The Battles of St Albans
The Battles of St Albans

Author: Peter Burley

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Published: 2013-09-09

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 1473819032

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St Albans is unique in having been the site of two pivotal battles during the Wars of the Roses, yet this is the first book-length account to have been published. It offers a gripping account of the fighting, and of the politics and intrigue that led to it, and it incorporates the results of the latest research. The authors also plot the events of over 500 years ago onto the twenty-first century landscape of St Albans so that the visitor can retrace the course of each battle on the present-day ground.

Women in the Arts in the Belle Epoque
Women in the Arts in the Belle Epoque

Author: Paul Fryer

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2012-11-01

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 078646075X

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This collection of new essays explores the role played by women practitioners in the arts during the period often referred to as the Belle Epoque, a turn of the century period in which the modern media (audio and film recording, broadcasting, etc.) began to become a reality. Exploring the careers and creative lives of both the famous (Sarah Bernhardt) and the less so (Pauline Townsend) across a remarkable range of artistic activity from composition through oratory to fine art and film directing, these essays attempt to reveal, in some cases for the first time, women's true impact on the arts at the turn of the 19th century.