This collection offers a timely reappraisal of the origins and nature of the first British empire, in response to the 'cultural turn' in historical scholarship and the 'new imperial history'. It addresses topics that have been neglected in recent literature, providing a series o…
This collection offers a timely reappraisal of the origins and nature of the first British empire, in response to the 'cultural turn' in historical scholarship and the 'new imperial history'. It addresses topics that have been neglected in recent literature, providing a series o…
The British Embassy in Istanbul was unique among other diplomatic missions in the long eighteenth century in being financed by a private commercial monopoly, the Levant Company. In this detailed study, Michael Talbot shows how the intimate relation between commercial interest an…
The British Embassy in Istanbul was unique among other diplomatic missions in the long eighteenth century in being financed by a private commercial monopoly, the Levant Company. In this detailed study, Michael Talbot shows how the intimate relation between commercial interest an…
The British Embassy in Istanbul was unique among other diplomatic missions in the long eighteenth century in being financed by a private commercial monopoly, the Levant Company. In this detailed study, Michael Talbot shows how the intimate relation between commercial interest an…
The British Embassy in Istanbul was unique among other diplomatic missions in the long eighteenth century in being financed by a private commercial monopoly, the Levant Company. In this detailed study, Michael Talbot shows how the intimate relation between commercial interest an…
The Seven Years War was a global contest between the two superpowers of eighteenth century Europe: France and Britain. Winston Churchill called it the 'first World War'. Neither side could afford to lose advantage in any part of the world, and the decisive battles of the war ran…
This title offers an authoritative analysis of the social, cultural and intellectual aspects of diplomatic life in the age of Enlightenment and the French Revolution. It illustrates several modes of Britain's engagement with Europe, whether political, artistic, scientific, liter…
This title offers an authoritative analysis of the social cultural and intellectual aspects of diplomatic life in the age of Enlightenment and the French Revolution. It illustrates several modes of Britain's engagement with Europe, whether political, artistic, scientific, litera…