Foreword Simon Schama Introduction Note to the Reader Quotations about History M. J. Cohen and John Major The Tigris and Euphrates, c. 3200-c. 500 BC Henrietta McCall Ancient Egypt, c. 3000-c. 30 BC Richard Parkinson The Ancient Levant, c. 3000 BC-AD 73 Jonathan Tubb Ancient India, c. 2500 BC – c. AD 700 Stephanie Ramamurthy …
Foreword Introduction Chapters on operas numbered 1-22, as below Other chapters interspersed: Mozart’s Choice of Keys Mozart and the Opera Seriea Italian Comic Opera
Fact about Wagner The Legend Finck and Wagner The ‘Dictionary of Abuse’ Resentment of Wagner’s Success Some Specimens of Contemporary Criticism Hanslick The Reception of Rienzi Various Reasons for the Failure of an Opera The Flying Dutchman Tannhäuser Lohengrin Wagner’s Attitude Towards the Theatres The Evidence from Venice Tannhäuser in Paris Wagner and Breitkopf & …
translations of song texts by Winifred Radford
Iraq Home Again The Bruneval Raid Aftermath Maison Carrée Oudna Retreat from Oudna Oudna Aftermath Happy Valley Battle of Tamera: Phase One Battle of Tamera: Phase Two Sicily Italy U.K. Interlude Arnhem Prisoner Rehabilitation Representation Last Thoughts
Prologue Apprentice Escape Reconnaissance The First Bid for Freedom The Price of Failure Escape Officer The Fortress Prison Routine The Second Tunnel The Community of Nations The Heavy Palliasse French Dash and Polish Temperament Just Too Easy Dutch Porcelain The Riot Squad A Staged Foursome The Informer Winter Medley The Rhine Maiden Escaper The 1942 …
Part 1 – Imperialism, Nationalism & The Road to War [rtoc] King George’s Imperial Crown: The Heyday of the British Empire The Pen that signed the Ulster Covenant: British Troubles and Irish Tensions A Prussian Pickelhaube: Prussian Militarism and Germany’s Rise Sergeant Miller’s Recruitment Sign: Anglo-German Naval Rivalry A Map of European Rivalry: Europe’s Alliances and …
The Army in Decay, 1815-54 The Peninsular Tradition: Major General Sir William Napier The Neglected Rebel: Major General John Mitchell Bridging the Gap: Field Marshall Sir John Fox Burgoyne The Army in Transition, 1856-73 The New School: Major General Sir Patrick Macdougall The Strategic Pedagogue: General Sir Edward Bruce Hamley The Wolseley Era, 1873-99 The …
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