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Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers, Ltd., 1999
ISBN 10: 0719557135ISBN 13: 9780719557132
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. In the 1920s and '30s, Shanghai was known as "The Whore of the Orient," home to gangsters and warlords, nightclubs that never closed, and hotels that supplied heroin with room service. The city became the epitome of glamour, immortalized in books and films. With its bustling, polyglot population of British, Chinese, Americans, French, Germans, Japanese, and White Russians, and with its extremes of poverty and wealth, it appeared to straddle both East and West. By the time the Chinese Communist takeover in 1949 had destroyed the illusion, Shanghai had passed into legend. Here, through firsthand accounts, skillful research, and imaginative reconstruction, Harriet Sergeant brings the city's heyday vividly to life in a captivating account of its rise and fall. Harriet Sergeant is the author of Between the Lines and The Old Sow in the Back Room, which Booklist hailed as an "elegant, emotional, and fascinating portrayal.".
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Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1999
ISBN 10: 0719560403ISBN 13: 9780719560408
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. There have been many books about Victorian and Edwardian houses, but this is the first to concentrate on the taste of the nouveaux riches. Not just the rich but the very rich: those who grew immensely wealthy in the aftermath of the Industrial Revolution. Cotton, shipping, steel, real estate, diamonds, chemicals, banking, the stock market-that was how they made their money. But what did they do with it? Where and how did they live? J. Mordaunt Crook, one of Britain's leading architectural historians, describes the houses of the richest of the new rich-the Rothschilds, the Guinnesses, the Beits and the Brasseys, the Barings, the Wernhers, the Tennants, the Sassoons-and explains the economic and social context that sustained their extraordinary lifestyles. In effect, he tells the story of the remaking of the British ruling class. Enhanced with numerous photos as well as excerpts from novels, diaries, and memoirs.
Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1996
ISBN 10: 0719555515ISBN 13: 9780719555510
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. In a rule-governed society where a woman is a chattel of her father or her husband, romantic love is a game played for high stakes. This book shows how women strove for love in the colourful, politically turbulent Regency era. The unfortunate daughters of George III are part of this social history.
Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers, Ltd., 1998
ISBN 10: 0719555671ISBN 13: 9780719555671
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. "It was John Harris' mournful voice that tolled out the catalogue of demolition in 'The Destruction of the Country House' exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum, that devastating show that effectively launched Britain's 'Heritage' movement in 1974. His morbid fascination with [Britain's] empty, derelict, and dying country houses in the late 1940s and 1950s is the principal theme of this intensely romantic, poignant, angry, frequently hilarious, and hauntingly illustrated memoir." The Daily Telegraph.
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Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1991
ISBN 10: 071954775XISBN 13: 9780719547751
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. BATEY, M. / D. LAMBERT: THE ENGLISH GARDEN TOUR. A VIEW INTO THE PAST. LONDON, 1990, 312 p. color laminas.Encuadernacion original. Nuevo.
Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 2024
ISBN 10: 0719552435ISBN 13: 9780719552434
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. How does one empire differ from another? Why do empires rise and fall? What has made empires flourish in some eras and regions of the world but not in others? In this broad and ambitious book, Dominic Lieven explores the place and meaning of empire from ancient Rome to the present.<br />The central focus of the book is Russia and the rise and fall of the Tsarist and the Soviet Empires. The overwhelming majority of works on empire concentrate on the European maritime powers. Lieven's comparative approach highlights the important role played by Russia in the expansion of Europe and its rise to global dominance. The book contrasts the nature, strategies, and fate of empire in Russia with that of its major rivals, the Habsburg, Ottoman, and British empires, and considers a broad range of other cases from ancient China and Rome to the present-day United States, Indonesia, India, and the European Union.<br /><p><br />Many of the dilemmas of empire persist in today's world, and Lieven throws new light on some of the most intractable current examples, including the crisis in the former Soviet Union, the troubles in Ulster, and ethnic cleansing in the Balkans. This major examination of the imperial experience presents history on the grandest scale, combining formidable erudition with stimulating readability.</p>
Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1990
ISBN 10: 0719547857ISBN 13: 9780719547850
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. In this account of the relationship between Napoleon Bonaparte and his wife, Josephine, the author has incorporated recent findings that include a new view about Napoleon's parents, Josephine's love letters to Hippolyte Charles and speculations about Napoleon's complex sexual orientation. Besotted by Josephine during the early years of their marriage, Napoleon, in the face of her indifference and infidelity, gradually became less obsessed with her and eventually divorced her in 1809 to remarry and produce an heir. Theo Aronson has also written "The King in Edward VII's Mistresses".
Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1990
ISBN 10: 0719548187ISBN 13: 9780719548185
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Burton: Snow Upon the Desert.
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Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 2024
ISBN 10: 0719566061ISBN 13: 9780719566066
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Freedom of expression and individual enterprise have distinguished the societies of powers dominant at sea; and since supreme maritime nations have prevailed over their territorial rivals in the great wars of the modern era, it is they who have created today's world. In this final volume of his masterful trilogy, Peter Padfield carries the theme through the terrible wars of the last century to the present.
Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 2023
ISBN 10: 0719557534ISBN 13: 9780719557538
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. From the day Mussolini's Italy declared war on Britain in June 1940, the island of Malta was under siege. Its strategic importance was obvious to both sides, standing as it did in the central Mediterranean, athwart the supply route between Italy and the Axis armies in North Africa. It had therefore to be bombed out of existence by the Axis powers, and preserved at all costs by the British.That Malta survived was due in part to the courage and fortitude of the Maltese population and the airmen and soldiers who endured the Axis' bombing, contested the air-space above the island and maintained its defences. But without food, aircraft, ammunition and all the impedimenta necessary to warfare in a modern era, courage and fortitude would have counted for little.The expenditure of vast resources to keep Malta alive and capable of acting offensively has attracted much criticism from historians armed with the wisdom of hindsight. But the fact remains that it was done by the exertion of sea-power, of men-of-war and merchant ships acting as a single arm of British policy. It is this stark and determined effort that is detailed here.This review of the contest of air-power against sea-power by a professional seafarer, emphasizing the part played by the Merchant Navy, has new resonance in the light of recent events in Europe.
Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1998
ISBN 10: 0719555965ISBN 13: 9780719555961
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ancient as the Hills Diaries, 1973-1974.
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Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1994
ISBN 10: 0719550157ISBN 13: 9780719550157
Seller: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.
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Condition: very good. Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.
Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1991
ISBN 10: 0719549647ISBN 13: 9780719549649
Seller: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.
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Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1989
ISBN 10: 0719546486ISBN 13: 9780719546488
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. This detailed travel companion to the Aegean area of Turkey focuses on the history and archaeological sites of the region. The author examines the many west and south-west sites of the country, including Pergamum, Horacleia, Sardis, Ephesus, Priene, Miletus and Didyma.
Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1994
ISBN 10: 0719553628ISBN 13: 9780719553622
Seller: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.
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Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 2010
ISBN 10: 0719565553ISBN 13: 9780719565557
Seller: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.
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Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1985
ISBN 10: 0719542405ISBN 13: 9780719542404
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 2005
ISBN 10: 0719565952ISBN 13: 9780719565953
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 2005
ISBN 10: 0719566223ISBN 13: 9780719566226
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1976
ISBN 10: 0719531713ISBN 13: 9780719531712
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Gellustreerd / Illustrated / Illustré / Illustriert / 0719531713 / General art / Engels / English / Anglais / Englisch / hard cover / dust jacket / 18 x 26 cm / 245 .pp /.
Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1979
ISBN 10: 0719536782ISBN 13: 9780719536786
Seller: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.
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Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1990
ISBN 10: 0719546001ISBN 13: 9780719546006
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 2013
ISBN 10: 1848549245ISBN 13: 9781848549241
Seller: Campbell Bookstore, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
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Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1993
ISBN 10: 0719551455ISBN 13: 9780719551451
Seller: Hafa Adai Books, Plainfield, IL, U.S.A.
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Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1990
ISBN 10: 071954436XISBN 13: 9780719544361
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 2001
ISBN 10: 0719560284ISBN 13: 9780719560286
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1994
ISBN 10: 071955361XISBN 13: 9780719553615
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1996
ISBN 10: 0719554543ISBN 13: 9780719554544
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1988
ISBN 10: 0719541069ISBN 13: 9780719541063
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Published by Brand: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1998
ISBN 10: 0719556198ISBN 13: 9780719556197
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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