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George VI
ISBN: 9781780760711 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Despite his struggle with a crippling shyness and sense of inadequacy, exacerbated by the stammer that was the focus of the Oscar-winning film The King's Speech , George VI rose to challenges before him. His marriage to the self-assured and supportive Elizabeth Bowes-Lyons and his unexpected accession to the throne in 1936 changed the direction of the young prince's life for good. Once on the throne, it was he who bore the weighty responsibility for restoring the nation's confidence in their monarchy following his elder brother's abdication and for maintaining morale during the darkest...
Despite his struggle with a crippling shyness and sense of inadequacy, exacerbated by the stammer that was the focus of the Oscar-winning film The ...
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Palmerston
ISBN: 9781784531584 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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The Lion and the Tiger: The Rise and Fall of the British Raj, 1600-1947
ISBN: 9780192805799 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The British experience in India began in earnest over four hundred years ago, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. For many years the English interlopers and traders who made contact with the subcontinent were viewed by Indians as little more than pirates and potentially troublesome conquering barbarians. After a series of titanic struggles against the French and various local rulers during the eighteenth century, by the end of the Napoleonic Wars Britain had gained mastery of the subcontinent. This period, and the century and a half that followed, saw two powerful cultures locked in an...
The British experience in India began in earnest over four hundred years ago, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. For many years the English interl...
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Lord Reading : Rufus Isaacs, First Marquess of Reading, Lord Chief Justice and Viceroy of India, 1860-1935
ISBN: 9780571300099 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Rufus Isaacs was in his day the first commoner to rise to the rank of marquess since the Duke of Wellington. Born into a lively Jewish family, he left school aged 14, yet made his name as a brilliant QC before being elected to the Commons as a Liberal in 1904. Smeared during the Marconi scandal of 1913 he survived to be appointed Lord Chief Justice, and elevated to the peerage in 1914. He would go on to be Ambassador to the United States, Viceroy of India, and Foreign Secretary. For this major work, first published in 1982, Denis Judd drew upon private papers in order to place Rufus... Rufus Isaacs was in his day the first commoner to rise to the rank of marquess since the Duke of Wellington. Born into a lively Jewish family, he l... |
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Balfour and the British Empire
ISBN: 9780571326044 / Miękka / 2015 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Balfour's political career spanned the years from 1874 to 1929, during which time he saw Britain's acquisition of a new colonial empire, the disastrous Boer War, the beginning of India's progress towards independence, and the emergence of the Dominions as equal partners in the British Commonwealth.
Balfour's political career spanned the years from 1874 to 1929, during which time he saw Britain's acquisition of a new colonial empire, the disastrou...
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Empire : The British Imperial Experience from 1765 to the Present
ISBN: 9781848859951 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 552 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The British Empire changed the face of the modern world. At its zenith it governed more than a quarter of the world's population, and spanned at least a fifth of its surface. Through these sovereign acquisitions, the British people derived wealth, influence, and prestige. Empire also became a defining aspect of British identity, affording the nation a sense of international purpose and political and social unity. Yet, for many of those that it controlled, the Empire often represented something darker: an arbitrary power which disrupted local customs, social structures and government.In this...
The British Empire changed the face of the modern world. At its zenith it governed more than a quarter of the world's population, and spanned at least...
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The Boer War: A History
ISBN: 9781350143548 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The Boer War of 1899-1902 was an epic of heroism and bungling, cunning and barbarism, with an extraordinary cast of characters - including Churchill, Rhodes, Conan Doyle, Smuts, Kipling, Gandhi, Kruger and Kitchener. The war revealed the ineptitude of the British military and unexpectedly exposed the corrupt underside of imperialism in the establishment of the first concentration camps, the shooting of Boer prisoners-of-war and the embezzlement of military supplies by British officers. This acclaimed book provides a complete history of the Boer War - from the first signs of unrest to the...
The Boer War of 1899-1902 was an epic of heroism and bungling, cunning and barbarism, with an extraordinary cast of characters - including Churchill, ...
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