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Camelot's Court by Robert Dallek
epub |eng | 2013-03-10 | Author:Robert Dallek

Kennedy did not dispute the failure to do big things at home. But for the time being, he felt that foreign dangers still had to command his primary attention. And ...
( Category: Executive Branch March 25,2016 )
Political Animal by David Marr
epub |eng, eng | 2013-03-18 | Author:David Marr

We can’t stop people drinking, we can’t stop people gambling, we can’t stop people having substance problems, we can’t stop people from making mistakes … Under Abbott, the unemployed had ...
( Category: Public Affairs & Administration March 24,2016 )
The Romanovs by Simon Sebag Montefiore
epub |eng | | Author:Simon Sebag Montefiore

SCENE 2 Liberator CAST ALEXANDER II, emperor 1855–81, son of Nicholas I and Alexandra Fyodorovna Maria Alexandrovna (née Princess Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt), empress, ‘Marie’ Alexandra, their eldest daughter, ‘Lina’ Nikolai, ...
( Category: European March 24,2016 )
Titans of History by Simon Sebag Montefiore
epub |eng | 2013-03-23 | Author:Simon Sebag Montefiore [Montefiore, Simon Sebag]

JANE AUSTEN 1775–1817 Like Shakespeare, she took, as it were, the common dross of humanity, and by her wonderful power of literary alchemy, turned it into pure gold. Yet she ...
( Category: Historical March 24,2016 )
A Nervous Splendor: Vienna 1888-1889 by Frederic Morton
epub, pdf |eng | 2014-10-19 | Author:Frederic Morton [Morton, Frederic]

* * * * See Chapter 7 Chapter 17 A difficult duty, of the Crown Prince is to keep silent, when the lowest subject of the state is free to ...
( Category: Royalty March 21,2016 )
Fight Another Day by J M Langley
epub |eng | 2013-08-16 | Author:J M Langley

I made a point of meeting Colonel Norman Crockatt, later Brigadier, commanding MI 9 a few days later. As a young officer, serving with the Royal Scots Fusiliers, he had ...
( Category: World War II March 20,2016 )
The Lost Tudor Princess by Alison Weir
epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 2016-01-11 | Author:Alison Weir

On the 27th, to gratify the Queen, Lennox went through a ceremony of reconciliation with Châtelherault, his old foe, although their enmity would continue to simmer. Randolph reported on November ...
( Category: Great Britain March 19,2016 )
George and Marina: Duke and Duchess of Kent by Christopher Warwick
epub |eng | 2016-01-02 | Author:Christopher Warwick [Warwick, Christopher]

Chapter Ten YEAR OF THE THREE KINGS Since the death of Queen Mary’s colourfully engaging, if maverick brother, ‘Frank’, Prince Francis of Teck, in 1910 royal wills have always been ...
( Category: Royalty March 17,2016 )
Duel With the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery by Paul Collins
epub |eng | 2013-06-04 | Author:Paul Collins [Collins, Paul]

AARON BURR WAS NOT IMPRESSED BY THE CASE AGAINST HIS client. “Gentlemen of the jury,” he began, as he arose and solemnly paced the packed courtroom. “I know the unexampled ...
( Category: Revolution & Founding March 15,2016 )
The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe by Elaine Showalter
epub |eng | | Author:Elaine Showalter

THE CIVIL WAR The 1860s were the ten most momentous years of Julia’s life. In 1860, she was forty-one years old. She had given birth to her sixth child, but ...
( Category: American Civil War March 14,2016 )
They Called Him Stonewall by Davis Burke;
epub |eng | | Author:Davis, Burke;

14 SEVEN BLOODY DAYS AT AN END Jackson was once more out early, on July first, moving with such alacrity as to suggest that yesterday had been only a nightmare. ...
( Category: American Civil War March 14,2016 )
Mahabharata in Polyester by McDonald Hamish
epub |eng | 2010-09-12 | Author:McDonald, Hamish

13 Murder medley Since March 1987 the tables had been turned against Nusli Wadia and the Indian Express, both beleaguered on many fronts. Ramnath Goenka’s health was failing, and the ...
( Category: Rich & Famous March 14,2016 )
War of Words by McDonald Hamish
epub |ara | 2014-03-11 | Author:McDonald, Hamish

Chapter 12 ISLAND FORTRESS Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt. — The Art of War by Sun Tzu Hong ...
( Category: World War I March 14,2016 )
Seasons' End by North Will
epub, mobi |eng | 2016-02-16 | Author:North, Will [North, Will]

*** YOUNG ADAM WANDERED along the beach beyond the boat ramp to the place where the sand gave way to crushed oyster shells he’d learned were ancient remnants from before ...
( Category: Family Life March 14,2016 )
John Kennedy by Burns James MacGregor;
epub |eng | | Author:Burns, James MacGregor;

“Profiles in Courage” Once Kennedy was out of immediate danger from his operation, his aides began to worry about his mental state. How would he take this prolonged inaction? They ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 14,2016 )

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