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Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen
Av Rory Muir
Häftad, 2025
241 kr
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“Muir’s well-informed, entertaining book surveys romantic love and marriage among the real-life counterparts of Austen’s characters in an England threatened with invasion and agitated by calls for political reform.”—Jenny McAuley, Financial Times“Digs wide and deep into the historical record to …
Wellington
The Path to Victory 1769-1814
Av Rory Muir
Häftad, 2015
244 kr
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A landmark contribution to understanding the real man behind the heroic legend inspired by the triumph at WaterlooThe Duke of Wellington was not just Britain’s greatest soldier, although his seismic struggles as leader of the Allied forces against Napoleon in the Peninsular War deservedly became …
Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen
Av Rory Muir
Inbunden, 2024
555 kr
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What happened when Jane Austen’s heroines and heroes were finally wed? Marriage is at the centre of Jane Austen’s novels. The pursuit of husbands and wives, advantageous matches, and, of course, love itself, motivate her characters and continue to fascinate readers today. But what were love and …
Wellington
Waterloo and the Fortunes of Peace 1814–1852
Av Rory Muir
Häftad, 2018
244 kr
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From the leading Wellington historian, a fascinating reassessment of the Duke’s most famous victory and his role in the turbulent politics after WaterlooWellington’s momentous victory over Napoleon was the culminating point of a brilliant military career. Yet Wellington’s achievements were far from …
Tactics and the Experience of Battle in the Age of Napoleon
Av Rory Muir
Häftad, 2000
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209 kr
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What was it like to be a soldier on a Napoleonic battlefield? What happened when cavalry regiments charged directly at one another? What did the generals do during battle? Drawing on memoirs, diaries, and letters of the time, this dramatic book explores what actually happened in battle and how the …
Salamanca, 1812
Av Rory Muir
Häftad, 2001
582 kr
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July 22, 1812. Salamanca, Spain. Frustrated at their first advance, British forces under Wellington’s command have spent the last four days maneuvering and retreating from the French army. Patient and cautious, Wellington is determined not to make a fatal mistake. He glimpses a moment of …
Britain and the Defeat of Napoleon, 1807-1815
Av Rory Muir
Häftad, 1996
733 kr
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This account of the final years of Britain's long war against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France places the conflict in a new—and wholly modern—perspective. Rory Muir looks beyond the purely military aspects of the struggle to show how the entire British nation played a part in the victory. His …
Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune
How Younger Sons Made Their Way in Jane Austen''s England
Av Rory Muir
E-bok, 2019
24 kr
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A history of younger sons in Regency England and how these "spares" supported themselves: "Illuminates the hard facts with vignettes of actual lives lived." —The SpectatorIn Regency England the eldest son usually inherited almost everything—while his younger brothers, left with little inheritance, …
Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune
How Younger Sons Made Their Way in Jane Austen's England
Av Rory Muir
Häftad, 2023
166 kr
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A portrait of Jane Austen’s England told through the career paths of younger sons—men of good family but small fortune In Regency England the eldest son usually inherited almost everything while his younger brothers, left with little inheritance, had to make a crucial decision: What should they do …
