Admiral John Benbow was an English naval hero, a fighting sailor of ruthless methods and indomitable courage. Benbow was a man to be reckoned with. Sam Willis tells the extraordinary story of Admiral Benbow through an age of dramatic change, from his birth under Cromwell's Commonwealth, to service under the restored Stuart monarchy, to the French wars of Louis XIV, to the bitter betrayal of 1702. It covers all aspects of 17th-century naval life.Quercus, 2010; 410 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 34,95 Voor/Our Price € 14,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 57 %
Countless scholars have laboured to uncover the facts behind Whittaker Chambers' shocking accusation before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1948 that Alger Hiss, a former rising star in the State Department, had been a Communist en engaged in espionage. Here Susan Jacoby focuses on the case, including Hiss's trial and imprisonment for perjury, not as a set of historical facts but as a mirror of shifting American political views and passions.Yale, 2009; 256 pp.; EN; hbVan/List Price € 24,00 Voor/Our Price € 9,90Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 59 %
Harvey dissects the long, complicated, and fascinating relationship between America and Japan through a dual biography of the shogun Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito and the rival systems they represented. Overlook, 2006; 480 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 35,00 Voor/Our Price € 10,98Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 69 %
Christian Dior, the legendary French fashion designer, caused a worldwide sensation in 1947, in a Paris still groping to recover from the devastations of wartime occupation. Reintroducing the flowing ankle-length skirt, Dior gave women back their long-lost sense of freedom, feminity, and joie de vivre. In this biography Pochna recreates this one-of-a kind world of glamour and luxury, and situates Dior's fairy-tale career in a rich tapestry of Paris cultural life.Overlook, 2008; 320 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 35,00 Voor/Our Price € 14,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 57 %
Ernle Bradford's special knowledge of the Mediterranean world and his exceptional powers of description and historical reconstruction bring to life this illustrated biography of the Queen of Egypt, Cleopatra, one of the world's most legendary women. She was an astute politician who devoted her life tryimg to save the Kingdom of Egypt from domination by the Romans.Penguin, 2001; 278 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pbVan/List Price € 18,00 Voor/Our Price € 7,90Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 56 %
Thomas Blood, 1618-80, was a celebrity in his own lifetime, even though this celebrity was based on infamy. A turncoat, spy and double agent, Blood is most notorious for being the only person to successfully steal the crown jewels. This book not only explores the rich seam of villainy iherent in Blood's rumbustious career, but also depicts the effects of the civil war and the means by which the crown maintained power in the difficult years of Charles II's reign.Sutton, 2003; 212 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 24,95 Voor/Our Price € 9,90Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
Harthacnut was the last of 3 Danish kings to rule England between 1013 and 1042. Although he was king of Denmark for many years, he only ruled England directly for the last 2 years. Yet he shaped the course of English history most profoundly. Because his mother was Emma of Normandy, Harthacnut ensured that Emma's son by a previous marriage, Edward the Confessor, should succeed him as king of England, thus establishing the Norman claim to the English throne.History Press, 2008; 160 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pbVan/List Price € 25,00 Voor/Our Price € 7,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 68 %
Was George Washington a dedicated slave holder. Or was he a closeted abolitionist and moralist. In Imperfect God, Wiencek delves into Washington's papers, court records and Washington archives to assemble a portrait of the first President of the United States.Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003; 404 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 26,00 Voor/Our Price € 9,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 62 %
Johan Svendsen was one of the most important musical figures of the late Romantic period. His reputation spread rapidly after his international breakthrough in the late 1860s. His list of compositions includes, in addition to 2 fine symphonies, such orchestral masterworks as the 4 Norwegian Rhapsodies, Carnival in Paris, Festival Polonaise, Zorahayde, Norwegian Artists' Carnival, and the famous for Violin and Orchestra.Peer Gynt Press; 422 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 40,00 Voor/Our Price € 12,50Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 69 %
This insightful biography is the first to draw on the full range of Jaspers’ diaries and correspondence, and it illuminates not only the German philosopher’s life and relationships but also the ideas he developed in his works. Yale, 2004; 360 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 39,00 Voor/Our Price € 18,90Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 52 %
In deze nieuwe biografie van Karl Marx, de eerste geactualiseerde sinds decennia, wordt uitvoerig en levendig verteld over de mislukte revolutionair en zijn omstreden doch fundamentele oeuvre. Atlas, 2010; 256 pp.; NL; index; pbVan/List Price € 22,50 Voor/Our Price € 7,90Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 65 %
Penelope Devereux was the brightest who ever shone in the Court of Queen Elizabeth I. She was the most beautiful woman of her generation and muse to countless poets and musicians, yet her story ended in tragedy. The Lady Penelope, a dramatic, vivid, emotional and ultimately tragic story of one of history's forgotten women.Andre Deutsch, 2007; 320 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 30,00 Voor/Our Price € 13,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 53 %
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