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Helion & Company Cavalier Capital: Oxford in the English Civil War
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Helion & Company Fit to Command: British Regimental Leadership in
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Helion & Company Far Distant Ships: The Blockade of Brest
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The American University in Cairo Press Discovery at Rosetta: Revealing Ancient Egypt
Book SynopsisIn 1798, young French general Napoleon Bonaparte entered Egypt with a veteran army and a specialist group of savants—scientists, engineers, and artists—his aim being not just conquest, but the rediscovery of the lost Nile kingdom. A year later, in the ruins of an old fort in the small port of Rosetta, the savants made a startling discovery: a large, flat stone, inscribed in Greek, demotic Egyptian, and ancient hieroglyphics. This was the Rosetta Stone, key to the two-thousand-year mystery of hieroglyphs, and to Egypt itself. Two years later, French forces retreated before the English and Ottoman armies, but would not give up the stone. Caught between the opposing generals at the siege of Alexandria, British special agents went in to find the Rosetta Stone, rescue the French savants, and secure a fragile peace treaty. Discovery at Rosetta uses French, Egyptian, and English eyewitness accounts to tell the complete story of the discovery, decipherment, and capture of the Rosetta Stone, investigating the rivalries and politics of the time, and the fate of the stone today.Trade ReviewDowns tells an engrossing story full of larger-than-life and sometimes simply wacky characters. * Publishers Weekly *A real-life story of intrigue, sacrifice and distrust in a country at war—the first complete account of the stone itself. * Ancient Egypt *A cracking good read. * Professor Richard Holmes *A skillfully written, entertaining, and factual account of the stone’s origins. * Professor Zahi Hawass *
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The University of Alabama Press Lincolns Trident The West Gulf Blockading
Book SynopsisCoast Guard historian Robert M. Browning Jr. continues his magisterial series about the Union's naval blockade of the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Browning masterfully captures the many variables that influenced the strategic choices of Navy commanders as they both doggedly pursued unchanging long-term goals as well as improvised and reacted to short-term opportunities.
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Henry VIII, the Duke of Albany and the
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive study of this war helps us understand how each country to defend the frontier, and the political issues which drove the Anglo-Scottish wars of the 1520s. The Anglo-Scottish War of 1522-1524 saw the mobilisation of tens of thousands of men and vast amounts of resources in both England and Scotland. Beyond its British context, the war had a European significance: it formed an element in the wider Valois-Habsburg struggles over Italy, with the complex systems of alliances spreading the repercussions of this struggle far across the continent and to the borders of England and Scotland. Recent years have seen the emergence of a renewed debate around the status of the Anglo-Scottish frontier and the wider political and social conditions which predominated in the borderlands of each kingdom. Although there has been a move to present the Anglo-Scottish border as a porous frontier where the populations on either side were closely connected, these neighbourly links imploded rapidly in wartime when frontier populations were co-opted into a national struggle. It is significant that borderers were responsible for inflicting the heaviest violence on each other during the war. Drawing on an unprecedented access to English and Sottish sources of the conflict, this book offers an important new contribution to both Scottish and English history as well as the wider military history of late medieval and early modern Europe. Aspects of military mobilisation, logistics, the defence of frontiers, the use of violence against civilians and wartime espionage feature prominently.Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Albany's Return to Scotland to the Sack of Jedburgh (November 1521-September 1523) Chapter 2: Albany's March on Wark to the Treaty of Berwick (September 1523-January 1526) Chapter 3: Military Mobilisation in Scotland Chapter 4: The Supply of Scottish Armies Chapter 5: The Destruction of the Scottish Borders Chapter 6: The Defence of the English Frontier Chapter 7: Spies and Informers Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Riflemen of Wellington s Light Division in the
Book SynopsisCompiled by an acknowledged expert in the field. Never originally intended for publication, many of the accounts in this book provide an honest view of campaign life.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Waterloo 1815 1
Book SynopsisTo coincide with the 2015 bicentennial of the Battle of Waterloo, Osprey publishes Waterloo 1815, a definitive three volume history of the historic battle. Based on new research drawn from unpublished first-hand accounts and illustrations, Waterloo 1815 provides a detailed resource for all aspects of the famous battle.This first volume of the trilogy, Quatre Bras, focuses on the lead-up to Waterloo itself. Two days before the main battle, an initial 8,000 Allied troops faced the 48,000 men of the French Armée du Nord under Marshal Ney at the strategically vital crossroads of Quatre Bras. Having been tricked by Napolean who was trying to drive a wedge between the Prussians and the Anglo-allied army, Wellington concentrated his troops at Quatre Bras, hoping to link up with the Prussians. There Wellington just managed to hold off Ney''s attacks. The battle ended in a tactical stalemate but, because he was unable to join with Blücher''s Prussians, Wellington retreated back alongTable of ContentsIntroduction / Chronology / Opposing commanders / Opposing forces / Orders of battle / Opposing plans / The campaign opens / Aftermath / The battlefield today / Further reading / Index
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Oxford University Press Inc Napoleon A Concise Biography
