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Drawing on unique sources, Michael Bloch describes the career of the Duke of Windsor during the Second World War.As a military liaison officer in France during 1939-40, he issued warnings which, had they been heeded, might have avoided the defeat of France;as Governor of the Bahamas 1940-45, he succeeded...

More than 3,000 years ago, King Tutankhamun’s desiccated body was lovingly wrapped and sent into the future as an immortal god. After resting undisturbed for more than three millennia, King Tut’s mummy was suddenly awakened in 1922. Archaeologist Howard Carter had discovered the boy-king’s tomb,...

No English king is more famous-or infamous! than Henry VIII, popularly celebrated as the formidable and arrogant figure portrayed by Hans Holbein the Younger, the early Tudor stud who clocked up no fewer than six wives and the proto-nationalist/imperialist ruler who sent the pope packing and inaugurated...

This edition features a linked Table of Contents. CONTENTS VOLUME I 1782. The Close of Lord North's Administration — The Second Rockingham Cabinet — Mr. Thomas Grenville's Mission to Paris — The Shelburne Administration — Lord Temple Appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland — Irish Affairs. 1783....

Elizabeth I is perhaps England's most famous monarch. Born in 1533, the product of the doomed marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth was heir to her father's title, then disinherited and finally imprisoned by her half sister Mary. But in 1558, on Mary's death, she ascended the throne and...

It is generally accepted as a historical fact that Julius Caesar suffered from epilepsy, an illness which in classical times was sometimes associated with divinely bestowed genius. The ancient sources describe several episodes when, sometimes at critical junctures, one of the most famous military...

His victories have become the touchstone of English nationalism, militarism and imperialism. He was a military genius, yet his megalomania was not in the best interests of his kingdom, let alone the people of France who suffered at his hands. This engaging biography rejects the jingoistic approach to one of England's most renowned military heroes.

Bluebeard is a fast paced, well-written story documenting the history behind the reign of terror imposed on Europe by Gilles de Rais, the infamous Bluebeard. The author brings the reader into the castles, pageants, battles and dungeons of medieval Europe to explore the enigma that was the life of...

Foremost medieval historian Anne Curry offers a new reinterpretation of Henry V and the battle that defined his kingship: Agincourt Henry V's invasion of France, in August 1415, represented a huge gamble. As heir to the throne, he had been a failure, cast into the political wilderness amid...

Henry VIII's forceful personality dominated his age and continues to fascinate our own. In few other reigns have there been developments of such magnitude—in politics, foreign relations, religion, and society—that have so radically affected succeeding generations. Above all the English Reformation...

In exploring Royal dynamics, Inheritance sheds light on problems found in any familyOn its first publication in the 1990s, Dennis Friedman's Inheritance caused a furor in England as he traced the many problems of the Royal family as it was then back to Queen Victoria's nursery, unveiling a host...

神應許我們各樣的福氣，都已經記載在聖經當中，從屬世的福氣到天國的永生，神也一再強調，只要我們專心倚靠、追求，這些都會加給我們，因為尋找就會尋見，叩門就會開門。只是，時間考驗著我們的信心，讓等待成為煎熬。

Diese Ausgabe von "Elisabeth von England" wurde mit einem funktionalen Layout erstellt und sorgfältig formatiert. Elisabeth I., eigentlich Elizabeth Tudor, auch bekannt unter dem Namen The Virgin Queen oder The Maiden Queen (""Die jungfräuliche Königin""), (1533-1603),...