Jane Austen, widely acclaimed as one of the greatest English novelists, possessed another talent that enriched her life and work - music. She played and sang... Læs mere
Lily Dunn, author of Sins of My Father, presents an essential guide to memoir writing. Demystifying the memoirist's art, she explores... Læs mere
This book takes the reader around the world on a journey to discover the queer stories behind the characters of folklore, from werewolves and faeries to demons and aliens. -- .
Recounting a walk of twenty miles across Beijing, Long Peace Street takes the reader on a journey through the city’s recent history, explaining how the present... Læs mere
A biography of the historian and public intellectual Sir Lewis Namier from his origins in a secular Jewish family in Poland to recognition as the most important historian of his day, whose ‘revolutionary’ method was enshrined in the verb to Namierise. -- .
The first book to uncover how small groups like Change UK/The Independent Group exert influence in the British Parliament, based on first-hand interviews with the MPs themselves. -- .
This unique collection of essays examines the many relationships that existed between Wales and the expanding British overseas empire between 1650 and 1830. -- .
Situates the practices and perceptions of women’s medical work in France in the context of the sixteenth century and its medical evolution and innovations. The... Læs mere
A conversation about what Enghlish national identity actually means. -- .
This instructive study examines how a transnational discourse on ‘modern’ social policy – based the guiding principles of ‘activation’ and an ‘activating welfare state’ – intervenes in the concepts and practices of citizenship. -- .
A clear, theoretically-grounded, chronological study of Maturin’s six novels. A new critical paradigm by which to view and read Irish Romantic fiction. Offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of Maturin and his fiction available today. -- .
First book-length critical work devoted to the impact of the end of empire and traces of imperial memory in mainstream English Literature since the Second... Læs mere