Book SynopsisThis book provides a concise, lively, up-to-date portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte''s character and career, including his most important battles, while situating him firmly in historical context.David Bell emphasizes the astonishing sense of human possibility - for both good and ill - that Napoleon represented. By his late twenties, Napoleon was already one of the greatest generals in European history. At thirty, he had become absolute master of Europe''s most powerful country. In his early forties, he ruled a European empire more powerful than any since Rome, fighting wars that changed the shape of the continent and brought death to millions. Then everything collapsed, leading him to spend his last years in miserable exile in the South Atlantic. Bell underlines the importance of the French Revolution of 1789 in understanding Napoleon''s career. It was the Revolution that made possible the unprecedented concentration of political authority that Napoleon developed, as well as his unprecedented success in mobilizing human and material resources. The Revolution gave birth to the radically new, intense form of warfare that Napoleon later practiced. Without the political changes brought about by the Revolution, Napoleon could not have fought his wars. Without the wars, he could not have seized and held onto power. He did betray much of the Revolution''s heritage of liberty and equality, and ruled as a virtual dictator. But his life and career were, nonetheless, revolutionary.Trade ReviewThere are plenty of big lives of Napoleon, and the last few years have seen the appearance of a whole new crop. Their general standard has been very high, but the detail is often daunting, not to mention the weight in the hand. Pocket-sized biographies by reputable scholars have been surprisingly less common. The best English one in recent times, by Felix Markham, was published as long ago as 1963. Napoleonic studies have moved on considerably since then, and David Bell has been one of the leaders in advancing the field with his survey in 2007 of what he called the First Total War. Now he offers a crisp and up-to-date introduction to the amazing career of the man at the centre of it all. - * William Doyle, History *A very concise, but very illuminating history of one of the world's greatest generals. * Steve Craggs, Northern Echo *It is entertaining to read and discusses the important events and developments surrounding Napoleons reign. * Michael J. Hughes, European History Quarterly *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Corsican, 1769-1796 2. The General, 1796-1799 3. The First Consul, 1799-1804 4. The Emperor, 1804-1812 5. Downfall, 1812-1815 Epilogue: 1815-2015
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Cambridge University Press Cities at War in Early Modern Europe
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Cambridge University Press The Fall of Napoleon Volume 1 the Allied Invasion of France 18131814
Book SynopsisThis book tells the story of the invasion of France at the twilight of Napoleon''s empire. With more than a million men under arms throughout central Europe, Coalition forces poured over the Rhine River to invade France between late November 1813 and early January 1814. Three principal army groups drove across the great German landmark, smashing the exhausted French forces that attempted to defend the eastern frontier. In less than a month, French forces ingloriously retreated from the Rhine to the Marne; Allied forces were within one week of reaching Paris. This book provides the first complete English-language study of the invasion of France along a front that extended from Holland to Switzerland.Trade Review'Leggiere has made a significant contribution to Cambridge's Military Histories series. His book belongs in every military history collection, especially those that concentrate on the Napoleonic era.' Library Journal'The Fall of Napoleon is already a major work on the subject, and there's every reason to believe Volume 2 will be just as good.' www.europeanhistory.about.com'… Leggiere has set the bar quite high.' Ralph Ashby, H-France'In writing this book, Michael Leggiere not only updates the standard French and German military accounts written a century ago … but also builds on more recent diplomatic and political studies, for instance those by Henry Kissinger and Paul Schroeder. The text is detailed, but clearly written, and is supported by twenty-five excellent maps, and by fifteen portraits of military and political leaders.' Journal of the Society for Army Historical ResearchTable of Contents1. The new Charlemagne; 2. Barbarians at the gate; 3. The Frankfurt proposals; 4. Napoleon and the French; 5. The left bank; 6. The right bank; 7. The lower Rhine; 8. The upper Rhine; 9. The middle Rhine; 10. Alsace and Franche-Comté; 11. The Vosges and the Saône; 12. Lorraine; 13. The Saar and the Moselle; 14. Belgium; 15. The Marne; 16. The Aube, Bourgogne, and the Rhône; 17. The protocols of Langres.
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Faber & Faber The News from Waterloo
Book SynopsisThe Duke of Wellington''s victory over Napoleon in 1815 at Waterloo ensured British dominance for the rest of the nineteenth century. It took three days and two hours for word to travel from Belgium in a form that people could rely upon. This is a tragi-comic midsummer''s tale that begins amidst terrible carnage and weaves through a world of politics and military convention, enterprise and roguery, frustration, doubt and jealousy, to end spectacularly in the heart of Regency society at a grand soiree in St James''s Square after feverish journeys by coach and horseback, a Channel crossing delayed by falling tides and a flat calm, and a final dash by coach and four from Dover to London. At least five men were involved in bringing the news or parts of it to London, and their stories are fascinating. Brian Cathcart, a brilliant storyteller and historian, has visited the battlefield, travelled the messengers'' routes, and traced untapped British, French and
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Little, Brown Book Group Beating Napoleon
Book Synopsis''If it had not been for you English, I should have been Emperor of the East; but wherever there is water to float a ship, we are sure to find you in our way.'' Emperor NapoleonBut just thirty-five years earlier, Britain lacked any major continental allies, and was wracked by crises and corruption. Many thought that she would follow France into revolution. The British elite had no such troubling illusions: defeat was not a possibility. Since not all shared that certainty, the resumption of the conflict and its pursuit through years of Napoleonic dominance is a remarkable story of aristocratic confidence and assertion of national superiority. Winning these wars meant ruthless imperialist expansion, spiteful political combat, working under a mad king and forging the most united national effort since the days of the Armada. And it meant setting the foundations for the greatest empire the world has ever known.Trade ReviewA vivid picture of how the British Empire not only had to defeat Napoleon but also some of its own people * Herald *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Europe Under Napoleon
