Dutch Nation - Being the Rise of the Dutch Republic
Condensed, with introduction, notes, and a brief history of Dutch people to 1908. John Lothrop Motley, American diplomat and historian, best remembered for The Rise of the Dutch Republic, a remarkable work of amateur scholarship that familiarized readers with the dramatic events of the Dutch revolt against Spanish rule in the 16th century.
Nobody's Nation offers an illuminating look at the St. Lucian, Nobel-Prize-winning writer, Derek Walcott, and grounds his work firmly in the context of West Indian history. Paul Breslin argues that Walcott's poems and plays are bound up with an effort to re-imagine West Indian society since its emergence from colonial rule, its ill-fated attempt at political unity, and its subsequent dispersal into tiny nation-states.
As an historical figure Mary Queen of Scots has been perpetually represented on canvas, page and stage, and has captured the British imagination since the time of her death in 1587. The 'real' Mary Stuart however has remained an enigma.
Following Scribner's Encyclopedia of the North American Colonies (1993), the Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century (1995), and the Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century (2001), the Encyclopedia of the New American Nation: The Emergence of the United States, 1754-1829 completes a sweeping look at American history, seeking to provide "comprehensive access to the history and development of the events, trends, movements, technologies, cultural and social changes, political ideas and systems, and intellectual trends that have shaped America."
Added by: littlecrabpig | Karma: 227.82 | Fiction literature | 2 February 2011
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The Nation's Favourite: Love Poems (Poetry)
In this selection of 100 popular poems, poets of every age consider that most universal of themes: love. As well as traditional lovers' favourites such as Elizabeth Barrett Browning's 'How do I love thee?' and Shakespeare's 'Shall I compare theee to a summer's day?' there are contemporary voices such as Adrian Mitchell, Wendy Cope and John Fuller, whose erudite yet salacious 'Valentine' would melt the most fridgid heart. There are even poems for those more melancholic moments, Hardy's haunting 'After a Journey', for example, and Larkin's poignant 'Love Songs in Age'.
