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  • The French Wars 1667–1714

    The Sun King at war

    by John A Lynn ...
    Series series Guide to...
    Campaigns fought by Louis XIV, the Sun King, shaped the borders of European states, the destinies of royal dynasties, and even the patterns of absolutist government.This compact e-guide book presents an authoritative yet accessible and succinct account of these all-important struggles available today, covering every aspect of the wars from decisions made by the king at his palace at Versailles to ... Read more

    $10.59 USD

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  • 1688

    A Global History

    by John E. Wills Jr., Ph.D. ...
    "A totally absorbing book…imaginative and erudite, full of startling juxtapositions and flashes of real perception." —Jonathan D. SpenceJohn E. Wills's masterful history ushers us into the worlds of 1688, from the suicidal exaltation of Russian Old Believers to the ravishing voice of the haiku poet Basho. Witness the splendor of the Chinese imperial court as the Kangxi emperor publicly mourns the ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • Pirates of Barbary

    Corsairs, Conquests and Captivity in the Seventeenth-Century Mediterranean

    by Adrian Tinniswood ...
    The stirring story of the seventeenth-century pirates of the Mediterranean-the forerunners of today's bandits of the seas-and how their conquests shaped the clash between Christianity and Islam.It's easy to think of piracy as a romantic way of life long gone-if not for today's frightening headlines of robbery and kidnapping on the high seas. Pirates have existed since the invention of commerce ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • The Fortifications of Gibraltar 1068–1945

    by Darren Fa, Prof. Clive Finlayson ...
    Series Book 52 - Fortress
    Gibraltar, located at the meeting points of Europe and Africa, preserves within its fortifications a rich testament to human conflict spanning 600 years.In 1068 the ruling Spanish Muslims built a large fort there. Between 1309 and 1374 Gibraltar underwent a period of intensive building and fortification, and following the Spanish reconquest of 1462 the inhabitants carried out further works. In ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • The Thirty Years' War 1618–1648

    by Richard Bonney ...
    Series series Guide to...
    More than three and a half centuries have passed since the Peace of Westphalia ended the Thirty Years' War (1618-48), but this most devastating of wars in the early modern period continues to capture the imagination of readers. This book reveals why.In this accessible, concise guide, Richard Bonney explains one of the first wars where contemporaries stressed the importance of atrocities, the ... Read more

    $10.59 USD

  • The English Civil Wars 1642–1651

    by Peter Gaunt ...
    Series series Guide to...
    The period 1642-1651, one of the most turbulent in the history of mainland Britain, saw the country torn by civil wars.Focusing on the English and Welsh wars this book examines the causes, course and consequences of the conflicts. While offering a concise military account that assesses the wars in their national, regional and local contexts, Dr Gaunt provides a full appraisal of the severity of ... Read more

    $10.59 USD

  • The 17th Century

    by Henry Wakeman ...
    THE seventeenth century is the period when Europe, shattered in its political and religious ideas by the Reformation, reconstructed its political system upon the principle of territorialism under the rule of absolute monarchs. It opens with Henry IV., it closes with Peter the Great. It reaches its climax in Louis XIV. and the Great Elector. It is therefore the century in which the principal ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The English Conquest of Jamaica

    Oliver Cromwell’s Bid for Empire

    by Carla Gardina Pestana ...
    In 1654, England’s Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell conceived a plan of breathtaking ambition: the conquest of Spain’s vast American empire. As the first phase of his Western Design, a large expedition sailed to the West Indies, under secret orders to take Spanish colonies. The English Conquest of Jamaica presents entrenched imperial fantasies confronting Caribbean realities. It captures the moment ... Read more

    $34.49 USD

  • Cromwell Hath the Honour, but . . .

    Major-General Lambert's Campaigns in the North 1648

    by P. R. Hill, J. M. Watkinson, David Breeze ...
    Cromwell hath the honor, but Lamberts discreet, humble, ingenious, sweet and civil deportment gains him more hugs and ingenious respect.Much has been written about the first Civil War and the triumphs of Oliver Cromwell. Less is known, however, of the skirmishes of the second Civil War, especially in the north, or of the role and military prowess of the excellent young Parliamentarian commander ... Read more

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  • Medieval and Early Modern Representations of Authority in Scotland and the British Isles

    Edited by Kate Buchanan, Lucinda H.S. Dean ...
    What use is it to be given authority over men and lands if others do not know about it? Furthermore, what use is that authority if those who know about it do not respect it or recognise its jurisdiction? And what strategies and 'language' -written and spoken, visual and auditory, material, cultural and political - did those in authority throughout the medieval and early modern era use to project ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • European Contexts for English Republicanism

    Edited by Gaby Mahlberg, Dirk Wiemann ...
    Series series Politics and Culture in Europe, 1650-1750
    European Contexts for English Republicanism offers new perspectives on early modern English republicanism through its focus on the Continental reception of and engagement with seventeenth-century English thinkers and political events. Looking both at political ideas and at the people that shaped them, the collection examines English republican thought in its wider European context during the later ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • The Changing English Countryside, 1400-1700

    by Leonard Cantor ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Rural History
    The period covered by this book, first published in 1987, was an important one for the rural landscape in England. The author describes and analyses the evolution of the countryside during the years which witnessed the gradual disappearance of the medieval landscape and the introduction of new farming methods and industrial techniques, thus laying the foundation for the radical changes that were ... Read more

    $48.99 USD