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6 produkter
Norman Conquest of Southern Italy and Sicily
Häftad, 2003
396 kr
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The Normans originally came to Italy and Sicily in the 11th and 12th centuries looking for adventure or a livelihood, but once there, found opportunity for fame and fortune. The story of the Norman conquest in Italy and Sicily is indeed one of knights and adventurers, great battles and lowly …
Latin American Rebels and the United States, 1806-1822
Häftad, 2015
384 kr
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When separatist revolts erupted in Spain's American colonies in the early 1800s, opinion in the United States was undecided as to what position to take. Proximity and America's own anti-colonial ethos favored sympathy with the rebel cause, yet U.S. strategic interests during the tumultuous …
Captain Who Burned His Ships
Captain Thomas Tingey, USN, 1750-1829
E-bok, 2011
127 kr
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This is the first biography of Captain Thomas Tingey, who was a key figure in the development of the early U.S. Navy. Having come to America after a short service in the Royal Navy, Tingey contributed importantly to the growth of the American Navy, but was then obliged to burn the Washington Navy …
Incidental Architect
William Thornton and the Cultural Life of Early Washington, D.C., 1794–1828
Inbunden, 2009
639 kr
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While the majority of scholarship on early Washington focuses on its political and physical development, in Incidental Architect Gordon S. Brown describes the intellectual and social scene of the 1790s and early 1800s through the lives of a prominent couple whose cultural aspirations served as both …
Incidental Architect
William Thornton and the Cultural Life of Early Washington, D.C., 1794–1828
Häftad, 2009
366 kr
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While the majority of scholarship on early Washington focuses on its political and physical development, in Incidental Architect Gordon S. Brown describes the intellectual and social scene of the 1790s and early 1800s through the lives of a prominent couple whose cultural aspirations served as both …
Toussaint's Clause
Inbunden, 2005
467 kr
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In its formative years, America, birthplace of a revolution, wrestled with a volatile dilemma. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and many other founding fathers clashed. What was to be the new republic's strategy toward a revolution roiling just off its shores? From 1790 to 1810, …
