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A Journey Through Sweden, Containing a Detailed Account of its Population, Agriculture, Commerce, and Finances
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its …
The Campaign of Waterloo
The Campaign of Waterloo is the complete account of the climatic campaign and battle of the Napoleonic Wars abstracted from Sir John Fortescue’s monumental A History of the British …
Nicholas and Alexandra
In this commanding book, Robert K Massie sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of imperial Russia to tell the story of the Romanovs. Nicholas's political naivete, …
The March of the Twenty-Six
Between the years 1804 and 1815, Napoleon created twenty-six Marshals of France. These men, who held the highest positions in the Empire after Napoleon himself, came from very …
Buddhism and Modernity
Japan was the first Asian nation to face the full impact of modernity. Like the rest of Japanese society, Buddhist institutions, individuals, and thought were drawn into the …
Monsieur Le Clerc's Observations Upon Mr. Addison's Travels Through Italy, &c. Also Some Account of the United Provinces of the Netherlands; ... and a Particular Account of the Bank of Amsterdam. Done From the French by Mr. Theobald
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its …
Simon Bolivar and the South American Wars of Independence
Waterloo 1815
Histories of the Waterloo campaign and tours of the battlefield generally concentrate on the battle between the armies of Napoleon and Wellington - the role of Blucher's Prussians …
The Life of Arthur Lord Balmerino, from the Time of His Birth to That of His Execution on Tower-Hill. to Which Are Added, Some Memoirs of the Lives of the Two Other Lords, the Earls of Kilmarnock and Cromertie
Describing Women’s Clothing in Eighteenth-Century England
Uncovers sources from the parish pauper to the gentlewoman to consider relationships with clothing across the social hierarchy in the long eighteenth century. Descriptions of …
Manhood and the Making of the Military
When Finland gained its independence from Russia in 1917, the country had not had a military for almost two decades. The ensuing creation of a new national conscript army aroused …
The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars: Volume 1, Politics and Diplomacy
Volume I of The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars covers the international foreign political dimensions of the wars and the social, legal, political and economic structures …