Cornwall - History 1

The wealth of Tudor England was the object of much envy to less fortunate states in Europe. The main preoccupation of Tudor governments was to siphon a proper proportion of this wealth from the hand……続きを見る

"The Highlands of Ethiopia Vol. Three" by Sir William Cornwallis Harris is an enthralling travelogue that chronicles Harris's intrepid exploration of Ethiopia's breathtaking Highlands. As a genre, i……続きを見る

"The Highlands of Ethiopia Vol. two" by Sir William Cornwallis Harris is an enthralling travelogue that chronicles Harris's intrepid exploration of Ethiopia's breathtaking Highlands. As a genre, it ……続きを見る

"The Highlands of Ethiopia Vol. One" by Sir William Cornwallis Harris is an enthralling travelogue that chronicles Harris's intrepid exploration of Ethiopia's breathtaking Highlands. As a genre, it ……続きを見る

Far back in the world’s history a fracture of the earth’s crust took place in the region which is now Egypt, and the sea filled the valley as far as a point not much north of Assouan. Into this fior……続きを見る

The idea of the long eighteenth century (1660-1832) as a period in which religious and political dissent were regarded as antecedents of the Enlightenment has recently been advanced by several schol……続きを見る

This book, first published in 1977, looks at the two peasant revolts that occurred in 1549, in the troubled period following the death of Henry VIII. The uprisings reveal a harsh background of econo……続きを見る

I am, I believe, nearly the only man now surviving who knew much of the excellent "Elia." Assuredly I knew him more intimately than any other existing person, during the last seventeen or eighteen y……続きを見る

For over 20 years, the Greyhound of the Seas, the Cunard Liner "Mauretania" held the record for the fastest Transatlantic crossing. Much loved and admired, after two decades as the pinnacle of ocean……続きを見る