Book SynopsisMichael Broers is Professor of Western European History at Oxford University. He is the author of many books on revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe including The Napoleonic Empire in Italy, 1796 -1814, winner of the Grand Prix Napoleon Prize 2006 and Napoleon's Other War: Bandits, Rebels and their Pursuers in the Age of Revolutions. He is currently writing a two-volume biography of Napoleon, the first volume of which, Napoleon: Soldier of Destiny, was published in 2014.Table of ContentsList of Maps Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition Introduction Conquest, 1799-1807 Consolidation 1799-1807 Collaboration and Resistance: The Napoleonic State and the People of Western Europe, 1799-1808 Crisis 1808-1811 Coercion: The Europe of the Grand Empire 1810-1814 Collapse: The Fall of the Empire 1812-1814 Conclusion Notes Select Bibliography Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Revolutionary America 17631815
Book SynopsisNow in its 4th edition, Revolutionary America explains the crucial events in the history of the United States between 1763 and 1815, when settlers in North America rebelled against British rule, won their independence in a long and bloody struggle, and created an enduring republic.Centering the narrative on the politics of the early republic, Revolutionary America presents a concise history of the War of Independence and lays a distinctive foundation for students and scholars of the early American republic. Francis D. Cogliano pays particular attention to the experiences of those who were excluded from the immediate benefits and rights secured by the creation of the American republic, including women, Native Americans, and Black Americans. This fourth edition contains fully revised chapters to incorporate the insights of the latest scholarship. It also includes: A new introduction that engages the 1619 versus 1776 debateTable of Contents0. Introduction to the Fourth Edition PART I: The Course of Events 1. British North America in 1763 2. The Imperial Crisis 3. Revolution, 1775-1776 4. Winning Independence 5. The Confederation Era 6. Creating the Constitution 7. The Federalist Era 8. An Empire of Liberty, 1801-1815 PART II: We the People 9. Native Americans and the American Revolution 10. African Americans in the Age of Revolution 11. American Women in the Age of Revolution 12. Who Should Rule at Home? 13. Conclusion
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Bayou Battles for Vicksburg
Book SynopsisIn the latest volume in his five-volume history of the Vicksburg Campaign of the US Civil War, Timothy Smith offers the first book-length examination of Ulysses S. Grant’s winter waterborne attempts to capture the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg, Mississippi.Trade ReviewBayou Battles for Vicksburg continues the exhaustive research and clear analysis that marks Timothy Smith’s impressive catalog. This chronicle of battles against man and nature fittingly takes its place in Smith’s masterful multivolume study of the campaign to conquer the Gibraltar of the Mississippi." - Jonathan M. Steplyk, author of Fighting Means Killing: Civil War Soldiers and the Nature of CombatTable of Contents List of Maps List of Illustrations Preface Prologue: Vicksburg Not by the Book 1. “We Were Out-Generaled Some Way” 2. “Can the Enemy Intend Another Attempt to Approach Vicksburg?” 3. “We Have Disposed of This Tough Little Nut” 4. “The Work of Changing the Channel of the Mississippi” 5. “But Grant Is on Two Other Projects” 6. “The Prospect of Opening the Pass Is Encouraging” 7. “The Yankee Boats Are Here” 8. “The Enemy Press Me on All Sides” 9. “We Intend to Take the Boats” 10. “This Is the Only Move I Now See as Practicable” 11. “They Are About to Execute Some Plan” 12. “Attracting Attention from Grant” 13. “We Land in the Morning” Epilogue: “But I Was on Dry Ground” Appendix 1: Union Order of Battle for Arkansas Post, January 11, 1863 Appendix 2: Confederate Order of Battle for Arkansas Post, January 11, 1863 Notes Bibliography Index
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars Volume 3 Experience Culture and Memory
Book SynopsisVolume III of the Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars moves away from the battlefield to explore broader questions of society and culture. Leading scholars from around the globe show how the conflict left its mark on virtually every aspect of society. They reflect on the experience of the soldiers who fought in them, examining such matters as military morale, ideas of honour and masculinity, the treatment of wounds and the fate of prisoners-of-war; and they explore social issues such as the role of civilians, women''s experience, trans-border encounters and the roots of armed resistance. They also demonstrates how the experience of war was inextricably linked to empire and the wider world. Individual chapters discuss the depiction of the Wars in literature and the arts and their lasting impact on European culture. The volume concludes by examining the memory of the Wars and their legacy for the nineteenth-century world.Table of ContentsList of Figures; List of Maps; List of Contributors to Volume III; Introduction to Volume III Alan Forrest and Peter Hicks; Part I. The Experience of War: 1. The Soldiers' Experience of War Leighton S. James; 2. Military Values: Heroism and Masculinity Michael J. Hughes; 3. Military Medicine Martin R. Howard; 4. Women and the Home Front Catriona Kennedy; 5. Prisoners of War Elodie Duché; Part II. The Experience of Imperial Rule: 6. Blockade and Economic Warfare Katherine Aaslestad; 7. Crossing Borders: Encounters with the Other Mike Rapport; 8. Popular Resistance: The Case of Napoleonic Italy Michael Broers; 9. Collaboration: The Case of the Duchy of Warsaw Jaroslaw Czubaty; 10. Military Resistance: Desertion Alan Forrest; 11. Liberation: Myth and Reality in Germany Ute Planert; Part III. War, Culture and Memory; 12. Memoirs and the Communication of Memory Philip Dwyer and Matilda Greig; 13. Festivals, Ceremonies and Public Commemorations Philip Dwyer; 14. The Portrayal of Heroism Richard Taws; 15. The Fine Arts and the Napoleonic Wars David O'Brien; 16. Poets and Novelists: Writing the Memory of War Philip Shaw; 17. Political Keyboard Music in Revolutionary and Napoleonic France: 'The Battle' Peter Hicks; 18. The Napoleonic Wars in Caricature Pascal Dupuy; 19. The Napoleonic Wars in European Cinema Wolfgang Koller; 20. Nostalgia, or a Ruin with a View Peter A. Fritzsche; Part IV. The Aftermath and Legacy of the Wars: 21. Demobilization, Veterans and Civil Society after the Empire in France Natalie Petiteau; 22. The Impact of the Napoleonic Wars on Europe's Nineteenth-Century Gender Order Karen Hagemann; 23. Jomini, Clausewitz and the Theory of War Hew Strachan; 24. The Legacy of Counter-Revolution: Conservative Ideology and Legitimism in France Ambrogio A. Caiani; 25. Bonapartism Robert Alexander; 26. The Legacy of the Wars for the International System Beatrice de Graff; 27. The Dislocation of the Global Hispanic World Graciela Iglesias Rogers; 28. Global Empire: Britain's Century, 1815–1914 Gregory Fremont-Barnes; 29. The Napoleonic Wars and Realms of Memory in Europe Nicoletta Marini D'Armenia and Luigu Mascilli Migliorini; Bibliographical Essays; Index.
