Historical Books

Book SynopsisTHE CAPTIVATING EIGHT NOVEL IN THE MULTI-MILLION BESTSELLING OUTLANDER SERIES - NOW ON AMAZON PRIME!''A series that will keep you turning the pages long into the night'' Rebecca Yarros***** ''Jamie & Claire fans should not be disappointed''''Epic, magical, and deeply romantic. A true gift to all readers'' Ali Hazelwood***** ''Of course I loved it! Did you have any doubt? I mean, it''s Diana mad skillz Gabaldon and it''s an OUTLANDER book! Could it be anything less than magical?''''Adventure. Drama. History. Time travel. Romance. An epic story that grabs you by the throat and doesn''t let go'' Kristin Hannah***** ''Diana Gabaldon poured her heart along with some of her own blood into this book!!''''Outlander remains a treasure to be enjoyed and shared'' Ian Rankin____________It is June 1778, and the world seems to be turning upside-down.The British Army is withdrawing from Philadelphia, with George Washington in pursuit, and for the first time, it looks as if the rebels might actually win. But for Claire Fraser and her family, there are even more tumultuous revolutions that have to be accommodated.Her former husband, Jamie, has returned from the dead, demanding to know why in his absence she married his best friend, Lord John Grey. Lord John''s son, the ninth Earl of Ellesmere, is no less shocked to discover that his real father is actually the newly resurrected Jamie Fraser, and Jamie''s nephew Ian Murray discovers that his new-found cousin has an eye for the woman who has just agreed to marry him.And while Claire is terrified that one of her husbands may be about to murder the other, in the 20th century her descendants face even more desperate turns of events. Her daughter Brianna is trying to protect her son from a vicious criminal with murder on his mind, while her husband Roger has disappeared into the past . . .____________''An utter delight to experience. Open the pages and prepare to be swept away.'' Rebecca Ross''A stone-cold classic'' Katherine Arden''An unforgettable, unparalleled love story that will leave you craving more.'' Olivie Blake''An enchanting escape for new readers and destined for countless rereads.'' Jennifer L. ArmentroutTrade ReviewHistory comes deliciously alive on the page - NEW YORK DAILY NEWSA grand adventure written on a canvas that probes the heart, weighs the soul and measures the human spirit across ten generations - CNNA blockbuster hit - WALL STREET JOURNALRiveting. Gabaldon has a true storyteller's voice - GLOBE AND MAILGabaldon is a born storyteller - LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS

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Book SynopsisFor centuries, the Arctic was visualized as an unchanging, stable, and rigidly alien landscape, existing outside twenty-first-century globalization. It is now impossible to ignore the ways the climate crisis, expanding resource extraction, and Indigenous political mobilization in the circumpolar North are constituent parts of the global present. New Arctic Cinemas presents an original, comparative, and interventionist historiography of film and media in twenty-first-century Scandinavia, Greenland, Russia, Canada, and the United States to situate Arctic media in the place it rightfully deserves to occupy: as central to global environmental concerns and Indigenous media sovereignty and self-determination movements. The works of contemporary Arctic filmmakers, from Zacharias Kunuk and Alethea Arnaquq-Baril to Amanda Kernell and Inuk Silis Høegh, reach worldwide audiences. In examining the reach and influence of these artists and their work, Scott MacKenzie and Anna Westerstahl Stenport reveal a global media system of intertwined production contexts, circulation opportunities, and imaginariesall centering the Arctic North.Table of ContentsContents List of Figures Acknowledgments 1 • Twenty-First-Century Arctic Cinemas and Global Media Studies, Media Sovereignty, the Anthropocene, and Interventionist Historiography 2 • New Arctic Explorers and Twenty-First-Century Ice Imaginaries: From Metrical Documentary to IMAX Spectacle 3 • Isuma and Indigenous Media Sovereignty 4 • The Arnait Collective, Feminist Practice, and Inuit Self-Determination 5 • Sámi Media Sovereignty and Interventionist Historiography:Environmental, Experimental, and Archival Politics 6 • Sámi Feminist First-Person Documentary and Women’s Activism 7 • Global Greenland and Postcolonial Cinema 8 • Greenlandic Reconciliation Cinema, Self-Determination, and Interventionist Historiography 9 • Russia’s Contemporary Arctic Cinema as Geopolitics 10 • From the Cold War to the Climate Crisis: The Russian North and Utopian Svalbard 11 • Looking Ahead: Global Arctic Cinemas in the Twenty-First Century References Index

