Champagne in Britain, 1800-1914: How the British Transformed a French Luxury, Graham Harding
Автор: Morrow John Название: British Flag Officers in the French Wars, 1793-1815 ISBN: 1474277675 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474277679 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 19008.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: During the French wars (1793-1801, 1803-1815) the system of promotion to flag rank in the Royal Navy produced a cadre of admirals numbering more than two hundred at its peak. These officers competed vigorously for a limited number of appointments at sea and for the high honours and significant financial rewards open to successful naval commanders. When on active service admirals faced formidable challenges arising from the Navy's critical role in a global conflict, from the extraordinary scope of their responsibilities, and from intense political, public and professional expectations. While a great deal has been written about admirals' roles in naval operations, other aspects of their professional lives have not been explored systematically.
British Flag Officers in the French Wars, 1793-1815 considers the professional lives of well-known and more obscure admirals, vice-admirals and rear-admirals. It examines the demands of naval command, flag officers' understanding of their authority and their approach to exercising it, their ambitions and failures, their professional interactions, and their lives afloat and onshore. In exploring these themes, it draws on a wide range of correspondence and other primary source material.
By taking a broad thematic approach, this book provides a multi-faceted account of admirals' professional lives that extends beyond the insights that are found in biographical studies of individual flag officers. As such, it will be of great interest to students and scholars of British naval history.
During the French wars (1793-1801, 1803-1815) the system of promotion to flag rank in the Royal Navy produced a cadre of admirals numbering more than two hundred at its peak. These officers competed vigorously for a limited number of appointments at sea and for the high honours and significant financial rewards open to successful naval commanders. When on active service admirals faced formidable challenges arising from the Navy's critical role in a global conflict, from the extraordinary scope of their responsibilities, and from intense political, public and professional expectations. While a great deal has been written about admirals' roles in naval operations, other aspects of their professional lives have not been explored systematically.
British Flag Officers in the French Wars, 1793-1815 considers the professional lives of well-known and more obscure admirals, vice-admirals and rear-admirals. It examines the demands of naval command, flag officers' understanding of their authority and their approach to exercising it, their ambitions and failures, their professional interactions, and their lives afloat and onshore. In exploring these themes, it draws on a wide range of correspondence and other primary source material.
By taking a broad thematic approach, this book provides a multi-faceted account of admirals' professional lives that extends beyond the insights that are found in biographical studies of individual flag officers. As such, it will be of great interest to students and scholars of British naval history.
Описание: In February 1793, in the wake of the War of American Independence and one year after British prime minister William Pitt the Younger had predicted fifteen years of peace, the National Convention of Revolutionary France declared war on Great Britain and the Netherlands. France thus initiated nearly a quarter century of armed conflict with Britain. During this fraught and still-contested period, historian Nathaniel Jarrett suggests, Pitt and his ministers forged a diplomatic policy and military strategy that envisioned an international system anticipating the Vienna settlement of 1815. Examining Pitt’s foreign policy from 1783 to 1797—the years before and during the War of the First Coalition against Revolutionary France—Jarrett considers a question that has long vexed historians: Did Pitt adhere to the “blue water” school, imagining a globe-trotting navy, or did he favor engagement nearer to shore and on the European Continent? And was this approach grounded in precedent, or was it something new? While acknowledging the complexities within this dichotomy, The Lion at Dawn argues that the prime minister consistently subordinated colonial to continental concerns and pursued a new vision rather than merely honoring past glories. Deliberately, not simply in reaction to the French Revolution, Pitt developed and pursued a grand strategy that sought British security through a novel collective European system—one ultimately realized by his successors in 1815.The Lion at Dawn opens a critical new perspective on the emergence of modern Britain and its empire and on its early effort to create a stable and peaceful international system, an ideal debated to this day.
Автор: Philp Mark Название: Reforming Ideas in Britain ISBN: 1316648494 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781316648490 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is an important re-evaluation of British political thought during the French Revolution. It shows how the Revolution and the threat of French invasion gave rise to a dynamic world of popular politics which was at once more chaotic, innovative and open-minded than historians have typically perceived it to be.
