judith flanders

A forensic history of dying, death, and mourning in Victorian Britain by the acclaimed historian Judith Flanders, bestselling author of The Victorian

Ravenna was first the capital of the Western Roman Empire, then that of the immense kingdom of Theoderic the Goth and finally the centre of Byzantine

Euripides' Medea is a compelling study of love turned to hatred and a rejected woman's burning desire for revenge. This edition presents the Greek tex

The best-selling and critically acclaimed monograph on one of the most influential painters of the twentieth century Willem de Kooning was a leading e

This richly illustrated, four-colour textbook introduces the art and archaeology of ancient Greece, from the Bronze Age through to the Roman conquest.

"Het krachtigste dieetgeheim ooit." - O, the Oprah Magazine Alle diëten geprobeerd? Steeds weer aangekomen? Het jojoën zat? Beck's dieetoplossing i

'Nobody knows more about everyday life in Victorian Britain than Judith Flanders' - Douglas Robert-Fairhurst, author of Metamorphosis and The Turning

The acclaimed author of The Victorian House and The Victorian City tells the story of the celebration of Christmas, from mummers' plays to the inventi

The bestselling social history of Victorian domestic life, told through the letters, diaries, journals and novels of 19th-century men and women.

A celebration of the alphabet, from its beginnings to its pre-eminence as the organizing principle for the world's knowledge.

'Full of detail and colour about everyday life in Dickens's London, and leaves you with a sense not only of how hard life was then, but how strange. E

The idea that 'home' is a special place, a separate place, a place where we can be our true selves, is so obvious to us today that we barely pause to

A celebration of the alphabet, from its beginnings to its pre-eminence as the organizing principle for the world's knowledge.

For a thousand years, an extraordinary empire made possible Europe's transition to the modern world: Byzantium. This book provides various short chapt

Mede ter gelegenheid van Judith Herzbergs 90ste verjaardag verschijnt dit najaar een bundel met nieuwe poëzie getiteld Kneedwezens. Judith Herzberg

‘Judith Hermanns boek bezit een ongelooflijke energie, schoonheid,brutaliteit en uitstraling.’ – D I E Z E I T Een jeugd doorgebracht in onconve

Bijna tien jaar geleden introduceerde Judith Herzberg de hopla in Nederland: een ultrakort gedichtje van vier of vijf regels, al dan niet op rijm. Nau

An Instant Sunday Times BestsellerOne of the most anticipated books of 2024 according to The Times, Guardian, Financial Times, New Statesman, The Inde

Towards a form of aggressive nonviolence.