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Bob Seger On Track
Every Album, Every Song
Häftad, 2026
192 kr
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Bob Seger began his career during the 1960s, fronting various bands in the Michigan area, a local hero who took almost a decade to break through to a national American audience. The in-concert Live Bullet, followed by the single and album Night Moves in 1976, established him as a major attraction …
1970: A Year In Rock. The Year Rock Became Mainstream
Häftad, 2021
203 kr
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1970 was a year of change in pop and rock music, with divisions between both becoming ever more blurred. More ambitiously-constructed epics, heavy rock numbers and contemporary folk songs competed with mainstream and easy listening fare on Top of the Pops and in the Top 30 singles, while …
Dictionary of Royal Biographers
Häftad
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
232 kr
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Prussian Princesses
The Sisters of Kaiser Wilhelm II
Inbunden, 2014
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
232 kr
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Kaiser Friedrich III and his consort Victoria, Princess Royal of Great Britain, had six children who lived to maturity, the eldest being Kaiser Wilhelm II. The three younger sisters, Victoria, Sophie and Margaret, were particularly supportive of their mother during her widowhood and remained close …
Charlotte and Feodora: A troubled mother-daughter relationship in imperial Germany
Häftad
237 kr
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End of the Habsburgs
The Decline and Fall of the Austrian Monarchy
Inbunden, 2019
282 kr
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In 1806, the Holy Roman Empire ceased to exist when Francis II became Emperor of Austria. 112 years later, the Habsburg empire collapsed after the First World War after surviving many tribulations. During the year of revolutions in 1848 the much-loved but incompetent Emperor Ferdinand had abdicated …
Once a Grand Duchess
Xenia, Sister of Nicolas II
Av John van der Kiste, Coryne Hall
Häftad, 2004
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
141 kr
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Born into the wealth and splendour of the Russian imperial family as the shy fourth child of the Tsarevich, Xenia might well have expected to play only a minor role in the Romanov story. Yet when she was just six years old, the assassination of her grandfather, Alexander II, moved her father and …
George V's Children
Häftad, 2003
148 kr
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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 …
Princess Victoria Melita
Häftad, 2003
126 kr
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Princess Victoria Melita played a colourful role from her birth in 1876. The second daughter of Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, she made a brief and unhappy marriage at the age of 17 to her cousin, Ernest, Grand Duke of Hesse. In the face of strong opposition from her family she divorced him seven years …
William and Mary
Heroes of the Glorious Revolution
Häftad, 2008
209 kr
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Mary (1662-94), daughter of James, Duke of York, heir to the English throne, then 15, is said to have wept for a day and a half when she was told she was to marry her cousin, William (1650-1702), son of William II of Orange (1626-50), Stadtholder of the Dutch republic, and Mary, eldest daughter of …
Somerset Murders
Av Nicola Sly, John van der Kiste
Häftad, 2008
189 kr
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Somerset Murders brings together numerous murderous tales that shocked not only the county but also made headlines throughout the country. They include the cases of Elizabeth and Betty Branch, a mother and daughter who beat a young servant girl to death in Hemington in 1740; 13-year-old Betty …
Little Book of Devon
E-bok, 2011
114 kr
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A compendium of fascinating information about Devon past and present, this book contains a plethora of entertaining facts about the county''s famous and occasionally infamous men and women, its towns and countryside, history, natural history, literary, artistic and sporting achievements, …
Queen Victoria's Children
Häftad, 2009
162 kr
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Queen Victoria and Albert, Prince Consort had nine children who despite their very different characters, remained a close-knit family. Inevitably, as they married into European royal families their loyalties were divided and their lives dominated by political controversy. This is not only the story …
More Cornish Murders
Av Nicola Sly, John van der Kiste
Häftad, 2010
185 kr
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This chilling follow-up to Cornish Murders brings together more murderous tales that shocked not only the county but frequently made headline news throughout the nation. They include the brutal slaying of Elizabeth Seaman in Penzance in 1845, the murder in the course of a robbery of Robert Drew …
George V's Children
E-bok, 2011
111 kr
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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 …
Queen Victoria's Children
E-bok, 2011
111 kr
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Queen Victoria and Albert, Prince Consort had nine children who despite their very different characters, remained a close-knit family. Inevitably, as they married into European royal families their loyalties were divided and their lives dominated by political controversy. This is not only the story …
Little Book of Cornwall
Inbunden, 2013
189 kr
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A compendium of fascinating information about Cornwall past and present, this book contains a plethora of entertaining facts about the county’s famous and occasionally infamous men and women, its towns and countryside, history, natural history, literary, artistic and sporting achievements, …
James II and the First Modern Revolution
The End of Absolute Monarchy
Inbunden, 2021
225 kr
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In February 1685, James II succeeded his brother Charles II on the English throne. His popularity had soared and fallen during his brother's reign. During a period of less than forty years that had seen the execution of their father, Charles I, the proclamation of a republic, and restoration of the …
James II and the First Modern Revolution
The End of Absolute Monarchy
E-bok, 2021
25 kr
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This in-depth biography explores the brief and turbulent reign of King James II and the growing opposition that led to the Glorious Revolution.James II succeeded his brother Charles II on the English throne in 1685, at a time when nothing could be taken for granted. A span of less that forty years …
Queen Victoria's Daughters-in-Law
Inbunden, 2023
288 kr
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Of Queen Victoria's four sons, the eldest married a Danish princess, one a Russian Grand Duchess, and the other two princesses of German royal houses.The first to join the family of the Grandmama of Europe' was Alexandra, eldest daughter of the prince about to become King Christian IX of Denmark. …
Queen Victoria's Daughters-in-Law
E-bok, 2023
137 kr
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The first book to study the four wives of Queen Victoria''s sons as a family group—based partly on previously unpublished material from the Royal Archives.The first to join the family of the "Grandmama of Europe" was Alexandra, eldest daughter of the prince about to become King Christian IX of …
Queen Victoria's Daughters-in-Law
E-bok, 2023
137 kr
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Of Queen Victoria''s four sons, the eldest married a Danish princess, one a Russian Grand Duchess, and the other two princesses of German royal houses. The first to join the family of the ''Grandmama of Europe'' was Alexandra, eldest daughter of the prince about to become King Christian IX of …
Queen Victoria’s Daughters-in-Law
Häftad, 2027
171 kr
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Of Queen Victoria’s four sons, the eldest married a Danish princess, one a Russian Grand Duchess, and the other two princesses of German royal houses.The first to join the family of the ‘Grandmama of Europe’ was Alexandra, eldest daughter of the prince about to become King Christian IX of Denmark. …
William IV
The Last Hanoverian King of Britain
Inbunden, 2022
288 kr
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Born in 1765, third son of King George III and Queen Charlotte, Prince William, Duke of Clarence, initially had little expectation of succeeding to the British throne. A brief career in the navy, followed by several years of semi-obscurity and a liaison with the actress Dorothea Jordan that gave …
The last German Empress: Empress Augusta Victoria, Consort of Emperor William II
Häftad
235 kr
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