Résultats pour "David" dans Europe

Spanning eighty captivating hours, Durant Masterworks curates four of Will Durant's most celebrated works into a single, thematically rich portrait of Western thought from its origins to the modern age. This anthology traces the evolution of Western thought from ancient philosophy through medieval faith, early modern conflict, and the rise of England as a global power. Durant's storytelling is vivid, engaging, and deeply human, bringing history's greatest ideas and personalities to life with unmatched clarity.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The Wager, showing that it...

Separe a lenda do épico militar e descubra a brutal realidade histórica do sacrifício nas Termópilas. Ideal para transformar seu deslocamento diário em um mergulho no passado, este relato imersivo transporta você diretamente para a rude paisagem do Peloponeso. Prepare-se para uma jornada...

Vive el épico choque de civilizaciones que transformó una remota provincia romana en un codiciado reino medieval. Ideal para convertir tus trayectos diarios en un viaje histórico inmersivo, este audiolibro despoja los mitos para revelar la cruda realidad del poder y la supervivencia. Explora...

Erlebe in diesem historischen Sachbuch, wie systematische Angst und religiöser Wahn eine ganze Gesellschaft lähmten. Wenn du auf dem morgendlichen Arbeitsweg nach tiefgründigem Wissen suchst, zieht dich diese düstere, aber faszinierend objektive Chronik sofort in ihren Bann. Die beklemmende...

L'or des Amériques a bâti cet empire colonial historique avant de précipiter son dramatique effondrement économique. Explorez la mécanique fascinante de cette ascension fulgurante et de ce déclin structurel, où l'abondance extrême devient une véritable malédiction monétaire. Idéale...

Winner of the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize Winner of the Longman History Today Trustees’ Award Longlisted for the Orwell Prize Unflinching and revealing, Black and British is a vital history that reveals how black British lives have been woven into the fabric of the nation for centuries – from...

Penniless and a disappointment to his father, Anthony is flung into the Eighty Years' War, spying for the queen who exiled him, against the queen who knighted him.

Told through the natural beauty of the Irish landscape, The Wind Beneath the Stone is an inspirational story of hope and community that reveals how a simple challenge can take on a life of its own. When world kettle-bell lifting champion David Keohan heard the old tales of stone-lifting, he was...

The Reign of Terror continues to fascinate scholars as one of the bloodiest periods in French history, when the Committee of Public Safety strove to defend the first Republic from its many enemies, creating a climate of fear and suspicion in revolutionary France. R. R. Palmer's fascinating narrative follows the Committee's deputies individually and collectively, recounting and assessing their tumultuous struggles in Paris and their repressive missions in the provinces. 

A new history of the Renaissance's greatest feat of exploration: Sir Walter Ralegh's search for the legendary city of El Dorado, by New York Times bestselling author David Gibbins. In 1594, English adventurer Sir Walter Ralegh heard the story of a lost city in South America from a Spanish...

Step into Renaissance Florence, where a flawed block of marble became art history’s most immortal masterpiece. Rival factions, ambitious patrons, and fiery preachers collide in a fragile republic desperate for a civic talisman. Amidst this turbulence, a fiercely competitive young visionary...

Dive into a tense micro history where a discarded, damaged block of marble sparks a revolution in Renaissance art. Perfect for your morning commute or an immersive weekend walk, this atmospheric narrative transports you directly to the bustling workshops of fifteenth-century Florence. Experience...

What makes a man marry six times? Was Henry VIII a voracious philanderer? On the contrary, says Dr David Starkey, the King was seeking happiness – as well as hoping for a son. The first of his wives was Catherine of Aragon, the pious Catholic princess who suffered years of miscarriages and...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Thomas Cromwell by Diarmaid MacCulloch, read by David Rintoul. Thomas Cromwell is one of the most famous - or notorious - figures in English history. Born in obscurity in Putney, he became a fixer for Cardinal Wolsey in the 1520s. After Wolsey's fall...

A dazzlingly original, "remarkable" account of the life and thought of legendary economist Adam Smith (Financial Times). Adam Smith (1723-1790) is now widely regarded as the greatest economist of all time. But what he really thought, and the implications of his ideas, remain fiercely contested...

Brought to you by Penguin. When Colin Grant was growing up in Luton in the 1960s, he learned not to ask his Jamaican parents why they had emigrated to Britain. ‘We’re here because we’re here,’ his father would say. ‘You have some place else to go?’ But now, seventy years after the...

The #1 bestseller that tells the remarkable story of the generations of American artists, writers, and doctors who traveled to Paris, fell in love with the city and its people, and changed America through what they learned, told by America’s master historian, David McCullough. Not all pioneers...

'Lively . . . peppered with entertaining lines. One of [Low's] skills as a journalist is an ability to sift through mountains of archive material and pick out the gems' - Telegraph Covering 200 years of royal history from Queen Victoria to King Charles, and looking forward to the future reign of...

The long-awaited biography of the genius who masterminded Henry VIII's bloody revolution in the English government, which reveals at last Cromwell's role in the downfall of Anne Boleyn "This a book that - and it's not often you can say this - we have been awaiting for four hundred years."...