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Жаркий июнь 1941 года. Почти не встречая сопротивления, фашистская военная армада стремительно продвигается на восток, в глубь нашей страны. Старшего лейтенанта погранвойск Костю Багрякова война застала в отпуске, и он вынужден в одиночку пробираться вслед за отступающими частями Красной армии и догонять своих. В неприметной белорусской деревеньке, еще не занятой гитлеровцами, его приютила на ночл…
The war might be over, but trying to get life back on track is anything but easy for Alice Watts.Follow Alice’s journey back to post-Blitz Bristol where she searches for family, friends, and one particular loved one, in a world where it’s expected to mend and make do… and where it’s sometimes impossible to put your heart before your head…A tale of true courage and the power of sheer determination,…
Чем закончится битва за Амур? Волки подстерегают Муравьева и его единомышленников на каждом шагу. Волки в обличье французского императора и главы его разведки, премьер-министра Великобритании и английских агентов, российского канцлера и военного министра, волки в масках интриганов и доносчиков, ненавистников и разгильдяев. Нападения можно ожидать с любой стороны, и как тут не озлобиться? Однако ес…
In this fascinating look at the unique conjuncture of factors surrounding Il Duce’s seizure of power, eminent historian Donald Sassoon traces the political circumstances that sent Italy on a collision course with the most destructive war of the century.On the morning of 30 October 1922, Mussolini arrived in Rome to accept the premiership of a constitutional, conservative government. Within five ye…
Мередит и Нина Уитсон – сестры, но трудно найти женщин более непохожих. Одна – домоседка, всегда считавшая, что нет лучше судьбы, чем выйти замуж, растить детей и управлять семейным яблоневым питомником. Другая мечтала о странствиях, стала фоторепортером, освещающим гуманитарные катастрофы, и мотается по всему миру, избегая разговоров о будущем и семье. Инфаркт отца сводит сестер вместе в родитель…
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A remarkable popular history of the English Civil War, from the perspectives of those involved in this most significant turning point in British history.This compelling history, culminating in the execution of Charles I, brings to life the people who fought in it, died in it, and in doing so changed the history of the world forever. In an excitingly fresh approach to the period Diane Purkiss tells…
Epic history of the first Virginia Colony and the true story of Pocahontas, to coincide with the colony’s 400th anniversary in 2007.Four centuries ago, and fourteen years before the Mayflower, a group of men-led by a one-armed ex-pirate, an epileptic aristocrat, a reprobate cleric and a government spy-left London aboard a fleet of three ships to start a new life in America. They arrived in Virgini…
Heartache and hardship in London’s East End, from the bestselling author of The Orphans of Halfpenny StreetIt’s the 1950’s and the orphans of Halfpenny Street have found a new home in the Essex countryside at Halfpenny House. Meanwhile, back among the slum clearances of Bethnal Green, St Saviour’s has now been partially given over to a home for disturbed girls though it still serves as a reception…
From the best-selling author of THE DINOSAUR HUNTERS and THE LOST KING OF FRANCE comes the story of how our modern world was forged – in rivets, grease and steam; in blood, sweat and human imagination.The nineteenth century saw the creation of some of the world's most incredible feats of engineering. Deborah Cadbury explores the history behind the epic monuments that spanned the industrial revolut…
No war in modern times has inflamed the passions of both ordinary people and intellectuals in the way that the conflict in Spain in 1936 did.The Spanish Civil War is burned into European consciousness, not simply because it prefigured the much larger world war that followed it, but because the intense manner of its prosecution was a harbinger of a new and horrific form of warfare that was universa…
This edition does not include illustrations.An authoritative and entertaining account by one of our most talented writers of the courageous and unusual women who have been the backbone of the British Empire and foreign service.‘English ambassadresses are usually on the dotty side and leaving their embassies drives them completely off their rockers’ – Nancy MitfordFrom the first exploratory expedit…