Frank Welsh, Author . Yale Univ. $35 (536p) ISBN 978-0-300-09374-2
Welsh (A History of South Africa,
etc.) examines over 2,000 years of the history of England, Ireland, Wales and Scotland, focusing on how these nations interacted to shape one another's history. Unsurprisingly, England is the major player here.
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Frank Welsh, Author . Overlook $27.95 (283p) ISBN 978-1-59020-123-7
At the beginning of the 15th century, Christendom was in full decline, attacked from the outside by Islam and disrupted from within by schism regarding the office of the Pope. Until the Council of Constance (1414–1418), three popes—Gregor
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Frank Welsh, Author Kodansha America $35 (544p) ISBN 978-1-56836-258-8
A vast tragedy of racial strife unfolds in this understated history of South Africa. A Cambridge-educated historian, Welsh (A Borrowed Place: The History of Hong Kong) structures his vivid narrative around several pivotal events, including the Dutch
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Frank Welsh, Author, Gordon Wise, Editor Kodansha America $32.5 (624p) ISBN 978-1-56836-002-7
In this deeply researched but sterile history of the British crown colony, Welsh describes how Hong Kong became a trading and commercial center after its inception during the 1839-1842 Opium War and gives a straightforward account of the British...
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