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Maria Frawley

Jane Austen in 50 Words

What does Jane Austen mean when she writes approvingly of a character's 'gentility' and 'delicacy', or critically of another's 'indolence' and 'impertinence'? What are her characters doing when they take …

Alla beata Vergine - The Marian cult in 17th-century Naples

Roberta Invernizzi, I Turchini, Antonio Florio

Michael Mcnally

Maurice de Saxe and the Conquest of the Austrian Netherlands 1744-1748

The world's first truly global conflict erupted in 1740 over the question as to who would rule the Holy Roman Empire, with Europe divided between those who supported the Archduchess Maria Theresia of Aust…

Sophie Gee

Making Waste

The obsession with waste in eighteenth-century English literatureWhy was eighteenth-century English culture so fascinated with the things its society discarded? Why did Restoration and Augustan writers su…

Marialuisa Bianchi

History of Florence

This stimulating book tells the history of Florence, from its origins to the fateful day that the Medici collections were bound to the city of Florence, establishing it definitively as a city of art. Narr…

A Cultural History of Furniture in the Age of Enlightenment

The 18th century saw the height of court culture in Europe as well as the beginnings of its demise with conflicts such as the American and French Revolutions. The Scientific Revolution, which had begun in…

Marie-Jeanne Riccoboni,

The Story of the Marquis de Cressy

A sentimental novel exploring love and betrayalReturning to court after triumphant success in war, the Marquis de Cressy sets out to become successful in society as well. Along the way, he begins romances…

The Oxford Handbook of the Russian Novel

The Russian novel remains a subject of enduring interest for scholars, students, and general audiences. Russian novels were initially influenced by the parallel traditions of novel-writing in Britain, Fra…

Douglas M Branson

Washington's Lieutenants

Meet the bold, the brilliant, and the blundering---Washington's Lieutenants tells the untold story of the generals who won and lost the Revolutionary War.As commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, Geo…

Faszination Orgelimprovisation / Fascination Organ Improvisation

Natania Meeker

Illusive Materialisms

Illusive Materialisms brings a close attention to gender to bear on the philosophical and political argument that sensual pleasure, framed as a mode of feminine responsiveness, is the primary business of …

Natania Meeker

Illusive Materialisms

Illusive Materialisms brings a close attention to gender to bear on the philosophical and political argument that sensual pleasure, framed as a mode of feminine responsiveness, is the primary business of …

Kate Scarth

Romantic Suburbs

Drawing on novels by Jane Austen, Charlotte Smith, and their contemporaries, Romantic Suburbs argues that in an era before public health and urban planning policies, Romantic-period women took matters int…

Andy McPhee

The Doctors' Riot of 1788

Throughout the seventeenth century, medical lecturers demonstrated human anatomy by dissecting a cadaver while surrounded by students. After the Revolutionary War, though, instructors realized that they n…

Canciones,Romances,Sonetos - Secular Music from 16th-Century Spain

La Colombina

Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos, Choderlos De Laclos,

Dangerous Liaisons

A beautiful hardcover edition of one of the most notorious and entertaining novels of all time, a tale of feuding ex-lovers set among the decadent aristocrats of pre-Revolutionary FranceThe Marquise de Me…

Johann Joachim Quantz (1697-1773)

Flötenkonzerte in c-moll,d-moll,G-Dur,a-moll

Mary Oleskiewicz, Concerto Armonico, Miklos Spanyi

Johann Stamitz (1717-1757)

Symphonien op.3 Nr.1,3-6

Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Alexander Rudin

Theresa M Kenney

Last Impressions

Jane Austen’s conclusions have often perplexed her readers, who at times perceive her novels’ endings as hasty or overly simplistic. However, a closer examination reveals that her fi…