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16th century in Switzerland - 16th-century Swiss people, Huldrych Zwingli, Theodore Beza, Johann Stumpf, Heinrich Bullinger, Josias Simmler, Oswald Myconius, Reformation in Switzerland, Conrad Grebel, Johannes Oecolampadius, Thomas Erastus, Felix Manz

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 51. Chapters: 16th-century Swiss people, Huldrych Zwingli, Theodore Beza, Johann Stumpf, Heinrich Bullinger, Jo...

Travels From the Cape of Good Hope Into the Interior Parts of Africa, Including Many Interesting Anecdotes: With Elegant Plates, Descriptive of the Co

A Critique of Mau: Mute Compulsion and Other Essays - Seven More Argumentative Essays

The two first essays in A Critique of Mau: Mute Compulsion and Other Essays are critiques of Mau and Meiksins Wood for misreading Marx on...

The Witches - Salem, 1692

A Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling historian explores the Salem witch trials, one of the greatest mysteries of American history.

Inglorious Empire - What the British Did to India

From the internationally acclaimed author comes his bestselling account of India's experience of British colonialism.

The Last Colony - A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain's Colonial Legacy

After the Second World War, new international rules heralded an age of human rights and self-determination. Supported by Britain, these u...

The Lion House - The Rise of Suleyman the Magnificent

An immersive reconstruction of the life of the most feared and powerful man of the sixteenth century. 'Wolf Hall for the Ottoman Empire ....

Elizabeth of York - The First Tudor Queen

Prominent historian and novelist Alison Weir reveals the true story Elizabeth of York, a key figure in the Wars of the Roses and the Tudo...

The Kings Painter - The Life and Times of Hans Holbein

The first illustrated biography of Hans Holbein, the painter who depicted some of the most powerful people of the early sixteenth century...

The Time Traveller's Guide to Regency Britain

'Excellent... Mortimer's erudition is formidable' The Times A time of exuberance, thrills, frills and unchecked bad behaviour...Ian Morti...

From the Siegerland to Germanna - Trupbach's Virginia Emigrants 1712-1734

Authors and book also see publishers' website at http://www.frankfurt-academic-press.de/buecher/

Napoleon - The Man Behind the Myth

`Napoleon is an out-and-out masterpiece and a joy to read¿ Sir Antony Beevor, author of Stalingrad A landmark new biography that presents...

The Strangest Family - The Private Lives of George III, Queen Charlotte and the Hanoverians

A moving account of George III's doomed attempt to create a happy, harmonious family. George III came to the throne in 1760 determined to...

George III - The Life and Reign of Britain's Most Misunderstood Monarch

The Times Book of the Year *Winner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, 2022* *Winner of the General Society of Colo...

Henrietta Maria - Conspirator, Warrior, Phoenix Queen

***A Best Book of 2022, The Times*** ***Book of the Year, Spectator*** A myth-busting biography of Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I, wh...

Globalgeschichte / Global History 1 · 2023

Die Geschichtswissenschaft diskutiert seit Jahren intensiv über die Genese, Formen und Folgen weltweiter Verflechtungen und Austauschproz...

Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia

'A characteristically radical re-reading of history that places the social and political experiments of pirates at the heart of the Europ...

King of the World - The Life of Louis XIV

Winner of the Franco-British Society Book Prize 2019 'The ultimate biography of the Sun King' Simon Sebag Montefiore Louis XIV dominated ...

The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England

Dr Ian Mortimer is the author of the bestselling Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, eight other books and many peer-reviewed art...

Until Proven Safe - The gripping history of quarantine, from the Black Death to the post-Covid future

A riveting, thought-provoking and very timely account of the idea and the reality of quarantine around the world, examining not only the ...

The 1619 Project - A New American Origin Story

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New American Origin Story o...

A Cultural History of Medicine in the Age of Enlightenment

The Enlightenment, as concept and time period, was haunted by ambiguities about the relationships between mind and body, humans and the n...

A Cultural History of Medicine in the Renaissance

Since the 'cultural turn' of the 1980s the history of Renaissance medicine has been radically transformed, with older narratives stood on...

The Devastating Wake

The Devastating Wake describes the environmental and social impacts of 13,000 voyages from New England to the Pacific Ocean in the ninete...

Villains of All Nations - Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age

Pirates have long been stock figures in popular culture, from "Treasure Island" to the more recent antics of Jack Sparrow. This rediscove...

Speak for England - Leo Amery and the British Empire in the Age of Churchill

Leo Amery was a leading British Conservative politician and imperialist who played a pivotal role in the fall of Neville Chamberlain and ...

Killing Napoleon - The Plot to Blow up Bonaparte

New paperback edition - An amazing story that is still largely unknown in the English-speaking world - the plot to blow up Napoleon, an e...

Wellington's Eastern Front - The Campaign on the East Coast of Spain, 1810-1814

A detailed, fast-moving account of the fighting in a neglected theatre of the Peninsular War.

The Lost Homestead - My Mother, Partition and the Punjab

Through her mother's memories, accounts from her Indian family and her own research in both India and Pakistan, constitutional and human ...

The Ugly Renaissance

Featuring the beauties of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, combined with the dark and hidden side of the Renaissance, by an acclaimed ...

Frederick the Great

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY KATE WILLIAMSFrederick II of Prussia attempted to escape his authoritarian father as a boy, but went on to become...

Napoleon the Great

Andrew Roberts is a biographer and historian of international renown whose books include Salisbury: Victorian Titan (winner, the Wolfson ...

