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The People of the Abyss
mobi |eng | 1999-03-01 | Author:Jack London

( Category: Communism & Socialism February 9,2015 )
Panzer Leader by Heinz Guderian
mobi, azw3 |eng | 2009-08-05 | Author:Heinz Guderian

I spent December 24th visiting a number of hospitals to see the Christmas festivities. I was able to bring a little good cheer to many a brave soldier. But it ...
( Category: World War II February 6,2015 )
Not I by Joachim C. Fest
epub |eng | 2014-02-10 | Author:Joachim C. Fest [Fest, Joachim C.]

Father Johannes Wittenbrink, a neighbor and friend of the family, in a photo taken in the 1950s Around this time, I decided on my future profession. In Greek class Dr. ...
( Category: Germany February 6,2015 )
Van Gogh: A Power Seething (Icons) by Julian Bell
epub, azw3 |eng | 2015-01-05 | Author:Julian Bell [Bell, Julian]

Towards the end of his busy summer tangling with pointillism in Asnières, Vincent had met up again with Émile Bernard, whose parents had a house there.36 The brainy ex-Cormon student ...
( Category: Artists, Architects & Photographers February 3,2015 )
Magnifico by Miles J. Unger
epub |eng | 2008-07-27 | Author:Miles J. Unger [Unger, Miles J.]

Despite signs of impending trouble, Lorenzo did not seem entirely displeased with the new state of affairs. From the rubble of the old triple alliance had emerged a new confederation, ...
( Category: Italy January 29,2015 )
Cavalier by Worsley Lucy
epub |eng | 2008-12-20 | Author:Worsley, Lucy [Worsley, Lucy]

The two armies prepare for battle at Marston Moor They are drawn up on Marston Hill, beyond the road and ditch running east-west between the villages of Long Marston and ...
( Category: England January 29,2015 )
The Final Curtsey by Margaret Rhodes
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Margaret Rhodes [Margaret, Rhodes]

Our wedding Wedding day: Among this group are the King and Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Margaret, my parents and my mother-in-law The annulment hearing had been before an ...
( Category: Great Britain January 29,2015 )
Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr by Linda Porter
epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 2011-01-31 | Author:Linda Porter [Porter, Linda]

At first glance, this seems a curiously stilted effort. It is, nevertheless, very revealing, once the allowances for etiquette, formality of address and Elizabeth’s still imperfect grasp of the Italian ...
( Category: Great Britain January 29,2015 )
ELIZABETH AND ESSEX: a tragic history by Strachey Lytton
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-09-07 | Author:Strachey, Lytton [Strachey, Lytton]

With some unwillingness she allowed the fleet to make another attack upon Spain. But it was now too weak to effect a landing at Ferrol; it must do no more ...
( Category: England January 29,2015 )
Bonnie Prince Charlie: Charles Edward Stuart (Pimlico) by McLynn Frank
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-12-31 | Author:McLynn, Frank [McLynn, Frank]

24 A New Mistress (March–August 1748) THE POLITICAL SITUATION in early 1748 could hardly have been less promising for the prince. It was now certain that a general peace would ...
( Category: Great Britain January 29,2015 )
Wondrous Beauty: The Life and Adventures of Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte by Berkin Carol
epub |eng | 2014-02-11 | Author:Berkin, Carol [Berkin, Carol]

Chapter Eleven “That Was My American Wife” While the debacle of Bo’s proposed marriage played itself out, Betsy began a peripatetic life in Europe, dividing her time between Geneva, Florence, ...
( Category: State & Local January 29,2015 )
George Boleyn: Tudor Poet, Courtier & Diplomat by Ridgway Claire & Cherry Clare
epub |eng | 2014-04-24 | Author:Ridgway, Claire & Cherry, Clare [Ridgway, Claire]

17 - Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports During 1534 and 1535, and into 1536, the Boleyns maintained their strong position at court, and George Boleyn continued to be shown ...
( Category: Great Britain January 29,2015 )
Celestine by Gillian Tindall
epub |eng | | Author:Gillian Tindall

Chapter 12 In departing for Bourges, Ursin Chaumette was very much a figure of his time, though not necessarily a laudable one. In France as in England, the idea of ...
( Category: France January 29,2015 )
Mistress of the Vatican by Eleanor Herman
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | | Author:Eleanor Herman

Who says “lady” says harm. Who says “woman” says misfortune. Who says Olimpia Maidalchini Says lady, harm, ruin.12 On one occasion Pasquino quipped: “The Roman people are dying of hunger,” ...
( Category: Italy January 29,2015 )
The Queen: History in an Hour by Sinead Fitzgibbon
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Sinead Fitzgibbon [Fitzgibbon, Sinead]

Settling into a Routine Aside from the sometimes fractious relationship with Margaret, and in stark contrast to the beginning of her reign, the latter years of 1950s were relatively free ...
( Category: Great Britain January 18,2015 )

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