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No dia 7 de junho de 1640 rebenta em Barcelona a «Revolta da Catalunha». O rei Filipe IV de Castela foca a sua atenção e os seus esforços naquela província do……続きを見る

Long neglected by European historians, the unspeakable atrocities of Franco’s Spain are finally brought to tragic light in this definitive work. Evoking such classics as Anne Applebaum’s Gulag and R……続きを見る

General Thiébault was always destined for a career in the military: his father was a professor in the military school in Berlin and a friend of Frederick the Great. Having started as a volunteer in ……続きを見る

General Thiébault was always destined for a career in the military: his father was a professor in the military school in Berlin and a friend of Frederick the Great. Having started as a volunteer in ……続きを見る

Original Narratives of Early American History Spanish Explorers in the Southern United States 1528-1543. This edition features a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS THE NARRATIVE OF ALVA……続きを見る

La obra profundiza en lugares sucesos muertos y combates producidos durante las penetraciones guerrilleras de 1944-45 mediante relatos cargados de aventuras e ilusiones miserias y tragedias document……続きを見る

In the mid-1800s, Spain experienced economic growth, political stabilization, and military revival, and the country began to sense that it again could be a great global power. In addition to its des……続きを見る

“If I had had two Marshals like Suchet I should not only have conquered Spain, but have kept it." This was the measured and just opinion of Marshal Suchet. Out of the graveyard for reputation that S……続きを見る

Ao voltarem de uma noite de diversão, dois amigos deparam-se com um moribundo, ao tentarem socorrê-lo acabam por se verem acusados da morte do infeliz. São julgados e condenados à pena de morte. Mas……続きを見る

Amongst the many memoirs of the Napoleonic period, there are a number that stand out not just for their historical value, but also for their actual written style; however, in this sense Lejeune stan……続きを見る

The 29th Bulletin of the Grand Armée of the French Empire arrived in the heart of Paris on the 16th of December 1812, causing an uproar and consternation. Napoleon admitted that he had lost huge num……続きを見る

Perhaps the most famous of all Napoleonic memoirs to be written in any language are those written by Marbot. They stand in a league of their own. Napoleon, himself left a donation of 100,000 to him,……続きを見る

Waterloo Illustration Pack – 14 maps/battle plans, 18 portraits of the personalities engaged, 10 illustrations. Of the many commentators of Napoleon and his campaigns, few if any have as much ground……続きを見る

This edition features a linked Table of Contents. CONTENTS Lessons of the War with Spain, 1898. McClure's Magazine, December, 1898-April, 1899. Introductory: Comprehension of Military and Naval Matt……続きを見る

With startling speed, Spanish conquistadors invaded hundreds of Native American kingdoms, took over the mighty empires of the Aztecs and Incas, and initiated an unprecedented redistribution of the w……続きを見る

2 works of Bartolomé de las Casas 16th-century Spanish historian, social reformer and Dominican friar (1484-1566) This ebook presents a collection of 2 works of Bartolomé de las Cas……続きを見る

Many know of the French army that marched under Napoleon’s eagles to triumph after triumph before the Emperor’s last gamble failed at Waterloo. However, the army that drove the French all the way to……続きを見る

The cannonade of Valmy (1792) ranks as one of the most significant battles of all time for its strategic results: the defeat of the Prussian invasion heralded the beginning of the French Republic. A……続きを見る

« L'Italie en 1800, le sacre, le siège Dantzig, le bataille de Friedland, le guerre d'Espagne, La campagne de Allemagne en 1809, La Russie, la chute de l'Empire constituent les principaux épisodes d……続きを見る

The Akhbār majmū‘a, or 'Collected Accounts', deal with the Muslim conquest of the Iberian peninsula in 711 and subsequent events in al-Andalus, down to and including the reign of ‘Abd al-Rahmān III ……続きを見る

William Napier, was born in Dublin in 1785, one of a number of brothers who entered the British army and excelled in the service although it is his History of the War in the Peninsular that he is mo……続きを見る

Baron von Müffling was an eye-witness to some of the most decisive events of the Napoleonic Wars, born into a noble family he went into the Prussian service, and saw action in the early campaigns of……続きを見る

A fascinating collection of British foreign policy documents covering reactions in Whitehall to political change and revolution in the Mediterranean basin from 1973 to 1976. This volume contains man……続きを見る

Educated from a young age for the military profession of arms, John Blakiston was sent to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, becoming an Engineer assigned to East India Company army. Thereafter……続きを見る

This ebook is an updated and fully revised version of the author's popular printed book - Footsteps through the City of Malaga. In Part 1 the ebook guides readers along three circular walks within t……続きを見る

PROEMIO. Quanto é arriscado escrever feitos gloriosos de homens, que ainda vivem! Não só os seus inimigos, mas tambem os feridos do orgulho, ou da inveja, saírão a vociferar contra a mesma evidencia……続きを見る

Earl St. Vincent was not only an excellent administrator, a fine sailor and undaunted defender of the Royal Navy. He was also eclipsed in the tomes of history by his more famous protégé, Lord Nelson……続きを見る

On August 4, 1578, in an ill-conceived attempt to wrest Morocco back from the hands of the infidel Moors, King Sebastian of Portugal led his troops to slaughter and was himself slain. Sixteen years ……続きを見る

Amongst the many memoirs of the Napoleonic period, there are a number that stand out not just for their historical value, but also for their actual written style, however in this sense Lejeune stand……続きを見る

Escrito em 1915, com o intuito de colmatar uma lacuna na divulgação da biografia de Nuno Álvares Pereira, este livrinho continua a ser uma interessante leitura para todos os que se interessem pelos ……続きを見る