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Philip Mansel
The first English-language history of the Levant in the modern age
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The definitive portrait of Napoleon’s court
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Throughout history rulers have used dress as a form of legitimisation and propaganda. While palaces, pictures and jewels might reflect the choice of a monarch’s predecessors or advisers, clothes reflected…
A poignant testament to the city shattered by Syria’s civil war.
Invaluable to all those interested in the magnificent history of this now-ruined city.
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First published by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK, 2019. –Title page verso.
Far from destroying the Royal Court, the French Revolution resulted in a stronger monarchy and a larger, more elitist series of courts. Philip Mansel’s delightful study of the royal court…
The first full biography of the great Sun King of France for twenty years and winner of the Franco-British Society Book Prize
Louis XIV dominated his age. He extended France’s…
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‘Without question one of the best books ever written by an Englishman on the Turks’ William Dalrymple
This book underlines the achievements rather than the failures of the Imigris. Different specialist essays describe their impact from London to Hungary, from Lisbon to Prussia, and confirm their critical…
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Nancy Mitford
During his reign Louis XIV was the most powerful king in Europe. He presided over a golden age of military and artistic achievement in France, and deployed his charm and…
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James Philip Mansel Weale
""The Truth About The Portuguese In Africa"" is a historical book written by James Philip Mansel Weale in 1891. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the Portuguese colonization in…
The French Emigres in Europe and the Struggle against Revolution, 1789-1814 underlines, for the first time, the achievements rather than the failures, of the Emigres. The French Emigres were more…
Gerald De Gaury
The first king of Iraq, Faisal I, was installed by the British in 1921. He pro-British and thus ‘suitable’ to lead an independent Iraq. His son and successor, Ghazi, a…
