M. Obre, History Teaching Review ‘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 ‘Crammed full of appropriate facts from impartial and impeccable sources … An important book for all military and political historians.’

– Patrick Delaforce, author of The Rhine Endeavour and Invasion of the Third Reich

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An Empire of Ice

Holy Bones, Holy Dust

Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science Edward J. Larson

How Relics Shaped the History of Medieval Europe Charles Freeman

Shortlisted for the 2012 Hessell-Tiltman prize

This intriguing, beautifully illustrated book encompasses a thousand years of holy relics across Europe, deepening our understanding of the medieval world by revealing how relics were used in religion and also in business, politics and warfare.

‘This superbly put together and elegantly written book is the first proper history of the cult of relics from the early days to CounterReformation. Ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous, this is a marvellous study.’ – Catholic Herald ‘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 ‘Few serious historians have tackled this subject yet it is of crucial importance in trying to understand the medieval mind.’

– Church of England Newspaper

This riveting account of the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Edward J. Larson restores these expeditions’ status as grand endeavours of science.

‘In this fascinating book … Larson’s intriguing accounts begin to reveal the bigger picture of early scientific research in Antarctica and its place in European geopolitics of the time.’ – Michael Bravo, New Scientist ‘Larson is a brilliant researcher, going far beyond the standard source materials, so even devotees of polar literature will learn things.’ – Jennifer Kingson, The Scotsman ‘[This] enlightening and entertaining new book … seeks to rescue the exploits of Edwardian derring-do from the condescension of posterity by showing us how much more there was to what his subtitle refers to as the heroic age of Antarctic science.’ – Robert J. Mayhew, Times Higher Education

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A Little History of Philosophy

The Master and His Emissary

Losing Small Wars

Russia’s Cold War

Islanders

Nigel Warburton

The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World Iain McGilchrist

British Military Failure in Iraq and Afghanistan Frank Ledwidge

From the October Revolution to the Fall of the Wall Jonathan Haslam

The Pacific in the Age of Empire Nicholas Thomas

Now available in a larger format, a fascinating exploration of the differences between the brain’s right and left hemispheres and their effects on society, history and culture.

‘A landmark new book.’

– Bryan Appleyard, The Sunday Times ‘A very remarkable book …

McGilchrist, who is both an experienced psychiatrist and a shrewd philosopher, looks at the relation between our two brainhemispheres in a new light, not just as an interesting neurological problem but as a crucial shaping factor in our culture … splendidly thought-provoking … I couldn't put it down.’ – Mary Midgley, The Guardian ‘McGilchrist describes broad [intellectual] movements and famous figures as if they were battles and soldiers in a 2,500-year war between the brain’s hemispheres … A scintillating intelligence is at work.’ – The Economist

In this eye-opening analysis of the causes of military failure and its enormous costs, Frank Ledwidge examines the British involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, asking how and why it went so wrong.

‘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 ‘One of the most upsetting books I have read about Britain’s part in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Anyone who wants to understand what happened should read it.’

– Sherard Cowper-Coles, New Statesman ‘Controversial, iconoclastic even, written by an insider, it casts a knowledgeable and critical eye over recent British military operations and doesn’t shy away from exposing incompetency and naming the guilty.’ – Stuart Crawford, The Scotsman

Far more than merely a straightforward history of the Cold War, this book presents the first account of politics and decision making at the highest levels of Soviet power: how Soviet leaders saw political and military events, what they were trying to accomplish, their miscalculations and the ways they took advantage of Western ignorance. Russias Cold War fills a significant gap in our understanding of the most important geopolitical rivalry of the twentieth century.

‘Russia’s Cold War is an exciting ride through post-war history … [This] book lets off fireworks that light up many shadowy corners.’ – Robert Service, Times Literary Supplement ‘Haslam’s superb research puts his book in a league of its own, and it is hard to imagine it being surpassed as an account of what went on inside Russian foreign policy in this period.’

– Simon Heffer, The Daily Telegraph ‘bound to stimulate debate for years to come.’ – Orlando Figes, The Sunday Times

This lively and accessible introduction to Western philosophy brings the ideas of the world’s greatest thinkers into focus, from Socrates’s questions about reality to Peter Singer’s thinking on the moral status of animals in our own times.

‘Survey the entire history of (western) philosophy through short intellectual biographies of 40 philosophers from Socrates to Peter Singer, in as broadly approachable a style as EH Gombrich’s A Little History of the World. A tall order; that Warburton (of the excellent podcast Philosophy Bites) has succeeded so well is a triumph.’ – Steven Poole, The Guardian ‘Warburton packs a heck of a lot in to what is something of a Goldilocks volume: neither too much nor too little, the exegesis neither too thin or too thick and lumpy, his Little History can be consumed as a nourishing treat in its own right or provide the perfect fuel to kick-start anyone’s journey into philosophy.’ – Julian Baggini, The Observer

Look out for exclusive short ebooks by these authors more information available from www.yalebooks.co.uk

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Joint winner of the 2010 Wolfson History Prize This compelling book explores the lived experience of empire in the Pacific, the last region to be contacted and colonised by Europeans following the great voyages of Captain Cook. Unlike conventional accounts that emphasise confrontation and the destruction of indigenous cultures, Islanders reveals there was gain as well as loss, survival as well as suffering, and invention as well as exploitation.

‘Thomas’s description of the journey into the imperial world of the Pacific is made inclusive and companionable with lovely asides … A comprehensive but gripping book.’ – Katrina Schlunke, Times Higher Education ‘Not only a fine work of scholarship but also a lucid and engrossing read.’ – Rod Edmond, BBC History Magazine

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The London Square

Nights Out

Beyond the Tower

Victorian Bloomsbury

Vauxhall Gardens

Gardens in the Midst of Town Todd Longstaffe-Gowan PMC

Life in Cosmopolitan London Judith R. Walkowitz

A History of East London John Marriott

Rosemary Ashton

A History David E. Coke and Alan Borg

London’s squares are among the most distinctive and admired features of the metropolis and are England’s greatest contribution to the development of European town planning and urban form. Traditionally, inhabitants who overlooked these gated communal gardens paid for their maintenance and had special access to them. As such, they have long been synonymous with privilege, elegance, and prosperous metropolitan living.

They epitomise the classical notion of rus in urbe, the integration of nature within the urban plan – a concept that continues to shape cities to this day.

Todd Longstaffe-Gowan delves into the history, evolution and social implications of squares, which have been an important element in the planning and expansion of London since the early 17th century. As an amenity that fosters health and wellbeing and a connection to the natural world, the square has played a crucial role in the development of the English capital.

‘An enormous and beautifully produced book.’

– Gillian Tindall, Literary Review

London’s Soho district underwent a spectacular transformation between the late Victorian era and the end of the Second World War: its fin-desiècle buildings and dark streets infamous for sex, crime, political disloyalty and ethnic diversity became a centre of culinary and cultural tourism servicing patrons of nearby shops and theatres.

Treating Soho as exceptional, but also representative of London’s urban transformation, Judith Walkowitz shows how the area’s foreignness, liminality and porousness were key to the explosion of culture and development of modernity in the first half of the twentieth century.

‘As thought-provoking in its conclusions as it is colourful in its detail.’ – Michael Kerrigan, The Scotsman ‘Nights Out is the result of skilful, persevering research and conscientious thought … [a] lively, affable, thought-provoking book.’

– Richard Davenport-Hines, Times Literary Supplement

In this beautifully illustrated history of London’s iconic East End, John Marriott explores the relationship between the district and the rest of London, and challenges many of the myths that surround the area.

‘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 ‘[Marriott] is at his most perceptive and sympathetic in his accounts of the struggles of the working people in the East End and its age-old role as the nursery of the waves of immigrants who have enriched British society’ – Tim Knox, Country Life ‘Superb’ – Stephen Howe, The Independent ‘[A] major achievement.’

– Euan Ferguson, Time Out

While Bloomsbury is now associated with Virginia Woolf and her earlytwentieth-century circle of writers and artists, the neighbourhood was originally the undisputed intellectual quarter of nineteenth-century London. Drawing on a wealth of untapped archival resources, Rosemary Ashton brings to life the educational, medical and social reformists who lived and worked in Victorian Bloomsbury and who led crusades for education, emancipation and health for all.

Ashton explores the secular impetus behind these reforms and the humanitarian and egalitarian character of nineteenth-century Bloomsbury.

Thackeray and Dickens jostle with less famous characters like Henry Brougham and Mary Ward.

Embracing the high life of the squares, the nonconformity of churches, the parades of shops, schools, hospitals and poor homes, this is a major contribution to the history of nineteenth-century London.

‘A delightful book that threads the reader through a maze of streets and squares, stories and structures’ – Peter Mandler

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Vauxhall Gardens was the foremost pleasure garden of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century London. This comprehensive and prolifically illustrated account makes a major contribution to the study of London entertainments, culture, class and ideology, and reveals the teeming life, the spectacular art and the everpresent music of Vauxhall in fascinating detail.

‘The first book-length treatment of Vauxhall for over 55 years … this fact-filled, lusciously illustrated compendium provides the ultimate guide.’ – Hannah Greig, History Today ‘[A] beautifully produced biography of what was once one of London’s best loved institutions.’ – PD Smith, The Guardian ‘It feels as if every possible detail and document relating to the gardens have been scanned and assimilated. The result is the most complete reconstruction of this vital place there is likely to be.’

– Rowan Moore, The Observer

The True History of Merlin the Magician Anne Lawrence-Mathers This book explores just who Merlin was, and what he has meant to Britain.

The historical Merlin was no rough magician: he was a learned figure from the cutting edge of medieval science and adept in astrology, cosmology, prophecy and natural magic, as well as being a seer and a proto-alchemist. His powers were convincingly real – and useful, for they helped to add credibility to the ‘long-lost’ history of Britain which first revealed them to a European public. Merlin’s prophecies reassuringly foretold Britain’s path, establishing an ancient ancestral line and linking biblical prophecy with more recent times. Merlin helped to put British history into world history.

Lawrence-Mathers also explores the meaning of Merlin’s magic across the centuries, arguing that he embodied ancient Christian and pagan magical traditions, recreated for a medieval court and shaped to fit a new moral framework. Linking Merlin’s reality and power with the culture of the Middle Ages, this remarkable book reveals the true impact of the most famous magician of all time.

Macaulay and Son Architects of Imperial Britain Catherine Hall Thomas Babington Macaulay’s History of England was a phenomenal Victorian best-seller defining a nation’s sense of self, its triumphant rise to a powerfully homogenous nation built on a global empire and its claim to be the modern nation, marking the route to civilisation for all others. In this book Catherine Hall explores the emotional, intellectual and political roots of Zachary Macaulay, the leading abolitionist, and his son Thomas’s visions of race, nation and empire. The contrasting moments of evangelical humanitarianism and liberal imperialism are read through the writings and careers of the two men.

‘Catherine Hall is a good biographer, and alongside the major themes of empire, history-writing and masculinity, it is a sensitive and wellcrafted study of a family and of siblings. The research is first-class, and the incorporation of existing and ongoing debates around postcolonialism, gender and narrations of the nation is very well-handled. An important and engaging story.’ – Miles Taylor, Director, Institute of Historical Research

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The Arch Conjuror of England

The Late Medieval English Church

The Wars of the Roses

John Dee Glyn Parry

Vitality and Vulnerability Before the Break with Rome G. W. Bernard

Written by a renowned historian, this magisterial account of the Wars of the Roses explains, for the first time, why they began, why they kept recurring, and why they ceased. ‘[This] handsome book – produced to Yale University Press’s customarily beautiful standards – seeks not to trace a single thread but to sketch the whole historical tapestry of the complex and bloody conflicts that convulsed England in the second half of the fifteenth century.’ – Helen Castor, Times Literary Supplement ‘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 ‘In this impressive book Hicks reinterprets the wars between York and Lancaster and rejects Tudor inevitability.’ – Desmond Seward, The Tablet

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.

‘In Glyn Parry [Dee] has at last attracted a biographer with a talent for uncovering fresh archival material, who has conducted thorough research both into his life and the circles in which he moved … this book makes an admirable contribution both to an understanding of his career and of the Elizabethan age.’ – Ronald Hutton, The Independent on Sunday ‘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 ‘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

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 G. W. Bernard examines it on its own terms, revealing a church with vibrant faith and great energy.

Bernard looks at the structure of the church, the nature of royal control over it, the clergy and bishops, the intense devotion and deep-rooted practices of the laity, anti-clerical sentiment, and the prevalence of heresy. He argues that the Reformation was not inevitable, nor made unavoidable by the defectiveness, corruption, superstition or outdatedness of a church ripe for a fall: the late medieval church had both vitality and vulnerabilities, the one often linked to the other. The result is a thought-provoking study of a church and society in transformation.

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Michael Hicks

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‘Lambert’s engaging and readable account weaves archaeological and art-historical evidence with the literary record, demonstrating how the process of conversion changed the hearts and minds of the inhabitants of early medieval Britain.’ – Sarah Foot, BBC History Magazine

Blood and Mistletoe The History of the Druids in Britain Ronald Hutton ‘This book is a tour de force: surely the definitive work on our perception of the Druids.’

– David V. Barrett, The Independent

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The English Aristocracy, 1070–1272 A Social Transformation David Crouch This groundbreaking book offers the first close examination of the fate of English aristocrats following William the Conqueror’s victory. A radical transformation ensued, the author shows, as society redefined itself around the principle of nobility.

‘A lively and provocative study, fluently written and formidably well informed.’ – Nigel Saul, History Today ‘[Crouch has] unrivalled knowledge of the documents and government records produced by and for the aristocracy themselves. These are here in abundance and provide precious and telling insights into the real lives of the medieval aristocracy.’ – Steve Marritt, BBC History Magazine ‘[A] rich and forceful new study …

Crouch’s approach represents a sharp contrast with traditional English medieval historiography.’ – C. J. Tyerman, Times Literary Supplement ‘[An] important study.’

– Country Life

The English Castle 1066–1650 John Goodall

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This compellingly written and lavishly illustrated volume explores the architecture of England’s castles over six centuries. It brings to life their history and describes the changing role of these buildings in warfare, politics, domestic living and governance.

‘Majestic in scale and sumptuously produced, it is an authority that scholars will consult for generations.’

– Clive Aslet, The Sunday Telegraph ‘This is the most handsome and extensive tribute to English castle building yet compiled, ingeniously designed to appeal to a wide readership.’ – Marcus Binney, The Times ‘Beautifully illustrated and engagingly written, this scholarly yet accessible new history explores the strong links between church and castle architecture, as well as tracing how castles were built and why they were used, together with the political and social context of the day. Endlessly fascinating.’ – Timothy Brittain-Catlin, The Tablet

Canterbury Cathedral Priory in the Age of Becket Peter Fergusson PMC This account of the major renewal at Canterbury cathedral priory in the mid-12th century illuminates important shifts in architecture and monastic life during the early years of Henry II’s rule and that of his Royal Chancellor, Thomas Becket, shedding fresh light on the social and cultural history of the mid-twelfth century.

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The King’s Reformation Henry VIII and the Remaking of the English Church G. W. Bernard ‘A superb achievement. It advances an extraordinarily skilled understanding of the intricate relationship of religious belief, religious life, political necessity and political opposition.’ – Lucy Wooding, Literary Review

1998 704pp. 44 b/w illus.

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The Conversion of Britain from Alban to Bede Malcolm Lambert

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Christians and Pagans

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The Architecture of the Scottish Medieval Church

Thomas Cranmer

1100–1560 Richard Fawcett

Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography, The Duff Cooper Prize and the Whitbread Biography Award

PMC

‘Here, at last, is a richly illustrated, clearly written and authoritative account of the subject.’

– John Goodall, Country Life

Diarmaid MacCulloch

‘The best biography of Cranmer’ – A. L. Rowse, The Evening Standard

Citizen Portrait

Fatal Attractions G. W. Bernard

Portrait Painting and the Urban Elite of Tudor and Jacobean England and Wales PMC Tarnya Cooper

2011 208pp. 120 colour illus.

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This book examines the patronage and production of Tudor- and Jacobean-era portraiture, highlighting the opposing themes of piety and self-promotion and focusing on how the middle class adopted and found new uses for this classic art form.

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‘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

The Making of the English Gardener Plants, Books and Inspiration, 1560–1660 Margaret Willes ‘An erudite study of Tudor and Stuart gardens … 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

The Restoration and Revolution Monarchy, 1660–1714 Kevin Sharpe

‘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

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.

Marking the Hours

The Voices of Morebath

Fires of Faith

Traditional Religion in England, 1400–1580 Second Edition Eamon Duffy

English People and Their Prayers, 1240–1570 Eamon Duffy

Reformation and Rebellion in an English Village Eamon Duffy

Catholic England under Mary Tudor Eamon Duffy

Winner of the Longman/History Today Book of the Year Award

‘A fascinating book, full of insights into medieval spirituality and religion … a book to treasure.’

– Juliet Barket, Literary Review

Winner of the 2002 Hawthornden Prize ‘Significant and strikng’ – Peter Ackroyd, The Times

Available January 2013 512pp. 90 b/w illus.

