'A highly imaginative and thought-provoking way of exploring the personality of a man who, like him or loathe him, left an indelible mark on our age' ADAM ZAMOYSKIWinston Churchill followed his own star.
'Outstanding' JOHN PRESTON | 'Extraordinary' THE TIMES | 'A master-storyteller' ANDREW ROBERTS | 'Vivid and compelling' IRISH TIMES | 'Psychologically shrewd' IRISH INDEPENDENT | 'A page-turning finale' HISTORY TODAY | 'Superb' TELEGRAPH *5 STARS*Celebrated reformer and proud nationalist, romantic radical and vilified traitor: this is the story of Roger Casement, one of the 20th century s most complex and compelling individuals.
This lost classic, a crystal clear eyewitness account of the Holocaust, has been translated into English for the first time, 70 years after it was first published.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, born in 1815, was an American suffragist, social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early women's rights movement.
Faisal Hourani says: that many contributions were published in which the writers of others made the necessary definition of the oral history, the curricula of its codification, and the evaluation of the achievement in its field.
Esta obra narra la historia de vida de Jorge Sanjinez Lenz, un veterano moqueguano que alcanzó notoriedad pública por su participación en la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
An illuminating biographical study of the eighteenth-century English man of letters and patron of the artsHorace Walpole (1717-1797) was a collector, printer, novelist, arbiter of taste, and renowned writer of letters.
Die vielleicht brillanteste Darstellung der napoleonischen Legende ist seit ihrem ersten Erscheinen im Jahr 1924 ein zu Recht bemerkenswertes und populäres Werk.
The first joint biography of Bennelong and Governor Arthur Phillip, two pivotal figures in Australian history the colonised and coloniser and a bold and innovative new portrait of both.
*Featuring new bonus material Arnold Schwarzenegger's 77 Lessons at 77*The seven rules to follow to realise your true purpose in life-distilled by Arnold Schwarzenegger from his own journey of ceaseless reinvention and extraordinary achievement, and available for absolutely anyone.
Mutig, clever & hautnah an der Realität: Im ersten Teil von Michael Tsokos' neuer True-Crime-Thriller-Reihe »Mit kalter Präzision« ermittelt erstmals Dr.
Infancias en dictadura reúne valiosos aportes de investigación en torno a la llamada segunda generación afectada por el terrorismo de Estado en Uruguay.
This instant New York Times bestselling ';dynamic detective story' (The New York Times) reveals the hidden history Rudolf Diesel, one of the world's greatest inventors, and his mysterious disappearance on the eve of World War I.
Tras el cruento ciclo de batallas en torno a Madrid que se sucedieron durante el primer invierno de la Guerra Civil española, parecería que la lucha en los flancos de la capital se había extinguido.
Pedro Felipe Ramírez es un testigo invaluable de los procesos políticos y sociales de Chile en los últimos cincuenta años y esa prerrogativa de excepción le otorga a este libro un significado de documento histórico para la mejor comprensión de nuestro pasado.
Deutschland, Anfang der 1930er-Jahre: Herbert Kalmann, Sohn einer jüdischen Kaufmanns- und Unternehmerfamilie in Sachsen, erlebt als Kind, wie sich der Alltag mit dem Vordringen des Nationalsozialismus Schritt für Schritt verändert.
El Estado del bienestar europeo, en su más amplio sentido y con las múltiples diferencias y particularidades nacionales que podamos señalar, puede ser considerado el principal mecanismo de identidad europea.
Dieses eBook: "Reisen eines Deutschen in Italien in den Jahren 1786 bis 1788" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.
DESCUBRE A LA VERDADERA MUJER MAS ALLA DEL MITOArtistas, escritores e historiadores han difundido a lo largo del tiempo una imagen de Cleopatra que bebe del retrato forjado por su adversario, Augusto.
An illuminating biographical study of the eighteenth-century English man of letters and patron of the artsHorace Walpole (1717-1797) was a collector, printer, novelist, arbiter of taste, and renowned writer of letters.
The Twelve Caesars is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.
