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Monet Mitchell
Establishes a dialogue between Claude Monet’s late works and Joan Mitchell’s paintings, exploring the parallels between two artists who lived and worked in the same area outside of Paris at different moments in time...
Our NHS
A History of Britain's Best Loved Institution
An engaging, inclusive history of the NHS, exploring its surprising survival—and the people who have kept it running In recent decades, a wave of appreciation for the NHS has swept across the UK. Britons have...
Pagan Britain
Britain's pagan past, with its mysterious monuments, atmospheric sites, enigmatic artifacts, bloodthirsty legends, and cryptic inscriptions, is both enthralling and perplexing to a resident of the twenty-first century. In this...
High Life
Condo Living in the Suburban Century
The first comprehensive architectural and cultural history of condominium and cooperative housing in twentieth-century America. Today, one in five homeowners in American cities and suburbs lives in a...
The Ukrainians
Unexpected Nation
Fifth Edition, New Edition
As in many postcommunist states, politics in Ukraine revolves around the issue of national identity. Ukrainian nationalists see themselves as one of the world’s oldest and most civilized peoples, as “older brothers” to the younger...
Bruegel and Beyond
Netherlandish Drawings in the Royal Library of Belgium, 1500-1800
The Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels houses the largest collection of drawings in the country. Among its highlights are works by leading artists of the Low Countries, including Pieter Bruegel I, Joris Hoefnagel, Hendrick Goltzius,...
Beyond the Light
Identity and Place in Nineteenth-Century Danish Art
Placing artists at the center of nineteenth-century Demark’s dramatic cultural, political, and philosophical transformation, this publication explores their persistent national pride in a time of turmoil Nineteenth...
The Dissolution of the Monasteries
A New History
The first account of the dissolution of the monasteries for fifty years—exploring its profound impact on the people of Tudor England “This is a book about people, though, not ideas, and as a detailed account of...
Henry V
The Conscience of a King
More than just a single-minded warrior-king, Henry V comes to life in this fresh account as a gifted ruler acutely conscious of spiritual matters and his subjects’ welfare Shakespeare’s centuries-old portrayal of...
Alexander the Great
A Life in Legend
In his brief life, Alexander the Great gained fame as the military genius who conquered the known world. After death, his legend only increased. Alexander the Great (356–323 B.C.) precipitated immense historical...