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Rebranding Rule

William Cecil at the Court of Elizabeth I Stephen Alford

The Stripping of the Altars

‘A mighty and momentous book’ – J. J. Scarisbrick, The Tablet

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2010 280pp. 30 colour illus.

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Anne Boleyn

2011 336pp.

24 pages of colour + 80 b/w illus.

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2003 260pp. 16 colour + 26 b/w illus.

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‘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

British History

2011 256pp. 16 b/w illus.

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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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2012 680pp. 24 b/w illus.

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Making Ireland English

1688

Andrew Marvell

This Seat of Mars

A Scrivener, His City and the Plague Keith Wrightson

The Irish Aristocracy in the Seventeenth Century Jane Ohlmeyer

The First Modern Revolution Steve Pincus

The Chameleon Nigel Smith

War and the British Isles, 1485–1746 Charles Carlton

This hugely moving study looks in detail at the plague of 1636 and its impact on one English city through the eyes of a young scrivener, Ralph Tailor. Keith Wrightson reconstructs life in seventeenth-century Newcastleon-Tyne and envisions what such a calamitous decimation of the population must have meant for personal, familial and social relations.

‘The approach is scholarly yet at the same time imaginative and deeply sympathetic.’ – Rab Houston, BBC History Magazine ‘Following Tailor requires Wrightson to muster the knowledge, skill and imagination that has earned him recognition as one of the leading historians of Early Modern Britain … 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

This groundbreaking book provides the first comprehensive study of the remaking of Ireland’s aristocracy during the seventeenth century. It is a study of the Irish peerage and its role in the establishment of English control over Ireland. Jane Ohlmeyer’s research in the archives of the era yields a major new understanding of early Irish and British elite, and it offers fresh perspectives on the experiences of the Irish, English and Scottish lords in wider British and continental contexts.

The book examines the resident peerage as an aggregate of 91 families, not simply 311 individuals, and demonstrates how a reconstituted peerage of mixed faith and ethnicity assimilated the established Catholic aristocracy. Tracking the impact of colonisation, civil war and other significant factors on the fortunes of the peerage in Ireland, Ohlmeyer arrives at a fresh assessment of the key accomplishment of the new Irish elite: making Ireland English.

‘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

‘Engaging, intensely researched …

Smith is very good on the historical and political contexts surrounding Marvell … Smith’s book is a welcome contribution to Marvell studies.’ – Nick Laird, The Daily Telegraph ‘[An] illuminating study.’

– Michael Kerrigan, The Scotsman

A powerful account of the effects of war on early modern Britain, showing how war forged the British state and exploring the personal experiences of battle and bloodshed.

Carlton expertly charts the remarkable military developments over the period, as well as war’s enduring corollaries – camaraderie, courage, fear and grief – to give an innovative and moving account of the profound effect of war on the British Isles and its peoples. ‘deserves to become a classic text on war itself and on Britain’s martial ancestry.’ – Allan Mallinson, The Times ‘A vivid and extremely wide-ranging account, which will draw its readers in.’ – Mark Stoyle, author of Soldiers and Strangers: An Ethnic History of the English Civil War ‘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 ‘Readable, thought-provoking and humane.’ – Barbara Donagan, Times Literary Supplement

2010 336pp. 8 b/w illus.

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Ralph Tailor’s Summer

2011 280pp. 135 colour + 25 b/w illus.

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Pomp and Poverty

The Warrior Generals

A History of Silk in Ireland Mairead Dunlevy

Winning the British Civil Wars Malcolm Wanklyn

‘will, I believe be regarded as the definitive work on this subject … records in a most accessible way the history of silk in Ireland.’

– John J. O’Connell, Irish Arts Review

‘Wanklyn provides a useful, wellresearched, general narrative of the higher direction of the Civil Wars.’

– John Childs, BBC History Magazine

Art, History and the Visualization of Maritime Britain, 1768–1829 Geoff Quilley PMC Arguing that maritime culture is critical to our understanding of 18th- and 19th-century Britain, this book rethinks the place of visual culture in the relationship between nation and empire. ‘[a] romantic treasure of history’ – Colin Gardiner, Oxford Times

2010 250pp. 23 b/w illus.

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Empire to Nation

2005 656pp. 70 b/w illus. + 12 maps & battle diagrams PB ISBN 978-0-300-10861-3 £12.99*

Marching through the Duke of Marlborough’s ten triumphant campaigns, 1702–1722, and analysing the administrations of his former staff officers in America and the West Indies, Marlborough’s America demonstrates that the duke’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.

The Hell-Fire Clubs

Nelson

Sex, Satanism and Secret Societies Evelyn Lord

Love and Fame Edgar Vincent

‘fascinating to see from Lord’s absorbing study how integral this sort of institutional decadence became to the fabric of the state at a crucial moment in its formation.’

– The Scotsman

Shortlisted for the BBC 4 Samuel Johnson Prize ‘Easily the best biography of Nelson I’ve ever read.’ – Andrew Roberts

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After the end of the War of Austrian Succession in 1748, thousands of unemployed and sometimes unemployable soldiers and seamen found themselves on the streets of London ready to roister the town and steal when necessary. In this fascinating book Nicholas Rogers explores the moral panic associated with this rapid demobilisation.

Through interlocking stories of duels, highway robberies, smuggling, riots, binge drinking and even two earthquakes, he captures the anxieties of a half-decade and assesses the social reforms contemporaries framed and imagined to deal with the crisis.

Available January 2013 280pp. 15 b/w illus.

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The Zong A Massacre, the Law and the End of Slavery James Walvin ‘A world authority on transatlantic slavery, Walvin produces an authoritative, fair-minded and grippingly readable account of a case whose legacy is, as he shows, with us still today.’ – Madge Dresser, BBC History Magazine

The Watchful Clothier

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The Life of an Eighteenth-Century Protestant Capitalist Matthew Kadane 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. It also provides fascinating insights on the early modern family, the birth of industrialisation, the history of Puritanism, the origins of Unitarianism, melancholy and the making of the British middle class.

Available January 2013 304pp. 15 b/w illus.

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Stephen Saunders Webb

Mayhem

2011 304pp. 12 b/w illus.

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2011 304pp. 40 colour + 100 b/w illus.

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The Eighteenth-Century Church in Britain Terry Friedman PMC

History and the Enlightenment

‘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

‘[This is] a rallying cry for those who cherish history. The reading of it left me exultant.’

– Richard Davenport-Hines, Literary Review

Hugh Trevor-Roper

British History

Marlborough’s America

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Imperial Landscapes Britain’s Global Visual Culture, 1745–1820 John E. Crowley PMC ‘A sumptuous volume.’

– Paul Johnson, The Spectator

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Julie Flavell

Business, Art and the Morrisons Caroline Dakers

Accompanied the BBC TV series ‘At Home wth the Georgians’

This is the spectacular rags-to-riches story of an innkeeper’s son who became the richest commoner in 19th-century England. ‘an emblem of the 19th-century story … an absolutely model biography.’

– A. N. Wilson, Financial Times ‘a finely researched history.’

– Richard Ryder, The Spectator

‘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

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Britons

The Gentleman’s Daughter

Forging the Nation 1707–1837 Third Edition Linda Colley

Women’s Lives in Georgian England Amanda Vickery

Winner of the Wolfson History Prize ‘Controversial, entertaining and alarmingly topical’ – Philip Ziegler, The Daily Telegraph

Winner of the Wolfson History Prize, The Whitfield Prize and the Longman/History Today Book of the Year Prize (joint)

The Arts of Industry in the Age of PMC Enlightenment Celina Fox ‘A notable contribution … drawing attention to aspects of British history, skills and art that have been too long overlooked.’ – Jenny Uglow, The Guardian

The Magnificent Mrs Tennant

Palmerston

The Adventurous Life of Gertrude Tennant, Victorian Grande Dame David Waller ‘Waller writes exceptionally well, and with a wonderful eye for social detail … The Magnificent Mrs Tennant deserves our attention as a graceful, engaging and meticulous study of a fascinating age.’

– Miranda Seymour, The Guardian

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2012 584pp. 30 b/w illus.

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A Genius for Money

At Home in Georgian England Amanda Vickery

2009 448pp. 81 illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-15280-7 £14.99*

‘Julie Flavell has produced not an account of the administration of the American colonies from London but something much more original …

She reveals an extraordinary, almost forgotten world, rich with anecdote.’

– Duncan Fallowell, Daily Express ‘Well-researched and enjoyable’ – Leslie Mitchell, Literary Review

Behind Closed Doors

2010 576pp. 60 colour + 200 b/w illus.

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When London Was Capital of America

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The Age of Doubt Tracing the Roots of Our Religious Uncertainty Christopher Lane ‘Render[s] complicated ideas accessible … altogether admirable’ – Edward Norman, Literary Review

A Biography David Brown This is the first comprehensive biography of the charismatic Lord Palmerston (1784–1865), a grand and fascinating figure in Victorian politics who became foreign secretary, prime minister and one of the defining figures of his age.

‘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 ‘We are offered here, for the first time, a rounded portrait, warts and all, and it is all the better for diverging from the patriotic stereotype of popular legend. This is a readable and enjoyable account of a great Victorian.’

– John Charmley, The Victorian ‘Brown’s scrupulous research recreates the vitality of the Whig governing tradition in its Victorian heyday … This will be the standard biography of the man.’

– Rohan McWilliam, History Today

2008 224pp. 16 b/w illus.

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John Henry Newman

Witness to History

Demobbed

The First Day of the Blitz

Carscapes

The Challenge to Evangelical Religion Frank M. Turner

The Life of John Wheeler-Bennett Victoria Schofield

Coming Home After the Second World War Alan Allport

September 7, 1940 Peter Stansky

The Motor Car, Architecture and Landscape in England PMC/EH Kathryn A. Morrison and John Minnis

John Henry Cardinal Newman Edited, Annotated and with an Introduction by Frank M. Turner This new edition includes a powerfully revisionist introduction in which historian Frank M. Turner challenges previous interpretations of Newman’s conversion to Roman Catholicism and of the Apológia itself.

2012 528pp.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-17786-2 £20.00

‘wonderfully insightful … not only refreshingly free of jargon but remarkably moving. If all academic history were written this way, popular historians would be out of a job.’ – Dominic Sandbrook, The Sunday Times

‘a vivid account of how Londoners withstood attack. Recent events have shown how that resilient spirit lives into our own day.’

– William Hay, Literary Review ‘Stansky makes well-judged use of eyewitness accounts to highlight the reality behind the myth.’

– Nick Rennison, The Sunday Times

The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes Second Edition Jonathan Rose ‘magnificent … deeply inspiring’ – Anthony Daniels, The Sunday Telegraph

Five Days in London May 1940 John Lukacs ‘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

Carscapes relates the history of the car’s impact on the physical environment of England from its early beginnings to the modern motorway network, focusing especially on its architectural influence.

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‘Apologia Pro Vita Sua’ and Six Sermons

Winner of the Longman/History Today Book of the Year Award

2001 256pp. Illus.

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‘John Henry Newman remains one of the most puzzling figures of the English nineteenth century, but this book goes a very long way towards teasing out his mystery … [Turner] has drawn the most detailed and magisterial picture of early nineteenth-century English religious life … Frank M. Turner’s book revolutionises Newman studies.’

– A. N. Wilson, Literary Review

This is the first biography of historian Sir John Wheeler-Bennett, one of the twentieth century’s most extraordinary political operators.

Through his ability to make important connections, WheelerBennett became an authority on Germany in the inter-war years and knew all the German hierarchy, including Hitler and Hindenburg.

He also was one of the last people to interview Trotsky, writing an important analysis of the BrestLitovsk Treaty between Germany and the Soviet Union in 1917. As King George VI’s official biographer, he met and interviewed all the major leaders in the post-war period, including Winston Churchill, Harry Truman and members of the Royal Family; he also supervised young Jack Kennedy’s master’s thesis.

Victoria Schofield’s biography of this remarkable man will fascinate anyone interested in twentiethcentury European history.

2010 544pp.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-15365-1 £12.99*

Longlisted for the British Academy book prize

British History find out more at www.yalebooks.co.uk

2011 752pp. 14 b/w illus.

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Survey of London: Woolwich Volume 48 PMC 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.

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2011 336pp. 16 pages of b/w illus.

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Available September 2012 320pp. 16 pages of b/w illus. + 3 maps PB ISBN 978-0-300-18771-7 £14.99*

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George II

Æthelstan

King Stephen

Edward III

Mary I

King and Elector Andrew C. Thompson

The First King of England Sarah Foot

Edmund King

W. Mark Ormrod

This landmark biography of Britain’s last foreign-born monarch presents a richly detailed portrait of the king as a vital part of the governing process and as a dynastic patriarch, patron of the arts and political survivor. The book reassesses George II’s achievements and the enduring impact of his reign.

‘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 ‘This is an impeccably sourced, cross-referred and well indexed book, drawing on new archival material in both Britain and Germany. It is, thank goodness, unashamedly chronological and written in an engaging narrative style.’ – Richard Ormrod, The Tablet ‘a judicious, careful and clearly written examination of George and his role.’ – Bob Harris, Times Literary Supplement

This biography of King Æthelstan (924–939), who reigned briefly but brilliantly, reveals for the first time his personal life, his spectacular military victories and why he may justly be called ‘the first English monarch’. ‘[An] enthralling work of historical detection … In the pages of this remarkable biography – a work suffused with a rare empathy – Æthelstan emerges as a character of flesh and blood.’ – Hywel Williams, Times Literary Supplement ‘[A] compelling new biography …

Foot manages to construct a remarkably clear vision of this king who deserves to be more widely known.’ – David Musgrove, BBC History Magazine (Books of the Year) ‘[An] outstanding biography …

From a wide range of sources …

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 compelling biography provides the most authoritative picture yet of King Stephen whose reign (1135–1154), with its ‘nineteen long winters’ of civil war, made his name synonymous with failed leadership.

‘Edmund King’s discussion of these issues is the fullest and most detailed to date, offered through the medium of a compelling biography of the king.’ – Nigel Saul, History Today ‘King is an expert guide, with a forensic eye for detail and a sharpwitted way with an explanation for a 21st-century readership.’

– Helen Castor, Times Higher Education ‘King’s strength has always been in the close reading of the texts he uses. He deploys his knowledge of the contemporary authors to great effect, time and again making arresting observations about their individual perspectives and links to events, which adds to the freshness and liveliness of his treatment.’ – David Crouch, Reviews in History

‘Mark Ormrod’s Edward III is majestically compelling.’

– Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Daily Telegraph (Books of the Year) ‘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

England’s Catholic Queen John Edwards

2011 704pp. 20 b/w illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-17802-9 £18.99*

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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

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 fervour and how it led to horrible violence, and much more.

‘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 ‘Edwards’s strength is that he is as much a scholar of Spanish as of English history, and so he – uniquely among her recent biographers – can see Mary’s life as she herself saw it: on a European stage … monumentally impressive … It is the kind of history that can give us a fresh perspective, not only on a long-dead queen, but on ourselves.’ – Alec Ryrie, Church Times

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Libya

Syria

The Bride and the Dowry

Moshe Dayan

Menachem Begin

The Rise and Fall of Qaddafi Alison Pargeter

The Fall of the House of Assad David W. Lesch

Israel’s Controversial Hero Mordechai Bar-On

A Life Avi Shilon

This riveting book documents Qaddafi’s rise and 42-year reign in Libya, the tenacious Arab Spring rebels’ success in toppling his repressive regime, and the challenges that confront Libya and her new leaders as they face an uncertain future.

Alison Pargeter, an author with deep understanding of Libya’s history and people, explains what led up to Qaddafi’s bloodless coup in 1969 and how he proceeded to translate his highly personalised vision into political, economic and social policy.

She discusses his tight-knit networks, the crises he overcame – including sanctions after the Lockerbie bombing in 1988 – as well as his astounding manoeuvrings in the early 2000s to restore tattered relations with the West. Pargeter provides a thoroughly fascinating analysis of the 2011 revolt and uncovers the full details of Qaddafi’s downfall. She concludes by introducing the new power brokers in post-Qaddafi Libya as well as the variety of knotty challenges that now confront them.

‘Rich in historical detail.’

– Michael Peel, Financial Times

When Syrian President Bashar al-Assad came to power upon his father’s death in 2000, many in and outside Syria held high hopes that the popular young doctor would bring long-awaited reform, that he would be a new kind of Middle East leader capable of guiding his country towards genuine democracy. Yet Assad was destined to disappoint. In this timely book, the author, who knows Assad better than any other Westerner, explores Assad’s failed leadership, his transformation from bearer of hope to reactionary tyrant, and his regime’s violent response to the uprising of his people in the wake of the Arab Spring.

Lesch charts Assad’s turn towards repression and the inexorable steps towards the violence of 2011 and 2012. The book recounts the causes of the Syrian uprising, the regime’s tactics to remain in power, the responses of other nations to the bloodshed, and the determined efforts of regime opponents. In a thoughtful conclusion, the author suggests scenarios that could unfold in Syria’s uncertain future.

Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians in the Aftermath of the June 1967 War Avi Raz

This arresting biography provides an intimate view of Moshe Dayan’s private life, his public career and the political controversies of his time.

