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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. Charles Dickens remains – 200 years after his birth – arguably Britain’s most successful writer. Works such as Great Expectations and Oliver Tw……続きを見る

Born in Germany in 1936, three year old Susi Bechhofer and her twin sister Lotte were among thousands of children evacuated on the now famous Kindertransport as the country fell into the cruel grip ……続きを見る

Remembered today as an early cartographer and prolific religious artist, don Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco (1713–1785) engaged during his lifetime in a surprising array of other pursuits: engineer and……続きを見る

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • “Colonel Roosevelt is compelling reading, and [Edmund] Morris is a brilliant biographer who practices his art at the highest level. . . . ……続きを見る

This book traces the history of one of the quixotic figures who had occupied the Mughal throne in Hindustan. His character is to be gleaned from his actions, which have been described at full length……続きを見る

Sypnosis This is the true story of the tragic life of Okichi Saito who became the pawn to placate Townsend Harris, the first American Consul to Japan in the turbulent mid 1800's . This poignant stor……続きを見る

A NARRATIVE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE PARTICULARS IN THE LIFE OF UKAWSAW GRONNIOSAW is the earliest published autobiography of an African and former slave published in Britain. Born in modern-day Niger……続きを見る

A Gentleman of Substance covers the remarkable life of John Redpath. Born to humble circumstances in Scotland in 1796, he emigrated to Canada in 1816 to become a stonemason in Montreal. By 1818 he h……続きを見る

The most evil woman in history? A pawn of her powerful family? A skilled ruler and a generous patron of the arts? Once described as the 'greatest whore there ever was in Rome', Lucrezia Borgia has c……続きを見る

No name in the annals of the Civil War conjures a more romantic and awe-inspiring image than that of Confederate Colonel John Singleton Mosby of Virginia. The epitome of the Southern cavalier, Colon……続きを見る

The SBS was first into battle a month before the SAS in the Falklands War and again in the Gulf War, yet hitherto it is the SAS that has had by far the higher profile. The SBS draws its manpower sol……続きを見る

According to Wikipedia: "Richard II (6 January 1367 c. 14 February 1400) was the eighth King of England of the House of Plantagenet and the last of that house's main-line kings. He ruled from 1377 u……続きを見る

O castelo de Highclere, em Hampshire, na Inglaterra, é cenário principal da aclamada série de televisão Downton Abbey, vencedora de prêmios como o Emmy e o Globo de Ouro. Na vida real, durante as pr……続きを見る

General Sir Richard Dannatt's distinguished career in the army has spanned thirty-eight years and seen him serve in many different theatres of conflict, from Northern Ireland (where he was awarded t……続きを見る

The first full-length portrait of the marriage of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln in more than fifty years, The Lincolns is a fascinating new work of American history by Daniel Mark Epstein, an award-……続きを見る

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They exploded onto the national political scene in 2004 and within four years captured the ultimate prize. In so doing, they became a First Couple like no other: he the biracial son of a free-spirit……続きを見る

The true story of forbidden love in eighteenth-century Venice between an Italian noble and the brilliant, illegitimate daughter of an English baronet. In 1754 Andrea Memmo, the dashing and gifted sc……続きを見る

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER I. ROGER LE BRABANCON. CHAPTER II. ROBERT TRESILIAN. CHAPTER III. THOMAS BILLING. CHAPTER IV. JOHN FITZJAMES. CHAPTER V. THOMAS FLEMING. CHAPTER VI. NICHOLAS HYDE. CHA……続きを見る

VOLUME FIVE OF SPIKE MILLIGAN'S LEGENDARY MEMOIRS IS A HILARIOUS, SUBVERSIVE FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF WW2 'The Godfather of Alternative Comedy' Eddie Izzard ______________ 'Back to those haunting days ……続きを見る

Exploding pressure cookers, a thwarted wife's deadly revenge and transvestites in distress - manning an ambulance in the seventies kept you on your toes. Having survived the rites of passage as a pr……続きを見る

Glendale, California. 1927. The family gathers around the table as father carves a roast duck while making a thrilling announcement that shortly we'll be moving into a fabulous new house. Then histo……続きを見る

'Ellen: a woman of spirit' by Noelene Allen is the extraordinary true story of a woman whose life journey is told in this long awaited book with sympathy, compassion and above all honesty. The reade……続きを見る

A true story about a German soldier who endured the extreme conditions of the Gulag system in Siberia after the Second World War. These are his recollections and memories, written shortly after his ……続きを見る

From a dedicated chronicler of the Vietnam War comes a vivid, insightful, grunt-level campaign history set against the backdrop of the troop withdrawal and the upheavals in American society. “The so……続きを見る

*Includes pictures of Vlad and important people and places in his life. *Includes historical accounts that describe Vlad the Impaler and his notorious rule.*Discusses the authenticity of the account……続きを見る

A gripping account of both an individual caught on the horns of an excruciating moral dilemma and a continent at a turning point. When Michela Wrong's Kenyan friend John Githongo appeared one cold F……続きを見る

*Includes pictures of Wild Bill and important people, places, and events in his life.*Discusses Wild Bill's most famous shootouts and his murder, explaining what's fact and what's legend.*Includes a……続きを見る

As the Confederacy felt itself slipping beneath the Union juggernaut in late 1864, the South launched a desperate counteroffensive to shatter the U.S. economy and force a standoff. Its secret weapon……続きを見る

A major biography of the man who, more than any other, made the twentieth century. Written by an author of great repute. The history of the 20th century is Marx's legacy. Not since Jesus Christ has ……続きを見る