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»En strålande roman.« DN Fästningen, som kom ut 1970, räknas som en av de stora romanerna från forna Jugoslavien och är översatt till över tjugo språk. Det är en tidlös bok om den lilla människans eviga kamp mot ondska, godtycke och enfald, berättad med livsbejakande humor. Den unge läraren Ahmet återvänder till sin hemstad Sarajevo efter ett av Osmanska rikets otaliga krig. Han är desillusionerad av krigets grymhet och vansinne, hans familj har dött i pesten och han står helt tomhänt. På en bjudning råkar han inför stadens samlade elit uttala alltför hårda ord om makthavarna, vilket leder till att han blir misshandlad och till och med förlorar sitt jobb på en enkel skrivbyrå. Han finner viss tröst i kärleken till en kvinna och vänskapen med en småtokig suput, och han vill så gärna tro gott om människan – men hans samvete ger honom ingen ro. Boken innehåller ett nyskrivet förord av Jasenko Selimovic, och översättningen från 1996 är dessutom reviderad. »Vi får följa Ahmets öden i närmare 400 sidor av urstyvt berättande … ett storartat och arketypiskt monument över livet i allmänhet och livet i Bosnien i synnerhet.« Skånska Dagbladet »Jag läser Fästningen med oavbruten fascination. Selimovic behärskar konsten att med en till synes enkel och okomplicerad prosa fullständigt trollbinda.« Arbetarbladet »Ur den glittrande bokfloden kastar detta verk reflexer som från en svart diamant.« Tidningen Boken

Ön är historien om Ivan och Katarina, som efter ett liv fyllt av besvikelser flyttat ut på en ö i Adriatiska havet. Ivan avskyr ålderdomen, är elak och håglös, men gör ständiga och ibland sorglustiga försök att bevara livsgnistan. Katarina behåller oftast sin längtan och sitt vemod inom sig, försöker stå ut med Ivan. Tillsammans utgör de 19 berättelserna en stark och gripande roman om krossade drömmar, men också om uppvaknande och hoppfullhet, om sökandet efter lycka.»En oerhört lyskraftig bok« DN »Ön är utan omskrivning en lysande bok. I den visar Selimovic att han är en författare som kan konkurrera med världshistoriens giganter« Norrköpings Tidningar

59 dikter innehåller Lina Ekdahls två första diktsamlingar, Fram på dagen och Människan pratar. Lustfyllt, komiskt, ironiskt och innerligt av en av Sveriges bästa estradpoeter.Ur dikten Min monolog "Jo, jag sa det att jag vill att du skall vara så som jag vill att det skall vara så att det blir på mitt sätt så att det blir en dialog Jo, jag sa det att kan inte du säga nåt så att det blir på mitt sätt mitt roliga sätt, så att vi når varandra så att dom på gården ser vem du är"

Den sovande rösten är en djupt gripande roman om kvinnorna som hamnade på den förlorande sidan efter spanska inbördeskriget och fick sitta i Francos överfulla fängelser i ovisshet om de skulle dömas, friges eller avrättas. Den bygger på vittnesmål med överlevande som författaren ägnade flera år åt att leta upp och intervjua. Kvinnorna förnedrades, torterades och förföljdes av Francodiktaturen långt efter krigsslutet, och i över femtio år var de tvingade till tystnad och viskningar ? de sovande rösterna ? I centrum för romanen står fem kvinnor: Hortensia, som är höggravid och dömd till döden; Elvira, vars enda brott är att hennes bror är på fel sida; Tomasa, som har sett hela sin familj bli dödad; Reme, fembarnsmor och dömd till tolv år för att ha sytt en republikansk flagga. Och Pepita, Hortensias lillasyster, som varken är ?röd? eller ?fascist? och som helst vill hålla sig utanför. Men besöken hos systern i fängelset gör att hon långsamt blir indragen även i andra fångars öde. Och hon blir förälskad i Jaime, en kommunist på flykt ? en rörande och utsiktslös kärlekshistoria i ett grymt efterkrigssamhälle. Den sovande rösten griper tag om läsaren från den första raden, imponerar med sin dramatiska intensitet och historiska äkthet och har ett unikt kvinnligt perspektiv. Romanen blev en försäljningssuccé i Spanien och fick de spanska bokhandlarnas pris för Årets bok.

