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Tim Blanning
A riotous biography of the charismatic ruler of 18th-century Poland and Saxony, and his catastrophic reign.
Both King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, Augustus is one of the great…
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Part of the Penguin Monarchs series- short, fresh, expert accounts of England’s rulers in a collectible format
George I was not the most charismatic of the Hanoverian monarchs to have…
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Blanning considers music in conjunction with nationalism, race, and sex. Although not always in step, music, society, and politics, he shows, march in the same direction.
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Brings to life one of the most extraordinary periods in European history - from the battered, introvert continent after the Thirty Years War to the dynamic one that experienced the…
Originally published by Allen Lane in the UK –Title page verso.
Originally published in hardcover in the United Kingdom by Weidenfeld & Nicolson … in 2010 –T.p. verso.
Prof. Tim Blanning
A compelling and persuasive account of how the Romantic Movement permanently changed the way we see things and express ourselves.
Brings together two of the most popular, innovative, and controversial fields of historical study: cultural history, and the history of nationalism. Featuring eleven chapters, this work discusses the public sphere…
The new volume in the acclaimed Penguin History of Europe series takes on thegreater 18th century in all its revolutionary glory.
Three decades ago, Francois Furet famously announced that the French Revolution was over. Napoleon’s armies ceased to march around Europe long ago, and Louis XVIII even returned to occupy the…
