Kurbinovo: Les Fresques de Saint-Georges Et La Peinture Byzantine Du Xiie Siecle (Bibliotheque de Byzantion) (English and French Edition)

History

Hadermann-Misguich, L

Europe

Peeters

1970 Illustrated Edition by Arthur Bryant. Collins Clear-Type Press. Printed in Great Britain.

Nelson

BRYANT, Arthur

Collins

The inspirational story of Douglas Bader, DSO, DFC.

Reach for the Sky: Story of Douglas Bader, D.S.O., D.F.C.

Paul Brickhill

Children's Books

The Regency

Richardson, Joanna

The presence of the past: An introduction to landscape history

Penelope Lively

The Castle Story

Sancha, Sheila

HarperCollins, Publishers

Details the great events and everyday life of the people who shaped Britain's history, from her physical separation from the European mainland 5000 years ago to her political union with the European Community today.

The Story of Britain

Garrett, Richard

Challenging classical histories of the French Revolution, this revisionist work argues that any history and analysis of the period must give as much weight to counterrevolution as to revolution itself.  Sutherland demonstrates that the effects of the Revolution varied greatly according to regional economies, social structures, and religious affiliations.  The book examines how massive counterrevolutionary movements profoundly affected the course of the Revolution, leading to the failure of constitutional government and, ultimately, to an elitist dictatorship that paved the way for many of the struggles of the 19th century.  Synthesizing an abundance of information in a refreshingly new light, students and scholars will welcome this bold study on a decisive twenty-five years in French and world history.

France 1789-1815: Revolution and counterrevolution (Fontana history of modern France)

Sutherland, Donald

Fontana

Their enemies branded them both murderesses, whores and daughters of the devil. Elizabeth’s supporters anointed her a hero and savior, while Mary’s faithful invested her as a saint and martyr. Reigning side by side, but yet never meeting face-to-face, these queens were inexorably linked in a tumultuous relationship that, until now, has never fully been revealed and explored.
 Elizabeth &amp; Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens is master biographer Jane Dunn’s richly textured portrait of two incredible women. A story of a relationship punctuated by reversals of fortune; murder mysteries; sexual intrigue; reckless behavior, heated battles and cold war, Elizabeth &amp; Mary is staged against a past as dark and dangerous as it was vibrantly alive.
Dunn shows the indissoluble bond between the queens was forged by two opposing forces; their shared inheritance and rivalry for Elizabeth’s crown set against their natural solidarity as ruling females in an overwhelmingly masculine world. She delves behind Elizabeth’s reputation as steely virgin queen, using her celibacy as a weapon, valuing reason and duty above all. She looks at Mary as celebrity queen, femme fatale and flawed heroine, a woman who capped the theatre of her death in a brilliant cloak of redemption. And she corrects many misconceptions about her subjects, revealing Mary as a more serious contender for power than had been previously thought, and Elizabeth as far more vulnerable than her formidable reputation.
Intelligent and completely riveting, this beautifully produced and lavishly illustrated book masterfully juxtaposes the histories of two remarkable women, culminating in tragedy, as Elizabeth the victorhesitantlysigned her cousin’s death warrant.

Elizabeth And Mary

Biographies & Memoirs

DUNN, Jane

Community & Culture

When Sir William Temple (1628â€“99) and Dorothy Osborne (1627â€“95) began their passionate love affair, civil war was raging in Britain, and their familiesâ€”parliamentarians and royalists, respectivelyâ€”did everything to keep them apart. Yet the couple went on to enjoy a marriage and a sophisticated partnership unique in its times. Surviving the political chaos of the era, the Black Plague, the Great Fire of London, and the deaths of all their nine children, William and Dorothy made a life together for more than forty years. Drawing upon extensive research and the Templesâ€™ own extraordinary writingsâ€”including Dorothyâ€™s dazzling letters, hailed by Virginia Woolf as one of the glories of English literatureâ€”Jane Dunn gives us an utterly captivating dual biography, the first to examine Dorothyâ€™s life as an intellectual equal to her diplomat husband. While she has been known to posterity as the very symbol of upper-class seventeenth-century domestic English life, Dunn makes clear that Dorothy was a woman of great complexity, of passion and brilliance, noteworthy far beyond her role as a wife and mother. The remarkable story of William and Dorothyâ€™s life togetherâ€”illuminated here by the authorâ€™s insight and her vivid sense of place and timeâ€”offers a rare glimpse into the heart and spirit of one of the most turbulent and intriguing eras in British history.

Read My Heart: A Love Story in the Age of Revolution

Historical

Harpercollins Canada

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