Results for: books tagged ‘Europe’
Autumn Journal: Louis MacNeice
Written between August and December 1938, Autumn Journal is still considered one of the most valuable and moving testaments of living through the thirties by a young writer. It is ... More
Europe from Napoleon to the Second International: A. J. P. Taylor
A. J. P. Taylor could never be dull, least of all in the essay. The medium was perfect for his qualities. In expression he displayed elegant brevity; in argument paradox; ... More
C: Maurice Baring
First published in 1924, C is arguably Maurice Baring's most famous book and best novel. In it, Baring looks back affectionately, to what he calls, the 'golden swan-song of European life ... More
Epoch and Artist: David Jones
Written between the late 1930s and the late 1950s, Epoch and Artist represents those essays that David Jones wished to see preserved in his lifetime. Beginning with his most personal ... More
The Bourbons of Naples (17341825): Harold Acton
Naples is one of Europe’s most fascinating cities and the ruling dynasty which left its mark more than any other was that of the Bourbons, who arrived in 1734 and ... More
St Martin's Ride: Paul Binding
St Martin's Ride was first published in 1990 just after the tumultuous events of the previous year that reshaped Europe. It was timely then, it is timely now.Born in 1943, ... More
Democratic Ideals and Reality: Halford J. Mackinder
Two major polemical works were published in 1919: The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes and Democratic Ideals and Reality by Halford J. Mackinder. The former is ... More
Liberation: William Hitchcock
What does it mean to liberate a country? What is the real cost of freedom? William Hitchcock explores the paradox of ‘the good war’ - its glories and its horrific human costs. More
Death of the Dark Hero: David Selbourne
The title is taken from an extraordinarily prophetic observation made by Heinrich Heine in 1842. 'Communism, though little discussed now and loitering in hidden garrets on miserable straw pallets, is ... More
The Gardeners of Salonika: Alan Palmer
'The Gardeners of Salonika' as Clemenceau contemptuously labelled them, could well be called the forgotten army of the First World War. Yet the Macedonian Campaign was, in Lord Hankey's words, ... More
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