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A king's last days: true and false memoirs of Louis XVI's valet
In the 1790s English society enjoyed the frisson of horror at events across the Channel. There were of course more serious concerns over the war with France, the high price of food and, among the upper classes, fears that Republicanism would spread to England. Emigres crowded into London. In such...Daniels, Morna
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The beginnings of Hungarian printing in London
Cultural contacts between Hungary and England go back to the second half of the sixteenth century, a time when visitors' interests and preoccupations already varied considerably. As Protestant clergymen or theologians, Hungarians studied in Wittenberg and Heidelberg and arrived in England via Leiden. Their peregrinations included London, Oxford, and Cambridge,...Guzner, Bridget
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Artaria
Austrian firm of music publishers. It was founded in Mainz in 1765 and by 1768 was operating in Vienna, where it became the first important music publishing firm in the city.Weinmann, Alexander
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Rock-cut Buddhist Monasteries of the Southern Konkan
Whilst many rock-cut Buddhist monasteries in Maharashtra have been documented in detail, those located in the southern Konkan have not been published. Between the second century BCE and the fourth century CE several monasteries were cut close to the western edge of the Western Ghats mountains to the south of...Rees, Gethin