Brian Moynahan: 4 books
Rasputin
The Saint Who Sinned
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012
Grigory Efimovich Rasputin came to St. Petersburg from his Siberian cabin in 1903 like a projectile from the medieval past, tattered, black-clad, muttering. By the time he was murdered thirteen years later, the peasant was the "beloved" Friend of Tsar Nicholas and Empress Alexandra and...
The Faith
A History of Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Beginning with the birth of Jesus and tracing the religion established by his followers up to the present day, The Faith is a comprehensive exploration of the history of Christianity. Judiciously covering all the signal moments without bogging down in minutia, author Brian Moynahan's superbly written...
Leningrad: Siege and Symphony
The Story of the Great City Terrorized by Stalin, Starved by Hitler, Immortalized by Shostakovich
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
The “gripping story” of a Nazi blockade, a Russian composer, and a ragtag band of musicians who fought to keep up a besieged city’s morale (The New York Times Book Review).
For 872 days during World War II, the German Army encircled the city of Leningrad—modern-day St. Petersburg—in...
God's Bestseller
William Tyndale, Thomas More, and the Writing of the English Bible--A Story of Martyrdom and Betrayal
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
The English Bible--the most familiar book in our language--is the product of a man who was exiled, vilified, betrayed, then strangled, then burnt.
William Tyndale left England in 1524 to translate the word of God into English. This was heresy, punishable by death. Sir Thomas More, hailed as...