Книги жанра историческая литература
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘There is no greater sorrow then to recall our times of joy in wretchedness.’Considered one of the greatest medieval poems written in the common vernacular of the time, Dante’s Inferno begins on Good Friday in the year 1300. As he wanders through a dark forest, Dante loses his way and stumbles across the ghost of the…
The fascinating history of the male-only members of the Kit-Cat Club, the unofficial centre of Whig power in 17th century Britain, and home to the greatest political and artistic thinkers of a generation.The Kit-Cat Club was founded in the late 1690s when London bookseller Jacob Tonson forged a partnership with pie-maker Christopher (Kit) Cat. What began as an eccentric publishing rights deal – To…
A rousing historical adventure from the bestselling author of ‘Prince of the Clouds’.As a boy, Nino Manes used to dash through the morning streets of his island fishing village to reach the church square before the first explosion of the Alborada, the fireworks that rang out over the bay to announce the dawning of a feast day.Now, years later as an Italian prisoner of war in a Texan camp at the en…
This edition does not include illustrations.A wartime romance, survival saga and murder mystery set in rural France during the First World War. From the Number 1 bestselling author of ‘Agent ZigZag’ and ‘Operation Mincemeat’.Four young British soldiers find themselves trapped behind enemy lines at the height of the fighting on the Western Front in August 1914. Unable to get back to their units, th…
Надеюсь, что моя книга продолжает вызывать интерес у читателя. На примере представителей этой прослойки общества, воочию, видна их активная жизненная, гражданская позиция. Они, бесспорно, являются примером служению своему Отечеству.
«Корни» – одна из самых необычных и влиятельных книг американской литературы. Перед читателями разворачивается драматичная история шести поколений одной семьи, среди которых рабы и освобожденные, фермеры и кузнецы, музыканты и бизнесмены, адвокаты и архитекторы… и один автор. Сразу после выхода «Корни» стали национальным и международным феноменом. Но и спустя 40 лет роман продолжает увлекать читат…
Jichha pacha indionakan nayra achachilanakapax Asia oriental uksatw América uksar sarxapxäna. Materiales arqueológicos ukanakat uñakipata, juk’ampirus jichhak jikxatatanakax inti jalsu tuqinkir laderas de las Rocosas ukat inti jalant tuqin praderas ukanakanx uñacht’ayatawa, América markan asentamiento ukax nayratpach periodo postglacial ukanw lurasiwayi, ukax qhipa maranakanw utjawayi Paleolítico …
Сборник из пяти рассказов. "Старуха" - рассказ о старухе в метро Санкт-Петербурга, основанный на реальных событиях. "Министерство вечных вопросов" - философская фантазия о приключении риэлтора в иллюзорном министерстве. "Демидкин" - голод глазами подростка. Рассказ основан на реальных событиях Голодомора, происходивших в 1932-1933 годах в Черниговской области. "Великий Вспоминатор" - полуфантастич…
Baay’inni ummata ardii Afrikaa gama afaanii fi hawaas-dinagdee fi aadaatiin baay’ee adda adda. Afaanonni ummata Afrikaa gareewwan gurguddoo armaan gadiitti qoodamuu danda’u: 1) Semitic-Hamitic; 2) gareewwan afaanii hedduun kanneen dhiha Sahaaraa irraa kaasee hanga bishaan mataa laga Abbayyaatti lafa tokko qabatanii fi kanaan dura garee "Sudaan" jedhamanii ramadaman; hojiiwwan ogeeyyii afaanii yero…
Afrika-nyigbagã dzi amewo ƒe xexlẽme to vovo ŋutɔ le gbegbɔgblɔ kple hadome-ganyawo kple dekɔnuwo siaa gome. Woate ŋu ama Afrikatɔwo ƒe gbegbɔgblɔwo ɖe hatsotso vevi siwo gbɔna me: 1) Semitic-Hamitic; 2) gbegbɔgblɔ ƒe hatsotso geɖe siwo xɔ anyigba ƒe akpa aɖe tso Sahara ƒe ɣetoɖoƒe gome va ɖo Nil-tɔsisi ƒe ta gbɔ eye wobu wo tsã be wonye "Sudantɔwo" ƒuƒoƒo; gbeŋutinunyalawo ƒe agbalẽ yeyetɔwo ɖo k…
Bato ya continent africain bazali na ndenge na ndenge mingi ezala na makambo ya nkota mpe ya socio-économique mpe ya mimeseno. Minɔkɔ ya bato ya Afrika ekoki kokabolama na bituluku minene oyo: 1) Semite-Hamite; 2) motango ya bituluku ya minoko oyo ezwami na eteni moko kobanda na wɛsti ya Sahara kino na motó ya mai ya Nil mpe liboso etángamaki lokola etuluku ya "Soudan"; misala ya sika ya bato ya m…
Omuwendo gw’abantu ku ssemazinga wa Afrika gwa njawulo nnyo mu nnimi n’ebyenfuna n’obuwangwa. Ennimi z’abantu mu Afirika zisobola okwawulwamu ebibinja ebikulu bino wammanga: 1) Semitic-Hamitic; 2) ebibinja by'ennimi ebiwerako ebitudde ekitundu okuva mu maserengeta ga Sahara okutuuka ku mutwe gw'amazzi ga Kiyira era nga emabegako byateekebwa mu kibinja kya "Abasudan"; ebitabo by’abakugu mu nnimi eb…
The exciting tie-in to the major new series on Radio 4, written and presented by one of the UK’s leading commentators on social and political life – Jim Naughtie.The perfect read for anyone who wants to gauge the depth and spread of creativity and genius in the British Isles over the past sixty years. To mark the Diamond Jubilee, Radio 4 has looked back over the span of Queen Elizabeth II reign th…
A thrilling account of one of English history’s most daring women, who risked everything in the dark days leading up to the Civil War. The perfect novel for fans of Suzannah Dunn and Phillipa Gregory.Court beauty, Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford, feels frustrated by life with her weak husband. Poverty stricken, they are confined to their country estate and excluded from court life in London afte…
A tremendously vivid, page-turning and plausible novel that depicts the rise and fall of Anne Boleyn, the most spirited, independent and courageous of Henry’s queens, as viewed from both the bedrooms and the kitchens of the Tudor court.Everyone knows the story of Anne Boleyn. Henry VIII divorced his longstanding, long-suffering, older, Spanish wife for a young, black-eyed English beauty, and, in d…