After Gropius\' agonized decision to leave Nazi Germany in 1933, she explores his life in exile by tracing how a…

A reclamation of rock\'n\'roll for the Black artists who tore up and re-wrote its rules, by musician, arts and culture…

This is a brilliant history of the rise to dominance of the West, exploring the links between cultural values and military…

Brilliantly compiled and presented by the celebrated biographer, Hilary Spurling, Elinor Fettiplace\'s Receipt Book has…

• Rok vydání 2006

A unique study of the great composer, drawn from the reminiscences and reflections of his contemporaries. Trade paperback.…

• Počet stran 480
• Rok vydání 2025

Completely addictive.' STEPHEN FRY'A volume to treasure, sigh and snigger over.' BIDISHAAn engrossing collection of the most…

\nTrapped in History tells how the British colonised Kenya and how African nationalism arose under Jomo Kenyatta. Trapped in…

Contemporaries in both countries believed that they were living through memorable times: times of great wickedness and great…

• Počet stran 672
• Rok vydání 1999

'Compulsively readable' (History), this is the first volume in a series that details the long and violent endeavour of the…

In the early fifteenth century, France had gone from being the strongest and most populous nation state of medieval Europe…