New from Yale: ‘The Crusader States’ Article by author Malcolm Barber
I’ve always enjoyed football, but it soon became evident that I was more suited to writing history than scoring goals… Nevertheless, it is possible to perceive some structural parallels. For many coaches disciplined positional play and strictly defined roles enable teams to perform better than the sum of the individuals within them. Histories can be … Read more
John Goodall’s ‘The English Castle’ receives a jubilant book launch at the Tower of London
Last night the team at Yale University Press attended the book launch of one of the most exciting titles of the season. John Goodall’s The English Castle: 1066-1650 is a towering achievement. Goodall’s book is both a vividly illustrated architectural study and a sumptuously written account of English history in the context of its most iconic … Read more
From Returning Soldiers to Travelling Merchants: Yale triumphs at at Longman-History Today Awards
January has been a successful month for Yale University Press, as ALAN ALLPORT’s Demobbed: Coming Home After the Second World War scooped the Longman – History Today Book of the Year Award. The runner-up was JAMES MATHER’s , Pashas: Traders and Travellers in the Islamic World, another Yale title. The winner of the prestigious award was … Read more
Events Update – 26/08
SEPTEMBER BOOK EVENT DETAILS 14th Author to speak at “Swift/Sibos” event, Hong Kong 15th Author to speak at the Frontier Club, London. 17th 19th 23rd Author to give a talk at Pages Bookshop, Hackney. Discussion and book signing at 7:30pm at the Poetry Cafe 22 Betterton St. London, WC2H 9BX (free event) Discussion and book … Read more
Winner of Wolfson History Prize 2009: Dance in the Renaissance
Yale is glad to announce Dance in the Renaissance: European Fashion, French Obsession by Margaret M. McGowan has been awarded the prize for this year. The Wolfson History Prizes, which were established in 1972, are awarded annually to promote and encourage standards of excellence in the writing of history for the general public. Prizes are … Read more
