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  • Marlborough

    The Hero of Blenheim

    di John Hussey ...
    Serie series GREAT COMMANDERS
    John Churchill was born in 1650, the son of a defeated Cavalier captain, in a household which had been ravaged and rendered almost destitute by the English Civil War. Yet by the time of his death in 1722 he was among the richest men in the country, with a dukedom, a palace and a principality to call his own.His rise to power came through a combination of good luck, astute political manoeuvring, ... Altre info

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  • The War of the Spanish Succession, 1701–1714

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    How the death of a childless monarch sparked a bloody conflict that raged across Europe and beyond.The War of the Spanish Succession, fought between 1701 and 1714 to decide who should inherit the Spanish throne, was a conflict on an unprecedented scale, stretching across most of western Europe, the high seas, and the Americas. Yet this major subject is not well known and little understood. James ... Altre info

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  • Invasion

    From The Armada to Hitler (1588-1945)

    di Frank McLynn ...
    Most people know that Britain was invaded by the Romans, by the Vikings and by the Normans. Many will know about the Spanish Armada, launched by Philip II in 1588 to bring Protestant England to submission. But fewer people know that Philip launched a second armada in 1596 or that invasion plans were drawn up by the French in 1692, 1708, 1743, 1756, 1759, 1796 and 1801, and by the French together ... Altre info

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  • Crowns in a Changing World

    The British and European Monarchies, 1901-36

    At the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, almost every European nation was a monarchy, most linked by close family ties to her and Edward VII, the "uncle of Europe". Prior to the outbreak of World War I, the personal relationships of Edward, and of his successor and son, George V, flourished with the other royal families of Europe. The closeness of the European families was violently interrupted by ... Altre info

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  • Marlborough: His Life and Times, 1934

    Serie eBook 2 - Marlborough: His Life and Times
    The second volume in the Nobel Prize winner's biography of John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough: "The greatest historical work written in our century" (Leo Strauss).After the defeat of the Conservative government in the 1929 general election, Winston S. Churchill entered a period of political exile; a time he referred to as "the wilderness years." It was during this time that Churchill began ... Altre info

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  • The Crimean War

    The Truth Behind the Myth

    di Clive Ponting ...
    The Crimean War is full of resonance - not least, the Charge of the Light Brigade, the Siege of Sevastopol and Florence Nightingale at Scutari with her lamp. In this fascinating book, Clive Ponting separates the myths from the reality, and tells the true story of the heroism of the ordinary soldiers, often through eye-witness accounts of the men who fought and those who survived the terrible ... Altre info

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  • Marlborough: His Life and Times, 1936

    Serie eBook 3 - Marlborough: His Life and Times
    The third volume of the Nobel Prize winner's hailed biography of John Churchill covers his military leadership in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough, was an accomplished military leader who never lost a battle. This is the third volume in Winston S. Churchill's sweeping, four-part biography of his illustrious ancestor, in which he recounts ... Altre info

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  • Marlborough

    Britain’s Greatest General (Text Only)

    Bestselling military historian Richard Holmes delivers an expertly written and exhilarating biography of John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough and Britain's finest soldier.Charting Churchill’s rise to favour to lead his country to glory, cementing its position as a major player on the European stage and saviour of the Holy Roman Empire, Holmes paints a portrait of a man who combined passion, ... Altre info

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  • Queen Victoria and the European Empires

    This latest book from John Van der Kiste, the eminent historian of European royalty, is an account of Queen Victoria’s personal and political relationships with the empires, or to be more exact, the Kings and Queens, Emperors, Empresses and their families of France, Germany, Austria and Russia. Victoria had close connections with the royal houses of Germany long before the King of Prussia became ... Altre info

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  • Marshal Vauban

    Louis XIV's Engineer Genius

    di James Falkner ...
    "[A] vivid and well written account of the life of the man who built some of the most magnificent military structures known to man."—Clayton Donnell, "Fortress Archaeologist"Sebastien Le Prestre, Marshal Vauban, was one of the greatest military engineers of all time. His complex, highly sophisticated fortress designs, his advanced theories for the defense and attack of fortified places, and his ... Altre info

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  • Crimea

    The Great Crimean War, 1854–1856

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    The definitive history of the Crimean War from world-renowned historian Trevor Royle.The Crimean War is one of history's most compelling subjects. It encompassed human suffering, woeful leadership and maladministration on a grand scale. It created a heroic myth out of the disastrous Charge of the Light Brigade and, in Florence Nightingale, it produced one of history's great heroes. New weapons ... Altre info

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  • Wellington Against Massena

    The Third Invasion of Portugal, 1810–1811

    di David Buttery ...
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