A fresh new edition of two of Shakespeare's most unusual and provocative histories, developed by and for the RSC, includes new interviews with acclaimed directors Gregory Doran, Josie Rourke and Gregory Thompson, looks at specific productions in each of the plays' histories, and includes introductio[...]

William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877) was a British pioneer in photography, yet he also embraced the wider preoccupations of the Victorian Age - a time that saw many political, social, intellectual, technical, and industrial changes. His manuscripts, now in the archive of the British Library, reveal [...]

Lively, instructive access to Shakespeare's rich and complex works.

Lively, instructive access to Shakespeare's rich and complex works.

Updated edition of the First Part of King Henry IV, including a new introductory section.

An exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insightf[...]

William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77) was born in Dorset, England in 1800 and, as expected of a person of his social class, gained an excellent education at Harrow and Cambridge. A talented mathematician, classicist, linguist, scientist and botanist, his invention of the 'calotype' arose out of his uns[...]

FOLGER Shakespeare LibraryTHE WORLD'S LEADING CENTER FOR SHAKESPEARE STUDIES"Each edition includes: "- Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play- Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play- Scene-by-scene plot summaries- A key to fam[...]

William Henry Harrison died just 31 days after taking the oath of office in 1841. Today he is a curiosity in American history, but as Collins shows in this entertaining and revelatory biography, he and his career are worth a closer look.[...]

An extensive glossary of nautical terminology, compiled by an admiral over the course of his career and published in 1867.[...]

Title: The Gold Fields of Western Australia. With ... geological map, etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages [...]