Spain & Portugal 8

Bastião Fernandes, um velho marinheiro da carreira da Índia, descreve ao jovem Gaspar Correia (o futuro compilador das "Lendas da Índia") como participou nos preparativos e na viagem de descobriment……続きを見る

« Mémoires du comte Belliard, lieutenant-général, pair de France écrits par lui-même, recueillis et mis en ordre par M. Vinet, l'un de ses aides-de-camp. Paris, Berguet et Petion, 1842, 3 vol. in-8°……続きを見る

Don Quixote is the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age in the Spanish literary canon. As a founding work of modern Western literature, it regularly appears high on lists ……続きを見る

No ano de 1505 o rei de Portugal, D. Manuel I, nomeia D. Francisco de Almeida como primeiro vice-rei da Índia. Na comitiva que acompanha o vice-rei encontra-se o seu filho, D. Lourenço……続きを見る

António Granjo foi um político português nascido em Chaves em 1881. Foi assassinado em Lisboa em 1921 por um movimento radical, na chamada «Noite Sangrenta» de 19 para 20 de outubro. Na sua carreira……続きを見る

A History of Spain: FOUNDED ON THE HISTORIA DE ESPAÑA Y DE LA CIVILIZACIÓN ESPAÑOLA OF RAFAEL ALTAMIRA. worked by Charles E. Chapman. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN THE UNIV……続きを見る

Waterloo Illustration Pack – 14 maps/battle plans, 18 portraits of the personalities engaged, 10 illustrations. John Codman Ropes was not only a lawyer of the first order, but also a military histor……続きを見る

Few of Napoleon’s Marshals have been involved in such controversy as the son of a cooper from Sarrelouis, Michel Ney. His reputation has been argued over fiercely by military historians, Bonapartist……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Index CONTENTS By Way of Introduction I. A General Survey II. Feudal FranceーIts People and Its Châteaux III. The PyreneesーThe……続きを見る

A powerful biography of Spain’s great king, Juan Carlos, by the pre-eminent writer on 20th-century Spanish history. There are two central mysteries in the life of Juan Carlos, one personal, the othe……続きを見る

INDICE Palavras de um soldado » Iー O movimento de 31 de Janeiro filia-se no «ultimatum» de 1890 » IIー O primeiro rebate do conflicto diplomatico anglo-portuguez » IIIー Serpa Pinto, á frente de 6.……続きを見る

J. T. Headley was born at the very end of the convulsive period of the French revolution and Napoleonic Wars that followed, and wrote a number of volumes on the French army and its leadership of the……続きを見る

Autobiographies come in many shapes and forms, particularly those of the military genre. In this two-volume work, Field-Marshal Wood charts his remarkable career from the Navy to the highest rank in……続きを見る

*Includes Cortés's Second Letter to Charles V, one of the most descriptive firsthand accounts of the Aztecs and Tenochtitlan.*Discusses the Aztec Empire, the city of Tenochtitlan, and the human sacr……続きを見る

Love, war, duty, faith, betrayal and belief – a revolutionary new view of the Spanish Civil War through the eyes and experiences of the women who endured it, by the greatest historian of Spain: ‘Pas……続きを見る

Louis Constant Wairy, mainly known as Constant through-out his life and as the author of his memoirs, was a man intimately connected to General Bonaparte and his wife Josephine Beauharnais, and late……続きを見る

Edward Costello enlisted into his local militia regiment in Ireland in 1806, and transferred, not without having a few adventures in his native Ireland, to the 95th Rifles. Not quite well drilled en……続きを見る

Dans cet ouvrage illustré de cartes et gravures anciennes, nous suivons avec le commandant Charcot, le parcours de ce marin et cartographe italien, convaincu qu’il existe des routes maritimes encore……続きを見る

Doña Juana de España nació princesa y murió reina aunque no gobernó ni un solo día. Esta narración histórica sucinta cuenta su vida desde la joven promesa a la mujer frustrada y profundamente enamor……続きを見る

Seeing a regiment of Dragoons process through Paris in 1800, Philippe de Ségur decided to join the French cavalry at the ripe old age of 19, swiftly becoming part of Napoleon’s headquarters staff. F……続きを見る

Colonel Jean Colin was the head of the historical section of the French General Staff for many years. He authored a number of books on the military history of the French Revolution, wars of Napoleon……続きを見る

A «mais velha profissão do mundo» faz parte da história de todos os povos, civilizações e culturas do mundo. Também a forma como esta atividade foi vista nas diversas épocas e culturas foi diversa, ……続きを見る

In Perfect Wives, Other Women Georgina Dopico Black examines the role played by women’s bodiesーspecifically the bodies of wivesーin Spain and Spanish America during the Inquisition. In her quest to……続きを見る

Field-Marshal Von der Goltz was one of the most widely read military authors of the late 19th century; his ideas and theories of the “Nation in Arms” were to be brought into practice during the Firs……続きを見る

Manuel Pinheiro Chagas, nascido em Lisboa em 1842 e falecido na mesma cidade em 1895, foi um fecundo escritor português que deixou obra em diversos estilos, sendo de destacar a ficção histórica de q……続きを見る

Numerous Irishmen joined the British army during the Napoleonic Wars, a great number distinguishing themselves in the heat of combat; a further few wrote memoirs or recollections such as the rogueis……続きを見る

He was only a Dutch tailor's apprentice, but from 1534 to 1535, Jan van Leyden led a radical sect of persecuted Anabaptists to repeated triumphs over the combined powers of church and state. Revered……続きを見る

After studying at St. George’s Hospital, the author was appointed assistant surgeon of the 2nd Life Guards and placed in charge of the service squadron’s that were to be posted to the Peninsular in ……続きを見る

From the acclaimed author of Warriors of God comes a riveting account of the pivotal events of 1492, when towering political ambitions, horrific religious excesses, and a drive toward international ……続きを見る

Sir Robert Ker Porter’s life was as varied and dramatic as his paintings. A noted author, artist, soldier and diplomat, he was born into a military family in Durham. After developing a reputation fo……続きを見る