wyszukanych pozycji: 33
A Grim Almanac of Cornwall
ISBN: 9780750951319 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A catalogue of 365 ghastly tales from around Cornwall. It contains dreadful deeds, macabre deaths, strange occurrences and heinous homicides and explores the darker side of the county's past. It tells about the leaders of the 1497 rebellion, who fought for their county only to be hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn.
A catalogue of 365 ghastly tales from around Cornwall. It contains dreadful deeds, macabre deaths, strange occurrences and heinous homicides and explo...
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97,59 zł |
George V's Children
ISBN: 9780750934688 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) 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 VII for less than a year. His infamous romance with Mrs Simpson plunged the country into the abdication crisis and led both of them into a long period of exile. King George VI, who reluctantly and unexpectedly ascended to the throne, was a shy man, handicapped by a speech impediment and a sense of his own inadequacy. However, together with his Consort, Queen Elizabeth, and the Prime Minister, Winston...
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 ...
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61,62 zł |
While You See A Chance: The Steve Winwood Story
ISBN: 9781781556733 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Steve Winwood was successively lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist with the chart-topping Spencer Davis Group, the more experimental Traffic, and the short-lived Blind Faith. He then embarked on a successful career as a solo performer, session musician and regular collaborator with his peers. This is the first biography for nearly 30 years.
Steve Winwood was successively lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist with the chart-topping Spencer Davis Group, the more experimental Traffic, and ...
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87,31 zł |
The first German Empress: Augusta, Consort of Emperor William I
ISBN: 9781533362889 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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54,92 zł |
The heroine of Gaeta: Queen Maria Sophia of the Two Sicilies
ISBN: 9781798944387 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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51,92 zł |
Life of Alexander II: Emperor of all the Russias
ISBN: 9781544087979 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Emperor Alexander II ascended the throne of Russia in 1855. His reign was noted for the emancipation of the serfs in 1861, earning him the title of 'Tsar Liberator', and for a victorious war against Turkey in 1877-78. His last years were overshadowed by several attempts on his life, culminating in his assassination in 1881. F.R. Grahame's life, the first in English, was published in 1883. This new illustrated edition includes a Foreword by John Van der Kiste.
Emperor Alexander II ascended the throne of Russia in 1855. His reign was noted for the emancipation of the serfs in 1861, earning him the title of 'T...
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58,33 zł |
Princess Helena: Queen Victoria's third daughter
ISBN: 9781511679206 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Princess Helena (1846-1923) was the third daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. A steady, dependable young woman, known as 'Lenchen' within the family, she was particularly 'useful' to her demanding and recently widowed mother, who could not bear to lose her to a marriage which would oblige her to move and live abroad with her husband. In 1866 she married Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, a kindly but penniless bachelor fifteen years older than her. Despite the difference in ages, it was the only marriage among the Queen's children in which both partners lived long enough to...
Princess Helena (1846-1923) was the third daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. A steady, dependable young woman, known as 'Lenchen' within th...
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56,51 zł |
Richard III: His life and character
ISBN: 9781548571887 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Sir Clements Markham's biography of Richard III, first published in 1906, has since remained one of the most important revisionist biographies in defence of the King. It maintained that his character and reputation had been grossly blackened by Tudor chroniclers and subsequent hsitorians, and that with regard to the various deaths attributed to him, he should be acquitted. This new edition includes an introduction by John Van der Kiste
Sir Clements Markham's biography of Richard III, first published in 1906, has since remained one of the most important revisionist biographies in defe...
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59,23 zł |
William and Mary: Heroes of the Glorious Revolution
ISBN: 9780750945776 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Mary (16621694), 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 (16501702), son of William II of Orange (162650), Stadtholder of the Dutch republic, and Mary, eldest daughter of Charles I of England, who was11 years older than her. In November 1677, on William's 27th birthday, they married in a private ceremony at St James's Palace. William was solemn, James gloomy, Mary in tears, and only King Charles appeared cheerful. This dual biography deals with both the life and times...
Mary (16621694), 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...
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82,17 zł |
Between two Emperors: The Willy-Nicky telegrams and letters, 1894-1914
ISBN: 9781542938563 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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67,41 zł |
The last German Empress: Empress Augusta Victoria, Consort of Emperor William II
ISBN: 9781511613965 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Born a princess of Schleswig-Holstein in 1858, Empress Augusta Victoria, known in the family as 'Dona', was marked out from early childhood as a potential bride for Prince William of Prussia. When they married in 1881, everyone expected that she would never concern herself with more than the traditional Prussian princess's interests of Kirche, Kuche, Kinder (church, kitchen, children). Yet within twenty years of his accession as William II, the last German Emperor, she would become in some ways the stronger character and steadying influence her increasingly neurotic and unstable husband...
Born a princess of Schleswig-Holstein in 1858, Empress Augusta Victoria, known in the family as 'Dona', was marked out from early childhood as a poten...
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55,83 zł |
William IV: The Last Hanoverian King of Britain
ISBN: 9781399098571 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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128,46 zł |
Hugh Shortland: A Victorian mystery
ISBN: 9781093387612 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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31,98 zł |
Daughter of Prussia: Louise, Grand Duchess of Baden and her family
ISBN: 9781546960379 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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47,20 zł |
Charlotte and Feodora: A troubled mother-daughter relationship in imperial Germany
ISBN: 9781514877371 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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56,32 zł |
Queen Victoria's Daughters-in-Law
ISBN: 9781399001458 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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128,46 zł |
Mott The Hoople and Ian Hunter in the 1970s (Decades)
ISBN: 9781789521627 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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77,04 zł |
A mere passing shadow: The tragedy of Frederick III, German Emperor
ISBN: 9781507873335 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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44,51 zł |
Manfred Mann's Earth Band in the 1970s: Decades
ISBN: 9781789522433 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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82,17 zł |
Alfred: Queen Victoria's Second Son
ISBN: 9781781553190 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Prince Alfred, who was created Duke of Edinburgh in 1866 and became Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gothain 1893, was the second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. A patron of the arts, pioneer philatelist and amateur violinist, he joined the Royal Navy as a boy and rose to become Admiral of the Fleet. At the age of eighteen he was elected King of Greece by overwhelming popular vote in a plebiscite, although political agreements between the Great Powers of Europe prevented him from accepting the vacant crown. The most widely traveled member of his family, he had visited all five continents by the...
Prince Alfred, who was created Duke of Edinburgh in 1866 and became Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gothain 1893, was the second son of Queen Victoria and Prince ...
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77,04 zł |