SOMAN - Historical 1

"Warwick, the Kingmaker" by Charles Oman Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, known as Warwick the Kingmaker, was an English nobleman, administrator, and military commander. Warwick fought for the……続きを見る

Con quale stato d’animo affrontarono, i Mussolini, il destino che li aveva scaraventati dai privilegi del Ventennio alle difficilissime condizioni successive? Quali sentimenti li animarono, quali ra……続きを見る

Originally published in 1891. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 THE DAYS OF THE KINGMAKER Chapter 2 THE HOUSE OF NEVILLE Chapter 3 RICHARD OF SALISBURY Chapter 4 THE KINGMAKER'S YOUTH Chapter 5 THE CAUSE ……続きを見る

In 'Warwick, the Kingmaker' by Charles Oman, readers are taken on a journey through the tumultuous War of the Roses. The book is rich in historical detail and offers a detailed account of the life a……続きを見る

AT 10.45 IN THE morning of June 28th, 1914, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the nephew and heir of the Emperor Francis Joseph, and his consort, Sophia, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated in the s……続きを見る

From the end of the Second Punic War down to the time of the Gracchi, Roman history is very monotonous and uninteresting to the reader. It is little more than the record of the haphazard building up……続きを見る

OF all the great men of action who since the Conquest have guided the course of English policy, it is probable that none is less known to the reader of history than Richard Neville Earl of Warwick a……続きを見る

THERE WAS A TIME, NOT so very long ago, when the taunt was true that history was written as if it were a mere string of anecdotal biographies of great men. But for the last forty years the pendulum ……続きを見る