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Seven Ages of Paris
Häftad, 2018
264 kr
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In this wonderfully readable book, Alistair Horne tells the huge and romantic story of Paris through seven ages of turmoil and change: the Middle Ages, the 100 years war, the Paris of Louis XIV, the age of Napoleon, the Commune, the Empire days of Louis-Napoleon and Eugenie, and the First World War …
Seven Ages of Paris
E-bok, 2013
95 kr
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In this luminous portrait of Paris, the celebrated historian gives us the history, culture, disasters, and triumphs of one of the world’s truly great cities. While Paris may be many things, it is never boring. From the rise of Philippe Auguste through the reigns of Henry IV and Louis XIV (who …
Savage War of Peace
Algeria 1954-1962
Häftad, 2006
194 kr
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The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. It brought down six French governments, led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic, returned de Gaulle to power, and came close to provoking a civil war on French soil. More than a million Muslim Algerians died in the conflict and as many European settlers …
To Lose a Battle
France 1940
Häftad, 2007
225 kr
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To Lose a Battle: France 1940 is the final book of Alistair Horne's trilogy, which includes The Fall of Paris and The Price of Glory and tells the story of the great crises of the rivalry between France and Germany.In 1940 Hitler sent his troops to execute the Fall of France. A six-week battle with …
Price of Glory
Verdun 1916
Häftad, 1993
160 kr
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The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 is the second book of Alistair Horne's trilogy, which includes The Fall of Paris and To Lose a Battle and tells the story of the great crises of the rivalry between France and Germany.The battle of Verdun lasted ten months. It was a battle in which at least 700,000 …
Fall of Paris
The Siege and the Commune 1870-71
Häftad, 2007
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404 kr
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Alistair Horne's The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune, 1870-71 is the first book of Alistair Horne's trilogy, which includes The Price of Glory and To Lose a Battle and tells the story of the great crises of the rivalry between France and Germany.The collapse of France in 1870 had an …
Price of Glory
Verdun 1916
E-bok, 2007
108 kr
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The battle of Verdun lasted ten months. It was a battle in which at least 700,000 men fell, along a front of fifteen miles. Its aim was less to defeat the enemy than bleed him to death and a battleground whose once fertile terrain is even now a haunted wilderness. Alistair Horne's classic work, …
Hubris
The Tragedy of War in the Twentieth Century
E-bok, 2015
44 kr
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An "eminently provocative and readable" history examining six critical battles of the early twentieth century (The Wall Street Journal).Sir Alistair Horne has been a close observer of war and history for more than fifty years and in this wise and masterly work, he revisits six battles of the past …
To Lose a Battle
France 1940
E-bok, 2007
147 kr
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In 1940, the German army fought and won an extraordinary battle with France in six weeks of lightning warfare. With the subtlety and compulsion of a novel, Horne’s narrative shifts from minor battlefield incidents to high military and political decisions, stepping far beyond the confines of …
Fall of Paris
The Siege and the Commune 1870-71
E-bok, 2007
125 kr
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The collapse of France in 1870 had an overwhelming impact – on Paris, on France and on the rest of the world. People everywhere saw Paris as the centre of Europe and the hub of culture, fashion and invention. Suddenly France, not least to the disbelief of her own citizens, was gripped in the vice …
Macmillan
The Official Biography
E-bok, 2012
260 kr
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Universally acclaimed as one of the great political lives, Alistair Horne offers a vivid portrait of one of the twentieth-century’s most complex political figures: the crofter’s grandson and the duke’s son-in-law, the soldier and the scholar, the bon viveur and the devout high churchman. Using …
Kissinger's Year: 1973
E-bok, 2009
45 kr
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The life of Henry Kissinger seen through one seminal year - 1973. ''I n his masterly new book, distinguished historian Sir Alistair Horne spotlights the man at the epicentre of the events that shook the decade'' Andrew Roberts ''Compelling ... brilliantly analysed ... the fascinating story is …
But What Do You Actually Do?
