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The First English Revolution
Simon de Montfort, Henry III and the Barons’ War
Adrian Jobson
• Simon de Montfort is one of the fathers
of modern democracy
• Brings new light to these pivotal years in
England’s history
• Coincides with the 750th anniversary of
the Barons’ War
Adrian Jobson’s book is the first to be
published in many years on the subject. It
provides a dramatic and spirited overview
of this complex period in English history.
ADRIAN JOBSON is a medieval records specialist. He has given many
academic papers on the age of reform and rebellion and recently edited
the volume English Government in the Thirteenth Century.
UK August 2012 US October 2012
208 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches
HB 9781847252265 - £30.00 / $60.00
Continuum
Illuminati
The Stigma Order
Peggy Pawlowski
Foreword by Peter Levenda
• Explains the Illuminati’s role in
establishing open and modern society
• Based on original research into the
Illuminati’s origins in Enlightenment
Europe
• Addresses many of the
popular misappropriations and
misrepresentations of the order
The Illuminati have often been represented as a secret sect with
shadowy reaches into the highest and most important offices
of power. Peggy Pawlowski unravels the myths surrounding this
secretive group of eighteenth-century philosophers and rights
the wrongs of history. This book offers a serious history of the
order and the evolution of the myths surrounding them.
PEGGy PAWLOWSKI is an expert in the Illuminati and their strategies.
PETER LEVENDA is the author of The Secret Temple: Masons, Mysteries
and the Founding of America (Continuum, 2009).
UK December 2012 US February 2013
288 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches
HB 9781441179081 - £45.00 / $80.00
PB 9781441105875 - £14.99 / $24.95
Continuum
In Search of the City on a Hill
The Making and Unmaking of an American Myth
Richard M. Gamble
‘This concise masterpiece of historical
detection blew my mind.’ Walter
A. McDougall, Pulitzer Prize-Winning
Historian
‘This is a lone cry in the midst of a
deafening wilderness, but one enriched
with a most serious scholarly amassing of
historical evidence.’ John Lukacs, author
of A New Republic
‘A thought-provoking analysis.’ Francis J. Bremer, author of
John Winthrop: America’s Forgotten Founding Father
• The author is a highly-respected, internationally-renowned
academic
• Topical subject matter ahead of the 2012 US election
• A concise critique of the American civil religion
In Search of the City on a Hill challenges the widespread
assumption that Americans have always used this potent
metaphor to define their national identity.
RICHARD M. GAMBLE holds the Anna Margaret Ross Alexander Chair in
History and Political Science at Hillsdale College, Michigan, USA.
UK May 2012 US August 2012
208 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches
HB 9781441162328 - £17.99 / $24.95
Continuum
Gulf Women
Edited by Amira Sonbol
• First academic book on women in the
Arabian Gulf
• Pioneering treatment of an underresearched
area of Arab history and
society
• Includes contributions by fifteen leading
scholars from Arab and international
universities
• Uses new methodologies and new
sources
This groundbreaking collection of fifteen essays provides a
greater understanding of the history of the Gulf and the Arab
world as well as the history of Muslim women. The result of
a major research project aimed at finding new sources and
studying the history of women in the region, the articles are
presented thematically and chronologically, starting with ancient
history, and moving on to the medieval, early modern and
contemporary periods.
AMIRA SONBOL is Professor of History at Georgetown University’s School of
Foreign Service, qatar.
UK July 2012 US September 2012
384 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches
PB 9781780930435 - £17.99 / $29.95
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