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The decline and fall of Napoleon's empire 1804-1815: how the Emperor self-destructed Smith, Digby 2005 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92NAPOLEON
Bonaparte in Egypt Herold, J Christopher 2005 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1798/1801"(62)
Seventeenth century Europe : state, conflict and the social order in Europe 1598-1700 Munck, Thomas 1990 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.23/.27
Transport and the development of the European economy, 1750-1918 Ville, Simon P 1990 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.1/.6(4)
Empires : Europe and globalization, 1492-1788 Raudzens, George 1999 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 325.3(4)"1492/1788"
Spotlight on the age of revolution Gibson, Michael 1985 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.25/.28
The old regime and the revolution Cairns, Trevor 1976 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.25/.27
Mutiny and aftermath : James Morrison's account of the mutiny on the Bounty and the island of Tahiti /edited by Vanessa Smith and Nicholas Thomas ; with the assistance of Maia Nuku. "The mutiny on the Bounty was one of the most controversial events of eighteenth-century maritime history. This book publishes a full and absorbing narrative of the events by one of the participants, the boatswain's mate James Morrison, who tells the story of the mounting tensions over the course of the voyage out to Tahiti, the fascinating encounter with Polynesian culture there, and the shocking drama of the event itself. In the aftermath, Morrison was among those who tried to make a new life on Tahiti. In doing so, he gained a deeper understanding of Polynesian culture than any European who went on to write about the people of the island and their way of life before it was changed forever by Christianity and colonial contact. Morrison was not a professional scientist but a keen observer with a lively sympathy for Islanders. This is the most insightful and wide-ranging of early European accounts of Tahitian life. Mutiny and Aftermath is the first scholarly edition of this classic of Pacific history and anthropology. It is based directly on a close study of Morrison's original manuscript, one of the treasures of the Mitchell Library in Sydney, Australia. The editors assess and explain Morrison's observations of Islander culture and social relations, both on Tubuai in the Austral Islands and on Tahiti itself. The book fully identifies the Tahitian people and places that Morrison refers to and makes this remarkable text accessible for the first time to all those interested in an extraordinary chapter of early Pacific history."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(962.1)
Rites of peace : the fall of Napoleon & the Congress of Vienna /Adam Zamoyski. Zamoyski, Adam. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92NAPOLEON
The French war on trade : privateering 1793-1815 Crowhurst, Patrick 1989 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1793/1815"(42:44)
Trafalgar / Terraine, John. 1976. Terraine, John 1976 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1803/1805"(42:44)
A place of exile : the European settlement of New South Wales Mackay, David 1985 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 994.02
XVII - XVIII : la France at les francais 2012 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
Mutiny! / Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. Nordhoff, Charles. 1933. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
Pitcairn Island : refuge of the Bounty mutineers Allward, Maurice 2000 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 996.2
Mutiny on the Bounty / Peter FitzSimons. "The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's truly great stories - a tale of human drama, intrigue and adventure of the highest order - and in the hands of Peter FitzSimons it comes to life as never before. Commissioned by the Royal Navy to collect breadfruit plants from Tahiti and take them to the West Indies, the Bounty's crew found themselves in a tropical paradise. Five months later, they did not want to leave. Under the leadership of Fletcher Christian most of the crew mutinied soon after sailing from Tahiti, setting Captain William Bligh and 18 loyal crewmen adrift in a small open boat. In one of history's great feats of seamanship, Bligh navigated this tiny vessel for 3618 nautical miles to Timor. Fletcher Christian and the mutineers sailed back to Tahiti, where most remained and were later tried for mutiny. But Christian, along with eight fellow mutineers and some Tahitian men and women, sailed off into the unknown, eventually discovering the isolated Pitcairn Island - at the time not even marked on British maps - and settling there. This astonishing story is historical adventure at its very best, encompassing the mutiny, Bligh's monumental achievement in navigating to safety, and Fletcher Christian and the mutineers' own epic journey from the sensual paradise of Tahiti to the outpost of Pitcairn Island. The mutineers' descendants live on Pitcairn to this day, amid swirling stories and rumours of past sexual transgressions and present-day repercussions. Mutiny on the Bounty is a sprawling, dramatic tale of intrigue, bravery and sheer boldness, told with the accuracy of historical detail and total command of story that are Peter FitzSimons' trademarks."--Provided by the publisher. [2018] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.133"1789"
Navies of the Napoleonic era / Digby Smith. Smith, Digby George 2004. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.353"1792/1815"
The bells of victory : the Pitt-Newcastle ministry and the conduct of the Seven Years' War, 1757-1762 Middleton, Richard 1985 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1756/1763"
Pitcairn Island : life and death in Eden Lummis, Trevor 1997 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 992.6"1790/1859"
Lord North : the Prime Minister who lost America Whiteley, Peter 1996 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1775/1781"(73)
From trafalgar to the Chesapeake: adventures of an Officer in Nelson's Navy. Lovell, W 2003 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.124(42)"17/18"
Morrison of the Bounty : a Scotsman : famous but unknown Grant, James Shaw 1997 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82Bounty
A very brilliant affair : the Battle of Queenston Heights, 1812 /Robert Malcomson. Malcomson, Robert. 2003. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1812/1815"(42:73)
The Bounty : synopsis. 1984. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 355.133"1789":791