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Artists and SpiesThe Lawn Road Flats offered a home to both

Blood Stained FieldsBattles in, for and with Scotland

Strings AttachedThe life and career of Walter Levin and the LaSalle Quartet

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HISTORY & ESPIONAGE

TREACHERY & ARCHITECTURE

The Lawn Road Flats Spies, Writers and ArtistsDAVID BURKE

A modernist first, London’s Isokon building attracted writers, artists and architects and some of the most dangerous spies ever to operate in Britain.

ɶ The untold story of an iconic building. ɶ Designed for communal living the Flats became a hub for traitors

and communist spies. ɶ Features a remarkable cast of characters, both famous and

infamous. ɶ From the author of The Spy Who Came in from the Co-Op.

Completed in Hampstead in 1934, the Isokon, better known as the Lawn Road Flats, contained 32 apartments and was home to, among others, Henry Moore, Agatha Christie, historian V. Gordon Childe, Bauhaus-founder Walter Gropius, designer (and Bauhaus member) Marcel Breuer, novelist Nicholas Monsarrat and several senior civil servants. But many of their neighbours hid dark secrets: Arnold Deutsch was a senior Soviet agent and controller of the infamous Cambridge spies Philby, Blunt and Burgess; Eva Collett Reckitt, heiress and owner of Collett’s bookshop was an active Soviet spy; Andrew Rothstein was a TASS correspondent and agent; and the four members of the Kuczynski family in residence were all agents – and probably the most successful family of spies in the history of espionage. In a further twist, the building’s unique restaurant and dining club (the Half-Hundred Club) increased the number of visitors and made it easy to introduce and network notable, well-connected individuals alongside others who were either agents, contacts or who had strong links to Soviet intelligence, like photographer Edith Tudor-Hart, broadcaster Cyril Joad and Melita Norwood, betrayer of atomic secrets and the longest-serving Soviet spy in British espionage history. For the first time, David Burke explains the history of this remarkable building and how it came to capture the imagination of so many important and creative men and women, and why so many spies were drawn to it.DAVID BURKE is a historian of intelligence and international relations and author of The Spy Who Came In From the Co-op: Melita Norwood and the Ending of Cold War Espionage (The Boydell Press, 2009, paperback edition 2013).

Cover image: Thelma Cazalet M.P. declares the Lawn Road Flats open by breaking a beer bottle over its side. Copyright Wolfgang Suschitzky and used with his kind permission. From the Pritchard Papers, University of East Anglia.

$45/£25 March 2014978 1 84383 783 132 b/w illus.; 256pp, 23.4 x 15.6 (9 x 6in), HBHistory of British Intelligence

Dramatis Personae:Phyliss Blewitt (translator of Stefan Zweig); Charles Brasch (poet and Bletchley Park code-breaker); V. Gordon Brown (historian); Agatha Christie; Arnold Deutsch (Soviet spy and handler); Charles Fenn (writer and CIA agent); Marcel Breuer (furniture designer and Bauhaus member); Walter Gropius (designer, architect and Bauhaus founder); Barbara Hepworth (sculptor and painter); Julian Huxley (scientist); Cyril Joad (broadcaster and Soviet sub-agent); Barbara, Brigitte, Jurgen and Margueritte Kuczynsky (all Soviet spies); Charles Madge (creator of Mass Observation); Nicholas Monsarrat (writer); Henry Moore (sculptor and painter); Melita Norwood (Soviet spy); Eva Collett Reckitt (Soviet spy, heiress and owner of Collett’s bookshop); Diana and Kenneth Rowntree (architects); Edith Tudor-Hart (photographer and teacher).

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MILITARY HISTORY

JACOBITE VICTORY AGAINST THE ODDS

The Battle of Prestonpans 1745MARTIN MARGULIES

The definitive history of the Jacobite triumph at Prestonpans, which opened their route to England.

ɶ A vivid account of the first major battle of the 1745 Jacobite Rising and the events that led up to it.

