In "The Surrender of Napoleon," Frederick Lewis Sir Maitland crafts an intricate narrative that dissects the pivotal moments surrounding Napoleon Bonaparte's capitulation in 1815, encapsulating both the military strategies and the psychological turmoil of this historic event. Through a meticulous blend of primary sources and contemporary accounts, Maitland adopts a rich, descriptive style that immerses readers in the tensions of post-Napoleonic Europe. Not only does he reveal the political...

This is a monograph on fixed point theory, covering the purely metric aspects of the theory–particularly results that do not depend on any algebraic structure of the underlying space. Traditionally, a large body of metric fixed point theory has been couched in a functional analytic framework. This aspect of the theory has been written about extensively. There are four classical fixed point theorems against which metric extensions are usually checked. These are, respectively, the Banach con...

Potatoes are a staple crop around the world. Covering all aspects of botany, production and uses, this book presents a comprehensive discussion of the most important topics for potato researchers and professionals. It assesses the latest research on plant growth such as tuber development, water use and seed production, covers all aspects of pest management and reviews postharvest issues such as storage, global markets, and of course, nutritional value and flavour.

These brief historical sketches were written primarily for young people, though it is hoped that some older readers may find pleasure in renewing their acquaintance with heroes of chivalry whose names are familiar still, but whose deeds are recalled to mind but vaguely.

With Spurs of Gold: Heroes of Chivalry and Their Deeds By Frances Nimmo Greene and Dolly Williams Kirk Step into a world of knights, castles, honor, courage, and legendary adventure with With Spurs of Gold: Heroes of Chivalry and Their Deeds, a captivating collection that brings the heroic age of chivalry to life. Through engaging stories of valor and noble deeds, this classic work introduces readers to the ideals and traditions that shaped the medieval imagination. Brave knights, difficul...

As night fell in Picardy on Thursday 24 October 1415, Henry V and his English troops, worn down by their long march in search of a crossing of the Somme, can only have dreamt that the battle of the next day would be remembered as one of the most momentous victories ever won.Six hundred years down the line, the battle of Agincourt still rings through the centuries. In this stupendous victory English and Welsh archers who formed the bulk of Henry's army prevailed aga...

The Lives of the Twelve Caesars is a biographical work by the Roman historian, Suetonius. It is a collection of twelve biographies of the Roman emperors, from Julius Caesar to Domitian, covering the period from 49 BC to AD 96. The book is divided into chapters, with each chapter focusing on the life and reign of one of the twelve emperors.Suetonius was a secretary and adviser to the emperor Hadrian and had access to imperial archives and other official documents, which allowed him to provi...

Crecy, the Black Princes most famous victory, was the first of two major victories during the first part of the Hundred Years War. This was followed ten years later by his second great success at the Battle of Poitiers. The subsequent Treaty of Bretigny established the rights of the King of England to hold his domains in France without paying homage to the King of France.In this hugely-acclaimed military history Colonel Burne re-establishes the reputation of Edward III as a grand master of...

The Germania (Latin: De Origine et situ Germanorum, lit. The Origin and Situation of the Germans), written by Gaius Cornelius Tacitus around 98, is an ethnographic work on the Germanic tribes outside the Roman Empire.This work survived only in one single manuscript that was found in Hersfeld Abbey, Holy Roman Empire and brought to Italy in 1455 where Enea Silvio Piccolomini, the later Pope Pius II, first examined and analyzed it, whereby he sparked interest among German humanists such as C...

Lucia Elizabeth Balcombe was born in 1802 as the second child of William and Jane Balcombe, née Cranston. Her father was Superintendent of Public Sales for the East India Company. Balcombe and her sister Jane, two years her senior, were educated in England and there taught the French language. In 1814, the sisters returned to Saint Helena and resided with their parents and two younger brothers in a cottage called the Briars.In October 1815 the former Emperor Napoleon was exiled to S...

A love story set in first-century Rome, in which the early Christians struggle against the might of the pagan Roman Empire. Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin.

This volume, purporting to be a sequel to QUEBEC PAST AND PRESENT, published in 1876, is intended to complete the history of the city. New and interesting details will be found in these pages, about the locality, where Samuel de Champlain located his settlement in 1608, together with a rapid glance at incidents, sights, objects, edifices, city gates and other improvements, both ancient and modern, which an antiquarian's ramble round the streets, squares, promenades, monuments, public and priv...