The classic biography of the Duke of Wellington, reissued with a new jacket alongside Elizabeth Longford's VICTORIA
Elizabeth Longford Knihy
Elizabeth Longford bola britská autorka, životopiskyňa a historička. Jej diela sa vyznačovali živým rozprávaním a bystrým vhľadom do minulosti, pričom sa zameriavala na historické postavy a udalosti. Skúmala zložitosť ľudskej povahy a spoločenské sily, ktoré formovali minulosť. Jej literárne dedičstvo pretrváva nielen v jej knihách, ale aj v cene, ktorá je pomenovaná na jej počesť a oceňuje výnimočné historické životopisy.
The Oxford Book of Royal Anecdotes
- 546 stránok
- 20 hodin čítania
Here is a sparkling collection of Crown jewels--from amusing tales that humanize their subjects to dramatic stories of martyrdoms, palace intrigues, and bloody battles. Elizabeth Longford, intimate of the royal family and biographer of Victoria and Elizabeth II, has assembled the best anecdotes ever written and reported about the kings and queens of England, across the full range of Britain's history from the first century A.D. to the present day.
A new edition of the classic 1964 biography of Queen Victoria, reissued for the 200th anniversary of her birth.
Queen Victoria was the longest reigning monarch in British history. When Albert died in 1861 Victoria's overwhelming grief caused her to almost withdraw from public life for several years.
Eminent Victorian Women
- 237 stránok
- 9 hodin čítania
"Longford has chosen 11 Victorian women include Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte, Josephine Butler, Annie Besant, Harriet Beecher Stowe and others who in their actions or writing challenged the repressive rules of established society."--Provided by publisher