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Book SynopsisFor centuries, the Arctic was visualized as an unchanging, stable, and rigidly alien landscape, existing outside twenty-first-century globalization. It is now impossible to ignore the ways the climate crisis, expanding resource extraction, and Indigenous political mobilization in the circumpolar North are constituent parts of the global present. New Arctic Cinemas presents an original, comparative, and interventionist historiography of film and media in twenty-first-century Scandinavia, Greenland, Russia, Canada, and the United States to situate Arctic media in the place it rightfully deserves to occupy: as central to global environmental concerns and Indigenous media sovereignty and self-determination movements. The works of contemporary Arctic filmmakers, from Zacharias Kunuk and Alethea Arnaquq-Baril to Amanda Kernell and Inuk Silis Høegh, reach worldwide audiences. In examining the reach and influence of these artists and their work, Scott MacKenzie and Anna Westerstahl Stenport reTable of ContentsContents List of Figures Acknowledgments 1 • Twenty-First-Century Arctic Cinemas and Global Media Studies, Media Sovereignty, the Anthropocene, and Interventionist Historiography 2 • New Arctic Explorers and Twenty-First-Century Ice Imaginaries: From Metrical Documentary to IMAX Spectacle 3 • Isuma and Indigenous Media Sovereignty 4 • The Arnait Collective, Feminist Practice, and Inuit Self-Determination 5 • Sámi Media Sovereignty and Interventionist Historiography:Environmental, Experimental, and Archival Politics 6 • Sámi Feminist First-Person Documentary and Women’s Activism 7 • Global Greenland and Postcolonial Cinema 8 • Greenlandic Reconciliation Cinema, Self-Determination, and Interventionist Historiography 9 • Russia’s Contemporary Arctic Cinema as Geopolitics 10 • From the Cold War to the Climate Crisis: The Russian North and Utopian Svalbard 11 • Looking Ahead: Global Arctic Cinemas in the Twenty-First Century References Index

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Book SynopsisThe television industry is changing, and with it, the small screen''s potential to engage in debate and present valuable representations of American history. Founded in 1972, HBO has been at the forefront of these changes, leading the way for many network, cable, and streaming services into the post-network era. Despite this, most scholarship has been dedicated to analyzing historical feature films and documentary films, leaving TV and the long-form drama hungry for coverage.In History by HBO: Televising the American Past, Rebecca Weeks fills the gap in this area of media studies and defends the historiographic power of long-form dramas. By focusing on this change and its effects, History by HBO outlines how history is crafted on television and the diverse forms it can take. Weeks examines the capabilities of the long-form serial for engaging with historical stories, insisting that the shift away from the network model and toward narrowcasting has enabled challenging histories to thriv

