Volume 8 of The Royal Historical Society Transactions contains essays based around the theme 'identities and empires'.

Excerpt from Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Vol. 8 IN entering on the twelfth year of its existence, the Royal Historical Society proceeds hopefully. Since the publication of the last annual volume, the membership has increased from 603 to 670, and the members added are, it is believed, actively interested in the Society's studies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Volume 9 of the RHS Transactions contains essays based around the theme 'oral history, memory and written tradition'.

A collection of major articles representing some of the best historical research by some of the world's most distinguished historians.

Excerpt from Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 1914, Vol. 8 Admiralty Records, but there is also much information of great value in the published papers of the House of Lords. If we turn from the history of administration to the history of naval operations there is still more to be done. The part played by the Navy in the Civil War has never been adequately treated; we need a fuller and more detailed history of the Dutch Wars - especially of the second and third of them. The fullest account of the naval opera tions during the war with France from 1689 to 1697 is still Burchett's book, written two centuries ago though it has been supplemented by Mr. Julian Corbett and others, it has not yet been replaced. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.