Mordechai Bar-On, Dayan’s assistant during the Sinai War and an eminent historian of Israel, offers the most authoritative account yet of Dayan’s life, motives and world view.

Drawing on a wealth of Israeli archives, writings by Dayan and members of his circle, and on firsthand experiences working with Dayan, Bar-On focuses the main part of the book on his subject’s role in Israel’s public life and his highly original view of the political environment in which he was operating. The book reveals Dayan as a man unwavering in his devotion to the Zionist project and the land of Israel, and it makes a unique contribution to the history of Israel’s early years and the complexities of the Arab-Israeli conflict in those times.

Translated by Danielle Zilberberg and Yoram Sharett

This penetrating book explores newly opened archives to uncover how and why Israeli-Arab peacemaking negotiations failed in the crucial years after the Six Day War. The author’s conclusions are both controversial and illuminating.

Avi Raz places Israel’s conduct under an uncompromising lens. He meticulously examines the critical two years following the June War and substantially revises our understanding of how and why Israeli-Arab secret contacts came to naught. Mining newly declassified records in Israeli, American, British and UN archives, as well as private papers of individual participants, Raz dispels the myth of overall Arab intransigence and arrives at new and unexpected conclusions. In short, he concludes that Israel’s post-war diplomacy was deliberately ineffective because its leaders preferred land over peace with its neighbours. The book throws a great deal of light not only on the post1967 period but also on the problems and pitfalls of peacemaking in the Middle East today.

Menachem Begin, father of Israel’s right wing and sixth prime minister of the nation, was known for his unflinchingly hawkish ideology. And yet, in 1979 he signed a groundbreaking peace treaty with Egypt for which he and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat received the Nobel Prize for Peace. Such a contradiction was typical in Begin’s life: no other Israeli played as many different, sometimes conflicting, roles as Begin, and no other figure inspired such sharply opposing responses. Begin was belittled and beloved, revered and despised, and his career was punctuated by exhilarating highs on the one hand, despair and ostracism on the other.

This riveting biography is the first to provide a satisfactory answer to the question, Who was Begin? Based on wide-ranging research among archival documents and on testimonials and interviews with Begin’s closest advisers, the book presents a detailed new portrait of the founding leader.

International History The Middle East

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‘outstanding … essential reading.’

– Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Sunday Telegraph ‘a model reference work that is sure to remain a standard for years to come.’ – Seth J. Frantzman, Jerusalem Post ‘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

Efraim Karsh ‘Ephraim 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

Limits of Detente

This first book-length analysis of the origins of the October 1973 ArabIsraeli War shows how the war resulted not only from tension and competing interest between Arabs and Israelis, but also from policies adopted in both Washington and Moscow.

Available October 2012 440pp. 35 b/w illus.

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2011 328pp. 20 b/w illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-17726-8 £9.99*

Jeffrey Herf ‘Professor Herf ’s book is a thorough and important description of Nazi propaganda to the Arab world during World War II, and quite accurately and ominously highlights the parallels between Nazi antiSemitic tenets and Islamist antiSemitism.’

– Benny Morris

‘Shabi … carefully builds a convincing and readable narrative of how a section of Israeli society has been discriminated against since the formation of the state [of Israel].’

– Richard Crowley, Irish Times ‘Shabi’s important book is … a wake up call to modern Israeli society.’

– Miriam Halahmy, Jewish Chronicle

From the Rise of Nasser to the Fall of Mubarak Revised and Updated Edition Tarek Osman

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The United States, The Soviet Union, and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1969–1973 Craig Daigle

2010 320pp. 10 illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-16769-6 £10.99*

Egypt on the Brink

Israel’s Jews from Arab Lands Rachel Shabi

‘colourful and convincing …

A compelling account of how the various combustile ingredients of revolution came together, awaiting the final spark.’ – Gerald Butt, Times Literary Supplement

2012 352pp. 86 b/w illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-16230-1 £20.00*

Pappé examines how Israeli Palestinians have fared under Jewish rule and what their lives tell us about Israel’s attitude towards minorities and Palestinians’ attitudes towards the Jewish state. ‘highly readable … gives us details and perspective about the history of the Arab community in the state’s early years.’ – David B. Green, Haaretz

Not The Enemy

Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World

2009 544pp. 25 b/w illus. + 30 maps PB ISBN 978-0-300-15112-1 £14.99*

A History of Jews in Muslim Lands Martin Gilbert

2011 240pp.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-17764-0 £16.99*

In Ishmael’s House

2011 368pp.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-16805-1 £16.99*

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A History of the Palestinians in Israel Ilan Pappé

Palestine Betrayed

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The Forgotten Palestinians

2011 352pp. 16 b/w illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-17234-8 £12.99*

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The Settlers

1948

Israel

And the Struggle over the Meaning of Zionism Gadi Taub

A History of the First Arab-Israeli War Benny Morris

An Introduction Barry Rubin

‘Anyone who has been concerned or angered by the debate over the future of liberal Zionism … should hurry to read The Settlers.’

– Adam Kirsch, The Tablet

‘breaks new ground, offers new revelations and arguments about the conflict’s causes and character … impressively exhaustive’ – Stephen Howe, The Independent

This uniquely wide-ranging portrait of Israel provides accurate information on such important topics as its history, land and people, politics, society, economics and culture.

The Persians

Pashas

Obama’s Diplomacy with Iran Trita Parsi

Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern Iran Homa Katouzian

Have the diplomatic efforts of the Obama administration towards Iran failed? Was the Bush administration’s emphasis on military intervention, refusal to negotiate and pursuit of regime change a better approach?

How can the United States best address the ongoing turmoil in Tehran? This book provides a definitive and comprehensive analysis of the Obama administration’s early diplomatic outreach to Iran and discusses the best way to move towards more positive relations between the two discordant states.

‘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, all of which are pushing the Middle East towards greater instability.’ – 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

Traders and Travellers in the Islamic World James Mather Runner up for the Longman/History Today prize

2010 360pp. 20 illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-15217-3 £14.99*

2006 448pp. 18 b/w illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-12105-6 £14.99*

‘vivid and well-written’ – Linda Colley, Times Literary Supplement ‘wonderful … the importance of this excellent and balanced study cannot be overestimated.’

– William Dalrymple, The Observer

Modern Iran

Dubai

Roots and Results of Revolution Updated Edition Nikki R. Keddie

Gilded Cage Syed Ali

with a section by Yann Richard

‘perceptive, sensitive and insightful’ – Ahmed Rashid

‘examine[s] the paradoxes and contradictions of Dubai society.’

– Hugh Tomlinson, The Times ‘[a] fascinating study’ – P. D. Smith, The Guardian

2012 256pp. 2 line illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-17771-8 £12.99*

Turkey, Islam, Nationalism, and Modernity

Islam, Science, and the Challenge of History

A History Carter Vaughn Findley

Ahmad Dallal

‘A couple of centuries covered, and a couple of decades in the making …

[Findley] has produced a monumental work … [his] energy and commitment are infectious, encouraging the reader to reflect on one of the most complex stories in modern history.’ – Michael Wheeler, Church Times ‘This is an absolutely splendid piece of historiography.’

– Murad Wilfried Hofmann, The Muslim World Book Review

‘Dallal’s account of Islamic scientific introspection is fascinating to read as history, and instructive in its exploration of issues that remain familiar today in various formulations of conflict between science and religion.’

– Tom Siegfried, Science News

2007 304pp.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-12263-3 £9.99*

2011 320pp. 16 b/w illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-17091-7 £14.00*

A Single Roll of the Dice

2011 544pp. 16 colour+ 40 b/w illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-15261-6 £20.00*

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From the Abode of Islam to the Turkish Vatan The Making of National Homeland in Turkey Behlül Özkan

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How does a people move from tribal and religiously based understandings of society to a concept of the modern nation-state? This book examines the complex and pivotal case of Turkey.

2012 288pp. 27 b/w illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-17201-0 £25.00*

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2012 304pp.

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Islamic Imperialism A History Efraim Karsh ‘an impeccable history ... I could not recommend [it] more highly.’

– Hazhir Teimourian, Literary Review

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2012 320pp.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-18428-0 £12.99*

2010 328pp. 15 illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-11701-1 £14.99*

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HB ISBN 978-0-300-14876-3 £25.00*

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Afghanistan

Southern Africa

Kenya

A Living Man from Africa

Dancing on the Heads of Snakes Victoria Clark

How the West Lost Its Way Tim Bird and Alex Marshall

Old Treacheries and New Deceits Stephen Chan

‘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

‘It is hard to fault the book’s thesis that the West lost its way in Afghanistan because of an ignorance of history, an American preoccupation with a different country, as well as conflicting national objectives and poor planning on the ground’ – Nicholas Nugent, International Affairs

In this timely and important book, Stephen Chan explores the political landscape of southern Africa, examining how it is poised to change over the next years and what the repercussions will be across the continent.

‘Chan has written a highly readable narrative of the past 30 or so years.

He combines strong analysis of what has happened – and why – with some thoughts on how relationships might develop. It is a book that is hard to put down as it is challenging and fascinating. His insights are invaluable, born of his intimate working knowledge of and presence in the region.’

– Andrew Dodgshon, Tribune ‘Chan has the novelist’s eye and touch; that is what makes this book so readable. But it is also based on very sound scholarship … This is the work of an Africanist who loves and respects Africa, its people and culture … Chan tells it as it is, with pace, power and persuasion …

[The] best written-book about southern African politics in the last few decades.’ –Professor Paul Moorcraft, RUSI Journal

Between Hope and Despair, 1963–2011 Daniel Branch

Jan Tzatzoe, Xhosa Chief and Missionary, and the Making of Nineteenth-Century South Africa Roger S. Levine

Ali A. Allawi ‘[with] intimate knowledge of both Islam and the West, and his unflinching honesty … Allawi calmly and methodically deconstructs an Islamic revival which has failed to live up to its promises.’ – The Economist

Pakistan Eye of the Storm Third Edition Owen Bennett Jones ‘Bennett Jones’s intelligent book is an excellent source of information.’

– Anatol Lieven, London Review of Books

‘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

2011 336pp. 3 maps PB ISBN 978-0-300-15270-8 £35.00

‘There had been a glaring shortage of really good general works on its post-independence history. [Kenya] not only plugs that hole, but has much to say too about the possible futures of many other poor postcolonial states.’ – Stephen Howe, The Independent

2010 320pp. 30 illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-16273-8 £14.99*

2009 408pp. 32 b/w illus. + 4 maps PB ISBN 978-0-300-15475-7 £12.99*

Yemen

The Crisis of Islamic Civilization

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Sudan

Islamization from Below

Darfur and the Failure of an African State Richard Cockett

The Making of Muslim Communities in Rural French Sudan, 1880–1960 Brian J. Peterson

‘unsentimental, well sourced and eminently readable.’

– Colin Murphy, The Irish Times

This groundbreaking investigation explores how and why so many rural West Africans ‘became Muslim’ under French colonialism.

Tibet

Vietnam

Colour of Paradise

Jihadists in South Asia Dilip Hiro

A History Sam van Schaik

Rising Dragon Bill Hayton

This hard hitting and timely book explores the roots of militant Islam in South Asia and how it has grown to become a source of profound global alarm.

With evidence from a full range of sources including newly released Kremlin archives and classified U.S. Embassy documents published by WikiLeaks, the author compiles the first complete and accurate history of Islamist terrorism throughout South Asia. He chronicles the historic links among Pakistan, Afghanistan and India and sets forth their varying degrees of destabilisation at the hands of the jihadists. He sheds fascinating light on such topics as the Al-Qaeda/Taliban alliance while also providing a broad analysis of the impact of international ambitions in the region. Compact, comprehensive and fast-paced, this book lays bare the causes of today’s escalating terrorist threat, corrects historical misunderstandings and discusses fresh possibilities for breaking the hold of jihadi extremism.

‘An overview of [Tibet’s] 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

‘Examining nearly every aspect of Vietnamese politics and society, from the economy and family life, to religion and the plight of indigenous minorities, Hayton gives a balanced, intelligent account of a country whose history so differs from our own.’ – Justin Wintle, Financial Times

The Emerald in the Age of Gunpowder Empires Kris Lane

India The Rise of an Asian Giant Dietmar Rothermund ‘A meticulous historian’s collection of facts, backed by a lifetime’s work.’ – William Leith, The Spectator

The Art of Not Being Governed An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia James C. Scott ‘Scott’s panoramic view will no doubt enthrall many readers.’

– Grant Evans, Times Literary Supplement

‘engaging and meticulously researched … a valuable addition to an ongoing attempt to use commodities as a conduit to understand the interconnected and interdependent character of global history.’ – Dr Paul Drinot, BBC History Magazine

2012 224pp. 1 b/w map HB ISBN 978-0-300-17518-9 £35.00*

The Great Famine in China, 1958–1962 A Documentary History Edited by Zhou Xun Drawn from previously closed and now inaccessible archives, this is the first comprehensive documentary history of China’s Great Famine, a result of the Great Leap Forward, that took the lives of at least 45 million peasants.

2008 272pp. 16 b/w illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-14333-1 £12.00*

2011 464pp. 2 b/w illus. + 7 maps PB ISBN 978-0-300-16917-1 £18.00

2009 288pp. 16 b/w illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-15827-4 £12.99*

Apocalyptic Realm

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2010 336pp. 32 b/w illus.

HB ISBN 978-0-300-11521-5 £35.00*

2011 272pp. 40 pages of b/w illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-17814-2 £12.99*

2010 320pp. 16 pages of. colour illus.

HB ISBN 978-0-300-16131-1 £25.00*

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The Great Partition

Butterfly’s Sisters

The Making of India and Pakistan Yasmin Khan

The Geisha in Western Culture Yoko Kawaguchi

Winner of the Royal Historical Society Gladstone Book Prize

‘This is a book to savour for the light it casts on an aspect of Japan that for so long simultaneously attracted and repelled the West.’

– Lee Langley, The Spectator

‘Illuminating details of how Partition affected everyday lives.’ – Alex von Tunzelmann, The Daily Telegraph

International History Asia

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New Worlds

Mexico

Cuban Fiestas

A Religious History of Latin America John Lynch

Democracy Interrupted Jo Tuckman

Roberto González Echevarría

This extraordinary book encompasses the time period from the first Christian evangelists’ arrival in Latin America to the dictators of the late twentieth century. With unsurpassed knowledge of Latin American history, John Lynch sets out to explore the reception of Christianity by native peoples and how it influenced their social and religious lives as the centuries passed.

As attentive to modern times as to the colonial period, Lynch also explores the extent to which Indian religion and ancestral ways survived within the new Christian culture.

The book follows the development of religious culture over time by focusing on peak periods of change: the response of religion to the Enlightenment, the emergence of the Church from the wars of independence, the Romanisation of Latin American religion as the papacy overtook the Spanish crown in effective control of the Church, the growing challenge of liberalism and the secular state, and in the twentieth century, military dictators’ assaults on human rights.

In this vivid account of Mexico’s recent history since the historic 2000 presidential election, a journalist with extensive reporting experience investigates the nation’s young democracy, its shortcomings and achievements, and why the PRI is favoured to retake the presidency in 2012.

2007 368pp. 16 b/w illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-12604-4 £14.99*

2005 400pp. 12 b/w illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-11114-9 £12.99*

A luminous history of Cuba’s most dynamic and defining rituals and the ever improvisational character of Cuban culture. The author vividly reveals the fiesta as a dynamic force of both destruction and renewal in the life of a people.

‘This book shows us the exhilarating extravaganza of Cuba’s culture’ – Michael Kerrigan, The Scotsman

2011 336pp. 189 colour maps, 36 colour + 5 b/w illus. & 61 colour graphs HB ISBN 978-0-300-12460-6 £35.00*

2007 608pp. 43 b/w illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-12399-9 £16.00*

2012 376pp. 17 colour + 4 b/w illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-17788-6 £16.99*

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Empires of the Atlantic World

Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Britain and Spain in America 1492–1830 J. H. Elliott

David Eltis & David Richardson

‘A quite masterly work of comparative history by a great historian’ – Michael Howard, Times Literary Supplement ‘[A] monumental analysis of two New World empires’ – Christian Tyler, Financial Times Magazine

‘A monumental chronicle of this historical tragedy … a human document as well as a rigorous accounting … filled with moving poems, photographs, letters and diary entries.’ – Dwight Garner, New York Times ‘A ground-breaking project … indispensable for all those interested in the slave trade.’ – Jane Webster, Times Literary Supplement

2009 408pp. 16 b/w illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-15120-6 £14.00*

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HB ISBN 978-0-300-16031-4 £20.00*

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Simón Bolívar

Cuba

Forgotten Continent

A Life John Lynch

A New History Richard Gott

The Battle for Latin America’s Soul Michael Reid

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

‘Written with verve and scholarship … the best history [of Cuba] yet.’ – Ian Thomson, The Daily Telegraph ‘invaluable’ – Adam Feinstein, The Guardian

An absorbing analysis of the state of Latin America today. ‘unfailingly lively but hugely informative’ – Michael Kerrigan, The Scotsman

Foreword by David Brion Davis Afterword by David W. Blight

The Problem of Slavery as History A Global Approach Joseph C. Miller In this book Joseph Miller traces the global history of slaving over thousands of years, arguing that slavery is not an institution unchanging throughout time and place, but rather a set of evolving strategies, dependent on cultural, social and political contexts.