A Literary Vagabondage
E-bok, 2011
44 kr
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This wonderfully entertaining journey takes us from Alistair Horne''s childhood as a wartime evacuee in America to his career as a highly successful historian and biographer, via a stint as a foreign correspondent for the Daily Telegraph. We travel with him from Germany to America, from Canada to …
Hubris
The Tragedy of War in the Twentieth Century
E-bok, 2015
45 kr
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Alistair Horne has been a close observer of war and history for more than fifty years. In this wise and masterly work, he revisits six battles that changed the course of the twentieth century and reveals the one trait that links them all: hubris. From the Battle of Tsushima in the Russo-Japanese …
La Belle France
E-bok, 2007
142 kr
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"A useful and charming introduction to a nation that has oh-so-definitely helped make the modern world what it is... Horne does a service in helping the reading navigate the complexities of French history." — Los Angeles Times From the aclaimed British historian and author of Seven Ages of Paris …
Lonely Leader
Monty 1944-45 (Pan Military Classic Series)
Av Alistair Horne, David Montgomery
E-bok, 2012
146 kr
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General Montgomery lead the 8th Army to victory at El Alamein in 1942, and as Chief of Land Forces in the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944 he received Germany's surrender in 1945. Concentrating on the momentous events of Operation Overlord from June 1944, The Lonely Leader follws Monty's …
Bundle From Britain
E-bok, 2012
173 kr
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This volume tells the story of the evacuations of children from wartorn Britain to America during World War II. Alistair Horne was "a bundle from Britain" who found himself in very different circumstances on his arrival in the United States, and on his later return to Britain in the RAF. This is …
Savage War of Peace
Algeria 1954-1962
E-bok, 2012
158 kr
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Thoroughly sharp and honest treatment of a brutal conflict.The Algerian War (1954-1962) was a savage colonial war, killing an estimated one million Muslim Algerians and expelling the same number of European settlers from their homes. It was to cause the fall of six French prime minsters and the …
Small Earthquake in Chile
E-bok, 2012
189 kr
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Part history and current affairs, part travelogue, this is the story of a journey made by Alistair Horne and American politician/journalist, Bill Buckley through Colombia, Peru, Chile and Bolivia. They set off in September 1970, just after a Marxist government had come to power in a free election …
Fall of Paris
The Siege and the Commune 1870-71
E-bok, 2012
142 kr
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Opening with the military preparations before Paris was besieged by the invading German army in September 1870, Alistair Horne's compelling account of this dramatic episode takes the reader through the fall of Paris and German victory to the last days of the Paris Commune in May Week 1871.
How Far From Austerlitz?
Napoleon 1805 - 1815
E-bok, 2012
189 kr
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Austerlitz was Napoleon's greatest victory, but it was also the beginning of the end. The success blurred his tactical vision and although there were victories after it, the apogee had been reached and the process has begun which resulted in the 1812 Russian campaign and Waterloo, his last battle.
To Lose a Battle
France 1940
E-bok, 2012
205 kr
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The author has sifted through the vast Nazi archives and the fragmentary records of the beaten Allies to tell the story of the fall of France. The author also wrote "The Price of Glory: Verdun, 1916" and "The Fall of Paris 1870-71".
Lonely Leader
Monty 1944-45 (Pan Military Classic Series)
Av Alistair Horne, David Montgomery
Häftad, 2014
242 kr
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General Montgomery lead the 8th Army to victory at El Alamein in 1942, and as Chief of Land Forces in the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944 he received Germany's surrender in 1945. Concentrating on the momentous events of Operation Overlord from June 1944, The Lonely Leader follws Monty's …
Fall of Paris
Häftad, 2015
237 kr
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Opening with the military preparations before Paris was besieged by the invading German army in September 1870, Alistair Horne's compelling account of this dramatic episode takes the reader through the fall of Paris and German victory to the last days of the Paris Commune in May Week 1871.
Savage War of Peace
Algeria 1954–1962
Ljudbok, 2008
572 kr
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The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. It brought down six French governments, led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic, returned de Gaulle to power, and came close to provoking a civil war on French soil. More than a million Muslim Algerians died in the conflict, and as many European …
Friend or Foe
A History of France
E-bok, 2012
51 kr
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Britain''s premier historian on France from Caesar to Mitterrand - to coincide with the centenary of the Entente Cordiale A century after the Entente Cordiale ended centuries of war and enmity between France and Britain, and two hundred years after the coronation of Britain''s deadly enemy, …
