1415 was a year of religious persecution, personal suffering and one horrendous battle Agincourt. This is the story of that year, as seen over the shoulder of its most cold-hearted, most ambitious and most celebrated hero Henry V. The dramatic event of 1415 are recorded here on a day-to-day basis.Bodley Head, 2009; 640 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 35,00 Voor/Our Price € 16,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 52 %
In 1789, a year of revolution was crowned with 2 documents drafted at almost the same time -the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the American Bill of Rights. These texts gave the world a new political language and foreshadowed change even in Britain. Andress explains how these events unfolded and how the men who led them -Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyes, and George Washington- stood at the threshold of the modern world.Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2008; 439 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 30,00 Voor/Our Price € 12,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 57 %
In 1938 the Third Reich came of age. Hitler began the year as the leader of a right wing coalition, he ended it the sole master of a volatile nation. Based on recently unearthed archival material, Giles McDonogh reveals the true texture of life in 1938, offering a gripping account of the year Adolf Hitler came into his own and set the world inexorably on track to a cataclysmic war.Basic Books, 2009; 324 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 27,50 Voor/Our Price € 9,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 64 %
In After Khomeini, Arjomand paints a subtle and perceptive portrait of Iran. He offers a brilliant capsule biogarphy of Khomeini, the man who masterminded the revolution that overthrew the Shah. He explains the internal political quarrels among Khomeini's heirs. He analyzes Iran's foreign policy, including the impact of the fall of Communism on Iran and Ahmadinejad's nuclear policy.Oxford, 2009; 268 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 26,95 Voor/Our Price € 10,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 59 %
Historical mystery writer Doherty visits his favourite hero in a nonfiction investigation: seeking the true nature of Alexander's death, portrays him as a man who wanted to be a god, a Greek who wanted to be Persian, and reconsiders standard histories.Carroll and Graf, 2004; 236 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 28,70 Voor/Our Price € 9,50Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 67 %
In Americans in Paris, tales of adventure, intrigue, passion, deceit and survival under the brutal Nazi occupation of Paris unfolds from 1940 to the liberation in the summer of 1944, through the eyes of the American citizens who lived through it all. A unique portrait of an eccentric, original, diverse American community.Penguin, 2009; 524 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 34,95 Voor/Our Price € 14,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 57 %
The love affair between Antony and Cleopatra is one of the most famous stories from the ancient world. As one of the 3 men in control of the Roman Empire, Antony was perhaps the most powerful man of his day, while Cleopatra, who had already been Julius Caesar's lover, was the beautiful queen of Egypt, Rome's most important province. In this history, based on ancient sources and archeological evidence, Goldsworthy gives us the facts behind this famous couple.Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2010; 470 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 39,50 Voor/Our Price € 17,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 55 %
Was Napoleon murdered. This baffling question has been sparking hot debates for nearly 200 years. But according to Swedish toxicologist Forshufvud and Napoleonic scholar Weider, the answer is an irrefutable yes. John Wiley and Sons; 555 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 30,00 Voor/Our Price € 10,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 63 %
This book recounts how the USA set about changing the history in the Middle East and became ensnared in the guerilla war in Iraq. It brings to life the people and ideas that created the Bush administration's war policy.FSG, 2005; 467 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 26,00 Voor/Our Price € 9,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 62 %
As Hitler's Army Adjutant from 1938 to 1943, Gerhard Engel was privy to many of the Fuhrer's most significant decisions. Engel kept a diary during those years, which he supplemented with additional reminiscences after the war, including his firsthand account of Hitler's conversations with Halder, Guderian, and Brautisch, his thoughts on the German Jews, and the invasion of Russia.Greenhill, 2005; 208 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 35,00 Voor/Our Price € 10,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 69 %
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