Автор: Marcus Rainsford Название: An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti ISBN: 0822352788 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780822352785 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 108680.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание:
As the first complete narrative in English of the Haitian Revolution, Marcus Rainsford's An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti was highly influential in establishing nineteenth-century world opinion of this momentous event. This new edition is the first to appear since the original publication in 1805. Rainsford, a career officer in the British army, went to Haiti to recruit black soldiers for the British. By publishing his observations of the prowess of black troops, and recounting his meetings with Toussaint Louverture, Rainsford offered eyewitness testimonial that acknowledged the intelligence and effectiveness of the Haitian rebels. Although not an abolitionist, Rainsford nonetheless was supportive of the independent state of Haiti, which he argued posed no threat to British colonial interests in the West Indies, an extremely unusual stance at the time. Rainsford's account made an immediate impact upon publication; it was widely reviewed, and translated twice in its first year. Paul Youngquist's and Grégory Pierrot's critical introduction to this new edition provides contextual and historical details, as well as new biographical information about Rainsford. Of particular interest is a newly discovered miniature painting of Louverture attributed to Rainsford, which is reproduced along with the twelve engravings that accompanied his original account.
Автор: Rainsford Marcus Название: Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti ISBN: 0822352885 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780822352884 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 27450.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
As the first complete narrative in English of the Haitian Revolution, Marcus Rainsford's An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti was highly influential in establishing nineteenth-century world opinion of this momentous event. This new edition is the first to appear since the original publication in 1805. Rainsford, a career officer in the British army, went to Haiti to recruit black soldiers for the British. By publishing his observations of the prowess of black troops, and recounting his meetings with Toussaint Louverture, Rainsford offered eyewitness testimonial that acknowledged the intelligence and effectiveness of the Haitian rebels. Although not an abolitionist, Rainsford nonetheless was supportive of the independent state of Haiti, which he argued posed no threat to British colonial interests in the West Indies, an extremely unusual stance at the time. Rainsford's account made an immediate impact upon publication; it was widely reviewed, and translated twice in its first year. Paul Youngquist's and Grégory Pierrot's critical introduction to this new edition provides contextual and historical details, as well as new biographical information about Rainsford. Of particular interest is a newly discovered miniature painting of Louverture attributed to Rainsford, which is reproduced along with the twelve engravings that accompanied his original account.
Автор: Rainsford, Sue Название: Follow Me To Ground ISBN: 1784164941 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781784164942 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 7910.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: `Equal parts beauty and horror, and unlike anything you will read this year` TEA OBREHT`Beautiful and terrifying` SUNDAY TIMES`Seethingly assured debut fuses magical realism with critical and feminist theory` GUARDIAN In house in a wood, Ada and her father live peacefully, tending to their garden and the wildlife in it.
Автор: Rainsford Sue Название: Follow Me to Ground ISBN: 1982133635 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781982133634 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 22990.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: A haunted, surreal debut novel about an otherworldly young woman, her father, and her lover that culminates in a shocking moment of betrayal--one that upends our understanding of power, predation, and agency. Ada and her father, touched by the power to heal illness, live on the edge of a village where they help sick locals--or "Cures"--by cracking open their damaged bodies or temporarily burying them in the reviving, dangerous Ground nearby. Ada, a being both more and less than human, is mostly uninterested in the Cures, until she meets a man named Samson. When they strike up an affair, to the displeasure of her father and Samson's widowed, pregnant sister, Ada is torn between her old way of life and new possibilities with her lover--and eventually comes to a decision that will forever change Samson, the town, and the Ground itself. Follow Me to Ground is fascinating and frightening, urgent and propulsive. In Ada, award-winning author Sue Rainsford has created an utterly bewitching heroine, one who challenges conventional ideas of womanhood and the secrets of the body. Slim but authoritative, Follow Me to Ground lingers long after its final page, pulling the reader into a dream between fairy tale and nightmare, desire and delusion, folktale and warning.
Автор: James George Payne Rainsford Название: Mary of Burgundy ISBN: 1717278590 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781717278593 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 25160.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Rainsford, Sue Название: Follow me to ground ISBN: 0857526774 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780857526779 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 11430.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: A deeply affecting spectacle, equal parts beauty and horror, and unlike anything you will read this year` TEA OBREHT, author of Orange Prize winner, The Tiger`s Wife LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOT PRIZE 2019`Fierce, palpable, hynoptic.