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Oxford University Press Inc Hamilton
Book SynopsisIn Hamilton: The Energetic Founder, R. B. Bernstein provides a thorough history that reveals Hamilton''s status as one of the key founding fathers of the United States.Hamilton: The Energetic Founder is a brief introduction to the life, thought, work, and legacy of Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804), but it is not a traditional biography. Public curiosity about Hamilton, his life, and his work has swelled, particularly among those intrigued by popular-culture portrayals in the Broadway musical Hamilton: An American Musical. This book presents a summary of Hamilton''s life and explores his role in revolution, constitutionalism, economics, diplomacy, and war, as well as his relationship to honor culture and duelling. The epilogue considers Hamilton''s legacies.The book considers Hamilton as a key founding father, focusing on his work as a politician, a constitutional thinker, and the nation''s first secretary of the treasury. In that role, Hamilton was perhaps the leading American domestic pTrade ReviewThis concise, elegant, and erudite presentation of the life of Alexander Hamilton is just what we need. As Americans look to the past to answer questions about our present and future, Bernstein has given us an excellent history of the life and times of a man who did so much to set the course of the early United States. * Annette Gordon-Reed, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family *Yet again, R. B. Bernstein demonstrates his mastery of the lives and legacies of the men who made America. His concise and illuminating pen portrait of Alexander Hamilton: The Energetic Founder is a welcome addition to the founders' bookshelf, an appropriate pendant to the author's excellent brief biography of Thomas Jefferson, Hamilton's nemesis. * Peter S. Onuf, Thomas Jefferson Foundation Professor, University of Virginia *Alexander Hamilton was the most consistent and insistent nationalist among the founding fathers. R. B. Bernstein's admirably concise and clear book presents an excellent guide to Hamilton's constitutional and political thought and activities. Bernstein introduces us to Hamilton's lifetime of energetic advocacy, and he shows us why Hamilton mattered then and still matters now. * William E. Nelson, Edward Weinfeld Professor of Law, New York University School of Law *...offers a fine, concise case for seeing Alexander Hamilton as the father of the US government. * The Guardian *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Life 2. Revolution 3. Politics 4. Law and Constitutionalism 5. Economy 6. Diplomacy and War 7. Honor and Dueling Epilogue: Legacies Notes Further Reading Index
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Oxford University Press The Rise and Fall of the American Century The
Book SynopsisFrom William H. Chafe, the best-selling author of The Unfinished Journey, comes a new text that offers in-depth and enlightening coverage of the history of the United States in the twentieth century. The Rise and Fall of the American Century: The United States from 1890-2010 describes the rise--and potential fall--of the U.S., a nation more powerful, more wealthy, and more dominant than any in human history. It also acknowledges the persistent challenges the U.S. has faced and continues to face--inequalities of race, gender, and income that contradict its vision of itself as a land of opportunity. Examining the evolution of the United States since 1890, The Rise and Fall of the American Century chronicles the varying mood of the country through its changing presidencies, from the rise of the metropolis and Teddy Roosevelt in the 1890s to the turbulent era of the Bush administration at the beginning of the twenty-first century. By analyzing the shifting moods and social and political upheavals (both at home and abroad) and the United States''s reactions to these events, the book seeks to understand how the country both achieved its vision for itself in some ways but failed to realize it in others. Working in a political framework, Chafe also provides a strong balance of social and cultural history, touching on the African-American, Latino, and Asian communities, the West, and the changing status of women. The book''s epilogue discusses important economic and political events through 2008, including the financial crisis and the 2008 Presidential Election.Trade ReviewWithout question Chafe is a master narrative historian able to weave together multiple histories into one compelling drama of struggle * of competing ideas, values, and visions of what made the American century 'American.' Chafe knows how to write history as drama in the best sense of that word. I couldn't put it down. Students will not find this kind of writing on Wikipedia."-Neil Foley, University of Texas, and author of The White Scourge *The Rise and Fall of the American Century is an excellent work that touches upon practically all of the major themes and issues of twentieth-century American history with authorial conviction. Perhaps its greatest strength is the author's ability to humanize presidents, the presidency, and presidential politics. The writing is beyond impressive and will capture and hold the attention of college students. * Hasan Kwame Jeffries, The Ohio State University *In this unflinching examination of the United States over the last century, one of the nation's foremost historians traces the nation's rise to power and its disastrous recent decline. William H. Chafe illuminates the national story with keen insight, elegant prose, and powerful analysis. * Elaine Tyler May, author of Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era *One of this country's most distinguished historians, Bill Chafe is at the top of his game as he examines the complexities and paradoxes of American life in this remarkable book. * John Dittmer, author of Local People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi *Table of Contents1. Introduction: The 1890s, a Preview of the Next Century ; 2. The Dawn of Progressivism ; 3. America and the World ; 4. The Roaring (?) Twenties ; 5. FDR and the New Deal ; 6. World War II: 1941-1945 ; 7. The Cold War and the Politics of Anti-Communism: 1945-52 ; 8. Ike and the Affluent Society: An Age of Contradictions ; 9. From Camelot to Fragmentation: The 1960s ; 10. Polarization, Paranoia, and a New Conservatism: America in the 1970s ; 11. Morning in America: Ronald Regan ; 12. The End of One War, the Start of Another: Politics, Culture, and the Specter of Terrorism in the 1990s ; 13. The End of the American Century? The First Decade of the New Millennium
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Oxford University Press Charles Is Killers in America