2012 288pp.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-11315-0 £25.00

Bernd Brunner

This lively 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.

Belinda Jack traces a history marked by persistent efforts to prevent women from gaining literacy and to censor their reading. She also recounts the counterefforts of remarkable women – and some men – who have fought back and battled for the educational enfranchisement of girls. The book introduces dissatisfied female readers of many different eras – ancient poetesses disappointed by the limitations of male poets, Babylonian princesses calling for women’s voices to be heard, rebellious nuns who wanted to share their writings with others, confidantes questioning Reformation theologians about their writings, famous and infamous wives whose reading provoked their husbands, and nineteenth-century New England mill girls who risked their jobs to smuggle novels into the workplace.

Translated by Benjamin A. Smith

Illustrated Edition E. H. Gombrich ‘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 2010 592pp. 65 photos + 15 maps PB ISBN 978-0-300-16420-6 £18.00*

2011 256pp. 100 colour + 50 b/w llus.

HB ISBN 978-0-300-12486-6 £30.00*

Bernd Brunner’s charming history of the Chrismas tree – enriched by a selection of delightful and unusual historical illustrations and filled with anecdote and insight – spans many centuries and cultures to illuminate the mysteries of the Christmas tree and its enduring hold on the human imagination.

A Little History of the World

2012 224pp. 26 b/w illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-18184-5 £9.99*

Love

Boredom

A History Simon May

A Lively History Peter Toohey

‘May is able to draw out what is true in each age’s perception of love, discard what is misleading, and synthesise the result into the most persuasive account of love’s nature I have ever read.’ – Financial Times ‘Rich, provocative and illuminating.’ – Jane O’Grady, Times Higher Education

‘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 ‘A fun and illuminating argument for the benefits of boredom.’

– Angus Clarke, The Times

now in paper

now in paper

Available September 2012 368pp. 35 b/w illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-18812-7 £11.99*

Inventing the Christmas Tree

Belinda Jack

now in paper

2012 192pp.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-18169-2 £12.99*

The Woman Reader

now in paper

Available November 2012 294pp.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-18774-8 £12.99*

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2011 304pp. 200 colour illus.

HB ISBN 978-0-300-17614-8 £25.00*

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HB ISBN 978-0-300-18652-9 £12.99*

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Facing Beauty

Fallen Giants

The Future of History

Milk

Painted Women and Cosmetic Art Aileen Ribeiro

A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from The Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes Maurice Isserman and Stewart Weaver

John Lukacs

A Local and Global History Deborah Valenze

This wide-ranging survey illuminates shifting perceptions of female beauty through works of art and the evolution of cosmetics.

‘Well illustrated and intriguing.’ – Richard Edmonds, Birmingham Post

Maps and Peak Sketches by Dee Molenaar

‘[A] magnificent history’ – Robert Macfarlane, The Sunday Times

‘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

General History find out more at www.yalebooks.co.uk

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‘[A] stimulating cultural history.’

– Nick Rennison, The Sunday Times ‘[A] fascinating history.’

– Alex Renton, The Observer

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Gulag Voices

Leon Trotsky

An Anthology Annals of Communism Series Edited by Anne Applebaum

A Revolutionary’s Life Joshua Rubenstein ‘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

2008 496pp. 32 b/w illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-13622-7 £16.99*

A vital addition to the literature of this era, annotated for a generation that no longer remembers the Soviet Union, this book will inform, interest and inspire, offering a source for reflection on human nature itself. ‘[Gulag Voices] will inform a generation fortunate enough to be living in different times.’

– Mary Dejevsky, The Independent ‘Applebaum … is the ideal editor, providing introductions to each account, as well as a general explanation of the Gulag system.

Her selection, each depicting a different aspect of Gulag life, leaves an unforgettable impression.’

– Anthony Beevor, The Mail on Sunday ‘A marvellous collection of memoirs, stories and reminiscences written by surviving Gulag inmates ranging from the 1920s, when Lenin opened camps in the first days after the Revolution, to the late 1970s, a time when most Westerners, as well as Russians, presumed that such places no longer existed.’

– Victor Sebestyen, The Spectator

Stalin’s Wars From World War to Cold War, 1939–1953 Geoffrey Roberts ‘an astonishing defence of the Soviet dictator … a must-read for anyone with an interest in Stalin and his times.’ – BBC History Magazine

It Was a Long Time Ago and It Never Happened Anyway

The Stalin Cult

Russia and the Communist Past David Satter

‘Plamper’s account represents the most rigorous and lucid analysis of the Stalin cult, not just in art but also in Soviet culture as a whole, by any historian to date. It will be essential reading not only for Soviet historians, but also for all those interested in the genesis and evolution of Stalinism, a key phenomenon of the modern politics that Plamper analyses so eloquently in this remarkable book.’

– Polly Jones, Times Higher Education

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.

‘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 ‘Impeccably argued.’

– Donald Rayfield, Literary Review ‘A book full of vivid and wellchosen anecdotes.’ – Financial Times ‘Satter casts fascinating light on the (comparatively cheerful) way in which repression was endured by the citizens of the USSR … An informed and insightful essay – with disturbing implications.’

– Michael Kerrigan, The Scotsman

A Study in the Alchemy of Power Jan Plamper

Funding Loyalty The Economics of the new Communist Party Eugenia Belova and Valery Lazarev Funding Loyalty examines the Soviet communist party’s financial operations and its budget from the 1930s through the 1960s, providing a fresh look at the evolution of the party and its role in the Soviet economy and society as a whole.

2012 224pp. 20 b/w illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-16436-7 £25.00

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2012 552pp. 76 b/w illus., 5 maps + 3 tables HB ISBN 978-0-300-11029-6 £50.00

2011 352pp. 21 colour + 62 b/w illus.

HB ISBN 978-0-300-16952-2 £40.00*

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2011 400pp.

HB ISBN 978-0-300-11145-3 £25.00*

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HB ISBN 978-0-300-13724-8 £18.99*

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2012 216pp.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-17783-1 £12.99*

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The Leningrad Blockade, 1941–1944 A New Documentary History from the Soviet Archives Annals of Communism Series Richard Bidlack & Nikita Lomagin Translations by Marian Schwartz

Based on new archival research, this book presents a comprehensive account of the German siege of Leningrad in 1941–43, during which close to one million Leningraders perished.

The Voice of the People

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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

Drawn entirely from Russian archival sources, this book presents the first comprehensive collection in English of peasant writings during the early years of the Bolshevik regime.

Available January 2013 416pp.

HB ISBN 978-0-300-11233-7 £45.00

2002 262pp. 17 b/w illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-09722-1 £9.99*

2011 312pp.

HB ISBN 978-0-300-11063-0 £25.00*

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2010 336pp. 116 b/w illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-16421-3 £20.00*

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HB ISBN 978-0-300-11844-5 £40.00

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Roads to the Temple

Picturing Russia

Russian Orientalism

Catherine the Great

Soviet TASS Posters at Home and Abroad, 1941–1945 Edited by Peter Kort Zegers AIC and Douglas W. Druick

Truth, Memory, Ideas, and Ideals in the Making of the Russian Revolution, 1987–1991 Leon Aron

Explorations in Visual Culture Edited by Valerie A. Kivelson and Joan Neuberger

Asia in the Russian Mind from Peter the Great to the Emigration David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye

A Short History Second Edition Isabel de Madariaga

‘An invaluable resource, bringing together a wealth of primary research and archival material, and an open invitation for further investigation.’ – Anne Blood, Burlington Magazine

Sifting through a wide range of primary Russian sources, Leon Aron considers what sparked the profound shift in values that occurred in the Soviet Union before its fall. He pinpoints several principal questions brought to light in the glasnost-era press, marked by an unprecedented level of national self-scrutiny and dealing at the core with the question of what is a fair and just relationship between individuals and the state.

Aron presents a thorough and original history of the ways in which new ideas were disseminated through the various media of the former Soviet Union, subsequently sparking a public debate that involved intellectuals as well as common folk.

Aron shows how these new ideas reached every corner of the nation, thwarted the philosophical underpinnings of Soviet ideology, and led to the inevitable collapse of the USSR.

Propaganda State in Crisis Soviet Ideology, Indoctrination, and Terror under Stalin, 1927–1941 David Brandenberger This book rewrites the history of Soviet indoctrination and mass mobilisation between 1927 and 1941. ‘a fascinating analysis.’ – Vladimir Tismaneanu, International Affairs

‘Highly readable… [the author has a] gift for apt and evocative storytelling.’ – Rachel Polonsky, Times Literary Supplement ‘A tour de force’ – Dominic Lieven, The London School of Economics and Political Science

2006 526pp. 16 b/w illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-11973-2 £16.00*

‘A fascinating tale … A book that includes some of the most insightful chapters on eighteenth-century Russia to be found anywhere …

[An] impressive accomplishment.’

– W. Bruce Lincoln, Times Literary Supplement

2004 324pp. 31 b/w illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-10300-7 £14.99*

‘Takes the reader on a thoughtprovoking journey through the evolution of Russian visual culture, and will introduce many to unfamiliar subjects whilst offering fresh interpretations of artistic and cultural landmarks.’ – Emma Minns, Slavonic And East European Review

2011 416pp. 7 b/w illus.

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Windows on the War

Petersburg Fin de Siècle

Ivan the Terrible

Peter the Great

Mark D. Steinberg

Isabel de Madariaga

Steinberg explores how journalists and other writers in St. Petersburg described and interpreted the troubled years between the Russian revolutions of 1905 and 1917.

‘simply brilliant … a colossal achievement of magisterial scholarship, beautifully readable prose and superb characterisation of a staggeringly degenerate monster’ – Simon Sebag Montefiore, Evening Standard

A Biography Lindsey Hughes

Russian History find out more at www.yalebooks.co.uk

2011 400pp.

300 colour + 140 b/w illus.

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‘Fascinating and compellingly readable … [a] superb short biography.’ – Simon Sebag Montefiore, Literary Review

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The Crusader States

The End of Byzantium

Eleanor of Aquitaine

The Mortgage of the Past

The Virgin Warrior

Malcolm Barber

Jonathan Harris

When the armies of the First Crusade wrested Jerusalem from control of the Fatimids of Egypt in 1099, they believed their victory was an evident sign of God’s favour. It was, therefore, incumbent upon them to fulfill what they understood to be God’s plan: to reestablish Christian control of Syria and Palestine. This book is devoted to the resulting settlements, the crusader states, that developed around the eastern shores of the Mediterranean and survived until Richard the Lionheart’s departure in 1192. Focusing on Jerusalem, Antioch, Tripoli and Edessa, Malcolm Barber vividly reconstructs the crusaders’ arduous process of establishing and protecting their settlements, and the simultaneous struggle of vanquished inhabitants to adapt to life alongside their conquerors.

Rich with colourful accounts of major military campaigns, the book goes much deeper, exploring in detail the culture of the crusader states – the complex indigenous inheritance; the architecture; the political, legal and economic institutions; the ecclesiastical framework through which the crusaders perceived the world; the origins of the Knights Templar and the Hospitallers; and more.

‘Harris offers plenty of serious scholarship, and a useful amount of background.’ – John Hinton, Catholic Herald ‘a saga seething with treachery and avarice with rich political overtones and giant cannonades. Christendom is at flashpoint in this scholarly journey into a barbaric age.’

– Colin Gardner, Oxford Times

Queen of France, Queen of England Ralph V. Turner

Reshaping the Ancient Political Inheritance (1050–1300) The Emergence of Western Political Thought in the Latin Middle Ages Francis Oakley

The Life and Death of Joan of Arc Larissa Juliet Taylor

Byzantium and Islam Age of Transition MMA

Fighting for the Cross

Maurice Keen

Crusading to the Holy Land Norman Housley

Winner of the Wolfson History Prize

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Edited by Helen C. Evans with Brandie Ratliff ‘An outstanding introduction to the transition from late antiquity to Islam.’ – New York Times Book Review

This vividly written book recreates for the first time the experience of medieval European crusaders. ‘vivid and well-organised’ – John France, BBC History Magazine

Also available (volume one): Empty Bottles of Gentilism Kingship and the Divine in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (to 1050) HB ISBN 978-0-300-15538-9 £25.00

Chivalry

‘An admirably nuanced, critical biography, which, in its straightforward approach to the sources, serves as a necessary corrective to much current scholarship … Taylor uses original and hitherto unexploited source material to great effect.’

– Brenda Bolton, Church Times

2009 424pp. 16 maps PB ISBN 978-0-300-10191-1 £15.00*

Francis Oakley continues his magisterial three-part history of the emergence of Western political thought during the Middle Ages with this second volume, exploring kingship and related themes from the tenth to the fourteenth century.

2008 356pp. 20 colour + 40 b/w illus.

HB ISBN 978-0-300-11888-9 £25.00*

‘Ralph Turner’s biography is 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 ‘Highly readable’ – Lesley McDowell, The Herald (Glasgow)

2012 352pp. 468 colour + 3 b/w illus.

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‘A work that redefined the way we look at the secular values of the medieval ruling elites.’ – Tony Pollard, BBC History Magazine

The People of Britain 850–1520 The New Economic History of Britain Series Christopher Dyer

2005 352pp. 18 colour + 35 b/w illus.

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‘A work of immense ambition and erudition.’ – History Today

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Robespierre

Hitler’s Berlin

Good Italy, Bad Italy

Orderly and Humane

The English Prize

A Revolutionary Life Peter McPhee

Abused City Thomas Friedrich

Was Robespierre a heroic martyr or a ruthless tyrant? This masterful biography combines new research and a deep understanding of the French Revolution to arrive at a fresh and nuanced portrait of one of history’s most controversial figures.

‘Peter McPhee’s fine new life of Robespierre relies on the first hand, day-to-day accounts rather than the posthumous vilification and hagiography, and in it emerges a quite different portrait of the man.’

– Stuart Kelly, The Scotsman ‘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.’

– Malcolm Crook, BBC History Magazine ‘This book is a valuable addition to that process of interpreting Robespierre, not as the man who ruined the revolution but the man ruined by the revolution.’

– Gwyn Griffiths, Morning Star

Translated by Stewart Spencer

Why Italy Must Conquer Its Demons to Face the Future Bill Emmott

The Expulsion of the Germans after the Second World War R. M. Douglas

From his first visit to Berlin in 1916, Hitler was preoccupied and fascinated

by Germany’s great capital city. In this vivid and entirely new account of Hitler’s relationship with Berlin, Thomas Friedrich explores how Hitler identified with the city, how his political aspirations were reflected in architectural aspirations for the capital, and how Berlin surprisingly influenced the development of Hitler’s political ideas.

A leading expert on the twentiethcentury history of Berlin, Friedrich employs new and little-known German sources to track Hitler’s attitudes and plans for the city. He dreamed of transforming Berlin into a capital that would reflect his autocracy, and he used the city for such varied purposes as testing his anti-Semitic policies and demonstrating the might of the Third Reich. Illuminating Berlin’s burdened years under Nazi subjection, Friedrich offers new understandings of Hitler and his politics, architectural views and artistic opinions.

Once Italy was Europe’s own emerging economy, a society that blended dynamism and super-fast growth with a lifestyle that was the envy of all. Now it is a major threat to the future of the Euro, and of the European Union as a whole, as a political system shorn of credibility struggles to deal with huge public debts and anaemic levels of economic growth.

In this lively, up-to-the-minute book, former Economist editor Bill Emmott explains how Italy got to this point, what Italians feel about it, and what can be done to bring the country into better times. With the aid of numerous personal interviews, Emmott analyses ‘bad Italy’ – the land of Silvio Berlusconi, an inadequate justice system, an economy dominated by special interests and continuing corruption – but also ‘good Italy’, the home of countless enthusiastic entrepreneurs and of young people determined to open up Italy to the outside world and end mafia domination for good.

Immediately after the Second World War, the victorious Allies authorised and helped to carry out the forced relocation of German speakers from their homes across central and southern Europe to Germany. The numbers were almost unimaginable - between 12,000,000 and 14,000,000 civilians, most of them women and children – and the losses horrifying – at least 500,000 people and perhaps many more died while detained in former concentration camps, while locked in trains en route, or after arriving in Germany exhausted, malnourished and homeless. This book is the first in any language to tell the full story of this immense man-made catastrophe.

Based mainly on archival records of the countries that carried out the forced migrations and of the international humanitarian organisations that tried but failed to prevent the disastrous results, this is an authoritative and objective account. It examines an aspect of European history that few have wished to confront, exploring how the expulsions were conceived, planned and executed and how their legacy reverberates throughout central Europe today.

The Capture of the Westmorland: An Episode of the Grand Tour Edited by María Dolores Sánchez-Jáuregui Alpañés and Scott Wilcox PMC/YCBA/RA

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Laden with works of art acquired by young British travellers on the Grand Tour in Italy, the British merchant ship Westmorland sailed from the Italian port of Livorno before being captured by French naval vessels and escorted to Malaga in southern Spain.