The problem of ice destruction comes most frequently to our attention in engineering glaciology and ice engineering because it is essential in the solution of many problems in the polar regions of the Earth. Ice destruction (like the destruction of any other material, in principle) is a complex problem at the junction of solid-state physics, continuum mechanics, and materials science. Ice, particularly sea ice, is characterized by known anomalies that can be explained by the simultaneous occurrence of solid, liquid and gaseous phases. Even minor temperature fluctuations cause changes in the relationship of these phases and, as a consequence, change the physico-mechanical properties of ice. New hydraulic engineering tasks, associated with the destruction of such a complex material, demand continuous improvement of methods and techniques. The present authors have brought these together in a form which is convenient for a wide range of users. This book covers only local ice destruction, by means other than icebreakers, requiring comparatively low consumption of power in proportion to the volume and mass of destroyed ice. Problems of natural ice destruction under the influence of solar radiation, tidal, wind and wave factors are not dis­ cussed. Mechanical and thermal methods were the first of many to be used for ice destruction. Their application has involved a greater num­ ber of techniques, so the first two chapters are the longest.

Den detroniserade prinsen är en skimrande pärla i den spanska litteraturen. Miguel Delibes tecknar ett träffsäkert porträtt ? från knähöjd ? av en välbeställd familj i Francos Spanien på sextiotalet. Treårige Quicos lillasyster har tagit hans plats som familjens minsting, och under en hel dag följer vi hans många, ständiga och oemotståndliga tilltag för att fånga allas uppmärksamhet. "? en ömsint och inkännande skildring av ett litet barns vidöppna möte med tillvarons och vuxenvärldens fullständiga oberäknelighet ? Delibes avlyssnar med absolut gehör vuxenvärldens ängslan och olater ? Där finns också en dos välavvägd humor; ett stilla leende som beledsagar iakttagelserna av den aningslösa brutalitet som vi människor, lite tankspritt och omedvetet dagligen gör oss skyldiga till ? Det är en berättelse att bli lycklig av, på ett stilla och alldeles hjärtskärande vis." Norrköpings Tidningar Quico är omgiven av syskon, föräldrar, hembiträden, fastrar och fästmän, och utanför lägenheten finns staden, kriget i Afrika, världen. Genom Quicos alla charmiga infall löper ett stråk av sorg och vanmakt i denna ögonblicksbild av barndomen och spanskt vardagsliv. Fast när Quico kommit i säng och äntligen somnar klockan tio önskar man att man fick fortsätta att följa honom även nästa dag, och nästa igen. Miguel Delibes är en av Spaniens stora moderna författare. Han är känd för sina inkännande, nakna beskrivningar av den spanska landsbygden och av det spanska efterkrigssamhällets ytlighet och hyckleri. Han skrev tjugoen romaner och har fått många utmärkelser, bl a Cervantespriset, den spansktalande världens största litterära utmärkelse för ett helt författarskap, och han var länge en av Spaniens främsta kandidater till Nobelpriset.

Den gamle rockrebellen Tin har råkat bli ekonomiredaktör på ett politiskt veckomagasin, och livet i storstan går åt rätt håll. Men i ett anfall av dåligt samvete fixar han jobb åt sin kusin från hembyn, som krigskorrespondent i Irak. Det blir upptakten till en händelsekedja där allt i Tins liv ställs på sin spets: karriären, förhållandet till flickvännen, de nedärvda machoidealen, släktlojaliteterna.Under fem hektiska dygn följer vi Tins desperata försök att hålla ihop tillvaron. Med både humor och blick för de stora perspektiven porträtterar Robert Perisic ett Kroatien med krigsbaksmälla och uppblåsta framtidsvisioner ? på den hala avsatsen mot Balkan.Men sin urbana blick på den postkommunistiska samtiden har Robert Perisic skapat sig en alldeles egen plats i den moderna kroatiska litteraturen. Han har publicerat två hyllade novellsamlingar och en diktsamling, och är en känd kulturskribent i Kroatien.Vår man på fältet är hans första roman. Den belönades med Kroatiens främsta litterära utmärkelse och har översatts till åtta språk. Robert Perisic är född i Split 1969 och numera bosatt och verksam i Zagreb.