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Book SynopsisThis is the first volume of essays published on the television series Troy: Fall of a City (BBC One and Netflix, 2018). Covering a wide range of engaging topics, such as gender, race and politics, international scholars in the fields of classics, history and film studies discuss how the story of Troy has been recreated on screen to suit the expectations of modern audiences. The series is commended for the thought-provoking way it handles important issues arising from the Trojan War narrative that continue to impact our society today. With discussions centered on epic narrative, cast and character, as well as tragic resonances, the contributors tackle gender roles by exploring the innovative ways in which mythological female figures such as Helen, Aphrodite and the Amazons are depicted in the series. An examination is also made into the concept of the hero and how the series challenges conventional representations of masculinity. We encounter a significant investigation of race Trade ReviewScreening Love and War in Troy: Fall of a City helps orient viewers to the series’ many points of reference in ancient Greek and Roman mythology, literature, and art, including the lost Epic Cycle, traditions of tragic drama, and Virgil’s Aeneid alongside the foundational Homeric Iliad. The chapters offer a range of approaches to topics in the story, in the series as an example of television and cinema, and in how both have been received by audiences. This volume is a thought-provoking study of Troy: Fall of a City and is likely to be of interest to fans as well as other students of classical receptions on screen. -- Benjamin Eldon Stevens, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, Trinity University, USATo conclude, on a personal level, I willingly admit that this well-rounded volume helped me better understand and appreciate the series. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Foreword by Derek Wax, Executive Producer, Troy: Fall of a City Editors’ Acknowledgments List of Episodes Introduction: Screening Love and War in Troy: Fall of a City (Monica S. Cyrino, University of New Mexico, USA and Antony Augoustakis, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA) PART I. Epic Narrative 1. Binge for Me, O Muse: Episodes, Books, and Cycles (Dan Curley, Skidmore College, USA) 2. Delineating the Divine: Gods and Religion at Troy (Lisa Maurice, Bar-Ilan University, Israel) 3. From Judgment to Fall: Aphrodite and Paris (Monica S. Cyrino, University of New Mexico, USA) 4. Sympathy for Troy’s Jezebel: Helen as Antihero (Meredith E. Safran, Trinity College, USA) 5. The Curse of Troy: Odysseus’ Story (Emma Stafford, University of Leeds, UK) PART II. Cast and Character 6. Racist Reactions to Black Achilles (Rebecca Futo Kennedy, Denison University, USA) 7. Pussy Politics: Women and Power in the Homeric Patriarchy (Kirsten Day, Augustana College, USA) 8. Queering Troy: Freedom and Sexuality (Thomas E. Jenkins, Trinity University, USA) 9. Heroic Hairstyles and Manless Amazons at Troy (Walter D. Penrose, San Diego State University, USA) 10. Costume Changes: Dressing Helen of Sparta and Troy (Stacie Raucci, Union College, USA) PART III. Tragic Resonances 11. Fallen Heroes: Recasting Ajax and the Greeks on Screen (Anastasia Bakogianni, Massey University, New Zealand) 12. Family vs. Compassion: Odysseus and the Ethics of War (Meredith Prince, Auburn University, USA) 13. Bloody Brides: Iphigenia, Helena, and Ritual Exchange (Amy L. Norgard, Truman State University, USA) 14. Kings of Men and Sacrificial Daughters (Krishni Burns, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA) 15. Lessons for Leaders: Destiny, Devotion, and Self-Deception (Brian Cooke, independent scholar, USA) Epilogue: Troy: Fall of a City and its Ancient Sources (Diana Burton, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) Bibliography Filmography Index

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Book SynopsisAn intimate and engrossing celebration of the first ten years of the beloved TV series Call the Midwife.Learn the up-close and personal story of Call the Midwife as told by the cast and crew. Call the Midwife: A Labour of Love is a moving journey through the iconic series and features personal reflections, photos of fan-favourite moments, and anecdotes and insights from co-stars, producers, technical crew, and guests.Each chapter, spanning each of the ten years of Call the Midwife - set from 1957-1966 - takes a deep dive into the themes, locations, fun times and technical challenges from each season. Author Stephen McGann, who plays the indefatigable Dr Turner, intersperses personal interviews with key cast and crew about their feelings, thoughts, and memories of filming key moments of the drama.MUST-HAVE FOR ALL FANS: From Trixie''s mod outfits to the Buckle''s courtship to Sister Monica Julienne''s wise words, fans

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Book SynopsisBridgerton's England is a location guide to all the key filming sites in the hit Netflix series with author Antonia Hicks linking each fictional location to its real-life counterpart. Winston Churchill's former gentleman's retreat, The Reform Club, becomes 'Whites Club' where Anthony Bridgerton and Simon Basset meet to discuss infidelities and smoke cigars, and 18th-century dress shop 'Modiste' is a deli in Bath's Abbey Street. Readers can learn about the locations used for the Bridgertons, Featheringtons, Lady Danbury, the Duke of Hastings, Queen Charlotte, Whites, Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, Somerset House, Primrose Hill, and Cliveden Castle. Sites include Stowe and Painshill Park, Henry VIII's Hampton Court, Castle Howard, Bath's Royal Crescent, Holburne Art Museum, Wilton House, Lancaster House and the most upmarket Air Force officer's mess in the world! This is the perfect book for fans of the show but also of grand stately homes and sweeping classical landscapes that producers Chris Van Dusen and Shonda Rhimes picked to bring Julia Quinn's novels to life on the screen. Almost all the stately homes, houses, parks and gardens used in Bridgerton are open to the public and the book examines their history, linking important scenes to each location and giving details of where and when you can visit them to relive the drama.Trade Review‘Sumptuous new book’ -- Tatler‘insightful descriptions and stunning pictures’ -- Mail Online

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