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  • A Life of Sir Harry Parkes

    British Minister to Japan, China and Korea, 1865-1885

    de Robert Morton ...
    Harry Parkes was at the heart of Britain’s relations with the Far East from the start of his working life at fourteen, to his death at fifty-seven. Orphaned at the age of five, he went to China on his own as a child and worked his way to the top. God-fearing and fearless, he believed his mission was to bring trade and ‘civilisation’ to East Asia. In his day, he was seen as both a hero and a ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

  • A.B. Mitford and the Birth of Japan as a Modern State

    Letters Home

    de Robert Morton ...
    Mitford (later to become the first Lord Redesdale) was an urbane aristocrat, had charm, looks and excellent manners. He was always in the right place at the right time, almost drowned, could have burned to death, was shot at, and was nearly cut down by samurai swords. But 'Bertie', as he was known, was never fazed by events. He stood face-to-face with the new, teenage Emperor when almost everybody ... Leer más

    $61.99 USD

  • Sir Rutherford Alcock

    First British Minister to Japan (1859-1865), Consul (1844-1859) and Minister (1865-1870) to China

    de Robert Morton ...
    The son of a village doctor, Rutherford Alcock trained in medicine and became a battlefield surgeon, working in Portugal and Spain during the civil wars there in the 1830s. In a major career shift, he entered the consular service, went to China, and ended up as British Minister (the equivalent of today’s ambassador) to Japan and then China. This progression was unique, indeed bizarre, especially ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

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    Imperial Lives in the Victorian Raj

    de David Gilmour ...
    A sparkling, provocative history of the English in South Asia during Queen Victoria's reign.Between 1837 and 1901, less than 100,000 Britons at any one time managed an empire of 300 million people spread over the vast area that now includes India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Burma. How was this possible, and what were these people like? The British administration in India took pride in its ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Burning the Big House

    The Story of the Irish Country House in a Time of War and Revolution

    de Terence Dooley ...
    The gripping story of the tumultuous destruction of the Irish country house, spanning the revolutionary years of 1912 to 1923During the Irish Revolution nearly three hundred country houses were burned to the ground. These “Big Houses” were powerful symbols of conquest, plantation, and colonial oppression, and were caught up in the struggle for independence and the conflict between the aristocracy ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • The Butcher, The Tailor, The Picture-Frame Maker…

    Stories of Middle Way

    de Gareth Winrow ...
    As she awaits her execution at Oxford Castle, a newly wed woman from a God-fearing family, convicted for murdering her housemaid, is pardoned at the last minute by King George II. A butcher suddenly disappears and changes his identity after the tragic death of his young wife. A picture-frame maker from humble origins becomes ‘the richest man in Oxford’ and is at ease socialising with the ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • Britain and Japan

    Biographical Portraits, Vol. IV

    Edición de Hugh Cortazzi ...
    Series series Japan Library
    The continuing success of this series, highly regarded by scholars and the general reader alike, has prompted The Japan Society to commission this fourth volume, devoted as before to the lives of key people, both British and Japanese, who have made significant contributions to the development of Anglo-Japanese relations. The appearance of this volume brings the number of portraits published to ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD

  • The Civil Wars Experienced

    Britain and Ireland, 1638-1661

    de Martyn Bennett ...
    The Civil Wars Experienced is an exciting new history of the civil wars, which recounts their effects on the 'common people'. This engaging survey throws new light onto a century of violence and political and social upheavalBy looking at personal sources such as diaries, petitions, letters and social sources including the press, The Civil War Experienced clearly sets out the true social and ... Leer más

    $61.99 USD

  • Stella Miles Franklin: A Biography

    de Jill Roe ...
    The award-winning biography of one of Australia's best-loved writers ... The author of MY BRILLAINT CAREER had a fascinating career of her own ... Winner of the Adelaide Festival Award for Literature for Non-Fiction 2010'a long-awaited and splendidly breezy blockbuster biography of the indefatigable, self-inventing and campaigning author of My Brilliant Career' Richard Holmes, AUStRALIAN BOOK ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Imperial Twilight

    The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age

    de Stephen R. Platt ...
    As China reclaims its position as a world power, Imperial Twilight looks back to tell the story of the country’s last age of ascendance and how it came to an end in the nineteenth-century Opium War.As one of the most potent turning points in the country’s modern history, the Opium War has since come to stand for everything that today’s China seeks to put behind it. In this dramatic, epic story, ... Leer más

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  • The Woodvilles

    The Wars of the Roses and England's Most Infamous Family

    de Susan Higginbotham ...
    In 1464, the most eligible bachelor in England, Edward IV, stunned the nation by revealing his secret marriage to Elizabeth Woodville, a beautiful, impoverished widow whose father and brother Edward himself had once ridiculed as upstarts. Edward's controversial match brought his queen's large family to court and into the thick of the Wars of the Roses. This is the story of the family whose fates ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The English

    A Portrait of a People

    de Jeremy Paxman ...
    The acclaimed author of On Royalty explores the mysteries of English identity in this "witty, argumentative book bursting with good things" ( The Daily Telegraph).A Sunday Times Top Ten BestsellerBeing English used to be easy. As the dominant culture in a country that dominated an empire that dominated the world, they had little need to examine themselves and ask who they were. But something has ... Leer más

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