Publications : 93
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PublicationA Royal Cookbook: Seasonal recipes from Buckingham Palace
From the publishers: “Re-create a royal menu at home with Royal Collection Trust's first-ever cookbook. Written by the Royal Chef and the Deputy Master of The Queen's Household, A Royal Cookbook presents four three-course menus adapted from those prepared in the kitchens of Buckingham Palace and served to guests of Her Majesty The Queen. […] Over […]
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PublicationAmbition and Desire: The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte
From the publishers: “…Their love was legendary, their ambition flagrant and unashamed. Napoleon Bonaparte and his wife, Josephine, came to power during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of France. The story of the Corsican soldier's incredible rise has been well documented. Now, in this spellbinding, luminous account, Kate Williams draws back […]
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PublicationJames Madison: A Life Reconsidered
From the publishers: “…This majestic new biography of James Madison explores the astonishing story of a man of vaunted modesty who audaciously changed the world. Among the Founding Fathers, Madison was a true genius of the early republic. Outwardly reserved, Madison was the intellectual driving force behind the Constitution and crucial to its ratification. His visionary […]
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PublicationThe Scottish Town in the Age of the Enlightenment 1740-1820
From the publishers: “…This heavily illustrated and innovative study is founded upon personal documents, town council minutes, legal cases, inventories, travellers' tales, plans and drawings relating to some 30 Scots burghs of the Georgian period. It establishes a distinctive history for the development of Scots burghs, their living patterns and legislative controls, and shows that the […]
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PublicationAn Age of Neutrals: Great Power Politics, 1815-1915
From the publishers: “An Age of Neutrals provides a pioneering history of neutrality in Europe and the wider world between the Congress of Vienna and the outbreak of the First World War. The 'long' nineteenth century (1815–1914) was an era of unprecedented industrialization, imperialism and globalization; one which witnessed Europe's economic and political hegemony across the […]
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PublicationThe Congress of Vienna: Power and Politics after Napoleon
From the publishers: “Convened following Napoleon's defeat in 1814, the Congress of Vienna is remembered as much for the pageantry of the royals and elites who gathered there as for the landmark diplomatic agreements they brokered. Historians have nevertheless generally dismissed these spectacular festivities as window dressing when compared with the serious, behind-the-scenes maneuverings of […]
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PublicationThrough the Perilous Fight
From the publishers: “In an account of one of the critical turning points in American history, Through the Perilous Fight tells the gripping story of the burning of Washington and the improbable last stand at Baltimore that helped save the nation and inspired its National Anthem. In the summer of 1814, the United States of America teetered on the […]
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PublicationRebellion: A Thriller in Napoleon’s Paris
From the publishers: “Rebellion is brewing in Napoleonic Paris in the fourth adventure in the […] Regency thriller series featuring enigmatic Matthew Hawkwood October 1812: Britain and France are still at war. France is engaged on two battle fronts—Spain and Russia—and her civilians are growing weary of the fight. Rebellion is brewing. Since Napoleon Bonaparte appointed himself […]
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PublicationA Garden for Eugénie (Un Jardin pour Eugénie)
From the publishers: “…With seventeen years of rule and fifty years of exile, Empress Eugénie was France's last female sovereign. One of history's survivors, she died almost a century ago at the age of 94. Having established herself in England after the fall of the Second Empire, Napoleon III's widow – with her Spanish origins […]
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PublicationEmile and Isaac Pereire: Bankers, Socialists and Sephardic Jews in nineteenth-century France
From the publishers: 'Emile (1800–75) and Isaac Pereire (1806–80) were pivotal and sensational figures, their lives and careers a lens through which to re-examine the history of France in the nineteenth century. Among the first generation of Jews emancipated by the French Revolution, they became significant Saint-Simonians, contributing to its philosophy of financial and economic reform. […]