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Andrew Lambert is Professor of War Studies at King”s College, London and one of Britain”s foremost maritime and naval historians.




15 Ebooks by John Robson

John Robson: Canaries, Hybrids, and British Birds in Cage and Aviary
Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Following on …
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€12.31
John Robson: Marriage or Celibacy?
In July 1868 the Daily Telegraph congratulated itself on providing the arena for a controversy marked by `good sense, liveliness, practical wisdom, and hearty humanity.” The controversy was over the …
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€57.62
John Stuart Mill: Writings on India
John Stuart Mill worked for thirty-five years in the Examiner”s Office of the East India Company, first as a junior clerk and finally as head of the Office. His activities there are among the least …
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€145.28
John Stuart Mill & John Robson: Autobiography
One of the greatest prodigies of his era, John Stuart Mill (1806-73) was studying arithmetic and Greek by the age of three, as part of an astonishingly intense education at his father’s hand. …
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€9.99
John Robson: Origin and Evolution of the Universe
Does the universe have the character it has because of design? In this collection of essays first presented at a symposium sponsored by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and the Royal …
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€34.97
John Robson: Captain Cook’s War & Peace
Why was James Cook chosen to lead the Endeavour expedition to the Pacific in 1768? As this new book shows, by that date he had become supremely and uniquely qualified for the exacting tasks of …
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€12.48
Glyndwr Williams: Captain Cook
Essays reassess Cook’s standing as a leading figure in eighteenth-century history, exploration and the advancement of science. In the more than two hundred years since his death, Cook’s reputatio …
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€27.99
John Stuart Mill: Journals and Debating Speeches
One of the constant fascinations Mill holds for the general public as well as scholars derives from the early flowering of his genius. This development is seen in detail in the journal and notebook h …
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€213.60
John Stuart Mill: Miscellaneous Writings
The interests and activities of John Stuart Mill (1806–73) were so wide-ranging that even the varied subjects of thirty previously published volumes of Collected Works cannot encompass them all. In t …
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€115.23
John Stuart Mill: An Examination of Sir William Hamilton”s Philosophy
An Examination of Sir William Hamilton”s Philosophy, first published in 1865, with a second edition in the same year, and third and fourth editions in 1867 and 1872, has long been out of print. The …
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€82.67
John Stuart Mill: Essays on England, Ireland, and Empire
John Stuart Mill”s political essays are a blend of the practical and the theoretical. In this volume are gathered together those in which the practical emphasis is more marked; those in which theory …
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€151.55
Benjamin Disraeli: Benjamin Disraeli Letters
Benjamin Disraeli, Queen Victoria”s favourite prime minister, was, in the words of Robert Blake, ”the best letter-writer among English statesmen.” This, the latest volume in the critically accla …
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€199.15
John Stuart Mill: Essays on French History and Historians
J.S. Mill”s deep interest in French intellectual, political, and social affairs began in 1820 when, in his fourteenth year, he went to France to live for a year with the family of Sir Samuel Bentham …
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€121.59
John Stuart Mill: Newspaper Writings
For just over fifty years John Stuart Mill contributed articles and letters to the newspapers, setting before the public a radical position on contemporary events. From 1822 to 1873, in newspapers as …
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€306.85
Benjamin Disraeli: Benjamin Disraeli Letters
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-81) was one of the most important figures in nineteenth-century Europe, spending three decades in British government and twice serving as prime minister. This volume collects …
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€264.28