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Captives: Britain, Empire, and the World, 1600-1850

Linda Colley

In this path-breaking book Linda Colley reappraises the rise of the biggest empire in global history. Excavating the lives of some of the multitudes of Britons held captive in the…

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Acts of Union and Disunion

Linda Colley

Based on a 15-part BBC Radio 4 series: What has held the United Kingdom together - and what is driving it apart?

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The Gun, the Ship and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions and the Making of the Modern World

Linda Colley

Award-winning historian Linda Colley re-examines the making of the modern world through the advance of written constitutions.

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Captives: Britain, Empire and the World 1600-1850

Linda Colley

Ranging over a quarter of a millenium and four continents, this book uncovers the lives, deaths and autobiographical writings of a vital but forgotten constituency: the tens of thousands of…

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Britons: Forging the Nation 1707-1837

Linda Colley

How was Great Britain made? And what does it mean to be British? This book examines how a more cohesive British nation was invented after 1707 and how this new…

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The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh: A Woman in World History

Linda Colley

Born in 1735, Elizabeth Marsh traveled farther and more adventurously than any other woman, and most men, of her time. Relating Marsh’s extraordinary accomplishments, Colley brilliantly interweaves a vivid, detailed…

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In Defiance of Oligarchy: The Tory Party 1714-60

Linda Colley

In this book Linda Colley explores the fate of the tory party which has dominated both Parliament and the constituencies throughout of the reigns of William III and Anne.

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The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh: How a Remarkable Woman Crossed Seas and Empires to Become Part of World History

Linda Colley

From the author of ‘Britons’, the story of the exceptional life of the intrepid Elizabeth Marsh - an extraordinary woman of her time who was caught up in trade, imperialism…

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The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern World

Linda Colley (Princeton University)

Longlisted for the Cundill History Prize Profiled in The New Yorker New York Times Book Review - Editors’ Choice Vivid and magisterial, The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen reconfigures…

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The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern World

Linda Colley (Princeton University)

Longlisted for the Cundill History Prize Profiled in The New Yorker New York Times Book Review * Editors’ Choice Vivid and magisterial, The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen reconfigures…

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A Political Pendulum?

Professor Linda Colley,Colley Linda

Public services play an essential role in society, and yet their image is often poor, fed by television programmes such as ‘Yes Minister’. Common perceptions include that they have little…

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The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen Lib/E: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern World

Linda Colley

A work of extraordinary range and striking originality, The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen traces the global history of written constitutions from the 1750s to the twentieth century, modifying…

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The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern World

Linda Colley

A work of extraordinary range and striking originality, The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen traces the global history of written constitutions from the 1750s to the twentieth century, modifying…

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The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern World

Linda Colley

A work of extraordinary range and striking originality, The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen traces the global history of written constitutions from the 1750s to the twentieth century, modifying…

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