The Gun, the Ship and the Pen - Warfare, Constitutions and the Making of the Modern World

About the author

One of our most distinguished historians, Linda Colley is Shelby M.C.Davis 1958 Professor of History at Princeton and a Fellow of the British Academy. She has previously taught at Cambridge, Yale and LSE. Her earlier books include Wolfson Prize-winning Britons: Forging the Nation 1707-1837; Captives: Britain, Empire and the World, 1600-1850 and The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh: A Woman in World History.
Acts of Union and Disunion was a 15-part BBC Radio 4 series in January 2014.

Summary

Award-winning historian Linda Colley re-examines the making of the modern world through the advance of written constitutions.

Foreword

Award-winning historian Linda Colley re-examines the making of the modern world through the advance of written constitutions.

Product details

• Authors: Linda Colley, Colley Linda
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 10.03.2022
• EAN: 9781846684982
• ISBN: 978-1-84668-498-2
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book; military history, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Warfare and defence, War and defence operations, Military forces and sectors, Military institutions, History of constitution and comparative constitutional law