The artistic treasures on board were purchased by King Carlos III of Spain, and the majority were deposited in the collections of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. There they resided, unknown, until recent research, using original inventories that survive in the Academia’s archives, identified the Westmorland’s rich cargo.

The English Prize reveals the gripping story of the ship’s capture and the disposition of its artistic contents.

This volume illuminates the cultural phenomenon of the Grand Tour and the young travellers who acquired the trove of books and art works on board the Westmorland but were never able to enjoy their purchases.

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‘The great joy of The Book in the Renaissance is that it paints a vivid, often surprising portrait of the West’s first ventures into the publishing industry … This book will make specialists prick up their ears but it also has huge appeal for the general reader.’

– Jonathan Wright, Catholic Herald

Vikings, Merchants and Missionaries in the Remaking of Northern Europe Anders Winroth ‘a fresh take on the Vikings’ – Jinty Nelson, Professor Emerita, King’s College London

Dance in the Renaissance European Fashion, French Obsession Margaret M. McGowan Winner of the Wolfson History Prize ‘highly recommended … for anyone intrigued by Renaissance culture and its complex interrelations between spectacle and power.’ – Anne Hogan, Times Higher Education

2011 400pp.

HB ISBN 978-0-300-11193-4 £25.00*

2011 416pp. 31 b/w illus.

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The Serpent and the Lamb

The Rise and Fall of a Renaissance Prophet Donald Weinstein

Cranach, Luther and the Making of the Reformation Steven Ozment

‘[a] timely book … Too Much to Know is our pre-history: a saga of human search engines before the digital age … With extensive learning, Blair explains how current concerns over information overload are far from new.’ – James Delbourgo, Times Higher Education

This deeply considered new biography of the visionary Dominican provides the first truly satisfying account of Savonarola, his charismatic vision and his fate as a failed prophet.

‘This new biography represents the definitive English-language account of its subject. It offers the kind of exhaustive yet balanced assessment of the controversial friar’s life that can only be produced by an expert writing at the culmination of his academic career.’

– Jerry Brotton, Literary Review ‘Weinstein presents a reasoned and fair view of his subject as friar, preacher, prophet and politician.’

– Grahame Lock, The Tablet

This spirited retelling of the lives and works of Cranach, the artist, and Luther, the reformer, recognises for the first time how their combined successes gave birth to modern German art and the Protestant Reformation.

The French Renaissance Court Robert J. Knecht ‘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

Also available Selected Writings of Girolamo Savonarola Religion and Politics, 1490–1498 Translated and Edited by Anne Borelli and Maria Pastore Passaro 2006 448pp. 13 b/w illus.

HB ISBN 978-0-300-10326-7 £40.00

2009 352pp. 31 b/w illus.

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In this lively and pathbreaking book, William Monter explores Europe’s increasing acceptance of autonomous female rule between the late Middle Ages and the French Revolution by examining the public careers of its thirty women sovereigns.

Savonarola

Managing Scholarly Information Before the Modern Age Ann Blair

2008 440pp. 24 colour + 70 b/w illus.

HB ISBN 978-0-300-11851-3 £30.00*

Andrew Pettegree

Too Much to Know

2008 330pp. 96 b/w illus.

HB ISBN 978-0-300-11557-4 £35.00

William Monter

2012 344pp. 11 colour + 77 b/w illus.

HB ISBN 978-0-300-16985-0 £25.00*

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The Book in the Renaissance

The Conversion of Scandinavia

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The Rise of Female Kings in Europe, 1300–1800

2012 256pp. 24 b/w illus.

HB ISBN 978-0-300-17026-9 £30.00

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Spain, Europe and the Wider World 1500–1800 J. H. Elliott ‘[an] invaluable and wonderfully readable collection.’ – Fernando Cervantes, Times Literary Supplement

A Cultural History of Wallonia

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Edited by Bruno Demoulin This book presents the first comprehensive overview of Walloon culture, exploring in particular the roles that literature, music and art have played in establishing a sense of Walloon identity.

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‘A matchless history of Rome over the last two centuries.’

– Ian Thomson, The Spectator ‘[A] rich, well-documented and fascinating study … Bosworth makes a detailed and convincing case for seeing Rome as the product of competing histories.’

– John Foot, History Today Blog

Genocide Before the Holocaust Cathie Carmichael ‘The book is impressive in its geographical and historical scope …

Genocide before the Holocaust provides an informed, useful and insightful overview of ethnic and religious persecutions of minorities.’

– Piotr A. Cieplak, Times Higher Education

2011 352pp. 1 b/w illus.

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A German Generation An Experiential History of the Twentieth Century Thomas A. Kohut Germans of the generation born just before the outbreak of World War I lived through a tumultuous and dramatic century. This book tells the story of their lives and, in so doing, offers a new history of twentiethcentury Germany, as experienced and made by ordinary human beings.

2008 336pp. 16 b/w illus.

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Rome and its Histories R. J. B. Bosworth

In this book Richard Whatmore presents a fascinating intellectual history of a group of prominent Genevans’ struggle to infiltrate and reform the governments of Britain and France in order to promote free trade policies.

2009 256pp. 16 b/w illus.

HB ISBN 978-0-300-12117-9 £30.00

2011 358pp. 33 b/w illus.

ISBN 978-0-300-11471-3 £25.00*

Whispering City

Geneva, Britain and France in the Eighteenth Century Richard Whatmore

2011 344pp. 12 b/w illus.

HB ISBN 978-0-300-16716-0 £45.00

2012 400pp. 350 colour + 50 b/w illus.

HB ISBN 978-0-300-18866-0 £45.00*

This economic analysis of Germany’s Kipper und Wipper inflation of 1619–23 draws on rare contemporary broadsheets to explore its effect on people’s lives and behaviour.

Against War and Empire

2011 400pp. 30 b/w illus.

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Broadsheet Descriptions by John Roger Paas and Translations by George C. Schoolfield

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An Economic History with Contemporary German Broadsheets Martha White Paas

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The Kipper und Wipper Inflation, 1619–23

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Making Way for Genius

Cosima Wagner

The Unfinished Revolution

Haunted City

The Aspiring Self in France from the Old Regime to the New Kathleen Kete

The Lady of Bayreuth Oliver Hilmes

Making Sense of the Communist Past in Central-Eastern Europe James Mark

Nuremberg and the Nazi Past Neil Gregor

A groundbreaking cultural history of ambition in post-Revolutionary Napoleonic and Restoration France.

‘A fascinating account, not just of a pivotal figure in European musical history, but of an epoch and an ethos’ – Robert Carver, The Tablet

Translated by Stewart Spencer

‘rich in memory and politics, culture and history … a fascinating new insight into one of the major changes of our times.’

– Taylor Downing, History Today

European History

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Winner of the Fraenkel Prize for Contemporary History ‘a study of rare perceptiveness … excellent.’ – Robert Gewarth, Irish Times

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2011 304pp. 10 b/w illus.

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2009 368pp. 40 b/w illus.

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Contesting Democracy

Czechoslovakia

Belarus

The Ukrainians

The Serbs

Political Ideas in Twentieth-Century Europe Jan-Werner Müller

The State That Failed Mary Heimann

The Last European Dictatorship Andrew Wilson

‘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

‘Wilson’s depth of knowledge is impressive and his detailed analysis of Lukashenka’s economic policy illuminates how he has managed to hold onto power for so long.’

– Lucy Popescu, Belfast Telegraph (Syndicated from The Independent) ‘authoritative’ – Grigory Ioffe, International Affairs

Unexpected Nation Third Edition Andrew Wilson

History, Myth and the Destruction of Yugoslavia Third Edition Tim Judah ‘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

2002 408pp. 42 b/w illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-09725-2 £12.99*

2010 384pp. 32 b/w illus.

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2011 352pp. 22 b/w illus.

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‘A lively, detailed and eminently sensible exploration of who the Ukrainians are and why they are important … should become required reading for anyone with a serious interest in Eastern Europe.’

– Anna Reid, Literary Review

2008 352pp. 12 b/w illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-14424-6 £18.99*

‘excellent … 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 Magazine

2011 432pp. 4 b/w illus.

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The Hour of Europe

The Euro

The People’s State

Croatia

Kosovo

Western Powers and the Breakup of Yugoslavia Josip Glaurdic

The Battle for the New Global Currency New Edition David Marsh

East German Society from Hitler to Honecker Mary Fulbrook

The first comprehensive assessment of the impact of American and European foreign policy on the Yugoslavian conflict and on the violent tactics of the Miloševic regime.

‘a detailed and illuminating account of [the Euro’s] origins, its record and its prospects’ – Roger Morgan, Times Higher Education

A Nation Forged in War Third Edition Marcus Tanner

War and Revenge Second Edition Tim Judah

‘will surely act … as a standard work on GDR society’ – Josie McLellan, Reviews in History/ History in Focus

‘Well structured and highly readable … a timely and important work of reference.’ – Marcus Keane, Irish Times

‘A serious history book written with the pace of a thriller’ – Nicholas Foulkes, The Financial Times

This groundbreaking book takes a new approach to the study of crosscultural trade, blending archival research with historical narrative and economic analysis. The author focuses on the early modern Jewish community of Livorno, Tuscany, and its extensive business ties with Jews and non-Jews across the Mediterranean and Europe.

‘Trivellato has accomplished something special – a brilliant description of a family, of a nation, of a period of history, of an economy and of a culture … This is one of the best and most original books on Jewish history published this year.’ – Seth J. Frantzman, Jerusalem Post ‘a most important and original description of the economic and social history of this major Jewish community.’ – Edgar Samuel, Jewish Historical Studies

Revolution as a Way of Life Vivian Gornick A vibrant, deeply human portrait of a woman dedicated to fierce protest against the tyranny of institutions over individuals, by the celebrated author. ‘[A] fascinating biography …

Gornick weaves it together in an accessible and engaging way … a timely and valuable contribution.’

– Jennifer Lipman, Jewish Chronicle

The Genius

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Elijah of Vilna and the Making of Modern Judaism Eliyahu Stern

This book offers a new narrative of modern Jewish history based on the life and legacy of the most influential modern rabbinic figure, the eighteenth-century rabbi Elijah ben Solomon, known as the Vilna Gaon.

Available January 2013 336pp.

HB ISBN 978-0-300-17930-9 £35.00

Walther Rathenau

Volume 10: 1973–2005 Edited by Deborah Dash Moore and Nurith Gertz

The first full biography of Walther Rathenau to be published in English in many years, this sensitive portrait explores Rathenau’s life and assassination, and above all illuminates the complex social and psychological milieu of German Jewry in the period before Hitler’s rise to power.

Announcing the inaugural volume of The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, a landmark project to catalogue, preserve and share Jewish culture and civilization from around the world, from biblical times to the 21st century.

This first published volume in The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization introduces readers to the diversity of Jewish civilization since 1973. The volume vividly demonstrates the interaction of Jewish ideas and themes across continents and languages, revealing the complex transnational character of Jewish life and cultural production. With hundreds of examples from literature, visual arts and popular culture, as well as intellectual and spiritual works, the volume adopts a deliberately pluralistic perspective. High and low, elite and popular, folk and mass, famous and obscure – all have a place in this groundbreaking anthology.

2011 1064pp. 40 b/w illus.

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2012 256pp. 9 b/w illus.

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The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization

Weimar’s Fallen Statesman Shulamit Volkov

The Jews in the Secret Nazi Reports on Popular Opinion in Germany, 1933–1945 Includes CD-ROM Edited by Otto Dov Kulka and Eberhard Jäckel Translated by William Templer

‘a first-class collection of lasting value. An outstanding scholarly achievement.’ – Ian Kershaw, author of Hitler: A Biography and Hitler, the Germans and the Final Solution 2011 224pp.

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The Sephardic Diaspora, Livorno, and Cross-Cultural Trade in the Early Modern Period Francesca Trivellato

Emma Goldman

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The Familiarity of Strangers

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Moses Mendelssohn

The Death of the Shtetl

Sage of Modernity Shmuel Feiner

Yehuda Bauer

Translated by Anthony Berris

‘Readable and lively … an excellent introduction to Mendelssohn’ – Mara Benjamin, Religious Studies Review

An internationally acclaimed Holocaust historian recount the destruction of the shtetls at the hands of the Nazis in 1941–1942. ‘[A] masterful new study’ – Adam Kirsch, The Tablet

Jewish History find out more at www.yalebooks.co.uk

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Ian F. W. Beckett In this provocative book, historian Ian Beckett turns the spotlight on twelve particular events of the First World War that continue to shape the world today. Focusing on episodes both well known and scarcely remembered, Beckett tells the story of the Great War from a new perspective, stressing accident as much as strategy, the small as well as the great, the social as well as the military, and the long term as much as the short term.

The Making of the First World War is global in scope. The book travels from the deliberately flooded fields of Belgium to the picture palaces of Britain’s cinema, from the idealism of Wilson’s Washington to the catastrophic German Lys offensive of 1918. While war is itself an agent of change, Beckett shows, the most significant developments occur not only on the battlefields or in the corridors of power, but also in hearts and minds. Nor may the decisive turning points during years of conflict be those that were thought to be so at the time. With its wide reach and unexpected conclusions, this book revises – and expands – our understanding of the legacy of the First World War.

2010 296pp. 20 b/w illus.

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Gallipoli

December 1941

Hitler’s Philosophers

The Shameful Peace

The End of the Myth Robin Prior

Evan Mawdsley

Yvonne Sherratt

An account of twelve days in December 1941, when interlinked events – including the Battle of Moscow, the Pearl Harbor raid and Hitler’s declaration of war on America – decided the outcome of a war and changed the course of a century. ‘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) ‘His book presents a radically new approach to our study of the Second World War through a microscopic analysis of the events which took place between 1 and 12 December 1941 … This is a fascinating treatment of a crucial phase of the conflict. He switches with ease between the different theatres of the conflict, taking the reader from Churchill’s deliberations at Chequers to the horrors of warfare on the Eastern Front. This book is a ‘must read’ for anyone with an interest in the history of the Second World War.’ – Jonathon Eaton, Military History

Hitler had a dream to rule the world, not only with the gun but also with his mind. He saw himself as a ‘philosopher-leader’, and astonishingly gained the support of many intellectuals of his time. In this compelling book, Yvonne Sherratt explores Hitler’s relationship with philosophers and uncovers cruelty, ambition, violence and betrayal where least expected – at the heart of Germany’s ivory tower.

Sherratt investigates international archives, discovering even in the 1920s evidence of Hitler’s vulgarisation of noble thinkers of the past, including Kant, Nietzsche and Darwin. She reveals how philosophers of the 1930s eagerly collaborated to lend the Nazi regime a cloak of respectability: Martin Heidegger, Carl Schmitt and a host of others. And while these eminent men sanctioned slaughter, Semitic thinkers like Walter Benjamin and opponents like Kurt Huber were hunted down or murdered. Many others, such as Theodor Adorno and Hannah Arendt, were forced to flee as refugees. The book portrays their fates, dispersed across the world as the historic edifice of Jewish-German culture was destroyed.

How French Artists and Intellectuals Survived the Nazi Occupation Frederic Spotts

‘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

The Somme 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!

‘A fascinating account of how famous writers, artists and intellectuals living in France during the war survived the Nazi occupation; a whole spectrum from heroes to collaborators.’

– Marcel Berlins, The Guardian

2009 400pp.

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Hitler, the Germans, and the Final Solution Ian Kershaw ‘an excellent chance to acquire, in a single volume, Kershaw’s writings on the Holocaust’ – Dan Stone, BBC History Magazine

Military History Through the Eyes of the Masters Theodore Rabb

‘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

‘A fascinating exploration of the ever-turbulent relationship between art and war.’ – Richard Cork, author of A Bitter Truth: Avant-Garde Art and the Great War (Yale)

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2011 456pp. 32 b/w illus.

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Wellington’s Wars

Perilous Glory

MFH Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath Anne Wilkes Tucker and Will Michels, with Natalie Zelt

The Making of a Military Genius Huw J. Davies

The Rise of Western Military Power John France

This book offers a provocative reappraisal of the Duke of Wellington’s brilliant military career, arguing that his success was based as much on political acumen as on his talent as a military commander.

Drawing on extensive primary research, Davies discusses Wellington’s military apprenticeship in India, where he learned through mistakes as well as successes how to plan campaigns, organise and use intelligence, and negotiate with allies. In later campaigns and battles, including the Peninsular War and Waterloo, Wellington’s genius for strategy, operations and tactics emerged. For his success in the art of war, he came to rely on his art as a politician and tactician. This strikingly original book shows how Wellington made even unlikely victories possible – with a well-honed political brilliance that underpinned all of his military achievements.

‘Throws genuinely new light on the Duke’s career, and there are areas … that I had never expected to see handled in such a commanding and insightful way.’ – Richard Holmes,

‘It’s hard to think of a more impressive single-volume history of the not-only Western way of war.’ – Noel Malcolm, The Sunday Telegraph ‘rich and thought-provoking … demonstrates yet again the relevance of broad historical understanding for contemporary policy debates.’ – Philip Sabin, Times Higher Education

Featuring over 500 powerful images and analysis from esteemed scholars, this ambitious book offers a comprehensive investigation of the relationship between photography and armed conflict.