ɶ A superbly detailed analysis, ideal for military history buffs. ɶ Illustrated throughout, with 15 pages of colour.

The Battle of Prestonpans was the first major engagement of the 1745 Jacobite rising that sought to replace King George II with a Stuart. Under Bonnie Prince Charlie the Scots inflicted a shock defeat on the British army and marched into England. Ever since, Lieutenant-General Sir John Cope, commander of the British force, has been blamed and ridiculed for his alleged ineptitude.Martin Margulies traces Scottish history up to the ‘45, describes the sharply contrasting weapons and tactics of the opposing armies, and follows the Prestonpans campaign from the time Charlie landed, almost alone, on the remote Isle of Eriskay through to the moment his tiny force destroyed Cope’s regulars in an early morning Highland charge. The author also offers a carefuly balanced reappraisal of Cope’s performance. MARTIN MARGULIES is a law professor emeritus at Quinnipiac School of Law in Connecticut.$24.95/£14.99 March 2014978 0 95756 363 633 colour & 20 b/w illus.; 216pp, 23.5 x 15 (9.1 x 5.7 inches), PBPrestoungrange & Cuthill Press

THE BLOODY ROUTE TO SCOTLAND

Blood Stain’d FieldsThe Battles of East LothianARR AN PAUL JOHNSTON

The bloody history of East Lothian, Scotland’s ‘Battle County’, taken by a succession of invaders from the Romans to the British Army as the ‘easiest’ route into the country.

ɶ A unique military and regional history focussing on Scotland’s most fought over county.

ɶ Features some of the greatest battles in Scottish and British history: Athelstaneford (832), the destruction of Edinburgh (1544), Carberry Hill (1567) and Cromwell’s great victory at Dunbar in 1650.

ɶ Foreword by His Grace the Duke of Somerset, whose forbear defeated the Scots at Pinkie Clough.

ɶ Colour and b&w illustrations throughout, with maps.

Describing and analysing the military encounters that have taken place in East Lothian, Arran Johnston shows how the main strands of Scottish history come together in the nation’s Battle County. From the saltire’s first appearance (Athelstaneford 832), through the bitter Anglo-Scottish conflicts (Dunbar 1296 & 1650, Pinkie 1547) and the trials of civil war (Carberry 1567, Prestonpans 1745), East Lothian’s experience of battle reflects the story of the nation. Alongside the great battles for which the county is famous, Johnston also discusses less well-known episodes, including sieges and skirmishes, and reports on visits to battlefield sites today.ARRAN PAUL JOHNSTON is a historian who graduated from Edinburgh University and now plays a leading role with the Battle of Prestonpans Heritage Trust.$24.95/£14.99 March 2014978 0 95756 360 5 20 colour & 20 b/w illus.; 208pp, 23.5 x 15 (9.1 x 5.7 inches), PBPrestoungrange & Cuthill Press

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MEDIEVAL HISTORY, AFRICAN HISTORY & BIOGRAPHY

A UNIQUE MEDIEVAL LIFE

Elizabeth de Burgh, Lady of Clare (1295-1360)Edited by JENNIFER WARD

A rare insight into the life of one of the richest women in medieval England.

ɶ Takes us closer to a fascinating woman: kidnapped and three times widowed by the age of twenty six, she became one of the richest, most important women of her time.

ɶ Paints a vivid picture of noble family life in fourteenth-century England.

ɶ Elizabeth de Burgh founded Clare College (originally Clare Hall), Cambridge in 1338.

