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The Holland House Diaries 1831-1840
Henry Richard Vassall Fox, a prominent Whig politician in the early days of Queen Victoria's reign, presided over an international salon where the discussions of politics and society recorded in this diary offer an interesting perspective on the European aristocracy of that era.
A complete Collection of the Protests of the Lords with historical Introductions
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The Pasha
With striking parallels to recent confrontations in Iraq, this is the story of the first Western international coalition to suppress an aggressive Middle Eastern ruler. The challenger was Mehemet Ali Pasha, called the founder of modern Egypt. Convinced that the Europeans would never be able to unite against him, he sought, with charm, brilliance and bravado, to create a powerful Muslim counterweight to the encroaching West. Drawing on research on three continents, this timely book takes the reader into the heart of a crisis as France, Great Britain, the Ottoman government and the Pasha of Egypt maneuver to defend their interests in the Eastern Mediterranean. Here are the passionate debates a...
British Literary Salons of the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries
British salons, with guests such as Byron, Moore, and Thackeray, were veritable hothouses of political and cultural agitation. Using a number of sources - diaries, letters, silver-fork novels, satires, travel writing, Keepsakes, and imaginary conversations - Schmid paints a vivid picture of the British salon between the 1780s and the 1840s.
