Eastward bound

Eastward boundAn enlightening collection of essays by a distinguished list of contributors on travel and travellers from Europe to the Middle East in the medieval period, covering the Crusades, pilgrimage, mission, trade, scholarship, and exploration, as well as expectations and experiences. A valuable work for students of medieval history.

Populism's appeal

Atomic Postcards offers a fascinating glimpse of a time when the end of the world seemed close at hand

She would have to make haste if she were going to find a husband before she was thirty

On Repetition aims to unpack the different uses and functions of repetition within contemporary performance

the leading comic playwright of 1630s London - reconstructs the chronology of his career from manservant to successful professional dramatist and beyond

much less in the 1950s and 1960s

among other themes

It is the first to examine the informal negotiations that took place on the ground between the colonial authorities and the African-Caribbean population

it challenges narratives that separate manuscript and print

and fascism

Over the same number of years

Complete with interviews with writers who have famously brought the character of Holmes back to life