Elizabeth de Burgh was the daughter of one of the most powerful earls in England, grand-daughter of Edward I and niece of Edward II. After an early life that was remarkable even for this turbulent time – kidnapped once and widowed three times – she established herself at Clare, Suffolk, which became her main administrative centre. Her life and activities are portrayed in vivid detail in her household accounts and her will, and these selected extracts throw light on Clare castle itself and its furnishings, daily life and religious practice, visitors, food and drink, livery and retainers, travel, and business. As such, the book offers a unique insight into the life and work of a noble family in medieval England.JENNIFER WARD taught and researched medieval and regional history at Goldsmiths College, University of London, until her retirement.$45/£25 April 2014978 1 84383 891 33 colour & 1 b/w illus.; 228pp, 23.4 x 15.6 (9 x 6 in), HBSuffolk Records Society

THE FATHER OF A NATION

NyerereThe Early YearsTHOMAS MOLONY

The first full account of the early years of Julius Kambarage Nyerere, the first President of Tanzania.

ɶ Nyerere was one of the best known African rulers of the twentieth century.

ɶ The most detailed account of the formative years that would shape his beliefs and politics.

ɶ Sources include Nyerere’s devoted personal assistant, student letters and colonial government files.

Julius Kambarage Nyerere (1922-1999) was a man whose political life was uniquely and inextricably bound into the history of the nation he created. Yet until now, there has been no adequate biography. This book presents the first full portrait of Nyerere’s early life, from his birth in 1922 until his graduation from Edinburgh in 1952, helping us to see his later political achievements in a new light. It was after returning to Tanganyika that ‘Mwalimu’ (the teacher) formally entered politics, and led efforts to deliver Tanganyika to independence.THOMAS MOLONY is Lecturer in African Studies at the University of Edinburgh.$45/£25 June 2014978 1 84701 090 216 b/w illus.; 250pp, 23.4 x 15.6 (9 x 6 in), HB

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MUSIC

THE REALITY OF INSPIRATION

Lies and EpiphaniesComposers and Their Inspiration from Wagner to BergCHRIS WALTON How composers’ accounts of sudden inspiration can reflect their self-image and shape the reception of their work.

ɶ A rare look at the powerful concept of musical inspiration. ɶ Composers featured include Wagner, Mahler, Furtwängler,

Strauss and Berg. ɶ Entertainingly written and accessible look at the inspiration

behind these major composers’ works.

Composers’ own tales of their creative “epiphanies” played a determining role in the reception history of their works: the finale of Mahler’s Second Symphony, for instance, was supposedly inspired by a “lightning bolt” of inspiration at the funeral of Hans von Bülow. Chris Walton looks behind these lightning bolts to explore instead the composers’ dual roles as authors and self-commentators, laying bare the fissures and inconsistencies within their testimonies and revealing how the supposedly extrarational world of creative inspiration intersects with the highly rational world of money and politics. Includes case studies of Richard Wagner, Gustav Mahler, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Richard Strauss, and Alban Berg. CHRIS WALTON lectures in music at the Musikhochschule Basel in Switzerland and Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He is the author of Othmar Schoeck: Life and Works (URP, 2009) and Richard Wagner’s Zurich (Camden House, 2007).$49.95/£25 June 2014978 1 58046 477 211 b/w illus.; 196pp, 23.4 x 15.6 (9 x 6 in), HBEastman Studies in Music

GENIUS CUT SHORT

Claude VivierA BiographyB OB GILMORE

The first biography of the great French-Canadian composer Claude Vivier (1948-1983).

ɶ The composer of Lonely Child, Bouchara, and the operas Kopernikus and Marco Polo.

ɶ Based on unrestricted access to Vivier’s archives, this is the first full biography of this important composer.

ɶ An underrated figure in music and an open homosexual, Vivier has received huge recognition since his death in 1983.

Claude Vivier’s haunting and expressive music has appealed powerfully to audiences around the world. But his name is memorable also because of the dramatic circumstances of his death: he was found murdered in Paris at the age of thirty-four. Based on unrestricted access to Vivier’s archives and on interviews with his family, teachers, friends, and colleagues, this book is the first to tell his story, from his beginnings as an abandoned child in a Montreal orphanage to his posthumous acclaim as one of the leading composers of his generation.BOB GILMORE is a musicologist and performer and teaches at Brunel University in London. He is the author of Harry Partch: A Biography.$34.95/£19.99 June 2014978 1 58046 485 725 b/w illus.; 351pp, 23.4 x 15.6 (9 x 6 in), HBEastman Studies in Music

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MUSIC

A LIFE IN MUSIC

The LaSalle QuartetConversations with Walter LevinROBERT SPRUY TENBURG Translated by RICHARD HOWE

The definitive study of the LaSalle Quartet, for forty years the premier exponent of ‘the new music’ for string quartet.

