Fleming Fergus - Böcker

The golden moments of exploration and adventure - glorious, triumphant, perilous and dramatic.In the 18th century, exploration entered a new dimension - explorers were motivated by scientific inquiry rather than greed. To this end they were expect...

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Each title in this series examines a major historical watershed, recounting the chain of events leading up to the watershed, and the repurcussions, both immediate and long-term. The books also evaluate the concept of a turning point. This text foc...

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Each of the titles in this series examines a major historical watershed. The authors recount the chain of events leading up to the event and the repercussions, both immediate and long-term.

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The Sahara was the missing link in France's African Empire. The Sword and the Cross is the story of two fanatical adventurers who helped complete their country's imperial conquest. Viscomte Charles de Foucauld was a sensualist who lounged in bed e...

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In a riveting narrative of daredevils and eccentrics, Fergus Fleming gives us the breathtaking story of some of history's greatest explorers as they conquer the soaring peaks of the Alps. Fleming recounts the incredible exploits of the men whose c...

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Whether writing of the Alps, the high seas, or the North Pole, Fergus Fleming has won acclaim as one of today's most vivid and engaging historians of adventure and exploration. The Sword and the Cross takes us to the Sahara at the end of the ninet...

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''Constantly entertaining ... So much here to amuse and inform'' Observer ''These friendly, knockabout letters are a treat'' Sunday Telegraph ''Irresistible'' New York Times ________________________ Before the world-famous Bond films came the worl...

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'Constantly entertaining ... So much here to amuse and inform' Observer 'These friendly, knockabout letters are a treat' Sunday Telegraph 'Irresistible' New York Times ________________________ Before the world-famous ...

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Full of eccentric characters, Killing Dragons is the story of the first British mountaineers to tackle the Alpine summits of Switzerland during the late eighteenth century. Originally the explorers of this area were poorly equipped, wearing ordina...

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The atlas of 1816 was littered with blanks. What was the North Pole? Was there a Northwest Passage? What lay at the heart of Africa? Did Antarctica exist? In his quest to find the answers to these questions, John Barrow, Second Secretary to the Ad...

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In the mid-nineteenth century the North Pole was a mystery. Some believed that it was an island of basalt in a warm crystal sea. Explorers who tried to penetrate the icy wastes failed or died. But after Sir John Franklin disappeared with all his m...

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Nach dem Triumph bei Trafalgar hat sich in der Royal Navy Langeweile breit gemacht. Die Offiziere warten ungeduldig auf eine Chance zu neuen Heldentaten. John Barrow, in der Admiralitat zustandig fur die Flotteneinsatze, gibt sie ihnen. In der Mor...

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Dramatiskt och medryckande berättas här sanna historier om spioner. Vi får bland annat läsa om Yevno Azev, agent för den ryska hemliga polisen. Under falsk identitet arbetade han bland revolutionärer i St Petersburg 1904. Vi möter den jugoslaviske...

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Sanna historier om spioner tar med läsaren på äventyr ur det verkliga livet. I tio gastkramande berättelser skildras några av de mest välkända spionerna genom tiderna. Det handlar om gåtfulla dubbelliv, tillfälliga bekantskaper, skoningslös utpres...

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