Books in the International Library of Historical Studies series

British and German ambitions have clashed in the Pacific at many times in the last two centuries. This is a study of those episodes, and their effects on the European powers and the Pacific Islanders involved.

Based on a wide range of original sources, this is an account of how, despite the fact of widespread sympathy for their plight, the Armenian people came to be left isolated and truncated between their two great neighbours.

The French Communist Party has traditionally been identified with the urban working class but paradoxically its position as France's main left-wing party was dependent upon support from the countryside. This work explores for the party's complex and often misunderstood relationship with agricultural labourers.

Explores the impact of Scottish migration on New World development. With a fresh approach linking personal accounts to 'networks' of kin and social groups, this book taps into the expanding academic debate on migration linking imperial history and the European diaspora. It is suitable for scholars interested in migration and its implications.

Common to all periods and specialisms is the attempt to find new modes of historical narrative. This book presents an overview of trends and the changing agenda of historical questions.

Few figures who were active in the English Romantic Movement are as fascinating as Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834). Offering a major contribution both to religious history and the history of ideas, this title charts the particular liberal tradition in British religious thought which stems directly from Coleridge.

Christianity in the later Middle Ages was flourishing, popular and vibrant and the institutional church was generally popular - in stark contrast to the picture of corruption and decline painted by the later Reformers. This title provides a history of religion in this pivotal period.

19th-century Britain was one of the birthplaces of vegetarianism in the west. From the Vegetarian Society's foundation in 1847, men and their families abandoned conventional diet for various reasons. Providing an exploration of this movement, this book examines the significance of Victorian vegetarians.

Presents the life story of Giovanni Belzoni - engineer, barber, monk, actor and circus strongman (where he earned his title, 'The Great Belzoni'), who became one of the giants of 19th century Egyptian archaeology. He was the first person to penetrate the heart of the second pyramid at Giza and the first European to visit the oasis of Siwah.

This text records the Catholic Church struggling to adapt to the new political landscape ushered in by the French Revolution. It shows the Vatican out of step in the wake of world war, Cold War, the expansion of the developing world, with problems of population growth and under-development.

Mary Queen of Scots - tragic heroine or adulteress conniving in murder? This study re-examines the story of the "Casket Letters", allegedly written by Mary to her lover Bothwell, examining the conduct and motives of the principal actors and the twisting labyrinth of Scottish and English politics.

The 18th century was a unique period of global and fundamental change. Few centuries have produced such a galaxy of historians, and their ground-breaking work has been drawn upon by Derek Beales in his collection of articles and special lectures.