Bøger i Cambridge Library Collection - European History serien

An influential Czech historian and politician, Frantisek Palacky (1798-1876) was actively involved in the Czech national revival of the nineteenth century. In this extensive multi-volume work in German, comprising ten separate parts (1836-67), Palacky gives a detailed account of Bohemian history until 1526.

Philippe-Paul, Comte de Segur (1780-1873) served on Napoleon's personal staff during the Russian campaign. His history of the campaign was published in 1824, and this English translation in 1825. Volume 1 contains an account of the course of the war up to the battle of Borodino.

These editions of reports sent back by Venetian ambassadors to the Great Council of the Republic in the sixteenth century were edited by Eugenio Alberi (1807-78) and published between 1839 and 1863. Volume 9 contains a history of the permanent Venetian ambassadors in Istanbul, and their reports.

These editions of reports sent back by Venetian ambassadors to the Great Council of the Republic in the sixteenth century were edited by Eugenio Alberi (1807-78) and published between 1839 and 1863. Volume 6 contains reports on relations with the Ottoman Empire between the 1560s and the 1580s.

These editions of reports sent back by Venetian ambassadors to the Great Council of the Republic in the sixteenth century were edited by Eugenio Alberi (1807-78) and published between 1839 and 1863. Volume 10 contains reports on diplomatic relations with the papacy between 1560 and 1598.

These editions of reports sent back by Venetian ambassadors to the Great Council of the Republic in the sixteenth century were edited by Eugenio Alberi (1807-78) and published between 1839 and 1863. Volume 7 contains reports on diplomatic relations with the papacy between 1500 and 1558.

These editions of reports sent back by Venetian ambassadors to the Great Council of the Republic in the sixteenth century were edited by Eugenio Alberi (1807-78) and published between 1839 and 1863. Volume 12 contains reports on diplomatic relations with France between 1492 and 1600.

Published between 1829 and 1832, this five-volume history of 'civilisation in France' from the end of the Roman Empire to 1789 focuses on the medieval period. Volume 1 contains twelve lectures on early medieval Gaul from the fifth to eighth centuries.

This pioneering eight-volume study of the French Revolution (published 1893-1921) was the first to apply nineteenth-century historicist methods to this subject. Aulard's work included thorough evaluation of his sources and critical commentary on earlier accounts. Volume 4 focuses on Georges Jacques Danton, a leading figure in the early Revolution.

The theologian William Palmer (1811-1879), a member of the Oxford Movement, made several controversial visits to Russia to study the Orthodox Church. This book, first published in 1873, is Volume 2 of Palmer's six-volume translation of documents relating to the life of Nicon (1605-1681), Patriarch of Moscow.

Georges Auguste Escoffier (1846-1935) distinguished himself as an innovative and imaginative chef in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, notably in London's Savoy and Carlton hotels. Reissued here in its 1907 English translation, his influential textbook on haute cuisine was first published in French in 1903.

First published in 1810, this report on the current state of history and classical literature was commissioned by Napoleon I and edited by French historian and philologist Bon-Joseph Dacier (1742-1833). It provides an overview of works on these subjects published in Europe between 1789 and 1808.

Memoir is an account of the life of the Prussian diplomat and scholar Christian Karl Josias, Baron von Bunsen (1791-1860), who served as Prussian ambassador to Great Britain for thirteen years. It is based on Bunsen's family papers and private correspondence. Volume 2 covers his life from 1842 onwards.

Memoir is an account of the life of the Prussian diplomat and scholar Christian Karl Josias, Baron von Bunsen (1791-1860), who served as Prussian ambassador to Britain for thirteen years. It is based on von Bunsen's family papers and private correspondence. Volume 1 covers his life up to 1841.

Drawing on a wealth of manuscript and primary sources from across Europe, Ranke's history narrates and contextualises the fortunes of the papacy in one of its most tumultuous eras. Volume 1 presents the background and events leading up to that tempest and provides important notes from both translator and author.

