farnham surrey ashgate 2012 (6 risultati)

Size: 8vo. xvi, 178pp. + CD. Publisher's hardback with printed dust-jacket.

FIRST EDITION 8vo. hardback with laminated covers. 329pp., Indexed, illustrated with b/w maps. A clean copy with no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. A VERY GOOD COPY. (Shelf 200) ISBN: 9781409418733 Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. Large 8vo., pp: xvi,[1]-249[1], illustrated with figures & tables, black cloth, spine lettered in silver, as new in dustwrapper. "Taking the port of Bristol as a case study, the book provides the most sophisticated historical study ever undertaken of the smugglers' trade, in this country or abroad.".

very good dust-jacket, slightest wear along top edge, attractive copy, very good black cloth, glue bleed through in inner front and rear hinges. QUARMBY, KEVIN A. The disguised ruler in Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2012, xvi, 263pp., . Studies in performance and early modern drama. - This study traces the motif development in a variety of genres including European tragicomedy and medieval balladry, and demonstrates the unique disposition of each play, identifying 'Henry V' as an important example of a disguised ruler play. - CONTENTS: Introduction: The disguised ruler in Shakespeare and his contemporaries -- 1. The disguised ruler on the Elizabethan stage -- 2. The malcontent : a play in two forms -- 3. Measure for measure : conventionality in disguise -- 4. The phoenix and the fawn : law, morality and the medievalism of disguise -- 5. Disguised ruler afterlives : the spectre of terrorism -- Afterword: The sting in The wasp's tail. ISBN 9781409401599.

orig. boards. Condizione: Minor wear. VG., dustwrapper. 24x16cm, ix,318 pages. Contents: British propaganda in World War II -- [Re]discovering the " Fourth" arm -- The organisational tangle -- Radio -- "Research units" -- Propaganda organisation in the Middle East : the SOE phase -- Propaganda organisation in the Middle East : PWE takes over -- Wartime British policy to the Balkans : an overview -- From caution to intervention -- The elusive come-back -- The dilemmas of Balkan resistance -- Communism and nationalism -- The Axis satellites -- The Soviet factor -- An assessment --Regional themes -- Expert clichés -- Target groups -- Repertoire -- Resistance -- Channels of propaganda -- An assessment -- Albania -- British wartime policy -- British propaganda -- Dissemination and reception -- An assessment -- Bulgaria -- British wartime policy -- Propaganda during neutrality -- Propaganda after the entry of German troops -- The BBC -- "Black" propaganda -- An assessment --Romania -- British wartime policy -- British propaganda before "Barbarossa" -- British Propaganda after "Barbarossa" -- The BBC -- "Black" propaganda -- British propaganda and Romanian émigrés -- An assessment -- Greece -- British wartime policy -- British propaganda during Greek neutrality -- British propaganda during Greek belligerence -- Propaganda after Axis occupation -- The dilemmas of resistance and civil war -- The dilemmas of liberation -- British propaganda and Greek national claims -- The BBC -- Criticism of BBC broadcasts -- The BBC Greek Service, the government-in- exile and the British -- Government-in-exile broadcasting -- etc.

orig. boards. Condizione: Minor wear. VG. 24x16cm, xii,(12),463pp, Series: Crusade Texts in Translation, 23. Contents: 1. Wilbrand of Oldenburg : journey in the Holy Land (1211-12) --2. Thietmar : pilgrimage (1217-18) -- 3. Ernoul's chronicle (c. 1231)( extracts) -- 4. The holy pilgrimages (1229-39) -- 5. Anonymous IX and Anonymous X (c.1229-39) -- 6. All the land that the sultan retains (c.1239)-- 7. Geoffrey of Beaulieu : the pilgrimage of Louis IX from acre to Nazareth (March 1251) -- 8. Greek Anonymous I : a partial account of the Holy places of Jerusalem (1253-54) -- 9. Matthew Paris : itinerary from London to Jerusalem (1250-59) -- 10. The ways and pilgrimages of the Holy Land (1244-65) -- 11. Pilgrimages and pardons of Acre (1258-63) -- 12. Friar Maurice OFM : journey to the Holy Land (1271-73) -- 13. Burchard of Mount Sion OP : description of the Holy Land (1274-85) -- 14. Philip of Savona OFM : description of the Holy Land (1285-89) -- 15. Riccoldo of Monte Croce OP : pilgrimage (1288-89) -- 16. These are the pilgrimages and places of the Holy Land (thirteenth century) -- 17. Greek Anonymous II : the places of Jerusalem (c.1250-c.1350).