Looks at the planning and construction of the original White House, its reconstruction after it was burned by the British during the War of 1812, and renovations and redecorations made by First Families through President Carter

White House: An Architectural History

Arts & Photography

RYAN, WILLIAM

GUINNESS, DESMOND

William, Ryan

Architecture

McGraw=Hill

Following his investigations in The Holy Thief, which implicated those at the very top of authority in Soviet Russia, Captain Alexei Korolev finds himself decorated and hailed as an example to all Soviet workers. But Korolev lives in an uneasy peace -- his new-found knowledge is dangerous, and if it is discovered what his real actions were during the case, he will face deportation to the frozen camps of the far north. But when the knock on the door comes, in the dead of night, it is not Siberia Korolev is destined for. Instead, Colonel Rodinov of the NKVD security service asks the detective to look into the suspected suicide of a young woman: Maria Alexandovna Lenskaya, a model citizen. Korolev is unnerved to learn that Lenskaya had been of interest to Ezhov, the feared Commissar for State Security. Ezhov himself wants to matter looked into. And when the detective arrives on the set for Bloody Meadow, in the bleak, battle-scarred Ukraine, he soon discovers that there is more to Lenskaya's death than meets the eye ...

Bloody Meadow

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Mantle

The Twelfth Department: Korolev Mysteries Book 3 (The Korolev Series)

Macmillan

This title introduces Captain Alexei Dimitrevich Korolev, and an outstanding new voice in historical crime fiction...It's Moscow, 1936 and Stalin's Great Terror is beginning. In a deconsecrated Church, a young woman is found dead, her mutilated body displayed on the altar for all to see. Captain Alexei Dimitrevich Korolev, finally beginning to enjoy the benefits of his success with the Criminal Investigation Division of the Moscow Militia, is asked to investigate. But when he discovers that the victim is an American citizen, the NKVD - the most feared organisation in Russia - becomes involved. Soon, Korolev's every move is under close scrutiny and one false move will mean exile to The Zone, where the enemies of the Soviet State, both real and imagined, meet their fate in the frozen camps of the far north. Committed to uncovering the truth behind this gruesome murder, Korolev enters the realm of the Thieves, who run Moscow's underworld. And as more bodies are discovered and the pressure from above builds, Korolev begins to question who he can trust; and who, in this Russia where fear, uncertainty and hunger prevails, are the real criminals. Soon, Korolev will find not only his moral and political ideals threatened, but also his life...

The Holy Thief

MacMillan Hardback Omes

Holy Thief

Pan Publishing

This title introduces Captain Alexei Dimitrevich Korolev, and an outstanding new voice in historical crime fiction...It's Moscow, 1936 and Stalin's Great Terror is beginning. In a deconsecrated Church, a young woman is found dead, her mutilated body displayed on the altar for all to see. Captain Alexei Dimitrevich Korolev of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Moscow Militia is asked to investigate. But when he discovers that the victim is an American citizen, the NKVD - the most feared organisation in Russia - becomes involved. As more bodies are discovered and the pressure from above builds, Korolev begins to question who he can trust; and who, in this Russia where fear, uncertainty and hunger prevails, are the real criminals. Soon, Korolev will find not only his moral and political ideals threatened, but also his life...

Thrillers & Suspense

Pan MacMillan Paperback Omes

Dust jacket notes: "Although many books on country-house architecture have been published recently, this is the first to appear on the great houses of Ireland for more than fifty years. It is often assumed that Irish houses and castles are no more than provincial expressions of English architecture, and at certain times that has been the case. But the cumulative effect of the architecture and of the long family traditions, the family portraits, the plasterwork, furniture, and silver, combine to give the great houses of Ireland a strongly individual character. The increased vulnerability of such houses in this century makes it particularly important that whatever information is available should be recorded and that all efforts should be made to ensure that such a magnificent part of the Irish heritage is not lost. In this book Desmond Guinness, President of the Irish Georgian Society, and William Ryan trace the development of Irish architecture from the castle stronghold to the Gothic revival. The principal houses and castles are fully described, ranging in time from Beaulieu (1660) to Glenveagh (1870), and including the masterpieces of the classic period (1725-50), such as Castletown, Powerscourt, Russborough, and Carton, as well as the striking castles of the Gothic revival. The photographs, many of which have been especially taken for this book by the authors, include fascinating illustrations of interiors, gardens, parks, and follies, together with reproductions of paintings and architectural drawings."

Irish Houses & Castles

History

Desmond Guinness

Europe

Viking Press

THE CONSTANT SOLDIER

The Constant Soldier

The Constant Soldier [Paperback] William Ryan (author)

Pan/Macmillan

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