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c 1700 to c 1800

Paperback. Despite the frequency with which criminals were sentenced to death, crime was still on the rise in England in the mid-1700s. Men were thrown in jail daily for everything from associating with gypsies to cutting down fruit trees and stealing sheep. This collection features the stories of the crimes committed and the subsequent punishments assigned. Num Pages: 176 pages, 55 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 529.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626360440
ISBN
9781626360440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.55

Hardcover. Axel Bundgaard has produced a work exploring the introduction and nature of sport in the controlled environment of the American boarding school. Using archival material from several eastern boarding schools founded in the 18th and 19th centuries, Bundgaard traces this process from its beginnings in the boarding schools of Victorian England. Series: Sports and Entertainment. Num Pages: 240 pages, 22 photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBT; JNLP; WSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630821
ISBN
9780815630821
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.61

Paperback. Taken from Africa into slavery by the Portuguese, kidnapped by the British Navy and held captive aboard ship during the French wars of the 1790s before being abandoned in Falmouth, the story of Joseph Emidy deserves telling in its own right. Emidy became a prominent figure in the musical scene in Cornwall for his remaining years. Num Pages: 174 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; AVGC5; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780859893596
ISBN
9780859893596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.97

Hardcover. CORK The aim of this book is to present a detailed account of music in Cork's civic life from the eighteenth century to 1900 and to examine the contexts in which it flourished. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; AVG; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Cork University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781782052203
ISBN
9781782052203
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Paperback. Music at German Courts serves to illustrate the extraordinary diversity of eighteenth-century German court music establishments without losing sight of what these Kapellen had in common. Editor(s): Owens, Samantha; Reul, Barbara M.; Stockigt, Janice B. Num Pages: 504 pages, 20 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; AVGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 31. Weight in Grams: 746.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783270583
ISBN
9781783270583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.45

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
506
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843835981
ISBN
9781843835981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.63

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393929188
ISBN
9780393929188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 46.17

Hardcover. Studying the construction of Irish national identity from the early eighteenth until the mid-nineteenth centuries, this book focuses on how texts concerning Irish music, and the social settings within which those texts emerged, contributed to the imagining of Ireland as "the Land of Song." Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; AVGH; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268025779
ISBN
9780268025779
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.47

Hardback. The first full-length treatment of the operatic querelles in eighteenth-century France, placing individual querelles in historical context and tracing common themes of authority, national prestige and the power of music over popular sentiment. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783272013
ISBN
9781783272013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.99

Paperback. In 1762, John Adams penned a flirtatious note to 'Miss Adorable', Abigail Smith. In 1801, Abigail wrote to wish her husband John a safe journey as he headed home to Quincy after serving as president of the nation he helped create. This collection invites readers to experience the founding of a nation and the partnership of two strong individuals. Editor(s): Hogan, Margaret A.; Taylor, C. James. Num Pages: 528 pages, 19 color illustrations, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 226 x 24. Weight in Grams: 688.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057050
ISBN
9780674057050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. Lyman Draper's 1851 interviews with Nathan and Olive Boone. Editor(s): Hammon, Neil O. Num Pages: 198 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JF; 3JH; BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813134659
ISBN
9780813134659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.81

Paperback. Presents the biography of Napoleon who lived one of the extraordinary of all human lives. This book shows how after seizing power in a coup d'etat he ended the corruption and incompetence into which the Revolution had descended. Num Pages: 976 pages, 32pp. colour. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 201 x 51. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141032016
ISBN
9780141032016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 16.68

Hardback. This brilliantly original study uncovers a side to Napoleon Bonaparte which has hitherto been ignored by biographers -- that of the aspiring novelist and man of letters. Num Pages: 208 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; BGH; DSBD; DSK; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745625355
ISBN
9780745625355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Paperback. Napoleon, as a young artilleryman, was trained with the Gribeauval system, created to standardize the French field artillery. This work deals with 4-, 8- and 12-pdr guns, light 1-pdr guns and later innovations such as the 6-pdr gun, which were used by Napoleon in Italy, Germany and Austria. Illustrator(s): Hutchins, Ray. Series: New Vanguard. Num Pages: 48 pages, 40 b&w and 7 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 248 x 182 x 4. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841764580
ISBN
9781841764580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.49

Paperback. He took on Napoleon with a set of weapons that seemed unsuited to the task such as: flattery, courtesy and an alarmingly straight face. And he won. It was the club-footed genius of French diplomacy who defeated the greatest conqueror since Julius Caesar. This work presents the story of Prince Talleyrand. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 pp b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844137428
ISBN
9781844137428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.27

Paperback. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, 48ill.(8col.). BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 186 x 249 x 12. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850451986
ISBN
9780850451986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.53

Hardback. This book provides a concise, lively, up-to-date portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte's character and career, including his most important battles, while setting him firmly against the backdrop of the French Revolution of 1789. Num Pages: 152 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190262716
ISBN
9780190262716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.63

Paperback. A remarkable analysis to add to the study of modern history's most famous general and statesman. Englund charts Napoleon's dramatic rise and fall, from his Corsican boyhood, his French education, his military victories and acts of reform as First Consul (1799-1804) to his controversial record as emperor, and finally, to his exile and death. Num Pages: 600 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 652.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
600
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674018037
ISBN
9780674018037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.66

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138777026
ISBN
9781138777026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 53.10

Paperback. Series: History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 231 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1960
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226126678
ISBN
9780226126678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

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