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Vittorio Orlando: Italy
Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath
by Spencer Di Scala
The war was a near-disaster for the Italians, culminating in the collapse of their armies at Caporetto in 1917. It was this crisis that brought Orlando to power, and he did much to restore the situation, but the Italians looked to Versailles to compensate them for the terrible losses they had suffered.
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2010-04-01
9781905791798
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World
History, Makers of the Modern World, New Titles
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Edward William Lane
The Life of the Pioneering Egyptologist and Orientalist
by Jason Thompson
The first full-length biography of the eminent Victorian scholar. Few Western scholars of the Middle East have exerted such profound influence as Edward William Lane.
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2010-03-01
9781906598471
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UK & Commonwealth
Biography, History, New Titles
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Pašić & Trumbić: The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath
by Dejan Djokic
To be published March 2010, the book will provide the first parallel biographies of two key Yugoslav politicians of the early 20th century: Nikola Pašic, a Serb, and Ante Trumbic, a Croat. It will also offer a brief history of the creation of Yugoslavia
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2010-03-01
9781905791781
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History, Makers of the Modern World, New Titles
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Maharajah of Bikaner: India
Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath
by Hugh Purcell
Ganga Singh was the 21st maharaja of his desert kingdom in Rajasthan and one of the last Indian princes to play an important part in the politics of the British Empire. Dashing, autocratic and a formidable public speaker, he was born to rule.
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2010-02-01
9781905791804
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World
History, Coming Soon, Makers of the Modern World
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General Smuts: South Africa
Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath
by Antony Lentin
Professor Lentin, author of General Smuts in the Makers of the Modern World Series, debates with Jim Naughty and David Watson, author of the volume on Clemenceau, on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme this morning. He suggests that if the South African statesman had been listened to, World War Two could have been avoided.
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2010-01-20
9781905791828
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World
History, Makers of the Modern World, New Titles
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