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  • 1789

    The Threshold of the Modern Age

    by David Andress ...
    The acclaimed author of The Terror examines the revolutionary transformations of the late eighteenth century in this "humane, compelling account" ( The Independent , UK).In 1789, the fates of France, the nascent United States, and their common enemy Britain, lay interlocked. Bankrupted by its support for America's revolution, France was now hurtling toward its own. The United St... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Savage Storm

    Britain on the Brink in the Age of Napoleon

    by David Andress ...
    Britain's defeat of Napoleon is one the great accomplishments in our history. And yet it was by no means certain that Britain itself would survive the revolutionary fervour of the age, let alone emerge victorious from such a vast conflict. From the late 1790s, the country was stricken by naval mutinies, rebellion in Ireland, and riots born of hunger, poverty and grinding injustice. As the new ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The French Revolution

    by Dr David Andress ...
    Series Book 19 - The Landmark Library
    A short, brilliant and controversial new interpretation of arguably the most important revolution of all time: the event that made the rights of man and the demand for liberty, equality and fraternity central to modern politics.In this miraculously compressed, incisive book David Andress argues that it was the peasantry of France who made and defended the Revolution of 1789. That the peasant ... Read more

    $13.59 USD

  • Cultural Dementia

    How the West has Lost its History, and Risks Losing Everything Else

    by Dr David Andress ...
    In this blistering book, David Andress shows how the West has abandoned its history and lost its memory.The former great powers of the historic 'West' have abandoned themselves to senile daydreams of recovered youth. They have stirred up old hatreds given disturbing voice to destructive rage, and risked the collapse of their capacity for decisive, effective and just government.At the core of this ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of the French Revolution

    Edited by David Andress ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of the French Revolution brings together a sweeping range of expert and innovative contributions to offer engaging and thought-provoking insights into the history and historiography of this epochal event. Each chapter presents the foremost summations of academic thinking on key topics, along with stimulating and provocative interpretations and suggestions for future research ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • The Routledge Handbook of French History

    Edited by David Andress ...
    Aimed firmly at the student reader, this handbook offers an overview of the full range of the history of France, from the origins of the concept of post-Roman "Francia," through the emergence of a consolidated French monarchy and the development of both nation-state and global empire into the modern era, forward to the current complexities of a modern republic integrated into the European Union ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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    by Richard Overy, Ph.D. ...
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  • The Hidden Globe

    How Wealth Hacks the World

    by Atossa Araxia Abrahamian ...
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  • John Adams and the Fear of American Oligarchy

    by Luke Mayville ...
    Why the American Founding Father feared the political power of the rich―and how his ideas illuminate today's debates about inequality and its consequences."A most timely, valuable, and enlightening book. It shows conclusively that Adams was one of the sharpest critics of oligarchy among the American founders and, indeed, in the history of political thought. The book will generate much-needed ... Read more

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  • The Perils of Interpreting

    The Extraordinary Lives of Two Translators between Qing China and the British Empire

    by Henrietta Harrison ...
    A fascinating history of China’s relations with the West—told through the lives of two eighteenth-century translatorsThe 1793 British embassy to China, which led to Lord George Macartney’s fraught encounter with the Qianlong emperor, has often been viewed as a clash of cultures fueled by the East’s lack of interest in the West. In The Perils of Interpreting, Henrietta Harrison presents a more ... Read more

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  • The Lives of the Caesars

    by Tom Holland, Suetonius ...
    Translated by Tom Holland ...
    Series series A Penguin Classics Hardcover
    **A masterful new translation of Suetonius' renowned biography of the twelve Caesars, bringing to life a portrait of the first Roman emperors in stunning detailA Penguin Classic**The ancient Roman empire was the supreme arena, where emperors had no choice but to fight, to thrill, to dazzle. To rule as a Caesar was to stand as an actor upon the great stage of the world. No biographies invite us ... Read more

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  • Fascism

    The Story of an Idea (An Origin Story Book)

    by Ian Dunt, Dorian Lynskey ...
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    AN ORIGIN STORY BOOK'Provides clarity, scholarship, wit and essential insight into why our world is the way it is' Adam Rutherford'I wish I could make Ian and Dorian's work mandatory' Sathnam SangheraWhy is 'fascist' used to describe everyone from dictators to parking wardens? Does the word 'fascism' describe a historical movement or an enduring ideology? And could we see it rise again today, in ... Read more

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