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The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley

A Critical Biography

By: John Worthen

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The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley

A Critical Biography

By: John Worthen

Drawing especially on the many scholarly discoveries of recent years, this biography examines the life – and death ‒ of one of the greatest Romantic poets. Based on sceptical historical investigation and featuring an in-depth look at Shelley’s personal, financial and familial situation, it builds a compelling narrative about a controversial writer and thinker whose personal and philosophical convictions caused much turmoil during his short yet extraordinarily influential life. The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley reveals sides of the author not often studied. It looks at Shelley as an intensely loving, thoughtful and responsible man and father, who (except in one case) took exemplary care of the women he loved and who fell in love with him. It shows how significant his status as a gentleman was; it examines his poetry, letters, notebooks and discursive prose so that readers can comprehend the most important concerns of his life; it explores the financial and medical grounds for his years of exile; it is also the first biography to take account of his recently discovered early long poem the Poetical Essay on the Existing State of Things. This biography offers readers a unique look at a famous poet, scholar, gentleman, democrat, atheist and tragic icon of English Romanticism.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118534034

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9781118534038

Island of Java

By: John Joseph Stockdale

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Island of Java

By: John Joseph Stockdale

This is the first and most important book about the Island of Java and is essential reading for anyone interested in Javanese history and culture. Originally published in 1811, Island of Java was the first popular work in English to describe what for many centuries was the most important island in the vast Indonesian archipelago. Like most works published during this time, Island of Java recounts everything that was known at the time about the island and its inhabitants. Detailed descriptions are given of Java's ecology, history and culture, including methods of tribute and tazation used by the Dutch colonists and the design of the fortifications surrounding Batavia. Also described are such things as the dining habits of the Dutch administrators, the execution of thirteen of the ruler's concubines in Surakarta, and the notorious Upas or "Poison Tree of Java", believed to exude a foul odor which routinely annihilated all living things for miles around. This reprint is enhanced by a scholarly Introduction by Dr. John Bastin, former Reader at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and a world authority on nineteenth century Java.

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431

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Tuttle Publishing

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1462902154

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9781462902156

The Trial of John Frost for High Treason: Under a Special Commission, Held at Monmouth in December 1839 and January 1840

By: John Frost,Joseph Gurney,Thomas Gurney

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The Trial of John Frost for High Treason: Under a Special Commission, Held at Monmouth in December 1839 and January 1840

By: John Frost,Joseph Gurney,Thomas Gurney

Reprint of the original, first published in 1840.

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786

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385136075

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9783385136076

British Satire, 1785-1840, Volume 2

By: John Strachan,Steven E Jones

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British Satire, 1785-1840, Volume 2

By: John Strachan,Steven E Jones

This set offers a representitive collection of the verse satire of the Romantic period, published between the mid-1780s and the mid-1830s. As well as two single-author volumes, from William Gifford and Thomas Moore, there is also a wealth of rare, unedited material.

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455

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Routledge

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100074809X

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9781000748093

De Quincey to Wordsworth

A Biography of a Relationship

By: John E. Jordan

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De Quincey to Wordsworth

A Biography of a Relationship

By: John E. Jordan

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1962.

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Univ of California Press

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0520326318

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9780520326316

Gustavus v Wallenstein

Military Revolution, Rivalry and Tragedy in the Thirty Years War

By: John Pike

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Gustavus v Wallenstein

Military Revolution, Rivalry and Tragedy in the Thirty Years War

By: John Pike

Explore the epic conflict and contrasting leadership styles of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and Albrecht von Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland, two titanic figures in the Thirty Years War whose strategic brilliance and dramatic deaths shaped the course of modern warfare, analyzed in vivid detail by the author. The conflict, personal rivalry and contrast in personality, generalship and command, between the two iconic commanders in the Thirty Years War, King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden for the Protestant powers, and Albrecht von Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland. More than just commanders at the tactical level they were statesmen, military organizers and strategists on a continental scale. Both commanders represented the 17th-century ‘military revolution in action’. The writing is vivid, graphic and detailed, without overloading, and readers can feel ‘involved’ in the action, from strategic planning to battlefield tactics, and even the melee. Both generals are titanic figures come, and their respective deaths - Gustavus heroically in battle and Wallenstein, murdered with the Emperor’s compliance – were dramatic highpoints in the long war. This is no hagiography, and the author analyses the contrasting reputations of two of the greatest military figures in modern history and analyses mistakes as well their triumphs. Both commanders’ understanding of the role of the modern state and finance as vital factors in the military revolution and modern warfare. A major contrast was Gustavus’s constant search for the tactical and strategic initiative compared to Wallenstein’s caution and patience and development of counter-punch defensive tactics. Exceptional for the period, a young warrior like an ‘Alexander’, Gustavus excelled in inspired battlefield leadership even at huge risk. Despite his death at Lutzen in 1632, he and his steadfast chancellor Oxenstierna, had decisively defeated the Emperor’s attempt to subjugate the Empire and introduce the Catholic counter-reformation. Gustavus contributed hugely to the ending of Habsburg supremacy while advancing new concepts in modern war. His death ushered in his acolytes including generals Baner, Saxe-Weimar and Torstensson. Gustavus or Wallenstein, the greater of the two? The reader must judge but Napoleon included Gustavus in his list of ten greats with Julius Caesar, Hannibal Barca, and Alexander the Great.

