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Napoleon Bonaparte: pocket GIANTS
Häftad, 2015
92 kr
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In the space of less than twenty years, Napoleon turned Europe upside down. Rising from obscure origins to supreme power by a mixture of luck, audacity and military genius, he was able to harness the energies released by the French Revolution to resolve the internal problems which it had created, …
Julius Caesar: pocket GIANTS
Av T.P. Wiseman
Häftad, 2016
106 kr
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Why is Caesar a giant? Because he effectively created the Roman Empire, and thus made possible the European civilization that grew out of it. As the People's champion against a corrupt and murderous oligarchy, he began transformation of the Roman republic into a quasi-monarchy and a military and …
Jesus: pocket GIANTS
Av Ed Kessler
Häftad, 2016
92 kr
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Why is Jesus a giant? Because he was the founder of Christianity, the largest religion in the world with 2 billion adherents; because Christianity is one of the five great religions of the world, with followers in every country on the planet and a history stretching back two thousand years; because …
King Arthur: pocket GIANTS
Av Nick Higham
Häftad, 2015
159 kr
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Why is King Arthur a giant?Because his story has had such strong influences on our understanding of the history of Europe and the English-speaking world. Because the debate about Arthur as a historical figure has been central to understanding the fall of Roman Britain and the formation of England …
Alfred the Great: pocket GIANTS
Häftad, 2015
162 kr
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‘Alfred is one of the most remarkable rulers of any time or place. This clear, readable and insightful book shows why.’ - Michael WoodWhy is Alfred 'the Great'? A simple answer is that he has been seen as a man who saved England, invented English identity and pioneered English as a written …
Horatio Nelson: pocket GIANTS
Häftad, 2015
92 kr
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Why is Nelson a hero? Because he was a captain before he was 21, a man who shaped the course of history from the decks of his ships, hailed as a saviour of the nation, a hero killed in action at the moment of his greatest victory at the Battle of Trafalgar and immortalized ever since.What lies …
Nelson Mandela: pocket GIANTS
Av Colin Bundy
E-bok, 2015
57 kr
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‘Colin Bundy has given us an incredible insight into the person of Mandela. What a man and what a gift Madiba was to the world.’ - Desmond TutuNelson Mandela’s place in history is secure: he was one of the best known prisoners in the world even before his election as the first president of …
George Best: pocket GIANTS
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Av Jim White
Häftad, 2017
104 kr
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On Sunday 5 October 2014, the 75,000 strong crowd at Old Trafford for Manchester United’s game against Everton joined in with an extended version of a chant which echoed around the stadium. ‘We all live in a Georgie Best world,’ it went. Eleven years after his death, forty years after he walked out …
Pope John Paul II: pocket GIANTS
Häftad, 2014
92 kr
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The world was stunned when little-known Karol Wojtyła became the first non-Italian pope for 450 years. As Pope John Paul II, he continued to surprise, directly confronting Communist regimes, flying hundreds of thousands of miles to meet the faithful, and building bridges with other faiths. John …
Wellington: pocket GIANTS
Häftad, 2017
88 kr
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Wellington is a giant because he was one of the greatest military commanders in British history, an important figure in the emergence of Britain as a great imperial power, a man who dominated British society and politics for 35 years. He was the only one of Napoleon’s contemporaries who can be …
Anne Frank: pocket GIANTS
Av Zoë Waxman
Häftad, 2015
85 kr
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The Diary of Anne Frank is one of the most famous – and bestselling – books of all time. Yet the girl who wrote it remains an enigma. The real Anne Frank has been lost, hidden behind the phenomenon that her posthumously published Diary produced.This concise biography will rediscover Anne Frank: …
Hannibal and Scipio: pocket GIANTS
Av Greg Fisher
Häftad, 2016
83 kr
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In 218, Hannibal Barca, desperate to avenge the defeat of Carthage in the First Punic War, launched an ambitious ground invasion of Italy. With just a small force, he crossed the Alps – a feat reckoned to be impossible – and pitted his polyglot army against Rome’s elite citizen infantry. At Cannae, …
Henry Ford: pocket GIANTS
Av David Long
Häftad, 2014
88 kr
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Why is Henry Ford a giant? Because he put the world on wheels. Henry Ford did not invent the motor car, nor for all the claims did he invent the assembly line or mass production. But more than anyone before or since he is remembered as the man who almost singlehandedly took an expensive contraption …
Nelson Mandela: pocket GIANTS
Av Colin Bundy
Häftad, 2015
88 kr
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‘Colin Bundy has given us an incredible insight into the person of Mandela. What a man and what a gift Madiba was to the world.’ - Desmond TutuNelson Mandela’s place in history is secure: he was one of the best known prisoners in the world even before his election as the first president of …
Isaac Newton: pocket GIANTS
Av Andrew May
Häftad, 2015
88 kr
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Isaac Newton had an extraordinary idea. He believed the physical universe and everything in it could be described in exact detail using mathematical relationships. He formulated a law of gravity that explained why objects fall downwards, how the moon causes the tides, and why planets and comets …
John Lennon: pocket GIANTS
Av Robert Webb
Häftad, 2016
95 kr
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John Lennon is a giant of popular music and culture. As one-quarter of the Beatles, he was in the vanguard of music, art, fashion and popular culture during the sixties. His music, humour and outspoken calls for peace inspired a generation. He stands as an iconic figure for those who lived through …
Constantine: pocket GIANTS
Häftad, 2016
85 kr
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Why is Constantine a giant? Because he gave Christians freedom of religion. Yet also because he radically and thoroughly changed our society, in particular church-state relations, thereby creating the opportunity for the Christian community to experience exponential growth. Because his changes in …
Albert Einstein: pocket GIANTS
Av Andrew May
Häftad, 2016
85 kr
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Everyone has heard of Albert Einstein and everyone knows that he was a genius. Yet only a few people understand his work. In fact, he was just one of many brilliant scientists grappling with the deepest problems of theoretical physics during the first half of the twentieth century. He may not have …
Giuseppe Verdi: pocket GIANTS
Häftad, 2014
90 kr
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Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901) was the Shakespeare of opera, the composer of Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Aida and Otello. The Chorus of Hebrew slaves from Nabucco (1842) is regarded in Italy as virtually an alternative national anthem – and the great tragedian rounded off his career fifty …
Robert the Bruce: pocket GIANTS
Av Fiona Watson
Häftad, 2014
95 kr
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From disastrous beginnings after he took the throne of Scotland, having murdered a powerful rival, Robert I became a military leader of consummate genius. Throwing away the rulebook of medieval warfare, which favoured the mounted knight, he remodelled the Scottish army as a disciplined, audacious …
Henry V: pocket GIANTS
Av A.J. Pollard
Häftad, 2014
87 kr
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Henry V is the best-known military hero in English history: better known than Marlborough or Wellington, or his grandfather, Edward III. He enjoyed more success against the French than any of them, coming tantalisingly close to conquering that vast country and imposing an English dynasty; this in a …
Abraham Lincoln: pocket GIANTS
Häftad, 2014
88 kr
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The President who ‘freed’ the slaves and held the Union together in the face of the slaveholding South’s bid to create a separate Confederacy. The teller of ribald stories, and the author of the most sublime speeches in the English language. A clever, complex, secretive man who rose from frontier …
