What stands out most about the book I'm carrying under my arm, as I meander through the exhibits at the National Maritime ...

Unlike other famous courtesans of Hindi cinema and literature, Umrao Jan’s story has been revisited time and again over the last 125 years, her iconic status reinforced with each re-telling ...

A 1699 letter from an enslaved boy portrayed in a 17th-century painting sheds light on Black identity and agency in early ...

177 pages : 24 cm "Terry Eagleton's book provides a novel account of Ireland's neglected 'national' intellectuals. This extraordinary group, including such figures as Oscar Wilde's father William ...

The course gives an overview of American literature in the nineteenth century with major emphasis on the American Renaissance, realism, naturalism, and the local color movement. ... The course assumes ...

19th Century & British Empire & Nepal December 2015 Issue John Keay Hermit of the Himalayas The Prisoner of Kathmandu: Brian Hodgson in Nepal 1820–43 By Charles Allen LR. Home » Subjects » 19th ...

Ports of call in the nineteenth century were those where a vessel ‘called’ rather than entered, and the call was non-freight-earning. Thus ships ‘called for orders’ to confirm the final port of ...

Nineteenth-century British premiers : Pitt to Rosebery by Leonard, R. L. (Richard Lawrence) Publication date 2008 Topics Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography, Great Britain -- Politics and ...

Swiftsden House, a 19th-century manor house in England by architect has tiered seating. Reginald Blomfield, lists for $4.7 million with a tennis court and pool.

19th Century & British Empire & Singapore November 2012 Issue Jane Ridley Father of Singapore Raffles and the Golden Opportunity 1781–1826 By Victoria Glendinning LR. Home » Subjects » 19th Century & ...