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562

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Pen and Sword Military

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1399012681

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9781399012683

The Man from the Alamo

By: John Humphries

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The Man from the Alamo

By: John Humphries

John Rees, soldier and freedom fighter, was a shadowy figure who surfaced during two crucial nineteenth-century revolts and then disappeared from history. For the first time, author John Humphries reveals the fate of the man, first mentioned as a member of the New Orleans Greys, who fought for Texan Independence at the Alamo and narrowly escaped execution at the Goliad Mission. Later, Rees was one of the main agitators in the doomed Welsh Chartist movement. Twenty-two men died during the Chartist attack upon the Westgate Hotel when a detachment from the 45th Regiment of Foot, hidden behind the hotel's shuttered windows, discharged their muskets into the crowd. For waging war against the monarch, thirteen of the Chartist leaders were indicted for high treason in the last great show trial in British legal history, while Rees escaped back to the American West. Rees' spectacular journey from the bloodied sands of Texas to the last armed uprising on British soil is only one of the stories told in this book.

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328

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Pelican Publishing

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1455608270

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9781455608270

The British Critic

Vol. XXIX

By: James Shergold Boone,John Henry Newman

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The British Critic

Vol. XXIX

By: James Shergold Boone,John Henry Newman

Reprint of the original, first published in 1807.

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3368511351

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9783368511357

Annals of Cambridge

Vol. IV

By: Charles Henry Cooper,John William Cooper

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Annals of Cambridge

Vol. IV

By: Charles Henry Cooper,John William Cooper

Reprint of the original, first published in 1842.

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750

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3385129729

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9783385129726

Third World Mass Media and Their Search for Modernity

The Case of Commonwealth Caribbean, 1717-1976

By: John A. Lent

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Third World Mass Media and Their Search for Modernity

The Case of Commonwealth Caribbean, 1717-1976

By: John A. Lent

Emphasizes the contemporary mass media of the Commonwealth Caribbean and the societies in which they function, explaining their characteristics and practices in terms of the history of the region and the media themselves and relating these traits, wherever applicable, to theories of communication and national development. Illustrated.

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Bucknell University Press

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0838718965

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9780838718964

The Real Shelley

Volume 1

By: John Cordy Jeaffreson

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The Real Shelley

Volume 1

By: John Cordy Jeaffreson

Reproduction of the original: The Real Shelley by John Cordy Jeaffreson

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3734010500

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9783734010507

Lieutenant General Sir Samuel Auchmuty, 1756–1822

The Military Life of an American Loyalist and Imperial General

By: John D. Grainger

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Lieutenant General Sir Samuel Auchmuty, 1756–1822

The Military Life of an American Loyalist and Imperial General

By: John D. Grainger

Samuel Auchmuty was born in New York in 1756. During the American Revolution his remained loyal to King George and he joined the British 45th Foot in 1777. After the war he remained in British service, campaigned in many parts of the world and rose through the ranks. Despite a varied and distinguished career he has not received the attention he warrants, neither as a Loyalist from New York, nor as a successful British soldier.Auchmuty served in India through the Second and Third Mysore Wars, the Rohilla War and a serious mutiny. In 1798 Auchmuty was adjutant-general of the successful Red Sea campaign against French forces in Egypt. Returning to Britain in 1803 he commanded the defences in Thanet, East Kent, at the height of the French invasion threat. He was the only British commander to emerge from the River Plate campaign with credit, capturing Montevideo in 1807. In 1811 he commanded the land forces that captured Java from Franco-Dutch control. He ended his life as Commander-in-Chief, Ireland. John Grainger examines his part in events which shaped world history.

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Casemate Publishers

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1526730936

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9781526730930

Book's by John Joseph Stockdale

The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley

The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley

Island of Java

Island of Java

The Trial of John Frost for High Treason: Under a Special Commission, Held at Monmouth in December 1839 and January 1840

The Trial of John Frost for High Treason: Under a Special Commission, Held at Monmouth in December 1839 and January 1840

British Satire, 1785-1840, Volume 2

British Satire, 1785-1840, Volume 2

De Quincey to Wordsworth

De Quincey to Wordsworth

Gustavus v Wallenstein

Gustavus v Wallenstein

The Man from the Alamo

The Man from the Alamo

The British Critic

The British Critic

Annals of Cambridge

Annals of Cambridge

Third World Mass Media and Their Search for Modernity

Third World Mass Media and Their Search for Modernity

The Real Shelley

The Real Shelley

Lieutenant General Sir Samuel Auchmuty, 1756–1822

Lieutenant General Sir Samuel Auchmuty, 1756–1822

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