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The Gladstone Diaries Volume 8: July 1871-December 1874
This volume covers some of the most dramatic years of Gladstone's eventful life: his formal retirement from politics in 1875, his return to take... Læs mere
A biography of the king who is remembered by the English with more popular affection than any almost any other. Covering his entire life, this lively and comprehensive biography is the first united history of the British Isles in this period.
Soldier, statesman and scholar, Alfred the Great is celebrated as one of Britain's most successful and heroic kings. This biography reveals the controversial fact that Asser's... Læs mere
John Evelyn ranks with his friend Samuel Pepys as one of the best loved of English diarists. This is a study of a... Læs mere
In this biography of Lord Cromer, Roger Owen charts the life of the man revered by the British and hated by today's Egyptians, the real ruler of Egypt for a quarter of a century.
The first biography of one of the twentieth century's leading internationalists, Sir Norman Angell, author of The Great Illusion, Labour MP, and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, which reveals that his life has hitherto been much misrepresented and misunderstood.
An American academic describes the breakup of the Soviet Union and the formation of an independent Latvia from the vantage point of Riga, where he was acting as an advisor to the Latvian Parliament and was a visiting faculty member at the time of the events.
Chief ministers in 18th century Britain, the Pelham brothers guided Britain through the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War. The volume also includes information on material, such as microfilmed manuscripts, outside the United Kingdom.
This book is the story of Major-General Peter Grigorenko, a single individual challenging and defying in the cause of human decency the organized and quite unscrupulous might of the most powerful state in the world.
This book examines the career of Philip Skippon, commander of the infantry in parliament’s New Model Army during the British Civil War, to elucidate new conclusions on historical debates surrounding the Civil Wars and understand how military events impacted upon broader themes.
Was Domitian a despot? Jones argues that the Court rather than the Senate was the centre of Domitian's power and of his cultural ambitions. This is the first biography of the ruler ever to appear in English.