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  • George, Nicholas and Wilhelm

    Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I

    In the years before the First World War, the great European powers were ruled by three first cousins: King George V of Britain, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Together, they presided over the last years of dynastic Europe and the outbreak of the most destructive war the world had ever seen, a war that set twentieth-century Europe on course to be the most violent ... Leer más

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    George, Nicholas and Wilhelm

    Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I

    Narrado por Rosalyn Landor ...

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    21 hora 11 minutos

    In the years before the First World War, the great European powers were ruled by three first cousins: King George V of Britain, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Together, they presided over the last years of dynastic Europe and the outbreak of the most destructive war the world had ever seen, a war that set twentieth-century Europe on course to be the most violent ... Leer más

    $30.00 USD

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    The Balfour Declaration

    The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

    Narrado por Nicholas Guy Smith ...

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    18 hora 30 minutos

    Issued in London in 1917, the Balfour Declaration was one of the key documents of the twentieth century. It committed Britain to supporting the establishment in Palestine of “a National Home for the Jewish people,” and its reverberations continue to be felt to this day. Now the entire fascinating story of the document is revealed in this impressive work of modern history.With new material ... Leer más

    $27.50 USD

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    Berlin 1961

    Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth

    Narrado por Paul Hecht ...

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    19 hora 7 minutos

    A former Wall Street Journal editor and the current president and CEO of the Atlantic Council, Frederick Kempe draws on recently released documents and personal interviews to re-create the powder keg that was 1961 Berlin. In Cold War Berlin, the United States and the Soviet Union stand nose to nose, with the possibility of nuclear war just one misstep away. ... Leer más

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  • George V's Children

    The six children of King George V and Queen Mary all lived to maturity except the youngest, Prince John. The eldest, who was Prince of Wales and heir to the throne, reigned as King Edward VIII for less than a year. His infamous romance with Mrs Simpson plunged the country into the abdication crisis and led both of them into a long period of exile. King George VI, who reluctantly and unexpectedly ... Leer más

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  • Born to Rule

    Five Reigning Consorts, Granddaughters of Queen Victoria

    The histories of Queen Victoria's five royal granddaughters.Married to reigning European monarchs during the early part of the twentieth century, the progeny of Great Britain's legendary queen lived through the First World War—and their reaction shaped the fate of a continent and the future of the modern world.Here are the stories of Alexandra, whose enduring love story, controversial faith in ... Leer más

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  • Europe's Last Summer

    Who Started the Great War in 1914?

    de David Fromkin ...
    When war broke out in Europe in 1914, it surprised a European population enjoying the most beautiful summer in memory. For nearly a century since, historians have debated the causes of the war. Some have cited the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand; others have concluded it was unavoidable.In Europe’s Last Summer, David Fromkin provides a different answer: hostilities were commenced ... Leer más

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  • A Divided Kingdom

    The Spanish Monarchy from Isabel to Juan Carlos

    There is little available on the dramatic and colourful history of the Spanish monarchy. Experienced author and historian John Van der Kiste provides a readable and anecdotal look at one of the key European dynasties from the nineteenth century to the present.He begins with the wayward, ill-educated Isabella II, who was forced to marry her nephew. During much of her reign power was in the hands of ... Leer más

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  • The Thirty Years War, 1618–1648

    The First Global War and the End of the Habsburg Supremacy

    de John Pike ...
    The 'Defenestration of Prague', the coup d'etat staged by Protestant Bohemian nobles against officials of the Hapsburg Emperor triggered the Thirty Years War. When Habsburg Spain intervened in support of their Holy Roman Emperor relative, what had started as a localised political and religious dispute in Germany, transformed into a European and global conflict. In seeking to exploit the Bohemian ... Leer más

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  • Dearest Vicky, Darling Fritz

    Queen Victoria's Eldest Daughter and the German Emperor

    This work tells the love story of the royal couple against the changing background of 19th-century Germany. It looks at the differing political sympathies of the couple, revealed through letters, and re-examines the prevailing view that the domineering Vicky never bothered to conceal her distaste for everything Prussian and flaunting her sense of British superiority. In many ways ahead of her time ... Leer más

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  • Judy

    The Life, Legend, and Tragedy of an American Icon

    de Gerold Frank ...
    The tumultuous life story of Judy Garland, based on more than two hundred interviews and authorized access to her private papers, by the New York Times–bestselling biographer.Gerold Frank met with legendary singer and actress Judy Garland to collaborate on her autobiography—but he completed the project alone after her fatal overdose in 1969. Drawn from more than two hundred interviews and full ... Leer más

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  • Crown and Country

    A History of England through the Monarchy

    de David Starkey ...
    An exploration of the British monarchy from the retreat of the Romans up until the modern day. This compendium volume of two earlier books is fully revised and updated.The monarchy is one of Britain’s longest surviving institutions – as well as one of its most tumultuous and revered. In this masterful book, David Starkey looks at the monarchy as a whole, charting its history from Roman times, to ... Leer más

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