Linda Colley
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The Gun, the Ship and the Pen
Warfare, Constitutions and the Making of the Modern World
- Profile Books, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 512 páginas
PVP: 16,25 €
ISBN 978-1-84668-498-2
EAN 9781846684982
'If there were a Nobel Prize in History, Colley would be my nominee' Jill Lepore, New Yorker'One of the most exciting historians of her generation, but also one of the most interesting writers of non-fiction around' - William Dalrymple, Guardian'Colley takes you on intellectual journeys you wouldn't think to take on your own, and when ...
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- Profile Books, 2021
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 512 páginas
PVP: 36,20 €
ISBN 978-1-84668-497-5
EAN 9781846684975
Starting not with the United States, but with the Corsican constitution of 1755, The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen moves through every continent, disrupting accepted narratives. Both monarchs and radicals play a role, from Catherine the Great of Russia, with her remarkable Nakaz, to Sierra Leone's James Africanus Horton, to Tunisia's Khayr-al-Din, a creator ...
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Britons
Forging the Nation 1707-1837
- Yale University Press, 2009
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 448 páginas
PVP: 24,60 €
ISBN 978-0-300-15280-7
EAN 9780300152807
A New York Times Notable Book Winner of the Wolfson History PrizeHow was Great Britain made? And what does it mean to be British? In this prize-winning book, Linda Colley combines imperial, political, social, and cultural history to analyze the evolution of Britishness, evoking its enduring tensions as well as its powerful characteristics. Hailed at ...
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Captives
Britain, Empire and the World 1600-1850
- Random House UK, 2003
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 464 páginas
PVP: 23,20 €
ISBN 978-0-7126-6528-5
EAN 9780712665285
Ranging over a quarter of a millennium and four continents, Captives uncovers the experiences and writings of those tens of thousands of men and women who took part in Britain's rise to imperial pre-eminence, but who got caught and caught out. Here are the stories of Sarah Shade, a camp follower imprisoned alongside defeated British ...
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