Antony Eastmond 
Tamta’s World [PDF ebook] 
The Life and Encounters of a Medieval Noblewoman from the Middle East to Mongolia

This is a story of migration from rural Gujarat to Nairobi, Kenya and the impact of the struggles for independence from British rule on a traditional Hindu Gujarati family, and finally to London in 1 …

In Food and Feast in Premodern Outlaw Tales editors Melissa Ridley Elmes and Kristin Bovaird-Abbo gather eleven original studies examining scenes of food and feasting in premodern outlaw texts rangin …

France entered the North African world in 1830. Its overt political role there ended in 1962. The interpenetration of cultures and languages which resulted from the colonial conquest has not ended ye …

Qualifying as a veterinary surgeon over 50 years ago, James has seen enormous changes in his work of a general practitioner. From being a student learning from James Herriot through general practice …

‘Hitchhike to Love’ is a highly engaging memoir that tells the true story of the complex and difficult life of the author Harry Higgs. This unsettling memoir describes how mental health ran among a c …

A story of mothers and daughters, of a struggle with racial identity and a journey to find a sense of belonging  »William »s writing is accomplished – pacey yet carefully spare, so that sadness and …

This pioneering effort links history and personality, by pairing intellectual friends and foes, most notably Lionel Trilling and Irving Howe, but also Thomas Carlyle and John Stuart Mill, T.E. Lawren …

A definitive biography of the man who coined the expression ‘conspicuous consumption’. Based on newly released archival sources, this book sets the facts straight on more than 60 years of myths and m …

When he suddenly came to power in Italy in 1537, the young Duke Cosimo I de » Medici amazed friends and foes alike with his ability to extricate himself from mortal danger, affirm his authority and r …