Автор: Mori Название: Britain in the Age of the French Revolution ISBN: 1138157406 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138157408 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This new survey looks at the impact in Britain of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic aftermath, across all levels of British society. Jennifer Mori provides a clear and accessible guide to the ideas and intellectual debates the revolution stimulated, as well as popular political movements including radicalism.
Автор: Ude Название: The French Cook ISBN: 1108073344 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108073349 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 7286.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The greater part of the career of the French chef Louis Eustache Ude (d.1846) was spent in England. In this work, first published in 1813 and reissued here in the 1827 eighth edition, he attempts to convey `a knowledge of the science of French cookery` to professional English cooks.
Автор: Langtoft Название: The Chronicle of Pierre de Langtoft ISBN: 1108048714 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108048712 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 7286.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Composed by chronicler Pierre de Langtoft (died c.1305), this history of England in Anglo-Norman verse was popular at the beginning of the fourteenth century. This volume, published in 1866, begins with the legendary Brutus and covers the history of Saxon and Norman kings, until the death of King Stephen.
Автор: Langtoft Название: The Chronicle of Pierre de Langtoft ISBN: 1108048722 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108048729 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6968.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Composed by English chronicler Pierre de Langtoft (died c.1305), this history of England in Anglo-Norman verse was extremely popular with the aristocracy during the first half of the fourteenth century. This volume, published in 1868, covers the reign of Edward I and the Scottish Wars of Independence.
Описание: Winner of the 2022 OIV AWARD 2022 in the History category
From its introduction to British society in the mid-17th century champagne has been a wine of elite celebration and hedonism. Champagne in Britain, 1800-1914 is the first book for over a century to study this iconic drink in Britain.
Following the British wine market from 1800 to 1914, Harding shows how champagne was consumed by, branded for and marketed to British society. Not only did the champagne market form the foundations of the luxury market we know today, this book shows how it was integral to a number of 19th century social concerns such as the ‘temperate turn’, anxieties over adulteration and the increasingly prosperous British middle class.
Using archival sources from major French producers such as Moet & Chandon, Veuve Clicquot and Pommery & Greno alongside records from British distributors, newspapers, magazines and wine literature, Champagne in Britain shows how champagne became embedded in the habits of Victorian society. Illustrating the social and marketing dynamics that centered on champagne’s luxury status, it reveals the importance of fashion as a driver of choice, the power of the label and the illusion of scarcity. It shows how, through the reach of imperial Britain, the British taste for Champagne spread across the globe and became a marker for status and celebration.
Автор: McCash June Hall Название: Eleanor`s Daughter: A Novel of Marie de Champagne ISBN: 1937937216 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781937937218 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 4966.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Marie's birth was a bitter disappointment to her royal parents, French King Louis VII and his queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, who desperately wanted a son. Yet, despite her parents' divorce and her separation from her mother when she was only seven, she clearly inherited Queen Eleanor's grit and determination, as well as her love of song and poetry. Today, the name of Marie, who became countess of Champagne, is associated with the medieval courts of love, and she is recognized as one of the greatest literary patrons of her day. As the crusades tore her life apart, she ruled over one of the largest domains in France for almost two decades. During that time, and well aware of the disadvantage of being a woman, she was compelled to defend her rights and those of her children--even to the point of going to war against her half-brother, Philip Augustus. Striving to meet the political demands of her fractured world, she became keenly aware of the competing needs of love, family, honor, and desire. Her story still resonates today.
Автор: Waldo Taylor Название: Champagne Tears: A Collection of Poetry ISBN: 1098364570 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781098364571 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 6433.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: "Champagne Tears" is a collection of ruminating poems examining the toxic relationships and friendships of Taylor Waldos teens and early 20s. A life eclipsed by anxiety and depression brought these artistic words forth with the goal of expressing the pain that is often hard to give voice to. These poems are a reminder that pain can blossom and that people who are suffering are not alone. From the beautiful to the painful, the bitter to the sweet, Taylor Waldo weaves emotions and words together in an artistic display of young adult life.
Описание: This first edition of the cartulary contains 121 letters received from the barons and prelates of the county during the rule of Count Thibaut III (1198-1201) and the first decade of the regency of his widow, Countess Blanche (1201-22).
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