Confronting Napoleon: Levin Von Bennigsen's Memoir of the Campaign in Poland, 1806-1807 - Volume II - The Friedland Campaign

Volume 2 of General Levin von Bennigsen's memoirs offer unique insights into the epic confrontation between the French and Russians in Po...

Holding the Political Center in Illinois - Conservatism and Union on the Brink of the Civil War

The importance of political moderation in preserving the Union Holding the Political Center in Illinois charts the political trajectory o...

Young Queens - The Intertwined Lives of Catherine De' Medici, Elisabeth de Valois, and Mary, Queen of Scots

The boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de' Medici, Elisabeth de Valois, and Mary, Queen of Scots-three queens exerc...

The Radical Advocacy of Wendell Phillips - Abolitionism, Democracy, and Public Interest Law

Examining the life of an early advocate of the legal rights of Black Americans In this brisk, engaging exploration of 19th-century radica...

The Age of Federalism

Written by two esteemed historians, this work gives readers a reflective, deeply formed analytical survey of this extraordinary period in...

Wissenschaften zwischen Tradition und Innovation - Historische Perspektiven | Sciences between Tradition and Innovation - Historical Perspectives

The ideas of »tradition« and »innovation« articulated by cultural historiography have in recent decades been presented as central categor...

Tippu Tip - Ivory, Slavery and Discovery in the Scramble for Africa

Embark on a gripping journey through the life of Tippu Tip, a pioneering 19th-century ivory trader whose exploits left an indelible mark ...

Agents of Empire - Knights, Corsairs, Jesuits, and Spies in the Sixteenth-Century Mediterranean World

The story of a Venetian-Albanian family in the late sixteenth century forms the basis of a sweeping account of the interaction between Ea...

Black Spartacus - The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture

The definitive modern biography of the great slave leader, military genius and revolutionary hero Toussaint Louverture The Haitian Revolu...

Italy's Honour and Liberty - A Wargamers Companion to the Great Italian Wars, 1494-1559

The book begins with a brief historical overview of the Italian Wars before moving on to look at the different troop types in the conflic...

Frederick the Great - King of Prussia

Tim Blanning is the author of a number of major works on eighteenth century Europe, including The Pursuit of Glory : Europe 1648-1815, Th...

Robert E. Lee's Reluctant Warrior - The Life of Cavalry Commander and Railroad Businessman, Brigadier General Williams Carter Wickham

Williams Carter Wickham fought bravely for the south as a Confederate cavalry officer, finishing the war as a brigadier general. He also ...

In the Thickest of the Fray - Mississippians at Gettysburg in Their Own Words

The Magnolia State sent eleven infantry regiments and one artillery battery to Gettysburg. The individual memories were published in news...

North Carolina's Confederate Hospitals - Volume II, 1864-1865

This book is the second volume of an organizational examination of North Carolina's Confederate hospitals and why they existed. This cont...

The Blood-Tinted Waters of the Shenandoah - The 1864 Valley Campaign's Battle of Cool Spring, July 17-18, 1864

"This book examines Gen. Horatio Wright's pursuit of Gen. Jubal Early into the Shenandoah and the clash on July 17-18, 1864. It analyzes ...

Jane Boleyn - Jane Boleyn: The True Story of the Infamous Lady Rochford

For centuries, little beyond rumor and scandal has been associated with "the infamous Lady Rochford" and sister-in-law of the doomed Anne...

Imperialism and Ideology - An Historical Perspective

An historical perspective and critical examination of popularly held views on imperialism and ideology by a gifted historian.

Shakespeares Welt - So lebten, liebten und litten die Menschen im 16. Jahrhundert | Das Geschenk für alle Mittelalter-Fans

Die Vergangenheit ist eine Reise wert! Die Zeit von Shakespeare und Königin Elizabeth I. gilt als »goldenes Zeitalter«. Aber wie war es e...

Slumming - Sexual and Social Politics in Victorian London

"Arresting. Koven's scholarship is excellent, and this book will appeal across a wide range of disciplines."--James Epstein, Vanderbilt U...

Legacies of War - Enduring Memories, Persistent Patterns

With a lens trained on how civilians and soldiers remember the experience of armed conflict, Legacies of War challenges narrow conception...

The Europeans - Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture

'Magnificent. Beautifully written, immaculately researched and thoroughly absorbing from start to finish. A tour de force that explains h...

English Mps - Legislators and Servants of Their Constituents, 1750-1800

What was the role of elected legislators? Was it to represent the opinions of constituents or to vote according to their informed opinion...

Race and Africa - Cultural and Historical Legacies

Beginning with the premise that race is a global phenomenon configured in the political context of European empire, this book presents st...

Broken Threads - My Family From Empire to Independence

'Unforgettable' SATHNAM SANGHERA 'Spell-binding' PETER FRANKOPAN 'Fascinating' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE

African Narratives of Slavery and Abolition - Testimonies from the 19th-Century

Black Skin, White Masks

Fanon's pivotal work on race and racism, available here as a "Penguin Modern Classic". Fanon was a major influence on civil rights, anti-...

Peter the Great's Disastrous Defeat: The Swedish Victory at Narva, 1700

The Battle of Narva, in which Charles XII of Sweden defeated Peter the Great of Russia, occurred during the Great Northern War. Peter the...

The Russian Patriotic War of 1812 Volume 2: The Russian Official History

The Russian Patriotic War of 1812 is the only publicly available translation into English of Bogdanovich's official history of the Russia...