Mackintosh was a Scottish liberal politician initially sympathetic to the French Revolution, who rejected Burke's Reflections, arguing that both France and Britain needed reform, though he later reconsidered this view. His Historical Sketch, published in 1792, outlines the origins of the Revolution and its course to the end of 1791.

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) is best remembered for establishing the First French Empire and his part in the Napoleonic Wars. These volumes, first published in 1884, contain translations of a selection of Bonaparte's letters, providing a valuable resource for the study of his life. Volume 1 covers 1796-1802.

William Martin Leake (1777-1860) was a British military officer and classical scholar. First published in 1826, this second edition contains a detailed discussion of the historical background of and events during the first years of the Greek Revolution (1821-30), providing a valuable contemporary account.

This in-depth history, published between 1940 and 1952, filled a void in scholarship on the Mediterranean. Each volume provides maps, photographs, and illustrations that complement the larger historical image of Cyprus that Hill presents. Together, his volumes explore and analyze a rich, complex, and at times controversial legacy.

This is an 1873 English translation of a polemical account by Paisius Ligarides (1612-1678) of the bitter struggle that took place between the Tsar Alexis Michaelovich and the Patriarch Nicon in mid-seventeenth-century Russia. It is a key historical source for the ideological debates of the period.

Archibald Alison (1792-1867) was a deeply conservative Scottish historian who viewed political reform and democracy with suspicion. His History of Europe during the French Revolution was published after the Reform Act of 1832, and regarded the democratic ideals of the early revolutionaries as leading to Europe-wide anarchy.

Dorothea Gerard (1855-1915) was a British novelist specialising in romance stories. This volume, first published in 1913 contains her detailed study of the history of the officer class within the Imperial Austrian army, and provides fascinating insights into the formation of this distinct social class in the Austrian Empire.

The theologian William Palmer (1811-1879), a member of the Oxford Movement, made several controversial visits to Russia to study the Orthodox Church. This book, first published in 1871, is Volume 1 of Palmer's six-volume translation of documents relating to the life of Nicon (1605-1681), Patriarch of Moscow.

Originally published in 1852, this three-volume work narrates the extraordinary life of Marie de Medicis, second wife of King Henry IV of France, and subsequently Regent for her son Louis XIII. The first volume of this highly intriguing and detailed work describes Marie's early life from 1572 until 1607.

A snapshot of the extent of literature concerning the 'Jewish Question' appearing in the previous decade, this 1885 bibliography records as much material originating from Germany as from all other countries combined. It is revealing in scope and has been described as the most important contemporary bibliography on the subject.

These editions of reports sent back by Venetian ambassadors to the Great Council of the Republic in the sixteenth century were edited by Eugenio Alberi (1807-78) and published between 1839 and 1863. Volume 8 contains reports on diplomatic relations with European states between 1531 and 1559.

These editions of reports sent back by Venetian ambassadors to the Great Council of the Republic in the sixteenth century were edited by Eugenio Alberi (1807-78) and published between 1839 and 1863. Volume 1 contains reports on diplomatic relations with European states between 1506 and 1548.

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a prolific Scottish writer and historical novelist. These volumes, first published in 1827, contain Scott's detailed biography of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), in which Scott focuses on Napoleon's legacy and achievements without bias. Volume 2 contains a review of the French Revolution, 1792-1795.

Between 1515 and 1519, Sebastian Giustinian (1460-1543) served as the Venetian ambassador to the court of Henry VIII. This two-volume work, published in 1854, contains his dispatches to the Signory of Venice, translated with an introduction and detailed notes by the scholar Rawdon Lubbock Brown (1806-83).

The seventh and final volume of translated Venetian state papers relating to England, published in 1890, covers the period 1558-80, the early years of Elizabeth I's reign. Although editor Rawdon Lubbock Brown (1806-83) had died, his work was continued by George Cavendish Bentinck (1821-91).