An ideal introduction to our list
By Boydell & Brewer
By Boydell & Brewer
`A Marvel to Behold`: Gold and Silver at the Court of Henry VIII
Timothy Schroder and Michael Middeke
£45.00Beautifully illustrated throughout with 124 colour images, it explores Henry VIII’s magnificent – and now largely lost – collection of gold and silver, the most spectacular of any British monarch.
`Allegri`s Miserere` in the Sistine Chapel
Graham O`reilly
£45.00The first detailed account of this iconic work's performance history in the Sistine Chapel.
Augusta Browne - Composer and Woman of Letters in Nineteenth-Century America
Bonny H. Miller
£95.00The first comprehensive biography of any American woman musician born before the Civil War brings to life a composer whose story is both old-fashioned and strikingly modern.
Beethoven`s Lives - The Biographical Tradition
Lewis Lockwood
£18.98 £17.65The essential guide to Beethoven biography through the ages.
Bestiary - MS Bodley 764
Richard Barber
£14.99 £13.94One of our most popular books, a delightful translation of one of the finest, and most beautiful, examples of a medieval Bestiary. 136 colour illustrations.
Cheer Up! - British Musical Films, 1929-1945
Adrian Wright
£30.00The story of British musical film from the very beginning of talkies to the end of the Second World War.
A Companion to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Ernest N. Emenyonu
£17.98A guide to the engaging voice and multiple stories of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
Crippen - A Crime Sensation in Memory and Modernity
Roger Dalrymple
£45.00How the story of Crippen persists in memory and popular culture.
A Critical History of German Film, Second Edition
Stephen Brockmann
£29.95The most comprehensive history of German cinema.
Decolonising the Mind - The Politics of Language in African Literature
Ngugi Wa Thiong`o
£12.99Ngugi wa Thiong'o's timeless, powerful classic.
Designing Norman Sicily - Material Culture and Society
Andrew Small, Liam Fitzgerald, et al.
£60.00Uncovers the cultural and historical significance of Norman Sicily's mosaics, frescoes, art and architecture.
English Local History - An Introduction
Kate Tiller
£19.98 £18.58Updated and expanded edition of the classic guide.
Julian Anderson - Dialogues on Listening, Composing and Culture
Michael Middeke, Christopher Dingle, et al.
£45.00Provides revealing insights into the practicalities and psychology of composing.
Law, Liberty and the Constitution - A Brief History of the Common Law
Harry Potter and Michael Middeke
£17.98An entertaining history of common law from the Anglo-Saxons to the present day.
Leonard Bernstein and Washington, DC - Works, Politics, Performances
Daniel Abraham, Andrew H. Weaver, et al.
£85.00 £79.05How Leonard Bernstein influenced American culture, society, and politics.
Magnificence - and Princely Splendour in the Middle Ages
Richard Barber
£30.00 £27.90Possibly our most beautiful book: 108 colour illustrations in large format.
The Medieval Tournament as Spectacle - Tourneys, Jousts and Pas d`Armes, 1100-1600
Alan V. Murray and Karen Watts
£60.00The tournament as social display.
Murder on the Middle Passage - The Trial of Captain Kimber
Nicholas Rogers
£16.98 £15.79How the death of a slave girl triggered trials and scandal.
The New Beethoven - Evolution, Analysis, Interpretation
Bruce Bruce Adolphe, Barry Cooper, et al.
£95.00New essays on Beethoven's personal life, composing process, manuscripts, and his greatest works.
Reel Resistance - The Cinema of Jean-Marie Teno
Jean-Marie Teno and Melissa Thackway
£60.00A journey through the filmmaker's challenging body of work.
Special Operations in the Age of Chivalry, 1100-1550
Yuval Noah Harari
£14.99 £13.94From the author of Sapiens, the exciting history of medieval assassination, kidnap, treason and sabotage.
Stone Fidelity - Marriage and Emotion in Medieval Tomb Sculpture
Jessica Barker
£50.00The first study of medieval "double tomb" effigies.
Three Questions for Sixty-Five Composers
Balint Andras Varga
£25.00 £23.25Renowned contemporary composers answer the same three probing questions.
Why I Like This Story
Alan Cheuse, Andre Dubus, et al.
£19.98 £18.58Leading short-story writers discuss their favourite American short stories.