Book SynopsisWhen the British monarchy was restored in 1660, King Charles II was faced with the conundrum of what to with those who had been involved in the execution of his father eleven years earlier. Facing a grisly fate at the gallows, some of the men who had signed Charles I''s death warrant fled to America. Charles I''s Killers in America traces the gripping story of two of these men-Edward Whalley and William Goffe-and their lives in America, from their welcome in New England until their deaths there. With fascinating insights into the governance of the American colonies in the seventeenth century, and how a network of colonists protected the regicides, Matthew Jenkinson overturns the enduring theory that Charles II unrelentingly sought revenge for the murder of his father. Charles I''s Killers in America also illuminates the regicides'' afterlives, with conclusions that have far-reaching implications for our understanding of Anglo-American political and cultural relations. Novels, historiesTrade Review...well researched and well crafted * John Coffey, University of Leicester, Milton Quarterly *A delightful read * Colin Kidd, The Guardian *The book's forte is its careful analysis of the available material and the patient exposure of its frustrating inadequacies. * Andrew Taylor, The Times *Intriguing account. * Philip Terzian, The Wall Street Journal *Jenkinson's work ... offers a refreshing corrective to recent popular accounts, which have tended to rehearse the now familiar story of the dramatic pursuit of these 'king killers' across the wilds of New England by Royalist bounty hunters ... The picture presented by Jenkinson of the increasingly cloistered existence endured by two ageing revolutionaries wracked with spiritual doubt may make for poorer fiction but is certainly the stuff of excellent history. * Edward Vallance, Literary Review *Exhaustive research and penetrating analysis. * James Baresel, HistoryNet *A lively and engaging account of two of the regicides who fled to New England and how they subsequently came to be remembered and mythologized in eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century America. Drawing on a wide range of both historical and fictional sources (including novels, plays, and visual art), this fascinating study reveals the crucial role that the subsequent refashioning of the story of the regicides played in forging a nascent American national identity. * Tim Harris, Munro-Goodwin-Wilkinson Professor in European History, Brown University *Table of ContentsPART I: Lives 1: Introduction 2: Regicides on the Run I: Gravesend to Milford 3: Regicides on the Run II: Milford to Hartford PART II. Afterlives 4: Thomas Hutchinson and the Regicides' Rediscovery 5: Ezra Stiles, the Regicides, and the American Revolution 6: The Spirit of the Regicides, Liberty, and American National Identity 7: The Regicides' Revival, Rise, and Decline 8: Conclusion Appendix I - Dramatis Personaw Appendix II - Timeline of the Movements of Whalley and Goffe Appendix III - The Diary of William Goffe Appendix IV - The (Dis)appearance of John Dixwell Bibliography Notes Index
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Helion & Company The Armies and Wars of the Sun King 1643-1715:
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Helion & Company Transylvanian Armies 1541-1613
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Helion & Company These Distinguished Corps: British Grenadier and
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Helion & Company Wellington's Unsung Heroes: The Fifth Division in
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Cambridge University Press Revisiting Prussias Wars against Napoleon History Culture and Memory
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Random House USA Inc On Great Fields
Book SynopsisFrom the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic and definitive biography of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the history-altering professor turned Civil War hero.Before 1862, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain had rarely left his home state of Maine, where he was a trained minister and mild-mannered professor at Bowdoin College. His colleagues were shocked when he volunteered for the Union army, but he was undeterred and later became known as one of the North’s greatest heroes: On the second day at Gettysburg, after running out of ammunition at Little Round Top, he ordered his men to wield their bayonets in a desperate charge down a rocky slope that routed the Confederate attackers. Despite being wounded at Petersburg—and told by two surgeons he would die—Chamberlain survived the war, going on to be elected governor of Maine four times and serve as president of Bowdoin College.How did a
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Random House USA Inc Silent Cavalry
Book SynopsisA Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist reveals the little-known story of the Union soldiers from Alabama who played a decisive role in the Civil War, and how they were scrubbed from the history books.We all know how the Civil War was won: Courageous Yankees triumphed over the South. But is there more to the story?As Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Howell Raines shows, it was not only soldiers from northern states who helped General William Tecumseh Sherman burn Atlanta to the ground but also an unsung regiment of 2,066 Alabamian yeoman farmers—including at least one member of Raines’s own family.Called the First Alabama Cavalry, U.S.A., this regiment of mountain Unionists, which included sixteen formerly enslaved Black men, was the point of the spear that Sherman drove through the heart of the Confederacy. The famed general hailed their skills and courage. So why don’t we know anything about them?Silent Cavalry
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The History Press Ltd Bristol and the Civil War
Book SynopsisIn the seventeenth century Bristol was the second city of England. It was the main west coast port, an internationally important entrepot and rich trading centre. Industry flourished, too, with manufacturing and processing industries like soap making and gunpowder production responsible for Bristol''s considerable wealth. In consequence, control of the town became one of the chief objectives of both armies during the civil war which raged in England in the 1640s. Beginning the war under Parliamentarian control, the city changed hands twice, with each transfer having a major effect of the war effort of both sides.This new study argues that when the Royalists captured Bristol in July 1643 they gained not only the city, but also the materials and facilities that literally allowed them to remain in the war. Under Royalist rule Bristol became a vital centre for military and government activities, as well as a centre for importing arms from Europe and becoming almost the alternative Royalist capital. The loss of Bristol in 1645 was therefore a huge blow to the Royalist cause. This book is surely one of the most important written on the civil wars in recent times. Its radical reinterpretation of the pivotal role of England''s second city will ensure it a place on bookshelves of anyone interested in the most turbulent years of the seventeenth century.