ɶ Uniquely valuable, informative and entertaining account of the world famous string quartet.

ɶ Spruytenburg has been given unlimited access to the quartet’s founder Walter Levin.

ɶ Excellent addition to Boydell & Brewer’s successful list for books on performance, with works by Susan Tomes, Steven Schick and John White.

The result of extensive interviews with Walter Levin, founder and leader of the LaSalle Quartet, this book is in equal measure autobiography, history of the Quartet and its membership over the years, reminiscences of the contemporary composers who figured so prominently in its career, and penetrating commentary on the LaSalle’s wide-ranging repertory, all artfully woven into a uniquely valuable, informative, and entertaining document of musical life in the twentieth century.ROBERT SPRUYTENBURG is a frequent contributor to classical music programmes for Swiss radio.$45/£25 May 2014978 1 84383 835 748 b/w illus.; 352pp, 23.4 x 15.6 (9 x 6 in), HB

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European Music, 1520-1640Edited by JAMES HAAR

An authoritative survey of music and its context in the Renaissance.

ɶ The Golden Age of Polyphony explored in depth. ɶ An extremely useful addition to music historiography that will both

aid students and provide many insights to the more general reader who feels in need of an over-arching survey of the period. Brian Robins, GOLDBERG

ɶ A survey of musical cultures and genres across Europe.

The sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries – the so-called Golden Age of Polyphony – represent a time of great change and development in European music, with the flourishing of Orlando di Lasso, Palestrina, Byrd, Victoria, Monteverdi and Schütz among others. The thirty chapters of this book, contributed by established scholars on subjects within their fields of expertise, deal with polyphonic music – sacred and secular, vocal and instrumental – during this period. The volume offers chronological surveys of national musical cultures (in Italy, France, the Netherlands, Germany, England, and Spain); genre studies (Mass, motet, madrigal, chanson, instrumental music, opera); and is completed with essays on intellectual and cultural developments and concepts relevant to music (music theory, printing, the Protestant Reformation and the corresponding Catholic movement, humanism, concepts of “Renaissance” and “Baroque”). It thus provides a complete overview of the music and its context.$45/£25 February 2014978 1 84383 894 4586pp, 23.4 x 15.6 (9 x 6 in), PBStudies in Medieval and Renaissance Music

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MUSIC

INSPIRED AND CONFLICTED

A Musician DividedAndré Tchaikowsky in his Own WordsANDRÉ TCHAIKOWSKY Edited by ANASTASIA BELINA-JOHNSON

The conflicted life of Polish-born, British-based pianist André Tchaikowsky (1935-82), as charted by the diaries he kept between 1974 and 1982.

ɶ A fascinating insight into the life of this cult figure told in his own words.

ɶ Includes a CD of Tchaikowsky playing in a piano recital. ɶ Boydell’s books on or by performers, such as Susan Tomes,

Steven Schick, Lionel Tertis, sell extremely well.

