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The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, with Notes

Vol. I

By: Horatio Nelson Nelson,Nicholas Harris Nicolas

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The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, with Notes

Vol. I

By: Horatio Nelson Nelson,Nicholas Harris Nicolas

Reprint of the original, first published in 1845.

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3368878727

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9783368878726

The Poetical Works of Robert Burns

Vol. II

By: Robert Burns,Nicholas Harris Nicolas

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The Poetical Works of Robert Burns

Vol. II

By: Robert Burns,Nicholas Harris Nicolas

Reprint of the original, first published in 1839.

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346

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3385146151

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9783385146150

Britannia’s Palette

The Arts of Naval Victory

By: Nicholas Tracy

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The Arts of Naval Victory

By: Nicholas Tracy

Britannia's Palette looks at the lives of British artists who witnessed the naval war against the French Republic and Empire between 1793 and 1815. This band of brothers, through their artistic and entrepreneurial efforts, established the images of the war at sea that were central to the understanding their contemporaries had of events - images that endure to this day. In this unprecedented book, Nicholas Tracy reveals the importance of the self-employed artist to the study of a nation at war. He includes lively accounts of serving officers, retired sailors, and academy-trained artists who, often under the threat of debtor's prison, struggled to balance the standards of art with the public desire for heroic, reassuring images. Containing over eighty illustrations, Britannia's Palette explores a varied and exciting collection of paintings that reveal the poignancy of the human experience of war.

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496

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773575855

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9780773575851

The Press Gang

Naval Impressment and its opponents in Georgian Britain

By: Nicholas Rogers

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The Press Gang

Naval Impressment and its opponents in Georgian Britain

By: Nicholas Rogers

The press gang, and its forcible recruitment of sailors to man the Royal Navy in times of war, acquired notoriety for depriving men of their liberty and carrying them away to a harsh life at sea, sometimes for years at a time. Nicholas Rogers explains exactly how the press gang worked, whom it was aimed at and how successful it was in achieving its ends. He also shows the limits to its operations and the press gang's need for cooperation from local authorities, who were by no means prepared to support it. Written by an expert in the social history of eighteenth-century Britain, it is both well-researched and highly readable.

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181

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A&C Black

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0826423736

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9780826423733

The Specter of the Archive

Political Practice and the Information State in Early Modern Britain

By: Nicholas Popper

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The Specter of the Archive

Political Practice and the Information State in Early Modern Britain

By: Nicholas Popper

An exploration of the proliferation of paper in early modern Britain and its far-reaching effects on politics and society. We commonly think of ourselves as living amid an unprecedented abundance of information. In The Specter of the Archive, Nicholas Popper shows that earlier eras had to grapple with similarly mixed blessings. He reveals that early modern Britain was a society newly drowning in paper--for them a light and durable technology whose spread allowed statesmen to record drafts, memoranda, and other ephemera that might otherwise have been lost, and also made it possible for ordinary people to collect political texts. As the volume of original paperwork ballooned, the number of copies grew even more: secretaries took down version after version of letters, records, policy proposals, and other documents. As those seeking to advance their careers flooded the government with paper, information management became a core element of politics, and England's history of flexible institutions coalesced into the image of a stable state. Focusing on two of the primary political archives of early modern England, the Tower of London Record Office and the State Paper Office, Popper traces the circulation of their materials through the government and the broader public sphere. In this early media-saturated society, we find the origins of many of the same issues we face today: Who shapes the archive? Can we trust the picture of the past and present that it shows us? How do we decide what to preserve, what to copy and disseminate, and what to discard? And, in a more politically urgent vein: Does a huge volume of widely available information (not all of it accurate) risk contributing to polarization and extremism?

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356

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University of Chicago Press

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ISBN 10

0226825973

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9780226825977

Nelson's Battles

The Triumph of British Seapower

By: Nicholas Tracy

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Nelson's Battles

The Triumph of British Seapower

By: Nicholas Tracy

From his first dramatic initiatives at the Battle of St. Vincent in 1797 to his last battle at Trafalgar in 1805, Horatio Nelson was a force to be reckoned with and a hero to his countrymen. This illuminating study of the battles that played such an important role in Napoleon's defeat also takes a close look at the admiral's art of naval warfare. It shows that Nelson was quick to adapt new ideas and technical developments. This prowess, and a remarkable ability to lead and a genius for making decisive moves, made him the consummate master of naval warfare. This newly revised edition provides the most up-to-date analysis of Nelson's victories available.

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Naval Institute Press

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1612519342

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9781612519340

To Follow in Their Footsteps

The Crusades and Family Memory in the High Middle Ages

By: Nicholas L. Paul

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To Follow in Their Footsteps

The Crusades and Family Memory in the High Middle Ages

By: Nicholas L. Paul

When the First Crusade ended with the conquest of Jerusalem in 1099, jubilant crusaders returned home to Europe bringing with them stories, sacred relics, and other memorabilia, including banners, jewelry, and weapons. In the ensuing decades, the memory of the crusaders' bravery and pious sacrifice was invoked widely among the noble families of western Christendom. Popes preaching future crusades would count on these very same families for financing, leadership, and for the willing warriors who would lay down their lives on the battlefield. Despite the great risks and financial hardships associated with crusading, descendants of those who suffered and died on crusade would continue to take the cross, in some cases over several generations. Indeed, as Nicholas L. Paul reveals in To Follow in Their Footsteps, crusading was very much a family affair. Scholars of the crusades have long pointed to the importance of dynastic tradition and ties of kinship in the crusading movement but have failed to address more fundamental questions about the operation of these social processes. What is a "family tradition"? How are such traditions constructed and maintained, and by whom? How did crusading families confront the loss of their kin in distant lands? Making creative use of Latin dynastic narratives as well as vernacular literature, personal possessions and art objects, and architecture from across western Europe, Paul shows how traditions of crusading were established and reinforced in the collective memories of noble families throughout the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Even rulers who never fulfilled crusading vows found their political lives dominated and, in some ways, directed by the memory of their crusading ancestors. Filled with unique insights and careful analysis, To Follow in Their Footsteps reveals the lasting impact of the crusades, beyond the expeditions themselves, on the formation of dynastic identity and the culture of the medieval European nobility.

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Cornell University Press

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0801465982

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9780801465987

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The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, with Notes

The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, with Notes

The Poetical Works of Robert Burns

The Poetical Works of Robert Burns

Britannia’s Palette

Britannia’s Palette

The Press Gang

The Press Gang

The Specter of the Archive

The Specter of the Archive

Nelson's Battles

Nelson's Battles

To Follow in Their Footsteps

To Follow in Their Footsteps

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