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Aleppo: The Rise and Fall of Syria's Great Merchant City

By Philip Mansel

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Hardcover:

9781784534615 | I B Tauris & Co Ltd, April 28, 2016, cover price $27.95

The Eagle in Splendour: Inside the Court of Napoleon

Product Description: The grandeur and extravagance of the court of Napoleon I once surpassed even that of that Louis XIV, the Sun King. His palaces at Saint-Cloud and the Tuileries shimmered with walls of Lyons silk and exotic treasures gleaned from distant campaigns; it echoed with the rustle of jewel-encrusted gowns, the drums of military marches and the whispers of his courtiersâ intrigues...read more

By Philip Mansel

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9781784531751 | I B Tauris & Co Ltd, July 30, 2015, cover price $28.00 | About this edition: The grandeur and extravagance of the court of Napoleon I once surpassed even that of that Louis XIV, the Sun King.

The Sun King: Louis XIV at Versailles

By Philip Mansel (introduced by) and Nancy Mitford

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9781590174913 | New York Review of Books, May 8, 2012, cover price $15.95

Levant: Splendour and Catastrophe on the Mediterranean

Product Description: 'Levant' is a book of cities. It describes the role of Smyrna, Alexandria and Beirut as windows on the world, escapes from nationality and tradition, centres of wealth, pleasure and freedom. By their mix of races and religions, they challenge stereotypes.

By Philip Mansel

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9780300181715 | Yale Univ Pr, May 29, 2012, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: 'Levant' is a book of cities.

Monarchy and Exile: The Politics of Legitimacy from Marie de Medicis to Wilhelm II

By Philip Mansel (editor) and Torsten Riotte (editor)

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9780230249059 | 1 edition (Palgrave Macmillan, November 15, 2011), cover price $135.00

Levant: Splendor and Catastrophe on the Mediterranean

By Philip Mansel

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9780300172645 | Yale Univ Pr, May 24, 2011, cover price $35.00

Lord Stuart De Rothesay

Product Description: An essential work of reference for any student of British history and a fascinating narrative for the general reader, Dr Robert Franklin's revised edition of his biography of Lord Stuart de Rothesay is a significant contribution to 19th century studies...read more

By Philip Mansel (foreword by)

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9781846242144 | Revised edition (Book Guild Ltd, December 31, 2008), cover price $38.95 | About this edition: An essential work of reference for any student of British history and a fascinating narrative for the general reader, Dr Robert Franklin's revised edition of his biography of Lord Stuart de Rothesay is a significant contribution to 19th century studies.

Three Kings in Baghdad: The Tragedy of Iraq's Monarchy

Product Description: This is the tragic story of the short-lived Iraqi monarchy. The first king of Iraq, Faisal I, was installed by the British in 1921. Faisal, who had led the Arab Revolt and fought alongside T.E. Lawrence, was a major player in the politics of the Middle East...read more

By Gerald De Gaury, Philip Mansel (contributor) and Alan De Lacy Rush (introduced by)

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9781845115357 | Tauris Academic Studies, June 10, 2008, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: This is the tragic story of the short-lived Iraqi monarchy.

Constantinople: City of the World's Desire 1453-1924

'Without question one of the best books ever written by an Englishman on the Turks' William Dalrymple

By Philip Mansel

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9780312145743 | St Martins Pr, December 1, 1996, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Traces the city's history during the five hundred years it was the capital of the Ottoman Empire

Paperback:

9780719568800, titled "Constantinople: City of the World's Desire, 1453-1924" | New edition (John Murray Pubs Ltd, October 19, 2006), cover price $26.95 | About this edition: 'Without question one of the best books ever written by an Englishman on the Turks' William Dalrymple

9780312187088 | Griffin, May 1, 1998, cover price $19.95

Dressed To Rule: Royal and Court Costume From Louis XIV to Elizabeth II

By Philip Mansel

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9780300106978 | Yale Univ Pr, July 11, 2005, cover price $75.00

Prince Of Europe: The Life Of Charles Joseph De Ligne 1753-1814

By Philip Mansel

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9780753818558 | Orion Pub Co, March 30, 2005, cover price $15.00

Pierre Loti: Travels With the Legendary Romantic

By Lesley Blanch and Philip Mansel (introduced by)

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9781850434290 | Tauris Parke Paperbacks, September 4, 2004, cover price $22.00

The Prince of Europe: The Life of Charles-Joseph De Ligne 1735-1814

By Philip Mansel

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9781842127315 | Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, January 1, 2004, cover price $45.00

Paris Between Empires: Monarchy and Revolution 1814-1852

Presents a political and social history of the golden age of Paris, from the fall of Napoleon I in 1814 to Louis-Napoleon becoming emperor Napoleon III in 1852.

