Ralph Turner: 9 books

Death comes in many forms: drugs, alcohol, abuse, anger, prostitution, cancer. And life can overcome them all. “Linda’s exciting story is what transformation looks like. Read it and remember that God is still changing lives in the world today.” Joel Edwards “This page-turner will affect...

This new history is the first to tell the story of Magna Carta ‘through the ages’. No other general work traces its continuing importance in England’s political consciousness.  Many books have examined the circumstances surrounding King John’s grant of Magna Carta in 1215. Very few trace...

Before his death in 1216, King John's desperate exploitation of his subjects for ever more money had turned him into the mythical monster of Hollywood legend. In contrast to his brother Richard, he appeared incompetent in battle, failing to defend Normandy (1202–04), and was unsuccessful in recovering...

Eleanor of Aquitaine’s extraordinary life seems more likely to be found in the pages of fiction. Proud daughter of a distinguished French dynasty, she married the king of France, Louis VII, then the king of England, Henry II, and gave birth to two sons who rose to take the English throne—Richard...

Keine Königin des Mittelalters war so mächtig, so berühmt und zugleich so berüchtigt wie Eleonore von Aquitanien (1124–1204). Sie war erst Königin von Frankreich, dann Königin von England, Gefangene ihres eigenen Ehemanns und Verbündete ihrer Söhne im Kampf gegen den Vater, nicht zuletzt...

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Volume 51 contains a total of 60 lectures covering 12 topics: History Poetry Natural Science Philosophy Biography Prose Fiction Criticism and the Essay Education Political Science Drama Voyages and Travels Religion

Combining the efforts of sociologists and psychologists, this work, originally published in 1952 and revised in 1966, embraces these two disciplines to show how social-psychological problems must be viewed in individual as well as general terms. Human interaction is, therefore, the main theme of this...

Voici l’ouvrage le plus réussi sur la reine par la rigueur de son érudition, par l’ouverture de ses questionnements et par la qualité de son écriture. L’un de ses points forts est de dégager le noyau biographique de ses excroissances romanesques, tant l’image d’Aliénor a été déformée,...