Mozart and the Nazis

Hitler and Stalin John Lukacs

How the Third Reich Abused a Cultural Icon Erik Levi ‘fascinating … how institutionalised evil could take one of the greatest humanists who has ever lived and twist him to its own ends.’

– Fergus Johnston, Irish Times

2010 160pp. 35 b/w illus. + 77 maps HB ISBN 978-0-300-14869-5 £25.00*

The Artist and the Warrior

Designing and Building for the Second World War EHP Jean-Louis Cohen

2012 336pp. 16 pages of b/w illus.

HB ISBN 978-0-300-16417-6 £25.00*

Available January 2013 604pp. 179 colour + 362 b/w illus.

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Architecture in Uniform

WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY

June 1941

‘incisive … provides an absorbing account of events that really did change the world and of the two men at the heart of them.’

– Nick Rennison, The Sunday Times

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An Atlas of the Peninsular War, 1808–1814 Ian Robertson Cartography by Martin Brown

‘a model of concise clarity … crystal clear and colourful maps of campaigns, battles and sieges that are simply superb … Anyone interested in the Peninsular War should buy this book.’ – Matthew Bennett, Military Illustrated 2011 288pp. 40 colour + 60 b/w illus.

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2007 192pp.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-12364-7 £10.99*

‘John Lukacs presents an original and complex analysis. The scholarship is thorough and impeccable, and the final product a highly nuanced discussion of major decisions and problems.’ – Stanley Payne, author of Franco and Hitler: Spain, Germany, and World War II

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The Legacy of the Second World War

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2011 208pp.

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Neil Faulkner

From Romulus to Justinian Thomas R. Martin

What was it like to attend the Olympics in 388 B.C.? This remarkable book transports us back to the heyday of the city-state and classical Greek civilisation. It invites us to enter this distant, alien, but still familiar culture and discover what the Greeks did and didn’t do during five thrilling days in August 2,400 years ago.

This colourfully illustrated volume offers a complete tour of the Olympic site exactly as athletes and spectators found it. The book evokes the sights, sounds and smells of the crowded encampment; introduces the various attendees (from champions and charlatans to aristocrats and prostitutes); and explains the numerous exotic religious rituals.

Uniquely detailed and precise, this guide offers readers an unparalleled opportunity to travel in time, back to the excitement of ancient Olympia. ‘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

With commanding skill, Thomas R. Martin tells the remarkable and dramatic story of how a tiny, poor and threatened settlement grew to become, during its height, the dominant power in the Mediterranean world for five hundred years. Encompassing the period from Rome’s founding in the eighth century B.C. through Justinian’s rule in the sixth century A.D., he 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.

Interweaving social, political, religious and cultural history, Martin interprets the successes and failures of the Romans in war, political organisation, quest for personal status, and in the integration of religious beliefs and practices with government. He focuses on the central role of social and moral values in determining individual conduct as well as decisions of state, from monarchy to republic to empire.

Striving to reconstruct ancient history from the ground up, he includes frequent references to ancient texts and authors, encouraging readers to return to the primary sources.

The Mysteries of Artemis of Ephesos Cult, Polis, and Change in the Graeco-Roman World Guy MacLean Rogers Artemis of Ephesos was one of the most widely worshiped deities of the Greco-Roman world. Her temple, the Artemision, was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, and for more than half a millennium people flocked to Ephesos to learn the great secret of the mysteries and sacrifices that were celebrated every year on her birthday.

In this work Guy MacLean Rogers sets out the evidence for the celebration of Artemis’s mysteries against the background of the remarkable urban development of the city during the Roman Empire and then proposes an entirely new theory about the great secret that was revealed to initiates into Artemis’s mysteries. The revelation of that secret helps to explain not only the success of Artemis’s cult and polytheism itself but, more surprisingly, the demise of both and the success of Christianity. The history of polytheism, including the celebration of Artemis’s mysteries, is best understood as a Darwinian tale of adaptation, competition and change.

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Alexander to Constantine

City of Gold

Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, Volume III The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library Eric M. Meyers & Mark A. Chancey

The Archaeology of Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus PUM Edited by William A. P. Childs, Joanna S. Smith and J. Michael Padgett

This lavishly illustrated and comprehensive introduction is destined to become the standard book on biblical archaeology from Alexander the Great’s conquest to Constantine’s reign.

Scholarly contributions and extensive photography of the recent excavations of the town Polis Chrysochous reveal the complexity of its historical and artistic ties to Greek and Near Eastern cultures.

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Dawn of Egyptian Art Diana Patch

MMA

With illustrations of more than 170 fascinating objects, this groundbreaking exploration of the origins of Egyptian art and motifs includes rare and ancient images of people, animals and landscapes.

2011 480pp. 274 colour + 350 b/w illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-17094-8 £35.00*

Ancient Rome

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A Visitor’s Guide to the Ancient Olympics

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8 pages of colour + 40 b/w illus.

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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

2012 376pp. 350 colour + 120 b/w illus.

HB ISBN 978-0-300-18434-1 £45.00*

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2011 288pp. 45 b/w illus.

HB ISBN 978-0-300-14042-2 £25.00*

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2011 288pp.

42 b/w illus. 10 maps + 5 plans HB ISBN 978-0-300-11795-0 £20.00*

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Cultures in Contact

The Search for Immortality

Stepping-Stones

The Romans and Their World

The Ancient Oracles

From Mesopotamia to the MMA Mediterranean in the Second Millennium, B.C. Edited by Joan Aruz, Sarah Graff and Yelena Rakic

Tomb Treasures of Han Chins Edited by James C. S. Lin FWC

A Journey through the Ice Age Caves of the Dordogne Christine Desdemaines-Hugon

A Short Introduction Brian Campbell

Making the Gods Speak Richard Stoneman

‘One of the great joys of his unfailingly readable account is the readiness with which it returns to the Roman record, drawing on ancient sources to give a lively and immediate feel for Roman life and culture.’ – Michael Kerrigan, The Scotsman

This colourful book traces the entire thousand-year history of Greek oracles and examines why they continued to be consulted by Greeks at every level of society until the Christian abolition of paganism in A.D. 395. ‘highly intelligent, well researched and fascinating … gripped me to the end.’ – Robert Carver, The Tablet

Afghanistan

Unearthed

Forging Civilizations MMA Along the Silk Road Edited by Joan Aruz and Elisabetta Valtz Fino

Recent Archaeological Discoveries from Northern China Annette Juliano

The rich history of ancient Afghanistan is illuminated through materials from key sites along important trading corridors.

This catalogue showcases over 85 recently excavated objects, each helping to redefine our understanding of ancient Chinese cultures.

CAI

Essay by An Jiayao

2010 352pp. 80 b/w illus.

HB ISBN 978-0-300-12442-2 £28.00*

2011 256pp. 32 b/w illus.

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An expert on prehistoric cave art and anthropology explores the culture of the Ice Age shelter peoples of France’s Dordogne region and throughout Europe.

‘A rapturous guide’ – Peter A. Young, Archaeology 2011 480pp. 80 colour + 120 b/w illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-17086-3 £19.99*

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Foreword by Ian Tattersall

2012 192pp. 127 colour + 19 b/w illus.

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A scholarly overview of archaeological discoveries, art historical interpretations of material culture and the literary, historical and political interactions between the ancient Near Eastern civilisations and the cultures of the eastern Mediterranean.

A collection of the rare treasures from the Han dynasty that demonstrates the rich culture and spiritual beliefs of China’s golden age. This sumptuously illustrated catalogue for an exhibition at The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, features newly commissioned photography and essays by leading scholars.

Europe Between the Oceans

Caesar’s Druids

The Battle of Marathon

9000 BC–AD 1000 Barry Cunliffe

An Ancient Priesthood Miranda Aldhouse-Green

Peter Krentz

‘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

‘If any book can succeed in getting close to the reality of the ancient Druids, it must be this one.’

– Ronald Hutton

‘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

Ancient History & Archaeology find out more at www.yalebooks.co.uk

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Contagion

Reality’s Dark Dream Thomas Dormandy

How Commerce Has Spread Disease Mark Harrison

This extraordinary book explores the entire history of the world’s most fascinating drug, revealing opium’s power to relieve suffering, inspire great art and promote medical advances but also to destroy individuals, families and even nations.

Dormandy traverses the globe and the centuries, exploring opium’s role in colonialism, the Chinese Opium Wars, laudanum-inspired sublime Romantic poetry, American ‘Yellow Peril’ fears, the rise of the Mafia and the black market, 1960s counterculture and more. Throughout the book he emphasises opium’s complex, valuable relationship with developments in medicine, health and disease, highlighting the perplexing dual nature of the drug as both the cause and relief of great suffering in widely diverse civilisations.

‘Opium: Reality’s Dark Dream by Thomas Dormandy, is that rare thing: both an extraordinary work of scholarship and a rip-roaring read.’ – Rebecca Rose, Prospect ‘lively and fascinating … a remarkable synthesis of different fields of knowledge.’ – Peter Swabb, The Daily Telegraph

Disease and commerce are among the most powerful forces that have shaped the modern world. They are also closely intertwined: over many centuries trade has been the single most important factor in the spread of diseases throughout the world. Drawing on a wealth of original source material from archives and libraries around the world, this pathbreaking book provides the first major historical study of contagious illness and commerce.

Beginning with the plagues which ravaged much of Eurasia in the fourteenth century, Harrison charts both the passage of disease and measures taken to prevent it. He examines the emergence of public health in the Western world and its subsequent development elsewhere, highlighting the persistent abuse of sanitary measures for economic and political gain, revealing how quarantines and sanitary embargoes have even become weapons of war.

Harrison also traces growing opposition to these practices among merchants, medical practitioners and humanitarian reformers, and examines the development of international regulations and institutions to govern public health.

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 In this lively narrative history, noted science writer Sharon Bertsch McGrayne recounts the discovery of Bayes’ rule and reveals how this seemingly simple mathematical theorem ignited one of the greatest scientific controversies of all time. ‘the first popular science book to document the rocky story of Bayes’ rule … To have crafted a pageturner out of the history of statistics is an impressive feat. If only lectures at university had been this racy.’

– David Robson, New Scientist ‘[An] engrossing study … Her book is a compelling and entertaining fusion of history, theory and biography.’ – Ian Critchley, Sunday Times ‘The Theory That Would Not Die is a rollicking tale of the triumph of a powerful mathematical tool.’

– Andrew Robinson, Nature

Available January 2013 288pp. 12 b/w illus.

HB ISBN 978-0-300-18403-7 £20.00*

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Jefferson’s Shadow The Story of His Science Keith Thomson Much has been written about Thomas Jefferson, but this book is the first to focus on his passion for science, the influence of science on his vision for America, his scientific experiments and inventions and his lasting contributions to paleontology, geography, climatology, archaeology and more.

2010 354pp. 24 b/w illus.

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Opium

William F. Bynum

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Available September 2012 336pp.

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A Little History of Science A spirited volume on the great adventures of science throughout history, for curious readers of all ages. This inviting book tells a great adventure story: the history of science. It takes readers to the stars through the telescope, as the sun replaces the earth at the centre of our universe. It delves beneath the surface of the planet, charts the evolution of chemistry’s periodic table, introduces the physics that explain electricity, gravity and the structure of atoms. It recounts the scientific quest that revealed the DNA molecule and opened unimagined new vistas for exploration.

Emphasising surprising and personal stories of scientists both famous and unsung, A Little History of Science traces the march of science through the centuries. The book opens a window on the exciting and unpredictable nature of scientific activity and describes the uproar that may ensue when scientific findings challenge established ideas. With delightful illustrations and a warm, accessible style, this is a volume for young and old to treasure together.

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Galileo Watcher of the Skies David Wootton ‘an absorbing study worthy of the life-story it tells.’

– Diarmaid MacCulloch ‘magnificent’ – Jonathan Wright, The Catholic Herald

The Science of Human Perfection How Genes Became the Heart of American Medicine Nathaniel Comfort

Available January 2013 352pp. 15 b/w illus.

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The Great Manchurian Plague of 1910–1911 The Geopolitics of an Epidemic Disease William C. Summers

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When plague broke out in Manchuria in 1910 as a result of transmission from marmots to humans, it struck a region struggling with the introduction of Western medicine, as well as with the interactions of three different national powers: Chinese, Japanese and Russian. In this fascinating case history, William Summers relates how this plague killed as many as 60,000 people in less than a year, and uses the analysis to examine the actions and interactions of the multinational doctors, politicians and ordinary residents who responded to it.

Available January 2013 216pp. 13 b/w illus.

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Moon

2008 330pp. 8 b/w illus.

HB ISBN 978-0-300-13911-2 £30.00

2011 442pp. 297 colour illus.

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This book questions the promises and pitfalls of associating beauty with truth, showing how ideas of mathematical elegance have inspired – and have sometimes misled – scientists attempting to understand nature.

Orrell shows how the ancient Greeks constructed a concept of the world based on musical harmony; then later thinkers replaced this model with a programme, based on Newton’s ‘rational mechanics’, to reduce the universe to a few simple equations. He next turns to current physical theories influenced by deep aesthetic principles.

The book sheds new light on historical investigations and also recent research.

2010 416pp. 17 b/w illus.

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A science historian takes a challenging new look at the entwined histories of genetic medicine and eugenics and examines the lessons history teaches on the moral risks of seeking human perfection.

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Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe HAM

A Brief History Bernd Brunner ‘Brunner’s perky cultural history – of the Moon in superstition, song and indeed science – encompasses many wonderful things.’

– Steven Poole, The Guardian ‘Brunner shows how [the moon] has shone silver though our dreams and destinies’ – Kate Saunders, The Times

Edited by Susan Dackerman A fascinating look at how printmakers of the Northern Renaissance participated in scientific investigations, and how prints themselves served as instruments of observation, measurement and discovery.

2011 304pp. 20 colour illus. + 6 diagrams PB ISBN 978-0-300-17896-8 £10.99*

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Science and the Quest for Order David Orrell

Sexual Chemistry

Paracelsus

Boyle

Earthrise

Dazzled and Deceived

A History of the Contraceptive Pill Lara V. Marks

Medicine, Magic and Mission at the End of Time Charles Webster

Between God and Science Michael Hunter

How Man First Saw the Earth Robert Poole

Mimicry and Camouflage Peter Forbes

‘A comprehensive account of Boyle’s life that incorporates all the latest research … Hunter meticulously investigates every scrap of evidence.’

– Patricia Fara, BBC History Magazine

‘a very readable and stimulating foray into an important facet of twentieth-century history.’

– Jon Turney, Times Higher Education

‘In this excellent and wide-ranging book, Forbes makes the hidden histories of science recognisable’ – Leena Lindstrom, Nature

‘well-researched, wide-ranging and highly readable … will deservedly become the definitive study of the subject for the foreseeable future’ – Roy Porter, Times Higher Education

‘the best English-language biography of Paracelsus since Walter Pagel’s …

Especially interesting for historians.’

– Dane T. Daniel, Times Higher Education

Science & Medicine find out more at www.yalebooks.co.uk

Truth or Beauty

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2011 304pp. 93 b/w illus.

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The First Thousand Years

The Life of the Virgin

Francis of Assisi

Before Religion

Calvin

A Global History of Christianity Robert Louis Wilken

Maximus the Confessor Translated, with an Introduction and Notes, by Stephen J. Shoemaker

The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Saint André Vauchez

A History of a Modern Concept Brent Nongbri

Bruce Gordon

Translated by Michael Cusato

The most authoritative biography of Francis of Assisi in more than a generation, this book brings the medieval saint to life and explores the abundance of writings by contemporaries who set down their memories of him.

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

‘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 ‘This biography excels in providing a scrupulous, detailed narrative from the ground up.’ – James Simpson, Times Literary Supplement

2011 336pp.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-16702-3 £16.00

Long overlooked by scholars, this seventh-century Life of the Virgin, attributed to Maximus the Confessor, is the earliest complete Marian biography. Originally written in Greek and now surviving only in Old Georgian, it is now translated for the first time into English. It is a work that holds profound significance for understanding the history of late ancient and medieval Christianity, providing a rich source for understanding the history of Christian piety.

This Life is especially remarkable for its representation of Mary’s prominent involvement in her son’s ministry and her leadership of the early Christian community. In particular, it reveals highly developed devotion to Mary’s compassionate suffering at the Crucifixion, anticipating by several centuries an influential medieval style of devotion known as ‘affective piety’ whose origins generally have been confined to the Western High Middle Ages.

A fascinating exploration of religion as an invention of the modern world.

Spanning two thousand years of history, Nongbri dispels the commonly held view that there was such a thing as ‘ancient religion’ and provides an intriguing narrative of how the concept of religion developed in the early modern age.

2011 320pp. 3 b/w illus.

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Beginning with the life of Jesus, Robert Louis Wilken narrates the dramatic spread and development of Christianity over the first thousand years of its history. Moving through the formation of early institutions, practices and beliefs, to the transformations of the Roman world after the conversion of Constantine, he sheds new light on the subsequent stories of Christianity in the Latin West, the Byzantine and Slavic East, the Middle East and Central Asia.