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McNidder & Grace To The Call of The Bugles
Book SynopsisIn 1798, with the fear of a French invasion, the Percy Tenantry Volunteers were one of many volunteer corps preparing to defend our shores. Raised by the 2nd Duke of Northumberland, his force consisted of cavalry, riflemen and artillery. Shows how such a corps was organised and how they were fashioned into an elite and innovative fighting force.Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1 Thorighwegeri - The Warrior Duke What's in a name An unlikely soldier Europe beckons Settling down The Boston dinner party The smell of powder Lexington The cartographer The leaving of Boston New York and Rhode Island Home and Portugal Chapter Two: Countdown to War The world turned upside down 'Britain to arms' Invasion! The response Alnwick. A storm brews Chapter Three: Organisation Structure Second Embodiment 1803 Recruitment Regulations and discipline Transport Cost Supplies and maintenance Ammunition Chapter Four: Incidents and Accidents and cause for celebration The casualties of war The False Alarm Impressment Mass resignation The Battle of Brizlee Tower, 1805 The Kings Jubilee Fire Presentation of new standards Chapter Five: The Percy Infantry Light Infantry and irregulars The Percy Infantry 1798 Marksmanship 1803 Riflemen Aiming for the bullseye Musters and ale Permanent duty Chapter Six: The Cavalry and Artillery Horses First steps, 1798 Exercise Mastering The artillery: the beginning The crew Training and inspections Experiments Wall gun detachments Chapter Seven: Bugles and Song The bugle horn Training Parades and pay Duties of a bugle Verse and song Uniform Chapter Eight: Uniforms and Equipment Cavalry uniform Weapons Infantry and riflemen Weaponry 1798 Riflemen uniform 1803 Ill-fitting uniforms Accoutrements Cartridge boxes Powder horns and flasks Brush and prickers Screw and worm Bullet bags Frogs Ancillary items Rifles The artillery Wall guns (amusettes) Ancillary equipment Tubes Linstock Flint strikers Balls and sabots Chapter Nine: Burning Embers (peacetime Volunteers) Disbandment A third embodiment The household artillery The Tenantry column Chapter Ten: The Men Sir David William Smith 1764 -1837 The railway men: Blackett, Hedley and Hackworth Christopher Blackett 1751-1829 William Hedley 1779 -1843 Timothy Hackworth 1789 -1850 Major John Watson Major Latham Blacker John Craven, Sergeant Major Reverend James Birkett, Sergeant Forster Rattray, Sergeant Captain John Toppin Appendix Northumberland military forces 198-1814 The militia Army of reserve Fencibles Sea fencibles Provisional cavalry Yeomanry cavalry Pioneer companies Instructions for the Armed Association of Percy Tenantry Infantry 1798 Select Bibliography Index Acknowledgements Author Biography
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Rowanvale Books They Came Three Thousand Miles and Died The
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Cambridge University Press Print Publicity and Popular Radicalism in the 1790s
Book SynopsisA revisionary account, by a leading scholar, of the turbulent decade of the 1790s, during which radical ideas spread to Britain from revolutionary France and were circulated and popularised in new ways. The study offers a general account together with case studies of key individuals of the period. This title is also available as Open Access.Trade Review'A fascinating and insightful look at a very dangerous time in British history, Mee's excellent book also speaks directly to us in the early 21st century as radicals once more try to disrupt civilisation.' Sun News Austin (www.sunnewsaustin.com)'… [this is] a book of very high quality, a cultural history both nourished by … deep research in archives and problematized by theoretical contributions through very fine micro-readings.' Rémy Duthille, translated from Revue de la Société d'études anglo-américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe sièclesTable of ContentsIntroduction: the open theatre of the world?; Part I. Publicity, Print, and Association: 1. Popular radical print culture: 'the more public the better'; 2. The radical associations and 'the general will'; Part II. Radical Personalities: 3. 'Once a squire and now a man': Robert Merry and the pains of politics; 4. 'The ablest head, with the blackest heart:' Charles Pigott and the scandal of radicalism; 5. Citizen Lee at 'The tree of liberty'; 6. John Thelwall and the 'whole will of the nation'.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd An Alternative History of Britain The English
Book SynopsisEnglish Civil War is a crucial turning point in British history. This book explores numerous plausible 'what if' questions that show how the war could easily have turned out differently, with far-reaching consequences for British History. It Includes such scenarios as what if Charles I had marched on London straight after his victory at Edgehill.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Following in the Footsteps of Oliver Cromwell: A
Book SynopsisOliver Cromwell is one of the most important figures in British History. He was both soldier and politician and the only non-Royal ruler of Britain in a thousand years. His actions and ideas still have political and social consequences today, and his legacy still divides people. Love him or loathe him, Cromwell still matters. This book is a history of his life through the places in Britain and Ireland where he lived, visited, ruled or fought. _Following in the Footsteps of Oliver Cromwell_ begins in Huntingdon in 1599, with the respectable but unimportant Cromwell family living under the shadow of richer relatives. Civil War and Cromwell's controversial successes at Marston Moor, Naseby, Basing House and Worcester transform him into the most powerful person in Britain, saving him from obscurity and moving him from a modest house in Ely to Hampton Court Palace. Cromwell is involved in the execution of King Charles I outside the Banqueting House, his own coronation in Westminster Hall, and bloody slaughter in Ireland. His death in 1658 does not end the controversy. His enemies take revenge on his corpse and the debate about his legacy begins.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American
Book SynopsisThe correspondence between the old Congress and the American agents, commissioners, and ministers in foreign countries was secret and confidential throughout the Revolution. The letters, as they arrived, were read in Congress and referred to the standing Committee of Foreign Affairs, accompanied with requisite instructions, when necessary, as to the nature and substance of the replies. The papers embracing this correspondence, which swelled to a considerable mass before the end of the Revolution, were removed to the Department of State after the formation of the new government. These papers are now presented to you in this twelve-volume set.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American
Book SynopsisThe correspondence between the old Congress and the American agents, commissioners, and ministers in foreign countries was secret and confidential throughout the Revolution. The letters, as they arrived, were read in Congress and referred to the standing Committee of Foreign Affairs, accompanied with requisite instructions, when necessary, as to the nature and substance of the replies. The papers embracing this correspondence, which swelled to a considerable mass before the end of the Revolution, were removed to the Department of State after the formation of the new government. These papers are now presented to you in this twelve-volume set.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American
Book SynopsisThe correspondence between the old Congress and the American agents, commissioners, and ministers in foreign countries was secret and confidential throughout the Revolution. The letters, as they arrived, were read in Congress and referred to the standing Committee of Foreign Affairs, accompanied with requisite instructions, when necessary, as to the nature and substance of the replies. The papers embracing this correspondence, which swelled to a considerable mass before the end of the Revolution, were removed to the Department of State after the formation of the new government. These papers are now presented to you in this twelve-volume set.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American
Book SynopsisThe correspondence between the old Congress and the American agents, commissioners, and ministers in foreign countries was secret and confidential throughout the Revolution. The letters, as they arrived, were read in Congress and referred to the standing Committee of Foreign Affairs, accompanied with requisite instructions, when necessary, as to the nature and substance of the replies. The papers embracing this correspondence, which swelled to a considerable mass before the end of the Revolution, were removed to the Department of State after the formation of the new government. These papers are now presented to you in this twelve-volume set.
