This first comprehensive account of Daniel Defoe's Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain explores the content, sources, form, and historical significance of one of the foremost books written about Britain during the eighteenth century. Pat Rogers' study offers fresh interdisciplinary insight for both new readers and Defoe students.
The picaresque tale of the vitriolic, highly public quarrel between the poet Alexander Pope and the publisher Edmund Curll.
When a young female anthropologist is found dead in the Australian outback, the first thought is that it was a tragic accident. It isn't long before there are suspicions that foul play is involved and a murder investigation begins. It transpires that she was in possession of a mystery artifact on the evening before her death. What is this artifact and is it linked to her death? Was it a tragic accident or was she murdered?
This book covers the Paper 3 topic The British experience of warfare c1790-1918 in the Edexcel A level specification for first teaching from September 2015.
Focused to the new OCR GCSE History A: Schools History Project specification, our Germany 1919-1945 Student Book offers a comprehensive focus on building the skills to prepare students for the exam from day one.
A step-by-step guide to building a classic working boat, the menhaden steamer. Modeler Steve Rogers guides the reader through the complete process, hull master to rigging, for building a 1/2-inch scale, 56-inch model of this wonderful fishing boat. The result will be a work of art that will find a welcome place in any collection.