Through a selected narration of particularly noteworthy persons and events, he demonstrates how the coming of Christianity set in motion one of the most profound revolutions the world has known. This is not a story limited to the West; rather, Christian communities in Ethiopia, Nubia, Armenia, Georgia, Persia, central Asia, India and China shaped the course of Christian history. The rise and spread of Islam had a lasting impact on the future of Christianity and several chapters are devoted to the early experiences of Christians under Muslim rule. Wilken reminds us that the career of Christianity is characterised by decline and attrition as well as by growth and expansion.

2011 400pp. 16 pages of b/w illus.

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Miracles at the Jesus Oak

Two Family Stories from the Reformation and Modern America Craig Harline

Histories of the Supernatural in Reformation Europe Craig Harline

‘A superb, important book.’

– Diarmaid MacCulloch, author of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years

Harline draws on a vast collection of 17th-century documents to open a window onto the believers, unbelievers and religious movements of the Age of Reformation.

Eamon Duffy

2006 496pp. 47 colour illus.

PB ISBN 978-0-300-11597-0 £12.99*

Building a New Jerusalem

‘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

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John Davenport, a Puritan in Three Worlds Francis J. Bremer An illuminating biography of John Davenport, the English Puritan clergyman who cofounded the colony of New Haven and was a central figure in seventeenth-century Puritanism in England and New England.

Available January 2013 432pp. 14 b/w illus.

HB ISBN 978-0-300-17913-2 £30.00

Saints and Sinners A History of the Popes Eamon Duffy ‘The most comprehensive single-volume history of the popes in print.’ – John Adamson, The Sunday Telegraph

Available January 2013 448pp. 23 b/w illus.

HB ISBN 978-0-300-18290-3 £25.00

Available November 2012 216pp. 1 b/w illus.

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A Quiet Revolution

Jacob

Sarah Osborn’s World

The Veil’s Resurgence, from the Middle East to America Leila Ahmed

Unexpected Patriarch Yair Zakovitch Translated by Valerie Zakovitch

The Rise of Evangelical Christianity in Early America Catherine A. Brekus

‘A Quiet Revolution is an exceptional study of women in Islam. Their story is a remarkable one, and Leila Ahmed tells it with grace and understanding.’

– Joseph Preville, Time Out ‘Gripping yet erudite’ – Malise Ruthven, Literary Review

A powerful hero of the Bible, Jacob is also one of its most puzzling figures.

This book explores the recesses of literary history to discover how and why the biblical writers shaped and reshaped Jacob’s life story, and in the process offers a powerful explication of early Judaism.

A charismatic leader among eighteenth-century American evangelical Christians, Sarah Osborn recorded the details of her life and spiritual quest for more than thirty years. Her eloquent writings open a new window on the roots of the evangelical movement.

The Synagogues of Britain and Ireland

Solomon

An Architectural and Social History Sharman Kadish PMC

Steven Weitzman ‘Weitzman, a biblical scholar, uses all the latest research garnered from archaeological digs and literary history to try and unravel the mysterious personage of the fabled king.’ – Catholic Herald

‘Sharman Kadish … has successfully brought Jewish history into the mainstream … I thoroughly recommend this book.’

– Michael Brod, The Victorian

2011 288pp.

HB ISBN 978-0-300-16391-9 £28.00*

Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library Candida R. Moss

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2011 240pp. 4 b/w illus.

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Ten Popes Who Shook the World

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2011 412pp. 80 colour +120 b/w illus.

HB ISBN 978-0-300-17051-1 £45.00*

2012 272pp.

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Ancient Christian Martyrdom

In this innovative study, Candida Moss offers a radically new history of martyrdom in the first and second centuries that challenges traditional understandings of the spread of Christianity and rethinks the nature of Christian martyrdom itself.

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The Lure of Wisdom

Religious History find out more at www.yalebooks.co.uk

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Julian of Norwich, Theologian Denys Turner ‘A groundbreaking book … bold and utterly compelling … will encourage us all to read or re-read Julian’s masterpiece.’

– Jonathan Wright, Catholic Herald

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Geronimo

Eslanda

The American Circus

John Brown’s Spy

Sex and the Office

Robert M. Utley

The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson Barbara Ransby

Susan Weber, Kenneth Ames and Matthew Wittmann BGC

The Adventurous Life and Tragic Confession of John E. Cook Steven Lubet

A History of Gender, Power, and Desire Julie Berebitsky

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.

Tracking down the unexplored circumstances of John Cook’s life and disastrous end, Steven Lubet is the first to uncover the full extent of Cook’s contributions to Brown’s scheme. Without Cook’s participation, the author contends, Brown might never have been able to launch the insurrection that sparked the Civil War. Had Cook remained true to the cause, history would have remembered him as a hero. Instead, when Cook was captured and brought to trial, he betrayed John Brown and named fellow abolitionists in a full confession that earned him a place in history’s tragic pantheon of disgraced turncoats.

In this engaging book – the first to historicise our understanding of sexual harassment in the workplace – Julie Berebitsky explores how Americans’ attitudes towards sexuality and gender in the office have changed from the 1860s, when women first took jobs as clerks in the U.S. Treasury office, to the present.

Berebitsky recounts the actual experiences of female and male office workers; draws on archival sources ranging from the records of investigators looking for waste in government offices during World War II to the personal papers of Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown and Ms. magazine founder Gloria Steinem; and explores how popular sources – including cartoons, advertisements, advice guides and a wide array of fictional accounts – have represented wanted and unwelcome romantic and sexual advances. By giving sex in the office a history, she provides valuable insights into the nature and meaning of sexual harassment today.

This thoroughly researched biography by a renowned historian of the American West strips away the myths and rumours that have long obscured the real Geronimo and presents an authentic portrait of a man with unique strengths and weaknesses and a destiny that swept him into the fierce storms of history.

Historian Robert Utley draws on an array of new sources and his own lifelong research on the Mountain West and white-Indian conflicts of the late nineteenth century to create an updated, accurate and highly exciting narrative of Geronimo’s life.

Utley unfolds the story through the alternating perspectives of whites and Apaches, and he arrives at a more nuanced understanding of Geronimo’s character and motivation than ever before. What it was like to be an Apache warrior-in-training, why Indians as well as whites feared Geronimo, how Geronimo maintained his freedom, and why he finally surrendered – the answers to these questions and many more fill the pages of this irresistible volume.

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This compelling biography tells Essie Robeson’s own story for the first time-from her unconventional marriage, to her influence on her husband’s early career, to her tireless efforts against racism and injustice around the globe.

Eslanda ‘Essie’ Cardozo Goode Robeson lived a colourful and amazing life, embroiled in much of the twentieth century’s social turmoil and travelling to every corner of the globe to fight for downtrodden and oppressed peoples. She was a woman of unusual accomplishment – an anthropologist, a prolific journalist, a tireless advocate of women’s rights, an outspoken anti-colonial and antiracist activist, and an internationally sought-after speaker.

Yet historians for the most part have confined Essie to the role of Mrs. Paul Robeson, a wife hidden behind the large shadow cast by her famous husband. In this masterful book, biographer Barbara Ransby refocuses attention on Essie, one of the most important and fascinating black women of the twentieth century.

Lavishly illustrated and carefully researched, this volume explores how American culture, values, demography and business practices altered the fundamental nature of the European circus, and how, by the end of the 19th century, they had transformed it into a distinctly American pastime.

At the peak of its cultural significance, the circus was a sophisticated combination of theatre and business, and made effective use of advertising, train travel and hyperbole. The subjects in The American Circus reflect this complexity, ranging widely from thematic explorations of circus music and elephants, to more narrowly focused studies of objects such as circus toys, souvenirs and performers’ costumes. The book also explores the dark and even nefarious side of the circus, and its associations with marginalised dimensions of American life and culture. With contributions from leading scholars, this stylishly designed volume aims to identify the salient features of an Americanised cultural product and to analyse its appeal for American audiences.

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Defiance of the Patriots

‘A Rich Spot of Earth’

Arcadian America

The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America Benjamin L. Carp

Thomas Jefferson’s Revolutionary Garden at Monticello Peter J. Hatch

The Death and Life of an Environmental Tradition Aaron Sachs

‘A thoughtful, balanced corrective to partisan treatments of the Boston Tea Party.’ – Maya Jasanoff, The Guardian ‘[an] impressively researched account.’ – T. H. Breen, Times Literary Supplement

Foreword by Alice Waters

The garden cemetery, a popular but largely forgotten tradition of the preCivil War era, has much to teach us about the history of America’s communal landscapes and today’s environmental ideas, says the author of this thought-provoking book.

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This gorgeous volume describes Jefferson’s unique vegetable garden at Monticello and uncovers his lasting influence on American culinary, garden and landscape history. ‘much interesting archive material’ – Ambra Edwards, Gardens Illustrated

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2012 288pp. 29 b/w illus.

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This is the first book to investigate the development of antislavery thought and rhetoric within the Society of Friends. Through meticulous examination of the earliest writings of the Friends, including diaries and letters, it reveals the gradual transition the organisation underwent in their position on slavery: from expressing doubt to adamant opposition. The book will be a major contribution to the history of the rhetoric of antislavery and the development of antislavery thought as explicated in early Quaker writing.

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Quaker Rhetoric and the Birth of American Antislavery,1657–1761 Brycchan Carey

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In this meticulously researched and accessibly written interpretive history, Rushdy shows how lynching in America has endured, evolved and changed in meaning over the course of three centuries, from its origins in early Virginia to the present day.

Rushdy argues that we can understand what lynching means in American history by examining its evolution – that is, by seeing how the practice changes in both form and meaning over the course of three centuries, as well as by analysing the rationales its advocates have made in its defence, and, finally, by explicating its origins. The best way of understanding what lynching has meant in different times, and for different populations, during the course of American history is by seeing both the continuities in the practice over time and the specific features in different forms of lynching in different eras.

‘A work of uncommon breadth, written with equally uncommon concision. Excellent.’

– N. D. B. Connolly, Johns Hopkins University

From Peace to Freedom

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American Lynching

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Edward Bancroft

Savages and Scoundrels

The Jeffersons at Shadwell

Notes from the Ground

Scientist, Author, Spy Thomas J. Schaeper

The Untold Story of America’s Road to Empire through Indian Territory Paul VanDevelder

Susan Kern

Science, Soil and Society in the American Countryside Benjamin R. Cohen

‘A wonderful book which fills a major gap in the history of the American Revolution.’ – Jonathan R. Dull, author of A Diplomatic History of the American Revolution

VanDevelder demolishes long-held myths about America’s westward expansion and uncovers the unacknowledged federal Indian policy that shaped the republic.

This original study of Shadwell, Thomas Jefferson’s boyhood home, provides new insights into the founding father’s formative years on a Virginia plantation.

American History

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Integrating the history of science, environmental history, and science studies, this book examines the cultural conditions that brought agriculture and science together in early America.

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A sweeping survey of the impact of the Civil War on American painting and photography, featuring artistic masterpieces and literary legends of the 19th century. The book features extensive quotations from men and women alive during the war years, alongside text by literary figures including Walt Whitman and Mark Twain.

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Letters from America

The Good Rich

The Statue of Liberty

Alexis de Tocqueville

The Curious History of Wealth, Inequality, and American Democracy Robert F. Dalzell

A Transatlantic Story Edward Berenson

Edited, Translated and with an Introduction by Frederick Brown ‘[A] delightful selection of letters …

Translated for the first time, these letters not only provide a vivid picture of Tocqueville’s daily experiences, but also show how he began to comprehend the singular country he was exploring.’

– Jeremy Jennings, Standpoint

The Great Agnostic

The Iron Way

Fruitlands

Robert Ingersoll and American Freethought Susan Jacoby

Railroads, the Civil War. and the Making of Modern America William G. Thomas

The Alcott Family and Their Search for Utopia Richard Francis

This thought-provoking biography restores Ingersoll to his rightful place in the American secular tradition and demonstrates the continuing importance of his arguments.

A new perspective on the central role of the railroads and slavery in the coming, fighting and aftermath of the Civil War.

‘a beguiling treat: stylish, instructive and hugely entertaining.’

– Miranda Seymour, The Daily Telegraph

Through case studies of some of the richest figures in American history – Washington, Rockefeller, Gates, Winfrey and more – this timely book explores whether America’s strong commitment to the creation of wealth threatens its democratic society.

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Edited by Steven B. Smith Bringing an assortment of Abraham Lincoln’s speeches, letters and private meditations together with four interpretive essays, Steven Smith demonstrates Lincoln’s strength as a political philosopher.

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In this stirring new history of The Statue of Liberty, cultural historian Edward Berenson explores the statue’s creation in France, its changing meaning for each generation of Americans, and its significance as a symbol in the post9/11 years.

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The Civil War and American Art

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Eleanor Jones Harvey

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.

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From Vice to Virtue William Casey King

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Ambition, A History

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Black Gotham A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York City Carla L. Peterson A fascinating look at a little-known segment of American history: African-American elites in New York City in the nineteenth century.

A Great Leap Forward 1930s Depression and U.S. Economic Growth Alexander J. Field ‘makes valuable and novel contributions to our understanding of the Great Depression and the Second World War’ – Jason Taylor, Journal of Economic History

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Bob Dylan

Elizabeth and Hazel

Art, Music, Movies, and the Globalization of American Culture Richard Pells

Like a Complete Unknown David Yaffe

Two Women of Little Rock David Margolick

Literary scholar and music critic David Yaffe offers an appreciative yet incisive look at the different facets of Bob Dylan’s life, half-century career and cultural impact. ‘“Je est un autre” … Only Yaffe gets anywhere close to following Dylan’s drift’ – Christopher Bray, Literary Review

‘[Margolick] tells a story that is almost novelistic in its complexity … 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

Featuring superb archival photography, this book documents a wide variety of ephemera, images and artefacts relating to the history of the circus in New York City, from the seminal equestrian displays of the 18th century to the iconic American railroad circus advertisements of the late 19th century.

‘as revelatory, as it is poignant: the legions of fans who greeted the dazed band leader Benny Goodman on his arrival in Los Angeles in 1935 … The book is full of such gems.’ – Nick Liptrot, History Today ‘a fine guide to the 20th century’ – Christopher Bray, The Observer

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2011 528pp. 25 b/w illus.

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Modernist America

New York, 1793–2010 BGC Edited by Matthew Wittmann

2012 192pp.

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Circus and the City

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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.

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A Portrait in Black and White Emily Bernard

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Carl Van Vechten and the Harlem Renaissance

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The Encyclopedia of New York City

The Hollywood Sign

Joe DiMaggio

A Complicated Man

Leo Braudy

Second Edition Edited by Kenneth T. Jackson

‘Braudy offers a stimulating exploration of Hollywood’s significance in Western culture.’

– Edward White, Times Literary Supplement

The Long Vigil Jerome Charyn

The Life of Bill Clinton as Told

by Those Who Know Him Michael Takiff

A newly updated, expanded edition of the most comprehensive onevolume reference work on New York City ever compiled.

‘Jerome Charyn applies his considerable skills as a novelist to exploring the gnawing mysteries surrounding a man who “was brutal in his devotion to the game.”’

– Sam Roberts, New York Times

American History find out more at www.yalebooks.co.uk

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‘Takiff’s excellent oral history … helps reveal the many sides of this controversial leader’ – Library Journal

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Æthelstan: Foot Afghanistan: Aruz & Fino Afghanistan: Bird & Marshall Against War and Empire: Whatmore Age of Doubt: Lane Ahmed: A Quiet Revolution Aldhouse-Green: Caesar’s Druids Alexander to Constantine: Meyers & Chancey Alford: Burghley Ali: Dubai Allawi: The Crisis of Islamic Civilization Allport: Demobbed Ambition, A History: King American Circus: Weber et al.

