Results for: books tagged ‘Empires’
Crocodiles & Obelisks: Jamie McKendrick
'Crocodile' and 'obelisk' are Italian and Russian terms, respectively, for a newspaper obituary - the one shedding false tears, the other monumentalising or aggrandising the dead. The poems in Jamie ... More
The Hashemite Kings: Jan Morris
'We are lucky to have Jan Morris, and her gift of transporting us to other realms.' Salley VickersThe Hashemites are the oldest, proudest, most romantic and most tragic family of ... More
To the Frontier: Geoffrey Moorhouse
To the Frontier is the compelling and vivid account of Geoffrey Moorhouse’s three-month journey through Sind, Baluchistan and the Punjab to the legendary North-West frontier of Pakistan. From there he ... More
The Habsburg Empire: C. A. Macartney
This book is a narrative history of the Austrian Monarchy from 1790 to its break-up in 1918. Its theme is the hundred-year struggle between the venerable dynastic empire which ruled ... More
The Deer Cry Pavilion: Pat Barr
It was the Emperor Meiji's restoration to the throne in 1868 that ushered in the long period of 'Enlightened Government' which saw thousands of Westerners crossing Japan's threshold to witness ... More
The Decline and Fall of the Ottoman Empire: Alan Palmer
Like Charles II, the sick man of Europe was 'an unconscionable time dying'. Time and time again from the seventeenth century observers predicted the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, yet ... More
Mission to China: Mary Laven
In the sixteenth century, the vast and sophisticated empire of China lay almost entirely unknown to Western travellers. As global trade expanded, this land of reputedly boundless wealth, pale-faced women, ... More