A thrilling tale of murder and mystery in a city where history has run a little differently -- from the bestselling author of Golden Hill.

Featuring works from the 1950s onwards, this book explores Francis Bacon's deep connection to portraiture and how he challenged traditional definitions of the genre.

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Offers insight into the life and work of the controversial Victorian explorer and translator Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890). This title examines Burton’s ‘impersonations’ of multiple masculine identities in the countries…

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The most evocative and richly contextualised account of the Salem Witch trials in print.

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First footsteps in East Africa - An Exploration of Harar is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1894. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic…

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