American Lynching: Rushdy Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Moss Ancient Oracles: Stoneman Ancient Rome: Martin Andrew Marvell: Smith Anne Boleyn: Bernard Apocalyptic Realm: Hiro ‘Apologia Pro Vita Sua’: Turner Applebaum: Gulag Voices Arcadian America: Sachs Arch Conjuror of England: Parry Architecture in Uniform: Cohen Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt: McKenzie Architecture of Scottish Medieval Church: Fawcett Aron: Roads to the Temple Art of Not Being Governed: Scott Artist and the Warrior: Rabb Arts of Industry: Fox Aruz & Fino: Afghanistan Aruz et al: Cultures in Contact Ashton: Victorian Bloomsbury Atlas of the Peninsular War: Robertson Atlas of Transatlantic Slave Trade: Eltis & Richardson Bar-On: Moshe Dayan Barber: The Crusader States Battle of Marathon: Krentz Bauer: The Death of the Shtetl Beckett: The Making of the First World War Before Religion: Nongbri Behind Closed Doors: Vickery Belarus: Wilson Bell: Twelve Turning Points of the 2nd World War Belova & Lazarev: Funding Loyalty Bennett Jones: Pakistan Berebitsky: Sex and the Office Berenson: The Statue of Liberty Bernard: Anne Boleyn Bernard: Carl Van Vechten Bernard: The King’s Reformation Bernard: The Late Medieval English Church Beyond the Tower: Marriott Bidlack & Lomagin: The Leningrad Blockade Bird & Marshall: Afghanistan

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Black Gotham: Peterson Blair: Too Much to Know Blood and Mistletoe: Hutton Bob Dylan: Yaffe Book in the Renaissance: Pettegree Boredom: Toohey Bosworth: Whispering City Boyle: Hunter Branch: Kenya Brandenberger: Propaganda State in Crisis Braudy: The Hollywood Sign Brekus: Sarah Osborn’s World Bremer: Building a New Jerusalem Bride and the Dowry: Raz Britons: Colley Brown: Palmerston Brunner: Inventing the Christmas Tree Brunner: Moon Building a New Jerusalem: Bremer Burghley: Alford Butterfly’s Sisters: Kawaguchi Bynum: A Little History of Science Byzantium and Islam: Evans Caesar’s Druids: Aldhouse-Green Calvin: Gordon Campbell: The Romans and Their World Canterbury Cathedral Priory: Fergusson Captain Cook: McLynn Carey: From Peace to Freedom Carl Van Vechten: Bernard Carlton: This Seat of Mars Carmichael: Genocide Before the Holocaust Carp: Defiance of the Patriots Carscapes: Morrison & Minnis Catherine the Great: De Madariaga Chan: Southern Africa Charyn: Joe DiMaggio Childs et al: City of Gold Chivalry: Keen Christians and Pagans: Lambert Circus and the City: Wittmann Citizen Portrait: Cooper City of Gold: Childs et al Civil War and American Art: Harvey Clark: Yemen Cockett: Sudan Cohen: Architecture in Uniform Cohen: Notes from the Ground Coke & Borg: Vauxhall Gardens Colley: Britons Colour of Paradise: Lane Comfort: The Science of Human Perfection Complicated Man: Takiff Contagion: Harrison Contesting Democracy: Müller Conversion of Scandinavia: Winroth Conversions: Harline

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Cooper: Citizen Portrait Cosima Wagner: Hilmes Crisis of Islamic Civilization: Allawi Croatia: Tanner Crouch: The English Aristocracy, 1070–1272 Crowley: Imperial Landscapes Crusader States: Barber Cuba: Gott Cuban Fiestas: González Echevarría Cultural History of Wallonia: Demoulin Cultures in Contact: Aruz et al Cunliffe: Europe Between the Oceans Czechoslovakia: Heimann Dackerman: Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge Daigle: Limits of Detente Dakers: A Genius for Money Dallal: Islam, Science and Challenge of History Dalzell: The Good Rich Dance in the Renaissance: McGowan Dash Moore & Gertz: The Posen Library vol. 10 Davies: Wellington’s Wars Dawn of Egyptian Art: Patch Dazzled and Deceived: Forbes De Madariaga: Catherine the Great De Madariaga: Ivan the Terrible De Tocqueville: Letters from America Death of the Shtetl: Bauer December 1941: Mawdsley Defiance of the Patriots: Carp Demobbed: Allport Demoulin: A Cultural History of Wallonia Desdemaines-Hugon: Stepping-Stones 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 Dunlevy: Pomp and Poverty Dyer: Making a Living in the Middle Ages Earthrise: Poole Edward Bancroft: Schaeper 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

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Emmott: Good Italy, Bad Italy Empire of Ice: Larson Empire to Nation: Quilley Empires of the Atlantic World: Elliott Empty Bottles of Gentilism: Oakley Encyclopedia of New York City: Jackson End of Byzantium: Harris English Aristocracy, 1070–1272: Crouch English Castle: Goodall English Prize: Sánchez-Jáuregui Alpañés Eslanda: Ransby Euro: Marsh Europe Between the Oceans: Cunliffe Evans: Byzantium and Islam Facing Beauty: Ribeiro Fallen Giants: Isserman & Weaver Familiarity of Strangers: Trivellato Faulkner: Visitor’s Guide to the Ancient Olympics Fawcett: Architecture of Scottish Medieval Church Feiner: Moses Mendelssohn Fergusson: Canterbury Cathedral Priory Field: A Great Leap Forward Fighting for the Cross: Housley Findley: Turkey, Islam, Nationalism & Modernity Fires of Faith: Duffy First Day of the Blitz: Stansky First Thousand Years: Wilken Five Days in London: Lukacs Flavell: When London Was Capital of America Foot: Æthelstan Forbes: Dazzled and Deceived Forgotten Continent: Reid Forgotten Palestinians: Pappé Fox: The Arts of Industry France: Perilous Glory Francis: Fruitlands Francis of Assisi: Vauchez Freeman: A New History of Early Christianity Freeman: Holy Bones, Holy Dust French Renaissance Court: Knecht From Peace to Freedom: Carey From the Abode of Islam: Özkan Friedman: The 18th-Century Church in Britain Friedrich: Hitler’s Berlin Fruitlands: Francis Fulbrook: The People’s State Funding Loyalty: Belova & Lazarev Future of History: Lukacs Galileo: Wootton Gallipoli: Prior Genius for Money: Dakers Genocide Before the Holocaust: Carmichael Genius: Stern Gentleman’s Daughter: Vickery George II: Thompson German Generation: Kohut Geronimo: Utley

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Gerwarth: Hitler’s Hangman Gilbert: In Ishmael’s House Glaurdic: The Hour of Europe Global Crisis: Parker Gombrich: A Little History of the World González Echevarría: Cuban Fiestas Good Italy, Bad Italy: Emmott Good Rich: Daltzell Goodall: The English Castle Gordon: Calvin Gornick: Emma Goldman Gott: Cuba Great Agnostic: Jacoby Great Famine in China: Zhou Great Leap Forward: Field Great Manchurian Plague: Summers Great Partition: Khan Gregor: Haunted City Gulag Voices: Applebaum Hall: Macaulay and Son Harline: Conversions Harline: Miracles at the Jesus Oak Harris: The End of Byzantium Harrison: Contagion Harvey: The Civil War and American Art Haslam: Russia’s Cold War Hatch: ‘A Rich Spot of Earth’ Haunted City: Gregor Hayton: Vietnam Heimann: Czechoslovakia Hell-Fire Clubs: Lord Herf: Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World Hicks: The Wars of the Roses Hilmes: Cosima Wagner 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 Hollywood Sign: Braudy Holy Bones, Holy Dust: Freeman Hour of Europe: Glaurdic Housley: Fighting for the Cross Hughes: Peter the Great Hunter: Boyle Hutton: Blood and Mistletoe Image Wars: Sharpe Imperial Landscapes: Crowley In Ishmael’s House: Gilbert India: Rothermund Intellectual Life of British Working Classes: Rose Inventing the Christmas Tree: Brunner Iron Way: Thomas

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Islam, Science and Challenge of History: Dallal Islamic Imperialism: Karsh Islamization from Below: Peterson Islanders: Thomas Israel: Rubin Isserman & Weaver: Fallen Giants It Was a Long Time Ago: Satter Ivan the Terrible: De Madariaga Jack: The Woman Reader Jackson: The Encyclopedia of New York City Jacob: Zakovitch Jacoby: The Great Agnostic Jefferson’s Shadow: Thomson Jeffersons at Shadwell: Kern Jews in the Secret Nazi Reports: Kulka Joe DiMaggio: Charyn John Brown’s Spy: Lubet John Henry Newman: Turner Judah: Kosovo Judah: The Serbs Julian of Norwich, Theologian: Turner Juliano: Unearthed June 1941: Lukacs Kadane: The Watchful Clothier Kadish: The Synagogues of Britain and Ireland Karsh: Islamic Imperialism Karsh: Palestine Betrayed Katouzian: The Persians Kawaguchi: Butterfly’s Sisters Keddie: Modern Iran Keen: Chivalry Kenya: Branch Kern: The Jeffersons at Shadwell Kershaw: Hitler, the Germans, and Final Solution Kete: Making Way for Genius Khan: The Great Partition King: Ambition, A History King: King Stephen King Stephen: King King’s Reformation: Bernard Kipper und Wipper Inflation: Paas Kivelson & Neuberger: Picturing Russia Knecht: The French Renaissance Court Kohut: A German Generation Kosovo: Judah Krentz: The Battle of Marathon Kulka: The Jews in the Secret Nazi Reports Lambert: Christians and Pagans Lane: The Age of Doubt Lane: Colour of Paradise Larson: An Empire of Ice Late Medieval English Church: Bernard Lawrence-Mathers: The True History of Merlin Ledwidge: Losing Small Wars Legacy of the Second World War: Lukacs

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Leningrad Blockade: Bidlack & Lomagin Leon Trotsky: Rubenstein Lesch: Syria Letters from America: De Tocqueville Levi: Mozart and the Nazis Levine: A Living Man from Africa Libya: Pargeter Life of the Virgin: Shoemaker Limits of Detente: Daigle Lin: The Search for Immortality Little History of the World: Gombrich Little History of Philosophy: Warburton Little History of Science: Bynum Living Man from Africa: Levine London Square: Longstaffe-Gowan Longstaffe-Gowan: The London Square Lord: The Hell-Fire Clubs Losing Small Wars: Ledwidge Love: May Lubet: John Brown’s Spy Lukacs: Five Days in London Lukacs: June 1941 Lukacs: The Future of History Lukacs: The Legacy of the Second World War Lynch: New Worlds Lynch: Simón Bolívar Macaulay & Son: Hall MacCulloch: Thomas Cranmer Magnificent Mrs Tennant: Waller Making a Living in the Middle Ages: Dyer Making of the First World War: Beckett Making Ireland English: Ohlmeyer Making of the English Gardener: Willes Making Way for Genius: Kete Margolick: Elizabeth and Hazel Mark: The Unfinished Revolution Marking the Hours: Duffy Marks: Sexual Chemistry Marlborough’s America: Webb Marriott: Beyond the Tower Marsh: The Euro Martin: Ancient Rome Mary I: Edwards Master and His Emissary: McGilchrist Mather: Pashas Mayhem: Rogers Mawdsley: December 1941 May: Love McGilchrist: The Master and His Emissary McGowan: Dance in the Renaissance McGrayne: The Theory That Would Not Die McKenzie: Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt McLynn: Captain Cook McPhee: Robespierre Menachem Begin: Shilon

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Meyers & Chancey: Alexander to Constantine Mexico: Tuckman Milk: Valenze Miller: The Problem of Slavery as History Miracles at the Jesus Oak: Harline Modern Iran: Keddie Modernist America: Pells Monter: The Rise of Female Kings in Europe Moon: Brunner Morris: 1948 Morrison & Minnis: Carscapes Mortgage of the Past: Oakley Moses Mendelssohn: Feiner Moshe Dayan: Bar-On Moss: Ancient Christian Martyrdom Mozart and the Nazis: Levi Müller: Contesting Democracy Mysteries of Artemis of Ephesos: Rogers Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World: Herf Nelson: Vincent New History of Early Christianity: Freeman New Worlds: Lynch Nights Out: Walkowitz 1948: Morris Nongbri: Before Religion Not the Enemy: Shabi Notes from the Ground: Cohen Oakley: Empty Bottles of Gentilism Oakley: The Mortgage of the Past Ohlmeyer: Making Ireland English Opium: Dormandy Orderly and Humane: Douglas Ormrod: Edward III Orrell: Truth or Beauty Osman: Egypt on the Brink Özkan: From the Abode of Islam Ozment: The Serpent and the Lamb Paas: The Kipper und Wipper Inflation Pakistan: Bennett Jones Palestine Betrayed: Karsh Palmerston: Brown Pappé: The Forgotten Palestinians Paracelsus: Webster Pargeter: Libya Parker: Global Crisis Parry: The Arch Conjuror of England Parsi: A Single Roll of the Dice Pashas: Mather Patch: Dawn of Egyptian Art Pells: Modernist America People’s State: Fulbrook Perilous Glory: France Persians: Katouzian Peter the Great: Hughes Petersburg Fin de Siècle: Steinberg

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Peterson: Black Gotham Peterson: Islamization from Below Pettegree: The Book in the Renaissance Phillips: Edward II Picturing Russia: Kivelson & Neuberger Pincus: 1688 Plamper: The Stalin Cult Pomp and Poverty: Dunlevy Poole: Earthrise Posen Library vol. 10: Dash Moore & Gertz Prior: Gallipoli Prior & Wilson: The Somme Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge: Dackerman Problem of Slavery as History: Miller Propaganda State in Crisis: Brandenberger Quiet Revolution: Ahmed Quilley: Empire to Nation Rabb: The Artist and the Warrior Ralph Tailor’s Summer: Wrightson Ransby: Eslanda Raz: The Bride and the Dowry Rebranding Rule: Sharpe Reid: Forgotten Continent Ribeiro: Facing Beauty ‘Rich Spot of Earth’: Hatch Rise of Female Kings in Europe: Monter Roads to the Temple: Aron Roberts: Stalin’s Wars Robertson: An Atlas of the Peninsular War Robespierre: McPhee Rogers: Mayhem Rogers: The Mysteries of Artemis of Ephesos Romans and Their World: Campbell Rose: Intellectual Life of British Working Classes Rothermund: India Rubenstein: Leon Trotsky Rubin: Israel Rushdy: American Lynching Russian Orientalism: Schimmelpenninck Russia’s Cold War: Haslam Sachs: Arcadian America Saint: Survey of London, Woolwich Saints and Sinners: Duffy Sánchez-Jáuregui Alpañés: The English Prize Sarah Osborn’s World: Brekus Satter: It Was a Long Time Ago Savages and Scoundrels: VanDevelder Savonarola: Weinstein Schaeper: Edward Bancroft Schimmelpenninck: Russian Orientalism

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Science of Human Perfection: Comfort Schofield: Witness to History Scott: The Art of Not Being Governed Search for Immortality: Lin Selling the Tudor Monarchy: Sharpe Serbs: Judah Serpent and the Lamb: Ozment Settlers: Taub Sex and the Office: Berebitsky Sexual Chemistry: Marks Shabi: Not the Enemy Shameful Peace: Spotts Sharpe: Image Wars Sharpe: Rebranding Rule Sharpe: Selling the Tudor Monarchy Sherratt: Hitler’s Philosophers Shilon: Menachem Begin Shoemaker: The Life of the Virgin Simón Bolívar: Lynch Single Roll of the Dice: Parsi 1688: Pincus Smith: Andrew Marvell Smith: The Writings of Abraham Lincoln Solomon: Weitzman Somme: Prior & Wilson Southern Africa: Chan Spain, Europe and the Wider World: Elliott Spotts: The Shameful Peace Stalin Cult: Plamper Stalin’s Wars: Roberts Stansky: The First Day of the Blitz Statue of Liberty: Berenson Steinberg: Petersburg Fin de Siècle Stepping-Stones: Desdemaines-Hugon Stern: The Genius Stoneman: Ancient Oracles Storella & Sokolov: The Voice of the People Stripping of the Altars: Duffy Sudan: Cockett Summers: The Great Manchurian Plague Survey of London, Woolwich: Saint Synagogues of Britain and Ireland: Kadish Syria: Lesch Takiff: A Complicated Man Tanner: Croatia Taub: The Settlers Taylor: The Virgin Warrior Ten Popes Who Shook the World: Duffy Theory That Would Not Die: McGrayne This Seat of Mars: Carlton

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Thomas: The Iron Way Thomas: Islanders Thomas Cranmer: MacCulloch Thompson: George II Thomson: Jefferson’s Shadow Tibet: van Schaik Too Much to Know: Blair Toohey: Boredom Trevor-Roper: History and the Enlightenment Trivellato: The Familiarity of Strangers True History of Merlin: Lawrence-Mathers Truth or Beauty: Orrell Tucker: WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY Tuckman: Mexico Turkey, Islam, Nationalism & Modernity: Findley Turner: ‘Apologia Pro Vita Sua’ Turner: Eleanor of Aquitaine Turner: John Henry Newman Turner: Julian of Norwich, Theologian Twelve Turning Points of the 2nd World War: Bell Ukrainians: Wilson Unearthed: Juliano Unfinished Revolution: Mark Utley: Geronimo Valenze: Milk VanDevelder: Savages and Scoundrels Van Schaik: Tibet Vauchez: Francis of Assisi Vauxhall Gardens: Coke & Borg Vickery: Behind Closed Doors Vickery: The Gentleman’s Daughter Victorian Bloomsbury: Ashton Vietnam: Hayton Vincent: Nelson Virgin Warrior: Taylor Visitor’s Guide to the Ancient Olympics: Faulkner The Voice of the People: Storella & Sokolov Voices of Morebath: Duffy Volkov: Walther Rathenau Walkowitz: Nights Out Waller: The Magnificent Mrs Tennant Walther Rathenau: Volkov 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

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Weber et al: The American Circus Webster: Paracelsus Weinstein: Savonarola Weitzman: Solomon Wellington’s Wars: Davies Whatmore: Against War and Empire When London Was Capital of America: Flavell Whispering City: Bosworth Wilken: The First Thousand Years Willes: The Making of the English Gardener Wilson: Belarus Wilson: The Ukrainians Windows on the War: Zegers & Druick Winroth: The Conversion of Scandinavia Witness to History: Schofield Wittmann: Circus and the City Woman Reader: Jack Wootton: Galileo Wrightson: Ralph Tailor’s Summer Writings of Abraham Lincoln: Smith Yaffe: Bob Dylan Yemen: Clark Zakovitch: Jacob Zegers & Druick: Windows on the War Zhou: The Great Famine in China Zong: Walvin

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