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This book offers a readable yet scholarly account of the life of one of the greatest statesmen of empire, William Pitt the Elder, First Earl of Chatham (1708-78). Chatham is seen as a... Læs mere
Lord Salisbury (1830–1903) is now a subject of intense historical attention. But this important and accessible study moves away... Læs mere
This is a collection of portraits of twelve outstanding women who lived and worked in Cambridge during the century before women were admitted fully to membership of the... Læs mere
The most distinguished member of the Indian Civil Service in the twentieth century, William Hailey was also an expert on African colonial administration. This life as a witness to and participant in the process of colonialism, nationalism and decolonisation.
Thomas Starkey (c. 1495–1538) was the most Italianate Englishman of his generation. This book places Starkey... Læs mere
The controversial and varied career of Thomas Wentworth encapsulates the paradoxes and tensions of Stuart politics. This collection of major articles re-examines the period through Wentworth's life, challenging many prevailing orthodoxies and presuppositions.
Robert Dodsley was London's leading literary publisher of the mid eighteenth century. Numbering about four hundred pieces, the correspondence reflects the... Læs mere
This book deals with the thought of William Harrison, a well-known Elizabethan intellectual and an exponent of the thoroughgoing Protestantism which adapted continental reformed ideas to the circumstances of Tudor England.
A classic of eighteenth-century political literature, Wadegraves' Memoirs have an additional significance as a record of the momentous... Læs mere
The Stonor Letters and Papers provides us with a wealth of otherwise unobtainable detail about the lives and careers of a late medieval gentry family.... Læs mere
Along with a new introduction, the Encomium Emmae Reginae is reprinted and translated here in full thus providing students and historians of Anglo-Saxon England with greater... Læs mere
This diary is the only eye-witness account of the English Civil War by a participant on the King's side who was not an officer, and it is of... Læs mere