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Jane Austen's world was the source of her works and the basis of her readership, and understanding that world gives fans new insights into the multifaceted narratives she created.

Jane Austen's world was the source of her works and the basis of her readership, and understanding that world gives fans new insights into the multifaceted narratives she created.

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King of Britain for sixty years and the last king of what would become the United States, George III inspired both hatred and loyalty and is now best known for two reasons: as a villainous tyrant for America's Founding Fathers, and for his madness, both of which have been portrayed on stage and screen.In this concise and penetrating biography, Jeremy Black turns away from the image-making and back to the archives, and instead locates George's ...

A history of England's trajectory going back two-thousand years from the turn of the twenty-first century. Coolly dispassionate, and topical in its attention to England's relationship with Europe.

Instead, their success was based on their inclusion in the general mix of weaponry available to commanders and the context in which they were used.

Strategy has existed as long as there has been organised conflict. In this new account, Jeremy Black explores the ever-changing relationship between purpose, force, implementation and effectiveness in military strategy and its dramatic impact on the development of the global power system. Taking a 'total' view of strategy, Black looks at leading powers - notably the United States, China, Britain and Russia - in the wider context of their compe...

The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean'Samuel Johnson, 1776A wonderfully concise and readable, yet comprehensive, history of the Mediterranean Sea, the perfect companion for any visitor or armchair traveller, whether cruising, staying ashore or indeed staying at home. The Mediterranean has always been a leading stage for world history. Jeremy Black shows how the Roman Empire united the sea, and how it was late...

A wonderfully concise and very readable history of Portugal, perfect for travellers This brief yet comprehensive history begins with the Stone Age and the Roman era, continues to the Visigoths, the development of Christian Portugal and the expulsion of the Moors, on to Spanish rule from the sixteenth century, and its collapse. There is a strong focus on Portugal's global impact, particularly during the age of European exploration and expansion...

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How did it feel to hear Macbeth's witches chant of "double, double toil and trouble" at a time when magic and witchcraft were as real as anything science had to offer? How were justice and forgiveness understood by the audience who first watched King Lear, how were love and romance viewed by those who first saw Romeo and Juliet? In England in the Age of Shakespeare, Jeremy Black takes readers on a tour of life in the streets, homes, farms, chu...

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Packed with contemporary maps, this is a visual survey of how conflict was recorded and planned before and during World War II, revealing how warfare and its documentation and presentation changed throughout the conflict.World War II was a global conflict on an unprecedented scale. On land, sea, and in the skies, nations threw everything that they had into the fray in order to achieve victory. This exciting collection of contemporary maps show...

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Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. He is author of many books, including Charting the Past: The Historical Worlds of Eighteenth-Century England, London: A History, and Mapping Shakespeare: An Exploration of Shakespeare's Worlds through Maps.

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