Geoffrey Moorhouse – författare
Visar alla böcker från författaren Geoffrey Moorhouse. Handla med fri frakt och snabb leverans.
17 produkter
Sun Dancing: Life in a Medieval Irish Monastery and How Celtic Spirituality Influenced the World
Häftad, 1999
287 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Hell's Foundations
A Town, Its Myths and Gallipoli
Häftad, 2008
267 kr
Lägg i varukorg
There is no shortage of books on the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign of 1915 but this one stands out. In it Geoffrey Moorhouse moves the focus from the more familar aspects to concentrate on one small mill town, Bury, in Lancashire, and to anatomize the long-lasting effect the Dardanelles had on it. …
Calcutta
Häftad, 2008
284 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In the foreword to the first edition Geoffrey Moorhouse wrote:'In a sense, the story of Calcutta is the story of India . . . It is the story of how and why Empire was created and what happened when Empire finished . . . The imperial residue of Calcutta, a generation after Empire ended, is both a …
Fearful Void
Häftad, 2008
262 kr
Lägg i varukorg
'It was because I was afraid that I had decided to attempt a crossing of the great Sahara desert, from west to east, by myself and by camel. No one had ever made such a journey before . . .'In October 1972 Geoffrey Moorhouse began his odyssey across the Sahara from the Atlantic to the Nile, a …
Apples in the Snow: A Journey to Samarkand
Häftad, 2008
231 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Starting near the roof of the world on the Soviet Union's border with China, Geoffrey Moorhouse's journey through Central Asia winds across mountains, steppes and desert as well as the path of the retreating Red Army before reaching Tamburlaine's tomb in Samarakand. The sequel to his award winning …
To the Frontier
Häftad, 2008
238 kr
Lägg i varukorg
To the Frontier is the compelling and vivid account of Geoffrey Moorhouse's three-month journey through Sind, Baluchistan and the Punjab to the legendary North-West frontier of Pakistan. From there he reached the closed Khyber Pass and the border with Afghanistan which he was - uniquely - permitted …
Om
An Indian Pilgrimage
Häftad, 2008
222 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In Om Geoffrey Moorhouse records his travels across South India in 1992, from the places of worship he visited to the wide range of people he met on his way - the pilgrims and supplicants, agnostics and holy men and women, politicians and the last survivor of the pre-Independence princes. An honest …
Calcutta
E-bok, 2012
177 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In the foreword to the first edition Geoffrey Moorhouse wrote:'In a sense, the story of Calcutta is the story of India . . . It is the story of how and why Empire was created and what happened when Empire finished . . . The imperial residue of Calcutta, a generation after Empire ended, is both a …
Hell's Foundations
A Town, its Myths and Gallipoli
E-bok, 2011
173 kr
Lägg i varukorg
There is no shortage of books on the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign of 1915 but this one stands out. In it Geoffrey Moorhouse moves the focus from the more familar aspects to concentrate on one small mill town, Bury, in Lancashire, and to anatomize the long-lasting effect the Dardanelles had on it. …
Fearful Void
E-bok, 2012
169 kr
Lägg i varukorg
'It was because I was afraid that I had decided to attempt a crossing of the great Sahara desert, from west to east, by myself and by camel. No one had ever made such a journey before . . .'In October 1972 Geoffrey Moorhouse began his odyssey across the Sahara from the Atlantic to the Nile, a …
Best Loved Game
One Summer of English Cricket
Häftad, 2013
254 kr
Lägg i varukorg
'It is now thirty-five years since Geoffrey Moorhouse wrote his cricket classic The Best Loved Game, which also seems unimaginable, but only because it feels like last week. Even so, in that time the game has changed, in many respects beyond recognition, which makes the book more valuable than ever …
Best Loved Game
One Summer of English Cricket
E-bok, 2013
148 kr
Lägg i varukorg
'It is now thirty-five years since Geoffrey Moorhouse wrote his cricket classic The Best Loved Game, which also seems unimaginable, but only because it feels like last week. Even so, in that time the game has changed, in many respects beyond recognition, which makes the book more valuable than ever …
At the George
And Other Essays on Rugby League
Häftad, 2013
249 kr
Lägg i varukorg
At the George, Geoffrey Moorhouse's testament to a lifelong love of rugby league, was shortlisted for the inaugural William Hill Sports Book of the Year award in 1989.'The very soul of rugby league, a sport that has been called 'the toughest in the world', lives within the pages of At the George. …
At the George
And Other Essays on Rugby League
E-bok, 2013
145 kr
Lägg i varukorg
At the George, Geoffrey Moorhouse's testament to a lifelong love of rugby league, was shortlisted for the inaugural William Hill Sports Book of the Year award in 1989.'The very soul of rugby league, a sport that has been called 'the toughest in the world', lives within the pages of At the George. …
Great Harry's Navy
How Henry VIII Gave England Sea Power
Häftad, 2009
151 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Ground-breaking history of how King Henry VIII created England's navyIt was Henry VIII who began the process of making England a first-rate sea-power. He inherited no more than seven warships from Henry VII, yet at his own death the King's Navy had 53 seaworthy ships afloat (much the same size as …
Last Office
1539 and the Dissolution of a Monastery
E-bok, 2011
45 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Henry VIII''s dissolution of the monasteries, through the never-before-told story of how one priory was saved and become Durham''s mighty cathedral What happened to the monks, their orders and the communities they served after Henry VIII''s break with Rome in 1536? In THE LAST OFFICE Geoffrey …
Last Divine Office
Henry VIII and the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Inbunden, 2009
302 kr
Lägg i varukorg