The problem of ice destruction comes most frequently to our attention in engineering glaciology and ice engineering because it is essential in the solution of many problems in the polar regions of the Earth. Ice destruction (like the destruction of any other material, in principle) is a complex problem at the junction of solid-state physics, continuum mechanics, and materials science. Ice, particularly sea ice, is characterized by known anomalies that can be explained by the simultaneous occurrence of solid, liquid and gaseous phases. Even minor temperature fluctuations cause changes in the relationship of these phases and, as a consequence, change the physico-mechanical properties of ice. New hydraulic engineering tasks, associated with the destruction of such a complex material, demand continuous improvement of methods and techniques. The present authors have brought these together in a form which is convenient for a wide range of users. This book covers only local ice destruction, by means other than icebreakers, requiring comparatively low consumption of power in proportion to the volume and mass of destroyed ice. Problems of natural ice destruction under the influence of solar radiation, tidal, wind and wave factors are not dis­ cussed. Mechanical and thermal methods were the first of many to be used for ice destruction. Their application has involved a greater num­ ber of techniques, so the first two chapters are the longest.

Could the event that triggered the ‘war to end all wars’ have been prevented? The shot that killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand and directly led to the outbreak of the First World War is known as the ‘shot heard around the world’. Far less widely known is the fact that the Archduke owned, but on that fateful day did not wear, a bulletproof vest manufactured by Polish priest-turned-inventor Casimir Zeglen. Using a reconstructed bulletproof vest and a Royal Armouries Browning Model 1910 pistol identical to that used by the Archduke’s assassin, Lisa Traynor highlights the risks associated with power and status in the early 20th century. Assessing the design and composition of Zeglen’s armours, she charts the technological development of pistols used during this period’s assassination plots. Testing her findings on a replica of the Archduke’s bulletproof vest, Traynor poses the haunting question: had Franz Ferdinand been wearing body armour on the day of his assassination, would it have saved his life? Featured in the BBC TV series Sword, Musket and Machine Gun: Britain’s Armed History, this fascinating book breaks new ground in our understanding of the outbreak of the First World War.

‘The most original of First World War centenary books; it is a travel narrative of rare resonance and insight’ Sunday Times On a summer morning in 1914, a teenage assassin fired the starting gun for modern history.It was a young teenage boy named Gavrilo Princip who fired that fateful shot which killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo and ultimately ignited World War War. A hundred years later, Tim Butcher undertakes an extraordinary journey to uncover the story of this unknown boy who changed our world forever. By retracing Princip’s journey from his highland birthplace, through the mythical valleys of Bosnia to the fortress city of Belgrade and ultimately Sarajevo, he illuminates our understanding both of Princip and the places that shaped him while uncovering details about Princip which have eluded historians for more than a century. ‘A masterpiece of historical empathy and evocation...This book is a tour de force’ Guardian

Normativity and Naturalism in the Social Sciences engages with a central debate within the philosophy of social science: whether social scientific explanation necessitates an appeal to norms, and if so, whether appeals to normativity can be rendered "scientific." This collection brings together contributions from a diverse group of philosophers who explore a broad but thematically unified set of questions, many of which stem from an ongoing debate between Stephen Turner and Joseph Rouse (both contributors to this volume) on the role of naturalism in the philosophy of the social sciences. Informed by recent developments in both philosophy and the social sciences, this volume will set the benchmark for contemporary discussions about normativity and naturalism. This collection will be relevant to philosophers of social science, philosophers in interested in the rule following and metaphysics of normativity, and theoretically oriented social scientists.

Now in its second edition, The United States and the First World War draws on the most recent scholarship to examine the significance of the First World War in American history.Written in a lively style that brings the era and historical actors alive, this concise and accessible text gives students the resources they need to grapple with the important question of how the conflict revolutionized the American way of war in the twentieth century. It examines the causes of the war, mobilization of the homefront, and key social reforms of the time, as well as military strategy, the experiences of soldiers, and the Versailles Peace Treaty. Jennifer D. Keene touches on social justice movements that were energized by the war; movements led by female suffragists, temperance advocates, civil rights activists, and Progressives pressing to make America safe for democracy. This new edition includes an expanded discussion of humanitarianism, the African American experience, and the impact of the influenza pandemic of 1918-19. New primary documents and four detailed maps provide students with additional context for this pivotal time in history.This book will be of interest to students and scholars of modern American history, American military history, and U.S. Foreign Relations.

