General and world history

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The eighteenth-century bishops of the Church of England and its sister communions had immense status and authority in both secular society and the Church.

Literary Illumination examines the relationship between literature and artificial illumination, demonstrating that developments of lighting technology during the nineteenth century definitively altered the treatment of light as symbol, metaphor and textual motif.

Between Wales and England is an exploration of eighteenth-century anglophone Welsh writing by authors for whom English-language literature was mostly a secondary concern.

By examining the pictorial episodes in the Spanish baroque novella, this book elucidates how writers create pictorial texts, how audiences visualise their words, what consequences they exert on cognition and what actions this process inspires.

The unofficial guide to the home of the Crimson Tide!

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An entertaining, impassioned polemic on the retreat of reason in the late 20th century.

The unofficial guide to the home of the Crimson Tide!

Born in the village of Llangeinor, near Bridgend in south Wales, Richard Price (1723-91) was, to his contemporaries, an apostle of liberty, an enemy to tyranny and a great benefactor of the human race.

Penny Dreadfuls and the Gothic breaks new ground in uncovering penny titles which have been hitherto largely neglected from literary discourse revealing the cultural, social and literary significance of these working-class texts.

Lhwyd, the illegitimate son of a father ruined by the Civil War, had to make his own way in the world.

The Gothic Chapbook, Bluebook, and Shilling Shocker, 1797-1835 breaks new ground surveying the origins of the gothic chapbook, its publishers and authors, in order to conclusively establish the impact these pamphlets had on the development of the gothic genre.

The air campaign that opened the Gulf War in January 1991 was one of the most stunning in history.

The first of two volumes on the social history of Wales in the period 1870-1948, People, Places and Passions concentrates on the social events and changes which created and forged Wales into the mid-twentieth century.

This is the first study of the early formative years of one of Wales's most important cultural organisations - Sianel Pedwar Cymru (S4C).

Phil Gioia grew up an army brat during the decades after World War II.

A Little Gay History of Wales tells the compelling story of Welsh LGBT life from the Middle Ages to the present day.

The essays in this book aim to answer the following questions: What was the place of prayer in the early modern world?

Phil Gioia grew up an army brat during the decades after World War II.

The air campaign that opened the Gulf War in January 1991 was one of the most stunning in history.

Penny Dreadfuls and the Gothic breaks new ground in uncovering penny titles which have been hitherto largely neglected from literary discourse revealing the cultural, social and literary significance of these working-class texts.

Barry Island was one of the most cherished leisure spaces in twentieth-century south Wales, a playground of generations of working-class day-trippers.

Sir William Reardon Smith (1856-1935) was one of the foremost figures in south Wales in the early twentieth century.

This is the first general history of early modern Wales for more than a generation.

This is the first book to examine the full range of the evidence for Irish charms, from medieval to modern times.

What if I told you that one of the most famous stories in history, the one we've been hearing since childhood, was just a fabricated political rumor?

In Battle of the Big Hole, noted historian Aubrey Haines has compiled the many written and first-person accounts of this historic moment in the Indian Wars into a complete and exhaustive history of the 1877 battle.

In Battle of the Big Hole, noted historian Aubrey Haines has compiled the many written and first-person accounts of this historic moment in the Indian Wars into a complete and exhaustive history of the 1877 battle.

This is the story of a region at once representative and unique in the history of Southern culture, which was from its earliest colonial beginnings a focus of strength, intellect, and proud individuality.

This is the story of a region at once representative and unique in the history of Southern culture, which was from its earliest colonial beginnings a focus of strength, intellect, and proud individuality.

Explore the enduring fascination of the Civil War through thought-provoking essays from the esteemed "e;Emerging Civil War"e; series to gain better understanding of the complex relationship between history and art in shaping our understanding of the war.

'Alwyn Turner is the master of funny, engaging social history' Sunday TimesA Times Best Paperback of 2025'For sheer entertainment, this rollicking account of Britain before the Great War is hard to beat, brimming as it is with swindlers, murderers and charlatans, imperialist fantasies and saucy innuendos' 'History Books of the Year', The Times'The very best sort of panoramic portrait' David KynastonWhen Queen Victoria died in 1901 it was the end of an era.

The latest entry in Stackpole's Battle Briefings Series covers the Vietnam War, from its roots in the French war through the evacuation of the embassy.

When the Holy Spirit hits, it will be like a ton of bricks coming down.

In the summer of 1839, Henry Layardjust twenty-two years oldleft England for eastern Europe and distant lands of the Ottoman Empire.

What can be learned from Chile's experience with severe political polarization?

In the summer of 1839, Henry Layardjust twenty-two years oldleft England for eastern Europe and distant lands of the Ottoman Empire.

The latest entry in Stackpole's Battle Briefings Series covers the Vietnam War, from its roots in the French war through the evacuation of the embassy.

During the United States' conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, special operations forces took a central role.

Fake history is not a harmless mistake of fact or interpretation.

Bombing Pompeii examines the circumstances under which over 160 Allied bombs hit the archaeological site of Pompeii in August and September 1943, and the wider significance of this event in the history of efforts to protect cultural heritage in conflict zones, a broader issue which is still of great importance.

Bombing Pompeii examines the circumstances under which over 160 Allied bombs hit the archaeological site of Pompeii in August and September 1943, and the wider significance of this event in the history of efforts to protect cultural heritage in conflict zones, a broader issue which is still of great importance.

Fake history is not a harmless mistake of fact or interpretation.

An award-winning journalist's voyage into her family history and her quest to face the storms she encounters there.

Hiroshima.

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