Dark Days of Georgian Britain. Rethinking the Regency, Hardback - James R. Hobson

This book explores the darker side of life in Regency Britain, 1811-1820.

This book is about stagecoach travel during the Napoleonic War, the era of Austen and Dickens, and the early years of Queen Victoria. Its covers tr...

An entertaining trip back in time to meet the four kings who shaped the Georgian era.

DescriptionOnce upon a time there were four kings called George who, thanks to a quirk of fate, ruled Great Britain for over a century. Hailing fro...

Reducere. More than thirty years have passed since the publication of All the Women are White, All the Blacks are Men, But Some of Us are Brave. Given the gr...

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Being a hefty, deaf newcomer almost makes Will Halpin the least popular guy at Coaler High. But when he befriends the only guy less popular than hi...

The Georgian and Regency period was a time of extremes in clothing, from the heights of the extravagant and decorative headdresses to the widths of...

In 1793, George Macartney became Britain's first envoy to imperial China, and set off one of the greatest power shifts in history. The impasse that...

Jim Davis explores the relationship between comic performance and the visual arts in England c.1780-1830, focussing on the influence of Hogarth and...

A biography focussed history of the working-class men and women who brought fresh ideas to Victorian British society.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books L...

Reducere. A fallen lady, a tortured lord, and an undeniable attraction...Royce Holmes, the new Earl of Pelham, is also an agent for the Zodiac, England's eli...

In this second edition of the remarkable, and now classic, cultural history of black women's beauty, Venus in the Dark, Janell Hobson explores the ...

Reducere. Molly's up against the undead--and the fate of Manhattan is in her hands--in the third and final book of the Dead City trilogy, which Hunger Games ...

Publisher: Vintage PublishingAuthor(s): Ian MortimerNumber of pages: 432Collection: Ian Mortimer's Time Traveller's GuidesPublication date: 2021Dim...

An entertaining peek at the greatest secrets and scandals of Regency Britain.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Violet FennIllustration(s):...

A bold and original argument that upends the myth of the Fifties as a decade of conformity to celebrate the solitary, brave individuals who pioneer...

A radical re-assessment of the post-modern study of musicPublisher: Indiana University PressAuthor(s): James R. CurrieIllustration(s): 21 music exx...

DescriptionThe history of the Philippines is a long and complex one but the stories and reflections in Dark Days of Authoritarianism, from remarkab...

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Publisher: Sussex Academic PressAuthor(s): James R RussoNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 158 x 385 x 19Cover type: HardbackRed...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Paul R. DeslandesIllustration(s): 16 color plates, 104 halftonesNumber of pages: 432Publicatio...

The title character in The English Teacher, Narayan's most autobiographical novel, searches for meaning when the death of his young wife deprives h...

Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s): David R. AbramIllustration(s): 227 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimension...

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The rise of agrarian capitalism in Britain is usually told as a story about markets, land, and wages. This study reveals that it was also about boo...

New title in the Following in the Footsteps series, charting Cromwell's story, one of the most controversial figures in British history.

The Women Who Shaped Modern Art in Britain tells the stories of determined women like Helen Sutherland, Margaret Gardiner, Myfanwy Piper and others...

This book offers a history of modern Britain since the late 1970s. Twelve chapters take as their starting-point one particularly important day in r...

Dark Skies: Britain and Ireland guide - a practical guide to star-gazing, including history, myth and legend, Certified and Discovery sites, recomm...

DescriptionA masterfully designed hardcover collecting over 200 pages of art and commentary from the creators of the brutal and thrilling Days Gone...

Based on a large action research project, this book elaborates on how genre-based pedagogy can be extended to engage non-English speaking backgroun...

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