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With Moore to Corunna
Ensign Charles Paget’s previously unpublished diary of the Peninsular War is an important discovery for two reasons. The regiment in which he served – the 52nd Foot – was one of …
Transhumance and the Making of Ireland's Uplands, 1550-1900
First full survey of how transhumance operated in Ireland from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth.WINNER: American Conference for Irish Studies Donald Murphy …
Travels Through Turkey in Asia, the Holy Land, Arabia, Egypt, and Other Parts of the World ... by Charles Thompson, Esq. Interspersed with the Remarks of Several Other Modern Travellers
Dark Side of Jane Austen's World
Jane Austen’s novels are read all over the globe, and adaptations of her works have graced both film and TV screens. Although sometimes criticised for being detached from the real …
Indian People and Society
India and the subcontinent stimulated the curiosity of the British who came to India as traders. Each aspect of life in India - its people, customs, geography, climate, fauna and …
Essays on the American Revolution
These eight original essays by a group of Americas most distinguished scholars include the following themes: the meaning and significance of the Revolution; the long-term, …
Victorians at Home and Away
First published in 1978, this book explores everyday Victorian likes and dislikes, manners, fashions, ideals and illusions. It discusses their changing attitudes to women, …
Music, Dance and Franco-Italian Cultural Exchange, c.1700
Exposes the roots of 18th-century musical cosmopolitanism through an investigation of exchanges and collaborations between musicians and dancers from the two major national musical …
Networks of Influence and Power
During the nineteenth century, Liverpool became the heart of an international maritime network. As the 'second city' of Empire, its merchants and shipowners operated within a …
Black '47 and Beyond
Here Ireland's premier economic historian and one of the leading authorities on the Great Irish Famine examines the most lethal natural disaster to strike Europe in the nineteenth …
