-- Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra,? -- Newsweek --? NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times? The Washington Post? USA Today? The Boston Globe? San Francisco Chronicle? Chicago Tribune? Newsweek/ BONUS: This edition contains a Catherine the Great re…
Presents a reconstruction of the eighteenth-century empress's life that covers her efforts to engage Russia in the cultural life of Europe, her creation of the Hermitage, and her numerous scandal-free romantic affairs.
"As Dick Turpin went to the scaffold in York in 1739 he was determined to look his best. The previous day he had a new frock coat and pumps delivered to him in the condemned man's cell in York Castle Prison. And he paid 3 [pound] and 10 shillings for five men to act as mourners.…
The early Quakers denounced the clergy and social elite but how did that affect Friends' relationships with others? Drawing upon the insights of sociologists and anthropologists, this lively and original study sets out to discover the social consequences of religious belief. Why…
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Pulitzer-winning American historian Joseph Ellis tells an old story in a new way, with a freshness at once colorful and compelling. The summer months of 1776 witnessed the most consequential events in the story of our country's founding. While the thirteen colonies came together…
-- Washington Post Scandal! Intrigue! Cossacks! Here the world's most engaging royal historian chronicles the world's most fascinating imperial dynasty: the Romanovs, whose three-hundred-year reign was remarkable for its shocking violence, spectacular excess, and unimaginable ve…
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: Imagining Woman -- 1 Body, Mind and Spirit -- 2 Learning to be a Woman -- Part II: Private Lives, Public Worlds -- 3 Marriage -- …
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