Justinian II: The Roman Emperor Who Lost his Nose and his Throne and Regained Both 9781526755315, 9781526755308, 1526755319

Shah Alam II and His Court

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The Emperor Maurice and his historian: Theophylact Simocatta on Persian and Balkan warfare 9780198229452

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Antoine Barnave: The Revolutionary who Lost his Head for Marie Antoinette 9780300272185

A major new biography of Antoine Barnave—the politician and writer who advocated for a constitutional monarchy in revolu

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Alfonso X, the Justinian of His Age: Law and Justice in Thirteenth-Century Castile 9781501735905

Throughout this soaring legal and historical biography, O'Callaghan reminds us of the long-term impacts of Alfonso

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The Empire's New Clothes: Paradigm Lost, and Regained 0972819673, 9780972819671

Empire and imperialism have returned with a vengeance—not as a set of ideas and practices to be exhumed by the historian

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Th. Nast. His Period and His Pictures

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The Great Fire of Rome: The Fall of the Emperor Nero and His City 9780306818905, 0306818906

On the night of July 19, AD 64, a fire began beneath the stands of Rome's great stadium, the Circus Maximus. For mo

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Heidegger: His Life and His Philosophy 9780231542241

Alain Badiou and Barbara Cassin immerse themselves in the philosopher's correspondence with his wife Elfride to mak

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Titian His World and His Legacy 9780231898485

Offers a series of papers that deal with various aspects of Titian, his city, Venice, and his general culture and person

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Sieves: His Life and His Nationalism 9780231890533

Presents a biography of Sieyes and his role in the French Revolution, as it saw an end of the old order and an upheaval

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