André Tchaikowsky was only 46 when he died, internationally renowned as a pianist – and he made the headlines after his death when he left his skull to the Royal Shakespeare Company for use in performances of Hamlet. Yet for all his facility at the keyboard Tchaikowsky’s real passion was composition. The internal conflict between pianist and composer compounded an already complex character. A Polish Jew and Holocaust survivor, Tchaikowsky was also a homosexual. The diaries he kept between 1974 and his death chronicle the struggles that ran through his life. Debt kept driving him back to the concert platform when his true wish was to find the time to compose. His spirited writing details the joys and vicissitudes of his life with striking candour. The diaries are introduced and annotated by Anastasia Belina-Johnson, who also provides a chronology of Tchaikowsky’s life and a survey of his music. Includes a CD of the pianist in recital.ANASTASIA BELINA-JOHNSON is Head of Classical Music at the Leeds College of Music.$50/£30 November 2013978 0 90768 988 177 b/w illus.; 440pp, 24 x 16 (9.4 x 6.25 inches), HBMusicians on MusicToccata Press

UNJUSTLY NEGLECTED

Constant LambertBeyond The Rio GrandeSTEPHEN LLOYD

A must-have biography for anyone interested in Constant Lambert and British musical life in the first part of the twentieth century.

ɶ The first full length biography of this neglected musical figure. ɶ Since Lambert socialised within literary and artistic circles,

and collaborated with individuals such as Anthony Powell and Michael Ayrton, this volume also gives great insight into the British cultural landscape of the early twentieth century.

To the economist and ballet enthusiast John Maynard Keynes he was potentially the most brilliant man he’d ever met; to Dame Ninette de Valois he was the greatest ballet conductor and advisor this country has ever had; to the composer Denis ApIvor he was the greatest, most lovable, and most entertaining personality of the musical world; whilst to the dance critic Clement Crisp he was quite simply a musician of genius. Yet 60 years after his tragic early death Constant Lambert is little known today. As a composer he is remembered for his jazz-inspired The Rio Grande but little more, and for a man who selflessly devoted the greater part of his life to the establishment of English ballet his work is largely unrecognized today. This book amply demonstrates why this extraordinary, multi-talented man deserves to be held in greater renown, and examines every aspect of his career and life. It looks not only at Lambert’s music but at his journalism, his talks for the BBC, his championing of jazz, and – more privately – his long-standing affair with Margot Fonteyn. STEPHEN LLOYD is a writer on British music and author of William Walton: Muse on Fire (Boydell, 2001).$80/£45 March 2014 978 1 84383 898 212 colour, 67 b&w and 32 line illus.; 584pp, 23.4 x 15.6 (9 x 6 inches), HB

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NEW IN PAPERBACK

A New History of German CinemaEdited by JENNIFER M. KAPCZYNSKI & MICHAEL D. RICHARDSON

A dynamic, event-centered exploration of the hundred-year history of German film.

ɶ First time in paperback. ɶ Uniquely structured by historical events and their significance to

German film. ɶ Awarded Film Book of the Year, 2012, by renowned international

film historian Hans-Helmut Prinzler

This ground-breaking anthology provides a definitive understanding of the long, illustrious history of German film-making by taking a key date for each essay’s starting point. In this way it explores the impact of historical events and aesthetic movements and, with such a broad approach, is able to include both famous and unknown stories and to draw attention to a wide range of cinematic events.JENNIFER KAPCZYNSKI is Associate Professor of German at Washington University, St. Louis, and MICHAEL RICHARDSON is Associate Professor of German at Ithaca College.$49.95/£25 January 2014978 1 57113 595 754 b/w illus.; 692pp, 23.4 x 15.6 (9 x 6 in), PBScreen Cultures: German Film and the Visual

250TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION!

Almanach de Gotha 2013 Volume I Parts I & IIEdited by JOHN JAMES

The 250th Anniversary edition of the only publication to list all the members of all the imperial, royal, princely and ducal houses and the counts of the Holy Roman Empire.

ɶ [A] punctilious itemization of titles, lineage and heraldry. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

ɶ The most comprehensive listing of its kind.

Following the successful format of previous editions, families are listed by rank in their corresponding parts, and births, marriages and deaths have been updated. Even family disputes are handled by the careful noting of competing claims. This new edition also sees a full list of the households of the courts of Europe, diplomatic listings and a full entry for the Holy See.$99.00/£65.00 October 2013978 0 95751 982 41624pp, 15 x 7.5, HBAlmanach de Gotha