19th Century 92

Like his mother Queen Victoria, Edward VII defined an era. Both reflected the personalties of their central figures: hers grand, imperial and pretty stiff; his no less grand, but much more relaxed a……続きを見る

 No one is satisfied with an incomplete story. The very meagre and inconsistent accounts of the adventures of Sylvia and Rachel Hall (familiarly known as the “Hall girls”) heretofore published,……続きを見る

Frontier Democracy examines the debates over state constitutions in the antebellum Northwest (Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) from the 1820s through the 1850s. Thi……続きを見る

Que s'est-il réellement passé à Sainte-Hélène ? Napoléon a-t-il été empoisonné et par qui ? Depuis des années la controverse fait rage. Or, voici que, miraculeusement, François de Candé-Montholon, d……続きを見る

The General Idea of the Revolution in the Nineteenth Century is one of the classics of anarchist literature.[1] Written in the aftermath of the 1848 French Revolution, it sets forth a libertarian al……続きを見る

L'histoire de Joseph Serrant débute dans l'époque troublée de la Révolution pour s'achever dans le morne conformisme de la Restauration. Cordonnier à Saint-Pierre, il s'active dans le Club des jeune……続きを見る

From the author of Mind and Matter, an intimate portrait of Louisa Catherine Adams, the wife of John Quincy Adams, who witnessed firsthand the greatest transformations of her time Born in London to ……続きを見る

Award-winning Claire Tomalin, author of A Life of My Own, sets the standard for sophisticated and popular biography, having written lives of Jane Austen, Samuel Pepys, and Thomas Hardy, among others……続きを見る

"An engrossing and tautly written account of a critical chapter in American history." ーLos Angeles Times Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In the Hurricane's Eye, Pulitzer Prize finalist Mayflower, an……続きを見る

From the New York Times–bestselling author of The Secret Rooms, the extraordinary true story of the downfall of one of England’s wealthiest families Fans of Downton Abbey now have a go-to resource f……続きを見る

“Another blockbuster! Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates reads like an edge-of-your-seat, page-turning thriller. You will love this book and also wonder why so few people know this story. No o……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Der 14. Dezember (Historischer Roman)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Dmitri Sergejewitsch Mereschkowsk……続きを見る

A bestselling historian examines the life of a Founding Father. Renowned historian and social commentator Garry Wills takes a fresh look at the life of James Madison, from his rise to prominence in ……続きを見る

William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (February 26, 1846 – January 10, 1917) was an American scout, bison hunter, and showman. He was born in Le Claire, Iowa Territory (now the U.S. state of Iowa), ……続きを見る

Breve ma completo trattato sulla storia dell’esercito del papa, si focalizza soprattutto agli ultimi anni della sua esistenza, quelli vissuti durante il Risorgimento italiano dal 1818 al 20 settembr……続きを見る

Reprinted in its entirety, is the fascinating tale of jealous rivalry for the affections of the beautiful socialite, (Lucy) Bessie Hale ー her suitors being none other than John Wilkes Booth and Rob……続きを見る

On December 29, 1890, the U.S. Seventh Cavalry killed more than two hundred Lakota Ghost Dancers- including men, women, and children-at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota. After the work of death ceas……続きを見る

Winner, ISHS Superior Achievement Award for a Scholarly Publication, 2016 In 1820 the Missouri controversy erupted over the issue of slavery in the newly acquired lands of the Louisiana Purchase. It……続きを見る

In the history of European revolutions, the barricade stands as a glorious emblem. Its symbolic importance arises principally from the barricades of Eric Hazan's native Paris, where they were instru……続きを見る

Digging mineral wealth from the ground dates to prehistoric times, and Europeans pursued mining in the Americas from the earliest colonial days. Prior to the Civil War, little mining was deep enough……続きを見る

America’s current "war on drugs" is not the nation’s first. In the mid-nineteenth century, opium-smoking was decried as a major social and public health problem, especially in the West. Although Chi……続きを見る

The image of Old West saloons as sites of violence and raucous entertainment has been perpetuated by film and legend, but the true story of such establishments is far more complex. In Boomtown Saloo……続きを見る

**The Lost Hero of Cape Cod tells the story of an extraordinary nineteenth-century mariner… and of a morale-boosting victory for the young United States over Britain in the commercial battle that br……続きを見る

In mid-nineteenth-century Mexico, garrisons, town councils, state legislatures, and an array of political actors, groups, and communities began aggressively petitioning the government at both local ……続きを見る

In 1876 Lakota and Cheyenne warriors annihilated Custer’s Seventh Cavalry at Little Bighorn. Three years later and half a world away, a British force was wiped out by Zulu warriors at Isandhlwana in……続きを見る

Ireland’s Great Famine of 1845–52 was among the most devastating food crises in modern history. A country of some eight-and-a-half-million people lost one million to hunger and disease and another m……続きを見る

The Populist Movement was the largest mass movement for political and economic change in the history of the American South until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. The Populist Moveme……続きを見る

From the author of What This Cruel War Was Over, a vivid portrait of the Union army’s escaped-slave refugee camps and how they shaped the course of emancipation and citizenship in the United States.……続きを見る

Extrait : Madame Bergeret quitta la maison conjugale, ainsi qu’elle l’avait annoncé, et se retira chez madame veuve Pouilly, sa mère. Au dernier moment, elle avait pensé ne point partir. Pour peu qu……続きを見る

Extrait : M. Bergeret était à table et prenait son repas modique du soir ; Riquet était couché à ses pieds sur un coussin de tapisserie. Riquet avait l’âme religieuse et rendait à l’homme des honneu……続きを見る