£195.19
Nova Science Publishers Inc The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American
Book SynopsisThe correspondence between the old Congress and the American agents, commissioners, and ministers in foreign countries was secret and confidential throughout the Revolution. The letters, as they arrived, were read in Congress and referred to the standing Committee of Foreign Affairs, accompanied with requisite instructions, when necessary, as to the nature and substance of the replies. The papers embracing this correspondence, which swelled to a considerable mass before the end of the Revolution, were removed to the Department of State after the formation of the new government. These papers are now presented to you in this twelve-volume set.
£195.19
Nova Science Publishers Inc The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American
Book SynopsisThe correspondence between the old Congress and the American agents, commissioners, and ministers in foreign countries was secret and confidential throughout the Revolution. The letters, as they arrived, were read in Congress and referred to the standing Committee of Foreign Affairs, accompanied with requisite instructions, when necessary, as to the nature and substance of the replies. The papers embracing this correspondence, which swelled to a considerable mass before the end of the Revolution, were removed to the Department of State after the formation of the new government. These papers are now presented to you in this twelve-volume set.
£195.19
Nova Science Publishers Inc The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American
Book SynopsisThe correspondence between the old Congress and the American agents, commissioners, and ministers in foreign countries was secret and confidential throughout the Revolution. The letters, as they arrived, were read in Congress and referred to the standing Committee of Foreign Affairs, accompanied with requisite instructions, when necessary, as to the nature and substance of the replies. The papers embracing this correspondence, which swelled to a considerable mass before the end of the Revolution, were removed to the Department of State after the formation of the new government. These papers are now presented to you in this twelve-volume set.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American
Book SynopsisThe correspondence between the old Congress and the American agents, commissioners, and ministers in foreign countries was secret and confidential throughout the Revolution. The letters, as they arrived, were read in Congress and referred to the standing Committee of Foreign Affairs, accompanied with requisite instructions, when necessary, as to the nature and substance of the replies. The papers embracing this correspondence, which swelled to a considerable mass before the end of the Revolution, were removed to the Department of State after the formation of the new government. These papers are now presented to you in this twelve-volume set.
£195.19
Nova Science Publishers Inc The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American
Book SynopsisThe correspondence between the old Congress and the American agents, commissioners, and ministers in foreign countries was secret and confidential throughout the Revolution. The letters, as they arrived, were read in Congress and referred to the standing Committee of Foreign Affairs, accompanied with requisite instructions, when necessary, as to the nature and substance of the replies. The papers embracing this correspondence, which swelled to a considerable mass before the end of the Revolution, were removed to the Department of State after the formation of the new government. These papers are now presented to you in this twelve-volume set.
£195.19
Nova Science Publishers Inc History of the Peninsular War. Volume II: Volume
Book SynopsisThe Peninsular War (1807-1814) was a military conflict for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic War, where the French were opposed by British, Spanish, and Portuguese forces. The war began when the French and Spanish armies invaded and occupied Portugal in 1807 and lasted until the Napoleon's defeat in 1814.Table of ContentsPrefaceSiege of ZaragozaInsurrection in PortugalFirst Campaign of the British Army in Portugal. Convention of CintraEstablishment of the Central Junta. Operations in Catalonia. Embarrassments and Movements of the Spanish Armies. Escape of the Spanish Troops From DenmarkProceedings of the French Government. Conference At Erfurth. Proposal for Peace. Buonaparte Enters SpainBuonaparte Enters Spain. Defeat of the Spanish Armies. Surrender of Madrid. The Spaniards Endeavour to Rally at Cuenca, and on the TagusCampaign of the British Army Under Sir John MooreIndex.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc History of the Peninsular War. Volume III: Volume
Book SynopsisThe Peninsular War (1807-1814) was a military conflict for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic War, where the French were opposed by British, Spanish, and Portuguese forces. The war began when the French and Spanish armies invaded and occupied Portugal in 1807 and lasted until the Napoleon's defeat in 1814.Table of ContentsPrefaceTreaty Between Great Britain and Spain. Surrender of Coruna and Ferrol. Situation of Romanas Army. Buonaparte Returns to France. Proceedings At Madrid. Operations in CataloniaMovements of the Central Army Under the Duke Del Infantado. Battle of Ucles. Retreat from Cuenca. Cartaojal Appointed to the Command. Progress of the French. Sir Robert Wilson Enters Ciudad Rodrigo. Negotiation Concerning the Admission of British Troops Into CadizSecond Siege of ZaragozaInvasion of Portugal By Marshal SoultOperations in La Mancha and Extremadura. Battles of Ciudad Real and MedellinProceedings in Parliament Relating to the WarSir Arthur Wellesleys Second Campaign in Portugal. Passage of the Douro, and Expulsion of the French. Deliverance of GaliciaCatalonia. Battle of Valls. Death of Reding. Blake Appointed to the Command. Battle of Alcaniz. Flight of the Spaniards At Belchite. Commencement of the GuerillasIndex.
