Historical writing continues to shed new and interesting light on all manner of topics, including even much-written about subjects like Napoleon, who died 200 years ago this year.Paul Lay, the editor ofHistory
In this book, he tells us the story of the Spanish Habsburgs—Charles V and Phillip II in particular. What he does is restore the primacy of Central Europe to the Habsburg dynasty’s story. He takes us right back to the beginning, to a place called Habsburg and their very modest roots...
Tracy Bormanis a prolific chronicler of Tudor England, with each of her books offering a novel take on the world’s most-discussed dynasty. In recent years, she’s examined themale influencesin Henry VIII’s life and theprivate livesof the Tudors, from their romps in the bedroom to their ...
Looks at the lives of 21 key statesmen during the demise of the Habsburg period. Lost Fatherland: Europeans between Empire and Nation-States, 1867-1939 ... Iryna Vushko Hardback £25.00 ADD TO ORDER As the great Gore Vidal cheerfully pointed out, the CIA was an instrument of US imperialis...
“While the Waggoner men built the empire, their wives and daughters enjoyed the fruits of their labor. This dynasty’s love of the land was rivaled only by their love of money and celebrity, and the different family factions eventually clashed. ...
Hughes published the first stage of his project – Karol Szymanowski. Posthumous Tributes (1937-38) –in hard copy in 2013. I wrote about his book in an earlier post, The Indefatigable William Hughes. Since 1999, however, there has been one printed source in English, and it is a real ...
Fire and Fusion: The Origins of Glass; 2. Opulence and Simplicity: Glassware at the Qing Court; 3. Myriad Perceptions through Lenses: Optical Applications of Glass. Nine- teen examples of ancient Chinese glass are followed by 218 examples of Qing dynasty Chinese glass (and some European ...
In 1700 Charles II, the last monarch of the Habsburg dynasty, died without an heir, thereby provoking the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14), a European conflict over control of Spain. The resultant establishment of the Bourbon dynasty initiated French domination of Spain’s political and...
Moravians are as proud of their vineyards and wine as Bohemians are of their breweries and the Pilsner beer that originated in the town of Plzeň (Pilsen), which is also noted as the site of the Škoda Works—a heavy industrial complex that originated with the Habsburg monarchy. Moravia ...
High-productivity maize with big cobs was developed about 2,000 years later, when its importance in the diet grew rapidly, and it spread from Mesoamerica to South America. … It is just possible that pre-Inca Peruvians reached the Marquesas, which may have been the migration “hub” for ...