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The Rothschilds by Frederic Morton
epub |eng | 2014-10-20 | Author:Frederic Morton

(c) Country Squires Lionel’s house at 148 Piccadilly was not the only Rothschild residence in the neighborhood where a prime minister could get a good dinner. At 143 Piccadilly, Ferdinand ...
( Category: Business March 21,2016 )
Their Promised Land: My Grandparents in Love and War by Ian Buruma
mobi, epub |eng | 2016-01-19 | Author:Ian Buruma

Left to right: Hilary, John, Win, Susan, Wendy, and Roger One man who understood this perfectly was Bernard’s closest friend, Basil William Sholto Mackenzie, who succeeded his father in 1942 ...
( Category: Great Britain March 21,2016 )
The American President by Leuchtenburg William E
epub |eng | 2015-11-18 | Author:Leuchtenburg, William E.

“And”—Johnson broke off his sentence for a moment; then, raising his arms, resumed—“we shall overcome.” His biographer Robert Dallek has described the response by the members of Congress and the ...
( Category: United States March 20,2016 )
Panzer Operations: Germany's Panzer Group 3 During the Invasion of Russia, 1941 by Hermann Hoth
epub |eng | 2016-03-17 | Author:Hermann Hoth [Hoth, Hermann]

RUSSIAN RELIEF ATTACKS AGAINST THE EASTERN AND NORTHERN FRONTS OF PANZER GROUP 3, 18-27 JULY (MAPS 12 AND 13) As cover against the eastern and northern sides of the Smolensk ...
( Category: Russia March 19,2016 )
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 )
The Lonely City by Olivia Laing
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Olivia Laing

It was hard to square that statement with the things I’d seen: folder after folder attesting to creative decisions, to choices made and problems solved, though if I’d never read ...
( Category: Great Britain March 17,2016 )
Capital Dames by Cokie Roberts
epub |eng | 2015-03-25 | Author:Cokie Roberts

AFTER THE 1856 campaign, when the first nominee of the Republican Party, the dashing explorer John C. Frémont and his alluring wife Jessie garnered such enthusiastic public attention, the couple ...
( Category: United States 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 )
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 )
Chiang Kai-Shek by Emily Hahn
epub |eng | | Author:Emily Hahn

10 STILWELL VS. CHENNAULT 1941–43 Chiang now embarked on a new sort of life, heavily involved with foreigners. He held diplomatic discussions with the leaders of the United Nations, and ...
( Category: China March 14,2016 )
The Soong Sisters by Emily Hahn
epub |eng | 1940-12-31 | Author:Emily Hahn

CHAPTER XVII Eling Gets a Taste of Public Life In may 1931 the group of dissatisfied leaders in Canton interrupted the people’s convention that was being held at Nanking with ...
( Category: China March 14,2016 )
Village of Secrets by Caroline Moorehead
epub |eng | 2015-08-23 | Author:Caroline Moorehead

CHAPTER ELEVEN An unknown and unknowable oblivion It was not only on the plateau, but across the whole of France, that the mood was changing. The early spring of 1943 ...
( Category: Europe March 14,2016 )
Unforgivable Blackness by Geoffrey C. Ward
epub |eng | 2010-08-03 | Author:Geoffrey C. Ward [Ward, Geoffrey C.]

The Christmas holidays in 1909 had been marked by chaos, as Hattie McClay, Belle Schreiber, and Etta Duryea all found themselves at Tiny Johnson’s home at the same time. Christmas ...
( Category: Boxing March 14,2016 )
Almost a Great Escape by Tyler Trafford
epub |eng | 2013-03-06 | Author:Tyler Trafford

LETTERS PRIDE AND PREJUDICE August 30, 1943 Dearest, It is exactly two months three days since I received a letter from you, & I am at a loss as to ...
( Category: Rich & Famous March 14,2016 )
The Way Of The West by Elmer Kelton
epub |eng | 2008-03-13 | Author:Elmer Kelton [Kelton, Elmer]

X With no expression, Marshal Anthony advised him that a wagon was waiting to take him to Waco where he would be held for trial. Dane told him to plan ...
( Category: Historical March 14,2016 )

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