By Philip Mansel

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9780312308575 | 1 edition (St Martins Pr, April 1, 2003), cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Presents a political and social history of the golden age of Paris, from the fall of Napoleon I in 1814 to Louis-Napoleon becoming emperor Napoleon III in 1852.

Paris Between Empires, 1814-1852

A glittering history of Paris at a time when the city was the capital of Europe

By Philip Mansel

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9781842126561 | New edition (Orion Pub Co, March 13, 2003), cover price $25.70 | About this edition: A glittering history of Paris at a time when the city was the capital of Europe

Hostages of Grace: A Saintly Alphabet

Product Description: From A for Augustine and B for Bernadette to Z for Zita, reflections in prose and vese on facing pages provides a wonderful and witty introduction to a variety of saints, some well known, and some unfamiliar.

By Philip Mansel

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9780860122630 | Burns & Oates Ltd, March 1, 2001, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: From A for Augustine and B for Bernadette to Z for Zita, reflections in prose and vese on facing pages provides a wonderful and witty introduction to a variety of saints, some well known, and some unfamiliar.

Sultans in Splendour: Monarchs of the Middle East, 1869-1945

By Philip Mansel

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9781898259459 | New edition (Parkway Pub, February 24, 2001), cover price $21.95

Louis XVIII

Product Description: Louis XVIII, is often considered a nonentity whose weaknesses, apathy, greed, insensitivity, were flagrant, and whose virtues, prudence, imperturbability, moderation, were unspectacular. Mansel sets out to prove he deserves better...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Philip Mansel

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9780856340932 | Harpercollins, May 1, 1983, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Louis XVIII, is often considered a nonentity whose weaknesses, apathy, greed, insensitivity, were flagrant, and whose virtues, prudence, imperturbability, moderation, were unspectacular.

Paperback:

9780750922173 | Sutton Pub Ltd, October 1, 1999, cover price $24.99 | About this edition: Louis XVIII, is often considered a nonentity whose weaknesses, apathy, greed, insensitivity, were flagrant, and whose virtues, prudence, imperturbability, moderation, were unspectacular.

The French Emigres in Europe and the Struggle Against Revolution, 1789-1814

Product Description: This volume underlines, for the first time, the achievements rather than the failures, of the ÃmigrÃ©s. Different specialist essays describe their impact from London to Hungary, from Lisbon to Prussia, and confirm their critical importance in the politics, ideology, and culture of their time...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Kirsty Carpenter (editor) and Philip Mansel (editor)

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9780312223816 | Palgrave Macmillan, July 1, 1999, cover price $99.95 | About this edition: This volume underlines, for the first time, the achievements rather than the failures, of the ÃmigrÃ©s.

9780333744369 | Palgrave Macmillan, June 1, 1999, cover price $189.00 | About this edition: The French ÃmigrÃ©s in Europe and the Struggle against Revolution, 1789-1814 underlines, for the first time, the achievements rather than the failures, of the ÃmigrÃ©s.

Sultans in Splendor

Looks at the history of the Middle East, recounts the lives of sultans, kings, pashas, emirs, and shahs, and describes court life

By Philip Mansel

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9780865651098 | Vendome Pr, April 1, 1989, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Looks at the history of the Middle East, recounts the lives of sultans, kings, pashas, emirs, and shahs, and describes court life

The Court of France 1789-1830

Product Description: This attractively illustrated volume describes the succession of courts and monarchies in France from the revolutionary period to the fall of Charles X. It shows decisively that the revolution resulted in a stronger monarchy and a larger and more elitist series of courts than had previously existed...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Philip Mansel

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9780521309950 | 1 edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, January 27, 1989), cover price $59.95 | About this edition: This attractively illustrated volume describes the succession of courts and monarchies in France from the revolutionary period to the fall of Charles X.

Paperback:

9780521423984, titled "The Court of France, 1789-1830" | Reprint edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, October 1, 1991), cover price $44.99 | About this edition: This attractively illustrated volume describes the succession of courts and monarchies in France from the revolutionary period to the fall of Charles X.

The Eagle in Splendour: Napoleon the First and His Court

Product Description: Book by Mansel, Philip

By Philip Mansel

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9780540011216 | Sheridan House Inc, November 1, 1987, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Book by Mansel, Philip

Pillars of Monarchy: An Outline of the Political and Social History of Royal Guards 1400-1984

Traces the history and describes the organization of the bodyguards and household troops of European monarchs

By Philip Mansel

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9780704324244 | Quartet Books Ltd, November 1, 1985, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Traces the history and describes the organization of the bodyguards and household troops of European monarchs

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