The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh - A Woman in World History

Informationen zum Autor Linda Colley is widely known for her 1992 study Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837 and Captives – Britain, Empire and the World 1600- 1850. She is currently Professor of History at Princeton University. She became a well-known figure with a lecture Britishness in the 21st Century in December 1999, in the series of Millennium Lectures hosted by Tony and Cherie Blair. Klappentext From the author of 'Britons', the story of the exceptional life of the intrepid Elizabeth Marsh - an extraordinary woman of her time who was caught up in trade, imperialism, war, exploration, migration, growing maritime reach, and new ideas. Linda Colley's new book breaks the boundaries between biography, family stories and global history. Zusammenfassung From the author of 'Britons', the story of the exceptional life of the intrepid Elizabeth Marsh - an extraordinary woman of her time who was caught up in trade, imperialism, war, exploration, migration, growing maritime reach, and new ideas. Linda Colley's new book breaks the boundaries between biography, family stories and global history.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Linda Colley, Colley Linda
• Edition: Harper Perennial UK
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 19.05.2008
• EAN: 9780007192199
• ISBN: 978-0-00-719219-9
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 196 mm x 26 mm
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, Biography: historical, political and military