Now in its second edition, The United States and the First World War draws on the most recent scholarship to examine the significance of the First World War in American history.Written in a lively style that brings the era and historical actors alive, this concise and accessible text gives students the resources they need to grapple with the important question of how the conflict revolutionized the American way of war in the twentieth century. It examines the causes of the war, mobilization of the homefront, and key social reforms of the time, as well as military strategy, the experiences of soldiers, and the Versailles Peace Treaty. Jennifer D. Keene touches on social justice movements that were energized by the war; movements led by female suffragists, temperance advocates, civil rights activists, and Progressives pressing to make America safe for democracy. This new edition includes an expanded discussion of humanitarianism, the African American experience, and the impact of the influenza pandemic of 1918-19. New primary documents and four detailed maps provide students with additional context for this pivotal time in history.This book will be of interest to students and scholars of modern American history, American military history, and U.S. Foreign Relations.

International contributors from the fields of political science, cultural studies, history, and literature grapple with both the local and global impact of World War I on marginal communities in China, Syria, Europe, Russia, and the Caribbean. Readers can uncover the neglected stories of this World War I as contributors draw particular attention to features of the war that are underrepresented such as Chinese contingent labor, East Prussian deportees, remittances from Syrian immigrants in the New World to struggling relatives in the Ottoman Empire, the war effort from Serbia to Martinique, and other war experiences. By redirecting focus away from the traditional areas of historical examination, such as battles on the Western Front and military strategy, this collection of chapters, international and interdisciplinary in nature, illustrates the war’s omnipresence throughout the world, in particular its effect on less studied peoples and regions. The primary objective of this volume is to examine World War I through the lens of its forgotten participants, neglected stories, and underrepresented peoples.

Borders are both a door and a bridge. Because they are operating at a critical juncture between security expectations and intense cross-border exchanges, they appear to be Janus-faced. To some, they are demarcating lines that call for extensive protection and a regime of strict closure. To others, they are a gateway to transnational opportunities and their opening should be carefully but liberally managed. The very same paradox affects the regions located alongside borders, that is the borderlands or frontier zones. Borderlands can be simultaneously depicted as epitomizing the growth of mutually beneficial transnational ties and as offering a privileged but bleak glimpse into the importation of international threats into domestic politics. Partly due to the discrepancy between their premises, borderlands studies and security studies have virtually no dialogue. Security studies remain focused on the discriminatory function of the border while borderlands studies document the social dynamics of cross border societies. Against this backdrop, the ambition and originality of Securitized Borderlands lie in its aim to theoretically and empirically fill the gap between security studies—that remain focused on the discriminatory function of the border, and borderlands studies—that document the social dynamics of cross border societies.The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Borderlands Studies.

Borders are both a door and a bridge. Because they are operating at a critical juncture between security expectations and intense cross-border exchanges, they appear to be Janus-faced. To some, they are demarcating lines that call for extensive protection and a regime of strict closure. To others, they are a gateway to transnational opportunities and their opening should be carefully but liberally managed. The very same paradox affects the regions located alongside borders, that is the borderlands or frontier zones. Borderlands can be simultaneously depicted as epitomizing the growth of mutually beneficial transnational ties and as offering a privileged but bleak glimpse into the importation of international threats into domestic politics. Partly due to the discrepancy between their premises, borderlands studies and security studies have virtually no dialogue. Security studies remain focused on the discriminatory function of the border while borderlands studies document the social dynamics of cross border societies. Against this backdrop, the ambition and originality of Securitized Borderlands lie in its aim to theoretically and empirically fill the gap between security studies—that remain focused on the discriminatory function of the border, and borderlands studies—that document the social dynamics of cross border societies.The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Borderlands Studies.

