In Pursuit of Civility - Manners and Civilization in Early Modern England (Thomas Keith)(Paperback / softback)

In Pursuit of Civility - Manners and Civilization in Early Modern England (Thomas Keith)(Paperback / softback)

A Marvellous Light - Freya Marske

Set in an alternative Edwardian England, this is a comedy of manners, manor houses, and hedge mazes – including a magic-infused murder mystery and a delightful queer romance.For fans of Georgette Heyer or Julia Quinn's Bridgerton, who'd like to welcome magic into their lives . . .Young baronet

The Magic of Rogues: Necromancers in Early Tudor England (Klaassen Frank)(Paperback)

Examines legal documents and magic texts relevant to two cases where authorities in Tudor England confronted practicing magicians. Explores how magicians thought about the world, where they got their ideas, and how their magic was supposed to

World History (Parker Philip)(Paperback / softback)

From the early beginnings of human civilization in prehistoric times, to the first manned space flight and beyond, this title helps you discover all about the things that have influenced our past and shaped our world. It also looks at the common threads running through the world's diverse and

Thomas' Calculus: Early Transcendentals in SI Units (Haas Joel)(Paperback / softback)

Cranford (Gaskell Elizabeth Cleghorn)(Paperback)

A vivid and affectionate portrait of a provincial town in early Victorian England, Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford describes a community dominated by its independent and refined women. This edition includes two related short pieces by Gaskell, 'The Last Generation in England' and 'The Cage at

Peas & Queues - The Minefield of Modern Manners (Toksvig Sandi)(Paperback / softback)

Sandi Toksvig delivers an entertaining and fascinating guide to what to do and why in the confusing world of modern

Things of Darkness: Economies of Race and Gender in Early Modern England (Hall Kim F.)(Paperback)

The Ethiope, the tawny Tartar, the woman blackamoore, and knotty Africanisms--allusions to blackness abound in Renaissance texts. Kim F. Hall's eagerly awaited book is the first to view these evocations of blackness in the contexts of sexual politics, imperialism, and slavery in early modern

Alehouses and Good Fellowship in Early Modern England (Hailwood Mark)(Paperback)

This book provides a history of the alehouse between the years 1550 and 1700, the period during which it first assumed its long celebrated role as the key site for public recreation in the villages and market towns of England. In the face of considerable animosity from Church and State, the patrons

Conflict and Enlightenment: Print and Political Culture in Europe, 1635-1795 (Munck Thomas)(Paperback)

New approaches to the history of print have allowed historians of early modern Europe to re-evaluate major shifts in religious, intellectual, cultural and political life across Europe. Drawing on precise and detailed study of the contexts of different types of print, including books, pamphlets,

Imagining Cleopatra: Performing Gender and Power in Early Modern England (Arshad Yasmin)(Paperback)

Shakespeare's characterization of Cleopatra may dominate the collective consciousness, but he was only one of several 16th-century writers fascinated by the enigmatic queen of Egypt. Early modern conceptions of Cleopatra offer a rich, complex, and variable set of models for understanding the

Piracy in the Early Modern Era - An Anthology of Sources(Paperback / softback)

A People's Tragedy: Studies in Reformation (Duffy Eamon)(Pevná vazba)

As an authority on the religion of medieval and early modern England, Eamon Duffy is preeminent. In his revisionist masterpiece The Stripping of the Altars, Duffy opened up new areas of research and entirely fresh perspectives on the origin and progress of the English Reformation. Duffy's focus has

In Pursuit of Spring (Thomas Edward)(Paperback)

In March 1913, as the storm clouds of the Great War gathered, the great poet, Edward Thomas took a bicycle ride from Clapham to the Quantock Hills in Somerset. This is the story of that journey. With an introduction by Alexandra Harris, the acclaimed author of

Solitude - In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World (Harris Michael)(Paperback / softback)

To the Ends of the Earth (Golding William)(Paperback / softback)

Presents a sequence of sea novels set in the early nineteenth century, about a voyage from England to

Cameralism in Practice: State Administration and Economy in Early Modern Europe (Seppel Marten)(Paperback)

This book discusses the impact of cameralism on the practices of governance, early modern state-building and economy in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe. It argues that the cameralist conception of state and economy - a form of 'science' of government dedicated to reforming society while

Angel and the Cad - Love, Loss and Scandal in Regency England (Roberts Geraldine)(Paperback / softback)

A compelling account of scandal and betrayal in Regency

Fall of the House of Byron - Scandal and Seduction in Georgian England (Brand Emily)(Paperback / softback)

A thrilling family story of aristocratic decadence and

Science and Technology in World History: An Introduction (McClellan James E.)(Paperback)

Tracing the relationship between science and technology from the dawn of civilization to the early twenty-first century, James E. McClellan III and Harold Dorn's bestselling book argues that technology as 'applied science' emerged relatively recently, as industry and governments began funding

Z Murders (Farjeon J. Jefferson)(Paperback / softback)

Richard Temperley sets off in pursuit of a mysterious woman and finds himself embroiled in a cross-country chase - by train and taxi - on the tail of a sinister serial

Rights of Man (Paine Thomas)(Paperback)

One of the great classics on democracy, Rights of Man was published in England in 1791 as a vindication of the French Revolution and a critique of the British system of government. In direct, forceful prose, Paine defends popular rights, national independence, revolutionary war, and economic

Islamic Gunpowder Empires: Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals (Streusand Douglas E.)(Paperback)

Islamic Gunpowder Empires provides readers with a history of Islamic civilization in the early modern world through a comparative examination of Islam's three greatest empires--the Ottomans (centered in what is now Turkey), the Safavids (in modern Iran), and the Mughals (ruling the Indian

Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman (Robinson Bruce)(Paperback)

The cult classic novel of growing up in 1950s England from the writer of Withnail and