Книги жанра историческая литература
Подлинная история леди Чаттерлей. Это история женщины, вдохновившей Дэвида Герберта Лоуренса на создание скандального романа «Любовник леди Чаттерлей». Это необыкновенная судьба Фриды фон Рихтхофен и печально известная любовная связь, ставшая синонимом идей сексуальной свободы. Она оставила мужа, детей, статус в обществе ради молодого начинающего писателя. Ее страсть вдохновила его на самый сканда…
Перед вами художественная книга о династии Медичи, которая будет интересна широкому кругу читателей. Речь идет о династии, которая управляла Флоренцией и Тосканой в течение трех столетий. Действие происходит во Флоренции XIV-XVIII веков, когда первые представители рода Медичи появляются в городе. Их происхождение неизвестно, значение семейного герба тоже. Медичи прибыли из сельской местности под н…
Kaukasoko lurraldea gizakiak menderatu du antzinatik, Paleolito garaiko kultura materialaren monumentu ugarik eta Goi Paleolito, Neolito Eta Eneolito Garaiko Haitzulo guneek erakusten duten bezala. Herri Komunitate Iberoakaziar bat sortzen ari da.
Пусть ветерок истории малость обметёт могилу товарища Сталина от наносной лжи и яда либеральных сказочников. Книга разоблачает мифы о товарище Сталине. Мифов наплели за эти годы очень немало. Иногда даже в каких-то бытовых мелочах возникает повод задуматься – зачем нас так упорно хотят обмануть? Упорно хотят. Надеюсь, что книга хоть в небольшой мере подтолкнёт наше общество в правильную сторону. Н…
The Eastern Mediterranean in the Age of Ramesses II offers a transnational perspective on the age of King Ramesses II of Egypt during the centuries of 1500 to 1200 BC. Shows how powerful states – stretching from western Iran to Greece and from Turkey to Sudan – jointly shaped the history, society, and culture of this region through both peaceful and military means Offers a straightforward narrativ…
An incredibly entertaining and perceptive look at the most controversial moment in Premier League history.25th January 1995 A cold winter’s evening. Manchester United away against Crystal Palace at a packed-out Selhurst Park. Eric Cantona, United's mercurial talisman, has been man-marked closely all game by Richard Shaw and become increasingly frustrated. In the 48th minute, Cantona’s temper boils…
‘Wonderfully researched and beautifully written’ Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan‘Succeeds in conjuring a lost world’ Dava Sobel, author of LongitudeFor more than a millennium, Polynesians have occupied the remotest islands in the Pacific Ocean, a vast triangle stretching from Hawaii to New Zealand to Easter Island. Until the arrival of European explorers they were the only people to have ever li…
A new biography of Pliny the YoungerAD 79. Above the Bay of Naples, Mount Vesuvius is spewing thick ash into the sky. The inhabitants of nearby villages stand in their doorways, eyes cast on the unknown. Pliny the Elder, a historian, admiral of the fleet, and author of an extraordinary encyclopaedia of Natural History, dares to draw closer to the phenomenon. He perishes beneath the volcano. His se…
A lyrical, evocative and wonderfully original wartime memoir about life on a farm in the Cotswolds, seen through the eyes of a child.‘Bertie, May and Mrs Fish’ is Xandra Bingley’s account of her childhood on a Cotswold farm, set against the backdrop of World War II and its aftermath. Bingley’s mother is left to farm the land, isolated in the landscape, whilst her husband is away at war. With its e…
Powerful and influential kings have long dominated our view of global history, their queens often relegated to the shadows, their influence, deeds and sacrifices unacknowledged and lost in the passing of time. But not anymore… This book chronicles the forgotten queens from across the globe – those who ruled in their own right, and those who were wives or mothers of reigning kings. All of whom wiel…
‘Fascinating… I loved this book; I really did’ David Crystal, Spectator A biography of a much misunderstood punctuation mark and a call to arms in favour of clear expression and against stifling grammar rules. Cecelia Watson used to be obsessive about grammar rules. But then she began teaching. And that was when she realized that strict rules aren’t always the best way of teaching people how to ma…
‘Mendelsohn takes the classical costumes off figures like Virgil and Sappho, Homer and Horace … He writes about things so clearly they come to feel like some of the most important things you have ever been told. ’ Sebastian Barry Over the past three decades, Daniel Mendelsohn’s essays and reviews have earned him a reputation as ‘our most irresistible literary critic’ (New York Times). This strikin…
In his first book, the creator of the award-winning podcast Hardcore History looks to some of humanity’s most apocalyptic moments to understand the challenges of our future. Do tough times create tougher people? Can humanity handle the power of its weapons without destroying itself? Will human technology or capabilities ever peak or regress? Why, since the dawn of time, has it always seemed as tho…
Ben Horowitz, a leading venture capitalist, modern management expert, and New York Times bestselling author combines lessons both from history and modern organisational practice with practical and often surprising advice to help us build cultures that can weather both good and bad times. The times and circumstances in which people were raised often shape them – yet a few leaders have managed to sh…