19th Century – Bücher, CDs, DVDs und mehr, Seite 5

Grant at 200

"It is a compelling collection of essays designed to effect and promote the efficacy of Grant's "reputational reclamation," as well as to examine some lesser known aspects of Grant's life. …

Sergio Luzzatto

The First Fascist

The First Fascist tells the story of Marquis de Morès, an architect of the Dreyfus Affair and a pioneer of blending populism, white supremacy, and open antisemitism. Through violent stunts and media savvy…

Daniel Cook,

Frankenstein Retold

Takes stock of the extraordinary range of book-based adaptations of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, comprising reimaginings, sequels and coquels following the novel's original publication up to the 21st cent…

Jaap Jacobs

A Firm Peace and Sincere Friendship?

For four centuries, people from the Netherlands have gone to America by boat or plane, to explore the country, to trade, to colonise, to settle, to do business, to find a new future or simply to visit the…

Fintan Lane

William Thompson

This book is the first comprehensively researched study of the life and thought of Irish-born William Thompson (1778-1833), who is regarded by historians of socialist thought as the most influential theor…

Michael Blake

Dances with Wolves

The world-renowned American epic that inspired the incredible Oscar-winning film Dances with Wolves, the eternal story of one man's search for his place in the world---from #1 New York Timesbestselling au…

Michael Vorenberg

Lincoln's Peace

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2025 • One historian's journey to find the end of the Civil War---and, along the way, to expand our understanding of the nature of war itself and how societies struggle to draw t…

Sarah Kay Bierle

Glorious Courage

A look at Confederate hero John Pelham, separating the real man from Lost Cause mythmaking."It is glorious to see such courage in one so young!"So declared Confederate General Robert E. Lee on D…

Edward J Stackpole

They Met at Gettysburg

A string of Confederate victories at Second Manassas, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville led to the June 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania by General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. As Lee was ai…

Anthology of 17th Century French Pieces for Baroque Lute - Vol. 1

Airs de Trompette - 17th & 18th Century Music for Trumpet,Trombone & Organ

Antonio Carretta, Aldo Caterina, Giovanni Petrone, Gerardo Treviso

Damian Clavel

Financing Sovereignty

"Financing Sovereignty rewrites the story of one of the great financial frauds of the nineteenth century: Gregor MacGregor, a Scottish mercenary and self-proclaimed cacique of Poyais, borrowed massiv…

Alison Cotti-Lowell

Romantic Citizenship and the Transatlantic World

Within the wide discursive arena of national identity in Romantic fiction, this book examines specific literary tropes and figures that consolidate and challenge the nascent, evolving concept of the Briti…

Damian Clavel

Financing Sovereignty

Financing Sovereignty rewrites the story of one of the great financial frauds of the nineteenth century: Gregor MacGregor, a Scottish mercenary and self-proclaimed cacique of Poyais, borrowed massive sums…

Alison Rattle, Allison Vale

American History Bite-Sized

Celebrating 250 years of America, this is the definitive and entertaining tour through the moments that have shaped the USA. American History Bite-Sized offers an engaging and accessible overview of the e…

Peter Hart

Chain of Fire

The dramatic story of the siege of Khartoum and Britain's extraordinarily violent 1882 campaign in Egypt and Sudan.In the 1880s, British control over northeastern Africa was a political minefield that Pri…

Shana Abe

An American Beauty

"Abé is an exquisite storyteller." ---Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Magnolia Palace The New York Times bestselling author of The Second Mrs. Astor returns with a spellbin…

Peter S Soppelsa

Paris After Haussmann

Modern Paris is often hailed as a capital of urban infrastructure. Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann's rebuilding of Paris in 1853-1870, branded "Haussmannization," helped define urban modernity fo…

Securing Empire

This volume explains how security was crucial to 19th-century Empire, showing how imperial rule was characterised by international competition and cooperation against perceived threats.