Linda Colley

The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh (eBook, ePUB)

How a Remarkable Woman Crossed Seas and Empires to Become Part of World History (Text Only)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This edition does not include illustrations.

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780007369874
• Artikelnr.: 41089116

Autorenporträt

One of the most distinguished, incisive and original British historians at work today, Linda Colley has taught and written on both sides of the Atlantic. She is currently Shelby M. C. Davis 1958 Professor of History at Princeton University. A Fellow of the British Academy, her previous books include: 'In Defiance of Oligarchy: The Tory Party 1714-1760', 'Namier', 'Britons: Forging the Nation 1707-1837', which won the Wolfson Prize, and 'Captives: Britain, Empire and the World 1600-1850'. In addition, she writes regularly for the Guardian, the New York Review of Books, and The Nation, has served on the Board of the British Library, and has delivered lectures and seminars for Amnesty International, the British Council, the European Union, the Nehru Foundation, the US State Department, and 10 Downing Street.