1969. No edition remarks. 351 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Black and white photographs. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing. Spine noticeably sunned.

The Russian Dagger: Cold War in the Days of the Czars

Virginia Cowles

Collins

Cowles, Virginia, Great Marlborough And His Dutchess: The Dramatic Story Of John Ch

The GREAT MARLBOROUGH AND HIS DUCHESS

Scribner

Perhaps no other name in history can so truly encapsulate the phrase “rags to riches” as Rothschild does. In the late eighteenth century, it was a gentle, astute Jew born in a Frankfurt ghetto, Mayer Amschel Rothschild, whose interest in old coins and canny investments would set the family on the path to becoming one of the most powerful dynasties of Europe. Ennobled by the Austrian Emperor, soon the Rothschild name would become a household name. Kings and princes, generals and businessmen, whether their move was political or economic, in a time of war or a time of peace, the controlling force behind them would be the Rothschild family. Dazzlingly rich, the energetic, brilliant and downright extraordinary members of the Rothschild family were the force responsible for innovations in banking throughout the nineteenth century. Times have changed and dynasties crumbled, but this marvellously rich history tells how the Rothschilds always endure. Praise for ‘The Rothschilds’: “The history of the Rothschilds is every bit as rich and remarkable as their wealth.” — THE TIMES “Splendidly readable.” — SUNDAY TIMES “One of the most delightful books I have read. Miss Cowles has given us a tour-de-force, well researched, comprehensive, frank … [it] abounds in amazing stories of extraordinary personalities.” — BOOKS & BOOKMEN Virginia Cowles (1912-83) was a renowned American journalist and biographer of historical figures, including Winston Churchill and David Stirling, a founding member of the SAS. Initially covering fashion and society, Cowles made the transition to war correspondent, covering first the Spanish Civil War and then the Second World War, reporting from all over Europe: her service in this was recognised by the British with an OBE in 1947. Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent digital publisher. For more information on our titles please sign up to our newsletter at www.endeavourpress.com. Each week you will receive updates on free and discounted ebooks. Follow us on Twitter: @EndeavourPress and on Facebook via http://on.fb.me/1HweQV7. We are always interested in hearing from our readers. Endeavour Press believes that the future is now.

The Rothschilds;: A family of fortune

KNOPF

A specially illustrated Bantam War Books paperback edition previously published as The Phantom Major. True story of David Sterling and fellow Brit commandos who operated as special ops behind German lines in Africa against Rommel's troops. Originated a non-traditional type of tactics in this theatre.

Stirling's Desert Raiders

Literature & Fiction

BANTAM BOOKS

Looking For Trouble

This trailblazing female war reporter's memoir is a rediscovered classic, introduced by Christina Lamb.\nMadrid in the Spanish Civil War 
Prague during the Munich crisis 
Berlin the day Germany invaded Poland 
Helsinki as the Russians attacked 
Moscow betrayed by the Nazis 
Paris as it fell to the Germans 
London on the first day of the Blitz 
Virginia Cowles has seen it all.\nAs a pioneering female correspondent, she reported from Europe from the 1930s into the Second World War, watching 'the lights in the death-chamber go out one by one' from the frontline - always in the right place at the right time.\nFlinging off her heels under shellfire; meeting Hitler ('an inconspicuous little man'); gossiping with Churchill by his goldfish pond; dancing in the bomb-blasted Ritz; reading The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism on a Soviet train; eating reindeer with guerrilla skiers ... Introduced by Christina Lamb, Cowles' incredible dispatches will make you an eyewitness to the twentieth-century as you have never experienced it before.\n'Passionate and vivid ... A brave reporter and fine writer.' Lindsey Hilsum (Channel 4 News, International Editor, and author of In Extremis; the Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin)\nWhat readers are saying:\nThe Forrest Gump of early World War II\nThe queen of historical name-dropping\nHoly cow! What a wonderful find!!\nMost unexpectedly great book that I have read in years. Reads like a novel [but] this is real life.\nThe best book I've read this year ... Exquisitely written [day-to-day] drama of history ... Breathtakingly fresh.\nI can't recommend this book enough. Cowles' voice and humanity are her greatest assets, but her willingness to be where the action was - and always find trouble - paid off.\nA marvel. Her ability to capture anecdotes and dialogue that offer surprising insights into historic personages and events is a frequent source of wonder. It was difficult for me not to drive my family crazy wanting to read them quotes.\nThe intrepid Virginia Cowles was in the right places at the right times and connected to the right people. What a life she led!

Looking for Trouble

History

Europe

Faber&Faber

Looking for Trouble: 'One of the truly great war correspondents: magnificent.' (Antony Beevor)

The Phantom Major: The Story of David Sterling and the Sas Regiment

Americas

Blackstone Pub

The Rothschilds - A Family Of Fortune

Futura

The Great Swindle: The Story of the South Sea Bubble

Hindsight Books Ltd

The Astors

When 20-year-old John Jacob Astor arrived in Baltimore from Germany in 1783, his ambition was to live comfortably from the sale of musical instruments. By the time of his death in 1848, he was the richest man in the United States. This absorbing, richly anecdotal history traces the fortunes of the dynasty he founded over five generations in the highest echelons of American and British society.

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