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Acts of Union and Disunion by Linda Colley
28.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
The United Kingdom; Great Britain; the British Isles; the Home Nations: such a wealth of different names implies uncertainty and contention - and an ability to invent and adjust. In a year that sees a Scottish referendum on independence, Linda Colley analyses some of the forces that have unified Britain ...Show more
Captives: Britain, Empire and the World 1600-1850 by Linda Colley
30.00 NZD
32.99 (9% off)
Category: Non-Fiction
Ranging over a quarter of a millennium and four continents, Captives uncovers the experiences and writings of those tens of thousands of men and women who took part in Britain's rise to imperial pre-eminence, but who got caught and caught out. Here are the stories of Sarah Shade, a camp follower impriso ...Show more
The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen Warfare, Constitutions and the Making of the Modern World by Linda Colley
45.00 NZD
Category: History
Starting not with the United States, but with the Corsican constitution of 1755, The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen moves through every continent, disrupting accepted narratives. Both monarchs and radicals play a role, from Catherine the Great of Russia, with her remarkable Nakaz, to Sierra Leone's James Af ...Show more
The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh : A Woman in World History by Linda Colley
37.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
The story of the exceptional life of the intrepid Elizabeth Marsh -- an extraordinary woman of her time who was caught up in trade, imperialism, war, exploration, migration, growing maritime reach, and new ideas. An individual lost to history, Elizabeth Marsh (1735-85) travelled farther, and was more in ...Show more
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