Social Aspects of Memory presents a compelling study of how ordinary people remember war. Whilst the book focuses on the cities of Sarajevo and East Sarajevo during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Jeftić also presents narratives from other war-torn cities and countries around the world. This book adopts a unique approach, by looking at how perpetrators and victims (as well as new generations who may not remember the war directly) manage in the aftermath of war. Jeftić explores how our memories of war and violence are formed, and how we can learn to reconcile those memories, individually and as a collective. Drawing on the author’s own extensive empirical research, the book explores the connections between memories for significant war events, transgenerational transmission of memories, bias for in-group wrongdoings and readiness for reconciliation between two groups.Giving a voice to underrepresented narratives and prioritising the importance of expression as a necessary catalyst for reconciliation, this book is essential reading for those interested in collective and transgenerational memory and memory studies, especially in relation to the aftermath of the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Excavations conducted at Morgantina by Princeton University and the University of Illinois have revealed substantial Iron Age remains beneath the Greek town on the Cittadella hilltop. In this volume Robert Leighton presents a full study of this extensive protohistoric settlement in Sicily. The broad scope of evidence, particularly the survival of long houses and tombs with much of their structures and contents preserved, permits an unusually thorough examination of indigenous cultural traditions prior to the foundation of the Greek town in the Archaic period. An illustrated catalogue of the finds presents more than 700 artifacts from the site, most of which are previously unpublished. The author discusses all the excavated protohistoric areas in detail, and presents a full range of maps, plans, excavation photographs, reconstruction drawings, and radiocarbon dates. The diverse body of finds includes a wide variety of pottery forms as well as tools and ornaments of both metal and stone that document local crafts, metallurgy, and numerous aspects of daily life.In studying these objects, Leighton draws on parallels with material from the Italian peninsula and considers the evidence of the historical sources, revealing links between Sicily and Italy in the protohistoric period. Originally published in 1993. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Excavations conducted at Morgantina by Princeton University and the University of Illinois have revealed substantial Iron Age remains beneath the Greek town on the Cittadella hilltop. In this volume Robert Leighton presents a full study of this extensive protohistoric settlement in Sicily. The broad scope of evidence, particularly the survival of long houses and tombs with much of their structures and contents preserved, permits an unusually thorough examination of indigenous cultural traditions prior to the foundation of the Greek town in the Archaic period. An illustrated catalogue of the finds presents more than 700 artifacts from the site, most of which are previously unpublished. The author discusses all the excavated protohistoric areas in detail, and presents a full range of maps, plans, excavation photographs, reconstruction drawings, and radiocarbon dates. The diverse body of finds includes a wide variety of pottery forms as well as tools and ornaments of both metal and stone that document local crafts, metallurgy, and numerous aspects of daily life.In studying these objects, Leighton draws on parallels with material from the Italian peninsula and considers the evidence of the historical sources, revealing links between Sicily and Italy in the protohistoric period. Originally published in 1993. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Social Aspects of Memory presents a compelling study of how ordinary people remember war. Whilst the book focuses on the cities of Sarajevo and East Sarajevo during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Jeftić also presents narratives from other war-torn cities and countries around the world. This book adopts a unique approach, by looking at how perpetrators and victims (as well as new generations who may not remember the war directly) manage in the aftermath of war. Jeftić explores how our memories of war and violence are formed, and how we can learn to reconcile those memories, individually and as a collective. Drawing on the author’s own extensive empirical research, the book explores the connections between memories for significant war events, transgenerational transmission of memories, bias for in-group wrongdoings and readiness for reconciliation between two groups.Giving a voice to underrepresented narratives and prioritising the importance of expression as a necessary catalyst for reconciliation, this book is essential reading for those interested in collective and transgenerational memory and memory studies, especially in relation to the aftermath of the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

International contributors from the fields of political science, cultural studies, history, and literature grapple with both the local and global impact of World War I on marginal communities in China, Syria, Europe, Russia, and the Caribbean. Readers can uncover the neglected stories of this World War I as contributors draw particular attention to features of the war that are underrepresented such as Chinese contingent labor, East Prussian deportees, remittances from Syrian immigrants in the New World to struggling relatives in the Ottoman Empire, the war effort from Serbia to Martinique, and other war experiences. By redirecting focus away from the traditional areas of historical examination, such as battles on the Western Front and military strategy, this collection of chapters, international and interdisciplinary in nature, illustrates the war’s omnipresence throughout the world, in particular its effect on less studied peoples and regions. The primary objective of this volume is to examine World War I through the lens of its forgotten participants, neglected stories, and underrepresented peoples.

