Rumor has linked Queen Elizabeth I to her master of horse, Robin Dudley. As gossip would have it, only his ailing wife, Amy, prevents marriage between Dudley and the queen…

A collection of character-based short stories on a variety of subjects, ranging from drama to light humour. Things are not always as simple as they might appear. Enjoy the suspense…

Set in Queen Elizabeth I’s court, this compelling historical debut mystery introduces Ursula Blanchard, a widowed young mother who has become lady-in-waiting to the queen. In To Shield the Queen…

This volume offers a clear picture of Barthes’s work in context. Having explained in detail Barthes’s most influential ideas and their impact, Graham Allen concludes with a guide to easily…

Byron and John Murray: A Poet and His Publisher is the first comprehensive account of the relationship between Byron and the man who published his poetry for over ten years.

This book traces the evolution of the Irish economy since independence looking at how the state sought to shape, regulate and deregulate economic activity to deal with the challenges posed…

This book offers a novel interpretation of contemporary modernity and its permanent liminality by revisiting the classical question of the nature of evil through the anthropologically based concept of the…

This book explores considerations of method in the field of political anthropology, rejecting the pretended stance of scientific neutrality that has dominated in the human and social sciences of late…