Résultats pour "One" dans Europe

A rebellious monk challenged a corrupt empire, sparking a religious revolution that permanently fractured Western history. Perfect for your daily commute, this dramatic narrative plunges you into a turbulent era of spiritual anxiety and institutional decay. Experience the tense, high-stakes...

A fascinating look at the other side of the Opium Wars In this tragic and powerful story, the two Opium Wars of 1839–1842 and 1856–1860 between Britain and China are recounted for the first time through the eyes of the Chinese as well as the Imperial West. Opium entered China during the...

This highly revelatory bookbased on original research and completely new analysispresents a compelling new suspect as the most notorious serial killer of all time: Jack the Ripper. Using a different analytical approach, for the first time, Sarah Bax Horton identifies a named perpetrator as Jack...

From the gates of Paradise to the end of time, The One and Only Tree offers an extraordinary quest — a magical, millennia-spanning adventure built upon the most sacred object in the history of Christendom. From the bazaars of Jerusalem in the last years of the nineteenth century to the...

In 1938, 29-year-old 'Nicky' cancelled a ski holiday and instead spent nine months masterminding a seemingly impossible plan to rescue hundreds of Jewish children and find them homes in the UK. Over 6,000 people are alive today because of his efforts. What motivated an ordinary man to do something so extraordinary? This book, written by his daughter, Barbara, explores the 106-year life of an incredible humanitarian, a man whose legacy only came to public light decades later.

'A lyrical, fascinating, important book. More than just a family story, it is an essay on belonging, denying, pretending, self-deception and, at least for the main characters, survival.' Literary Review 'Simon May's remarkable How to Be a Refugee is a memoir of family secrets with a ruminative...

In 1995, Arkady Babchenko was an 18-year-old law student in Moscow when he was drafted into the Russian army and sent to Chechnya. It was the beginning of a torturous journey from naïve conscript to hardened soldier that took Babchenko from the front lines of the first Chechen War in 1995 to the second in 1999. He fought in major cities and tiny hamlets, from the bombed-out streets of Grozny to anonymous mountain villages.

From New York Times reporter and Pulitzer finalist Ali Watkins, this true-crime saga is the long-buried story of how a group of Philadelphia gunrunners armed the IRA at the height of the Troubles. A ragtag band of carpenters, family men and fugitives, the Philadelphia Five, as they came to be...

On July 22, 2011, Anders Behring Breivik detonated a bomb outside government buildings in central Oslo, killing eight people. He then proceeded to a youth camp on the island of Utøya, where he killed 69 more, most of them teenage members of Norway's governing Labour Party. In One of Us, the journalist Åsne Seierstad tells the story of this terrible day and what led up to it. What made Breivik, a gifted child from an affluent neighborhood in Oslo, become a terrorist?

Experience the epic rise and fall of a ruthless political opportunist who forever reshaped European military history. Follow the turbulent journey of an obscure Corsican artillery officer who harnessed revolutionary fury to crown himself emperor. Perfect for your daily commute, this dramatic...

'Breathtaking... vital and important. A wonderful read' PETER FRANKOPAN 'Marvellous... escapes the inane, balance-sheet view of Empire and sees its full complexity' SATHNAM SANGHERA 'Excellent... his mastery of detail is impeccable' DOMINIC SANDBROOK, Sunday Times 'Extraordinary... [brings] the...

This critical historical exploration shows a portrait of the British Empire at both the peak of its global reach—and the moment it began to topple. September 29, 1923. Once the Palestine Mandate officially takes effect, the British Empire—now covering a quarter of the world’s land and...

Brought to you by Penguin. Devour the latest epic tale of ancient Greece and Sunday Times top 5 bestseller from the author of War of the Roses. On the plains of Marathon an army of slaves gathers . . . Under Darius the Great, King of Kings, the mighty Persian army - swollen by 10,000 Immortal...

Explore how royal ambition and religious persecution transformed medieval Iberia into a dark global empire. Perfect for your daily commute or deep-focus learning, this gripping European history narrative separates documented fact from legendary myth. Discover the chilling truth behind the rise...

One day Ian Marchant decided, as all men of a certain age must, to have a dig around his family history. Surprisingly quickly, a web search informed him that his seven-times-great great-grandfather, Thomas Marchant, had left a detailed diary from 1714 to 1728. Diarist Thom – who liked a drink and a game of cards – feels recognisably Marchant to Ian. With immersive detail we learn about Thom’s family farm and fishponds; about dung, horses and mud; about beer, the wife’s nights out, his own job troubles and their shared worries for their children.

Dive into the immersive European history of two divided riverbank towns forging a single, resilient modern capital. Whether you are preparing for an upcoming travel adventure along the Danube or seeking an atmospheric escape during your daily commute, this vivid exploration brings the medieval...

Unearth a captivating historical mystery with an unreadable Bronze Age artifact that continues to baffle archaeologists. Discovered in 1908 in Cretan soil, this singular clay object sparked a century of heated debate among linguists and code-breakers. It is the perfect intellectual companion for...

Uncover the dramatic European history of power, war, and political division through one iconic, silent stone monument. Perfect for an immersive commute, this gripping historical narrative sweeps from the muddy outskirts of eighteenth-century Prussia to the chilling militarized zones of the Cold...

Unearth the unsolved ancient mystery of Europe's megalithic standing stones in this epic archaeological journey. Perfect for an educational commute or a relaxing evening of armchair travel, this atmospheric historical exploration transports you to the rugged, windswept coasts of prehistoric...

Step inside Britain's darkest fortress to experience the medieval history and royal executions that shaped a nation. Walk the bloodstained courtyards and opulent palace halls where power, fear, faith, and myth violently collided. From the brutal aftermath of the Norman Conquest to its modern...