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Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Heard Amid the Guns: True Stories from the
Book SynopsisAfter receiving a bundle of worn letters written by her late grandfather George Black Jack Vowel during the First World War, journalist Jacqueline Carmichael became fascinated with the daily realities and personal stories of those who had lived through that pivotal and harrowing period in history. Reaching beyond the battlefield descriptions found in most history books, Carmichael presents unforgettable accounts filled with drama, hope, and heartbreak culled from journals and letters of Allied soldiers and nurses. From tales of men shot at dawn under charges of desertion or cowardice, to women cross-dressing to get into battle, to a Canadian Member of Parliament whose PTSD-induced death was barely acknowledged by Ottawa for nearly a century, Heard Amid the Guns reflects the human face of war. Featuring profiles of people from every Canadian province and many American states, including soldiers of Indigenous, Asian, South Asian, and African backgrounds, this book is a touching tribute illustrated throughout by WWI-era photos, postcards, documents, and the authors contemporary photos from battlefield sites and monuments.
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HarperCollins Publishers Witnessing Waterloo 24 Hours 48 Lives A World Forever Changed
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Oxford University Press Taming Democracy
Book SynopsisAmericans are fond of reflecting upon the Founding Fathers as selfless patriots who came together to force out the tyranny of the British and bring democracy to the land. Unfortunately, as Terry Bouton shows in this highly provocative first book, the Revolutionary elite often seemed as determined to squash democracy after the War of Independence as they were to support it before the conflict. Centering on Pennsylvania, the symbolic center of the story of democracy''s rise during the Revolution, Bouton shows how this radical shift in ideology spelled tragedy for thousands of common people. Leading up to the Revolution, most Pennsylvanians were united in their opinion that the people (i.e. white men) should be given access to the political system, and that some degree of wealth equality was required to ensure that political freedom prevailed. As the war ended, Pennsylvania''s elites began abandoning these ideas and instead embraced a new vision of the Revolution where government worked tTrade ReviewThis is a rare book - scholarly yet written with verve, readable for pleasure as well as for knowledge. * Publishers Weekly *In thoughtful, readable prose Terry Bouton shows us what the American Revolution meant for one group who counted: the small-scale farmers of Pennsylvania. They struggled; they thought; they fought. Ultimately they lost what they believed what they had won, a world that would be good for them and their families. The Revolution belonged to Bouton's kind of people, ordinary Americans living through an extraordinary time, as much as it did to the Founding Fathers. * Edward Countryman, author of The American Revolution *For many ordinary Americans living in Pennsylvania, the Revolution did not turn out as they had hoped. Committed to the creation of a more egalitarian society, they resisted British rule, only to discover that the rich and well-born had no interest in supporting serious democratic reform. In this compelling study, Bouton brings passion and insight to the bittersweet story of the betrayal of a truly revolutionary society. * T.H. Breen, Director, Center for Historical Studies, Northwestern University *The whiskey rebellion clearly has been misnamed: Bouton argues convincingly that it grew out of two decades of struggles by Pennsylvania's farmers with moneyed men for the fruits of the Revolution. He tells their story in gripping scenes of the sheriff's wagon carting off the belongings of debtors and of farmers defiantly closing down roads. This is a book about the Revolution that breaks new ground. * Alfred Young, author of Liberty Tree: Ordinary People and the American Revolution *Prominent citizens like George Washington and Alexander Hamilton considered the American Revolution an unruly steed, and they devoted considerable energy to reining it in. Terry Boutons superbly-written account of how they achieved that feat leaves us wishing they had failed. The focus of Boutons startlingly-original book is nothing less than the struggle for the soul of America. * Woody Holton, University of Richmond *Taming Democracy will have a major impact on early American historians and further the re-evaluation of the entire Revolutionary period. Boutons book will revitalize the economic interpretation of the era. * Allan Kulikoff, University of Georgia *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION ; PART ONE: THE RISE OF DEMOCRACY (1763-1776) ; PART TWO: CONFRONTING THE COUNTER-REVOLUTION (1776-1787) ; PART THREE: TAMING DEMOCRACY (1787-1799) ; CONCLUSION
£28.97
Oxford University Press Thomas Hobbes
Book SynopsisBehemoth is Thomas Hobbes''s narrative of the English Civil Wars from the beginning of the Scottish revolution in 1637 to the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660, and is his only composition to address directly the history of the events which formed the context of his writings in Leviathan and elsewhere on sovereignty and the government of the Church. Although presented as an account of past events, it conceals a vigorous attack on the values of the religious and political establishment of Restoration England. This is the first fully scholarly edition of the work, and the first new edition of the text since 1889. Based on Hobbes''s own presentation manuscript, it includes for the first time an accurate transcription of the passages which Hobbes had deleted in the text, and notes made by early readers.Trade Review[Seaward's] edition compares to the standard Töennies edition rather as a colour television compares to black and white ... Seaward's Behemoth fulfils the promise of the Clarendon series - under Noel Malcolm's leadership - to give readers the scholarly editions which the texts deserve. * Deborah Baumgold, English Historical Review *Paul Seaward has produced a major piece of scholarship ... to those who have been captivated by this multi-faceted book for a long time, it comes as a blessing. * Luc Borot, Hobbes Studies *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations ; List of Illustrations ; General Introduction ; Textual Introduction ; 1. To the Right Honourable Sr. Henry Bennet Baron of Arlington ; 2. First Dialogue ; 3. Second Dialogue ; 4. Third Dialogue ; 5. Fourth Dialogue ; Register of variants ; Appendix: Readers' notes in early copies of Behemoth
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