epub |eng | 2008-02-15 | Author:Ambrose, Tom

12 THE ESTATES GENERAL ON 13 JULY 1788 France had experienced the most violent and sustained hailstorm in its history which devastated the most fertile land and ruined the harvest. ...

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epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Paul Collins [Collins, Paul]

On no point could he be made to retract or alter his claims. Ever. It was, he later revealed, a deliberate strategy: There was one maxim I could never be ...

epub |eng | 2016-12-14 | Author:Johanna Luthman; [Luthman, Johanna]

Finally, Buckingham received word from his spies that Frances was hiding out in a house adjacent to Cesare Allessandro Scaglia, the ambassador of the Duke of Savoy. In order to ...

epub |eng | 2013-03-15 | Author:John Gibney [John Gibney]

‘I want to get to Seán’s room,’ he said. ‘You can’t get to Seán’s room. Where is Seán and how do you want to get to his room?’ He produced ...

epub |eng | 2021-03-17 | Author:Tom Kettle, Mary Sheehy Kettle [Tom Kettle, Mary Sheehy Kettle]

Organised Infamy Now as to the procedure of the Germans. The facts admit of no doubt. I set aside forthwith any damage caused to Termonde by the bombardment. The bridge ...

epub |eng | 2021-04-01 | Author:Tom Kettle, Mary Sheehy Kettle [Tom Kettle, Mary Sheehy Kettle]

Organised Infamy Now as to the procedure of the Germans. The facts admit of no doubt. I set aside forthwith any damage caused to Termonde by the bombardment. The bridge ...

epub |eng | 2007-06-28 | Author:David Booy [Booy, David]

Notes 1 The first (not extant) was number 15 in Wallington’s list in the Folger notebook, dated 1639 (Seaver, 1985: 200). 2 Editorial additions in this and the next two ...

epub |eng | 2014-12-24 | Author:Sarah Conolly-Carew

One of the first horses Diana bought on her own judgement came out of a chance meeting with the famous hunting priest, Father McMahon. He persuaded her to drive to ...

epub |eng | 2013-01-15 | Author:John Pearson

22 Psychic Dynamite “My dear Maxine!” Churchill exclaimed, descending from the limousine that had brought him and a mountain of luggage from the station. He smiled at his old friend ...

epub |eng | 2012-03-19 | Author:Rough Guides

If you discount James Stuart, the Old Pretender, who spent 64 years claiming the thrones of England and Scotland but no years at all actually sitting on them, Queen Victoria ...

epub |eng | | Author:C S Knighton

FOUR The Tangier Journal 30 July–1 December 1683 Tangier, in the modern kingdom of Morocco, was a possession of the British Crown from 1661 to 1684, having been ceded by ...

epub |eng | 2015-10-15 | Author:Stuart Pearson [Stuart Pearson]

SIR DAVID BREWSTER (1781–1868) INVENTOR, MATHEMATICIAN, PHYSICIST AND SCIENCE WRITER David Brewster was born in Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders. His father was rector of the local grammar school and ...

epub |eng | 2015-03-16 | Author:John O'Callaghan [O'Callaghan, John]

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epub |eng | 2015-04-20 | Author:Gerald Hayes, Eliza Kane [Gerald Hayes, Eliza Kane]

Norwegian visitor to the Great Blasket, Carl Marstrander (photo taken long after his Blasket visit). During his extended visit to the Great Blasket, Marstrander stayed with the King in ‘the ...