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13 produkter
Trading in War
London's Maritime World in the Age of Cook and Nelson
Inbunden, 2018
330 kr
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A vivid account of the forgotten citizens of maritime London who sustained Britain during the Revolutionary WarsIn the half-century before the Battle of Trafalgar the port of London became the commercial nexus of a global empire and launch pad of Britain’s military campaigns in North America and …
Perfection
400 Years of Women's Quest for Beauty
Inbunden, 2024
312 kr
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A colourful account of women’s health, beauty, and cosmetic aids, from stays and corsets to today’s viral trends Victorian women ate arsenic to achieve an ideal, pale complexion, while in the 1790s balloon corsets were all the rage, designed to make the wearer appear pregnant. Women of the …
London and the Seventeenth Century
The Making of the World's Greatest City
Häftad, 2022
166 kr
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The first comprehensive history of seventeenth-century London, told through the lives of those who experienced it “Lively and arresting. . . . [Lincoln] is as confident in handling the royal ceremonials of political transition . . . as she is with London's thriving coffee-house culture, and its …
British Pirates and Society, 1680-1730
Häftad, 2024
652 kr
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This book shows how pirates were portrayed in their own time, in trial reports, popular prints, novels, legal documents, sermons, ballads and newspaper accounts. It examines how attitudes towards them changed with Britain’s growing imperial power, exploring the interface between political ambition …
British Pirates and Society, 1680-1730
E-bok, 2016
767 kr
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This book shows how pirates were portrayed in their own time, in trial reports, popular prints, novels, legal documents, sermons, ballads and newspaper accounts. It examines how attitudes towards them changed with Britain’s growing imperial power, exploring the interface between political ambition …
British Pirates and Society, 1680-1730
E-bok, 2016
750 kr
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This book shows how pirates were portrayed in their own time, in trial reports, popular prints, novels, legal documents, sermons, ballads and newspaper accounts. It examines how attitudes towards them changed with Britain’s growing imperial power, exploring the interface between political ambition …
Representing the Royal Navy
British Sea Power, 1750–1815
E-bok, 2017
856 kr
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From the mid 18th century up till after memories of the Napoleonic wars and the glories of ''Nelson''s navy'' had faded, the Royal Navy was the bulwark of Britain''s defence and the safeguard of trade and imperial expansion. While there have been political and military histories of the Navy in this …
Representing the Royal Navy
British Sea Power, 1750–1815
E-bok, 2017
838 kr
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From the mid 18th century up till after memories of the Napoleonic wars and the glories of ''Nelson''s navy'' had faded, the Royal Navy was the bulwark of Britain''s defence and the safeguard of trade and imperial expansion. While there have been political and military histories of the Navy in this …
British Pirates and Society, 1680-1730
Inbunden, 2014
2549 kr
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This book shows how pirates were portrayed in their own time, in trial reports, popular prints, novels, legal documents, sermons, ballads and newspaper accounts. It examines how attitudes towards them changed with Britain’s growing imperial power, exploring the interface between political ambition …
Worlds of the East India Company
Av H.V. Bowen, Margarette Lincoln m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
366 kr
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The first multi-disciplinary history of the English East India Company, one of the most powerful commercial companies ever to have existed.Throws light on significant aspects of the Company's history. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARITIME HISTORYThe English East India Company was one of the most …
Samuel Pepys
Plague, Fire, Revolution
Inbunden, 2015
315 kr
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This book, published to coincide with a major exhibition at the National Maritime Museum to mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London, centres on Samuel Pepys (1633 1703), the famous diarist and the greatest administrator of the Stuart Age. Not only a passionate diarist, Pepys was also …
Naval Wives and Mistresses
Häftad, 2011
180 kr
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Focusing on the second half of the eighteenth century, a period when Britain was almost continuously at war, this book looks at different social groups, from the aristocratic elite to the labouring and criminal poor, prostitutes and petty thieves. Drawing on a range of material from personal …
Representing the Royal Navy
British Sea Power, 1750–1815
Inbunden, 2002
1434 kr
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From the mid 18th century up till after memories of the Napoleonic wars and the glories of 'Nelson's navy' had faded, the Royal Navy was the bulwark of Britain's defence and the safeguard of trade and imperial expansion. While there have been political and military histories of the Navy in this …
