William H. G. Kingston 
How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves [EPUB ebook] 

This volume focuses on special military and diplomatic missions in various provinces of the Empire that Augustus and Tiberius entrusted to selected members of the domus Augusta, granting them special …

This volume explores several notable themes related to foreign affairs in Latin America and the reconfiguration of the power of the different states in the region. It offers insightful historical per …

How Books, Reading and Subscription Libraries Defined Colonial Clubland in the British Empire argues that within an entangled web of imperial, colonial and book trade networks books, reading and subs …

The Duchy of Warsaw, 1807-1815 is the first academic history of the state established by Napoleon in pre-partitioned Poland at the turn of the 19th century. The book examines the political, social an …

In January 1682, William Culliford, a loyal and experienced officer in the King”s customs service, began an extraordinary journey under Treasury orders to investigate the integrity and efficiency of …

Traditional historiography has always viewed Calvin”s Geneva as the benchmark against which all other Reformed communities must inevitably be measured, judging those communities who did not follow G …

Bonhoeffer”s theology continues to prove richly fruitful in the 21st century. This book gathers together Stephen Plant”s scholarly engagement with Bonhoeffer”s life and theology over two decades. …

It is no secret that twentieth-century Britain was governed through a culture of secrecy, and secrecy was particularly endemic in military research and defence policy surrounding biological and chemi …

The Crucible of Christian Morality explores the notion of Christian ethics and discusses its roots in the teachings of Jesus and also Hellenistic philosophy. Its significance in developing moral stan …

Taking a comparative approach, Alan T. Wood traces the evolution of democracy from its origins in prehistoric times and describes democratic growth in thirteen Asian countries from Japan in East Asia …