Product Description: This attractively-illustrated book offers a unique and fascinating investigation into the lives and careers of the British in eighteenth-century Russia and, more specifically, into the development of a vibrant British community in St...read more

Product Description: In the nineteenth and early twentieth century, the majority of Baptists concentrated predominantly on the mode and subjects of baptism (immersion and believers), understanding the rite merely as an ordinance - the believer's personal profession of faith in Christ...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: This almanac is a glorious jumble of facts and events brought together as a primer for the aspiring student of Nelson's era. Essentially, the book has three basic elements. It is biographical, with articles written by some of the most respected modern-day Nelson experts and historians...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: This title is part of the Anglo-Russian Affinities series: This series seeks to reflect more than four centuries of rich contacts between Russia and Great Britain. Many areas of achievement are covered and some of the material is translated for the first time into English by distinguished scholars of Russian...read more

Product Description: Account of the career of James Walker who worked for eighteen years at the courts of Catherine II, Paul I and Alexander I. The book also restores Walker as the author of anonymously published anecdotes on Russia (1821), which are an important addition to the literature on Catherine’s Russia from contemporary English visitors and residents...read more