Zbirka: Biografije: zgodovina, politika in vojaštvo
1886 rezultatov
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Surgeon of Crowthorne(1999) WINCHESTER, SIMONThe making of the "Oxford English Dictionary" was a monumental 50 year task requiring thousands of volunteers. One of the keenest volunteers was a W C Minor who astonished everyone by refusing to come to Oxford to receive his congratulations. In the end,Vezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Augustan Rome 44 BC to AD 14(2012) RICHARDSON, J. S. (EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF CLASSICS, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH)Centring on the reign of the emperor Augustus, volume four is pivotal to the series, tracing of the changing shape of the entity that was ancient Rome through its political, cultural and economic history.Vezava: Mehka54,04 € -
Greatest Traitor(2010) MORTIMER, IANThe first biography of the rebel baron who deposed and murdered Edward II. One night in August 1323 a captive rebel baron, Sir Roger Mortimer, drugged his guards and escaped from the Tower of London.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Iron Lady(2012) CAMPBELL, JOHNTraces the life of Britain's only female Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, from her upbringing in Grantham to her unexpected challenge to Edward Heath for leadership of the Conservative party and her eventual removal from power.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Autobiography of Jack the Ripper(2012) CARNAC, JAMESA memoir that appears to have been written in the 1920s by someone who asserts that he was Jack the Ripper. Given the fact that the author also appear to have knowledge about aspects of the case not in the public arena at the time it could be that this acVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Cherry(2002) WHEELER, SARACherry undertook an epic journey in the Antarctic winter to collect the eggs of the Emperor penguin. 'But we kept our tempers,' Cherry wrote, 'even with God.'After serving in the First War Cherry was invalided home, and with the zealous encouragement of hVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Jane Boleyn(2009) FOX, JULIAThe story of Henry VIII's queens - as seen through the eyes of Jane Rochford, sister-in-law to Anne Boleyn and cousin to Katherine Howard. 'Outstanding ... fascinating and moving' Amanda Foreman, bestselling author of THE DUCHESSVezava: Mehka19,62 € -
Pirate Of Exquisite Mind(2005) PRESTON, DIANA,PRESTON, MICHAELWilliam Dampier, (1651-1715), was an English adventurer and pirate who preyed on ships on the Spanish Main. A unique man ahead of his time, he lived a large part of his life among pirates yet managed to preserve what Coleridge called his "exquisite refineVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Last Highlander(2013) FRASER, SARAHTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER PERFECT FOR FANS OF OUTLANDER The true story of one of Scotland’s most notorious and romantic heroes.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Mapmaker's Wife(2005) WHITAKER, ROBERTAn 18th-century adventure - a true story of love, murder and survival...Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Boy of Battle Ford and the Man(2012) BLACKMAN, W.Covers the author’s years growing up in early post-settlement Illinois, where he gave in to temptations such as drinking, gambling, and the lure of prostitutes before joining the army, finding God and becoming a preacher. Blackman peppers his story with tVezava: Mehka23,27 € -
Bolivar(2014) ARANA, MARIEThe dramatic life of the revolutionary hero Bolivar, who liberated South America - a sweeping narrative worthy of a Hollywood epic.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Stalin and His Hangmen(2005) RAYFIELD, DONALDStalin, like Hitler and other tyrants, won and held power because he had collaborators - hangmen. Drawing on newly released archival material, Donald Rayfield gives us a fuller and more colourful picture of Stalin's inner circle than ever before. Stalin wVezava: Mehka25,22 € -
Chasing the Flame(2009) POWER, SAMANTHASergio Vieira de Mello - a humanitarian, peacemaker and state builder - was at centre of the most significant geopolitical crises. This title tells the story of the man who never stopped learning and of a perilous world whose ills are too big to ignore buVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Elizabeth of York(2014) LICENCE, AMYThe biography of Henry VII's queen, and mother of Henry VIII, the true story of the 'White Princess'Vezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Warriors(2006) HASTINGS, MAXAn exhilarating and uplifting account of the lives of sixteen ‘warriors’ from the last three centuries, hand-picked for their bravery or extraordinary military experience by the eminent military historian, author and ex-editor of the Daily Telegraph, SirVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
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Bess Of Hardwick(2006) LOVELL, MARY S.* A biography of one of the most remarkable women of the Tudor era - next to Queen Elizabeth the most powerful woman in England.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Red Prince(2009) SNYDER, TIMOTHYA biography of Wilhelm von Habsburg that intends to reconstruct the life of this extraordinary man - a man who remained loyal to his Ukrainian dreams even after the country's dissolution in 1921. It charts the final collapse of the ancient regime in EuropVezava: Mehka18,21 €