Normativity and Naturalism in the Social Sciences engages with a central debate within the philosophy of social science: whether social scientific explanation necessitates an appeal to norms, and if so, whether appeals to normativity can be rendered "scientific." This collection brings together contributions from a diverse group of philosophers who explore a broad but thematically unified set of questions, many of which stem from an ongoing debate between Stephen Turner and Joseph Rouse (both contributors to this volume) on the role of naturalism in the philosophy of the social sciences. Informed by recent developments in both philosophy and the social sciences, this volume will set the benchmark for contemporary discussions about normativity and naturalism. This collection will be relevant to philosophers of social science, philosophers in interested in the rule following and metaphysics of normativity, and theoretically oriented social scientists.

Sarajevo, 28 June 1914: The story of the assassination that changed the world.'Outstanding' SPECTATOR'A fine piece of political and literary detective work, which held this reader enthralled' TRIBUNEYoung Gavrilo Princip arrived at the Vlajnic pastry shop in Sarajevo in Bosnia-Herzegovina on the morning of 28 June 1914. He was greeted by his fellow conspirators in the plot to kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The Archduke, next in line to succeed as Emperor of Austria, was beginning a state visit to Sarajevo later that morning. Ferdinand was not a very popular character - widely thought of as bad-tempered and arrogant and perhaps even deranged. To the young students he embodied everything they loathed about imperial oppression. They planned to kill him at about 11 o'clock as he paraded down Appel Quay to the town hall in his open top car.What happened in those few hours - leading as it did to the First and Second World Wars - is as compelling as any thriller.Using newly available sources and older material, David James Smith brilliantly reinvestigates and reconstructs the events which subsequently determined the shape of the twentieth century.

'Punctuated by the stories of a host of interesting and extraordinary characters, Crossland has produced a fascinating exploration of the long nineteenth century’s development of terrorism and counterterrorism, highlighting the role of fear and the paranoia, repression, and overreaction it engendered.'Michael Stohl, Professor at the University of CaliforniaAuthor of Crime and Terrorism'By applying an innovative historical lens, The Rise of the Devils by James Crossland offers a remarkable perspective on the history of terrorism that is not overdetermined by the events of 9/11 and explores a "violent strain of nihilism intoxicated by a whiff of martyrdom." The book reads like the prequel to the "National Treasure" movie franchise and offers a completely unique understanding of Terrorism’s First Wave.'Mia Bloom, Georgia State UniversityAuthor of Dying to Kill: the Allure of Suicide TerrorIn the dying light of the nineteenth century, the world came to know and fear terrorism. Much like today, this was a time of progress and dread, in which breakthroughs in communications and weapons were made, political reforms were implemented and immigration waves bolstered the populations of ever-expanding cities. This era also simmered with political rage and social inequalities, which drove nationalists, nihilists, anarchists and republicans to dynamite cities and discharge pistols into the bodies of presidents, police chiefs and emperors. This wave of terrorism was seized upon by an outrage-hungry press that peddled hysteria, conspiracy theories and, sometimes, fake news in response, convincing many a reader that they were living through the end of days. Against the backdrop of this world of fear and disorder, The rise of devils chronicles the journeys of the men and women who evoked this panic and created modern terrorism – revolutionary philosophers, cult leaders, criminals and charlatans, as well as the paranoid police chiefs and unscrupulous spies who tried to thwart them. In doing so, this book explains how radicals once thought just in their causes became, as Pope Pius IX denounced them, little more than ‘devils risen up from Hell’.

In the dying light of the nineteenth century, the world came to know and fear terrorism. Like today, this was a time of progress and dread, characterised by political and technological breakthroughs and waves of immigration that swelled the populations of ever-expanding cities.The era also simmered with political rage and social inequalities, which drove nationalists, nihilists, anarchists and republicans to dynamite cities and gun down presidents, police chiefs and emperors. This wave of terror was seized upon by an outrage-hungry press that peddled hysteria, conspiracy theories and fake news in response, convincing many that they were living through the end of days.The rise of devils chronicles the journeys of those who provoked this panic and created modern terrorism – revolutionary philosophers, cult leaders, criminals and charlatans, as well as the paranoid police chiefs and unscrupulous spies who tried to thwart them. In doing so, the book explains how radicals once thought just in their causes became, in the words of Pope Pius IX, ‘devils risen up from Hell’.