Titoli in Storico

He is one of the most reviled English kings in history. He drove his kingdom to the brink of civil war a dozen times in less than twenty years. He allowed his male lovers to rule the kingdom. He led a great army to the most ignominious military defeat in English history. He was Edward II, and this book tells his story. Kathryn Warner strips away the myths which have been created about him over the centuries, and provides a far more accurate and vivid picture of him than has previously been seen.

In the spring of 1918, German forces broke through Allied lines in a last-ditch attempt to overcome their enemies. To hold back this tide, inexperienced young men from France, Britain, the United States, Australia, and Canada were sent into war. What was it like to be an eighteen-year-old and sent to the frontlines in the First World War? Frederick James Hodges was one of these young men and his book, Men of 18 in 1918, provides insight into the ordeals of an ordinary soldier who left Britain as a teenager but returned as a man having witnessed the full horrors of war.

For Lewis Carroll, a deacon in the Church of England, faith in Christ and belief in a loving God stood at the core of his being, but little has been written about what the church or faith meant to the celebrated author of the Alice books. With Lewis Carroll: Formed by Faith, Charlie Lovett provides the first in-depth study of the religious life of the famous author, whose real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. By examining Dodgson's religious education and core beliefs, this book shows how a deep Christian faith guided every part of his life and work.

As Ben experimented, people peppered him with questions about electricity. Distracted, Ben was still holding the ends of two bare wires when the other ends touched the Leyden jars. A massive charge knocked him to the ground. When he clambered to his feet, he had to admit that his guests appeared to have enjoyed watching him get electrocuted. Benjamin Franklin's life never lacked excitement and intrigue. As a printer, writer, scientist, inventor, and American statesman, this spirited Philadelphia resident continually sought to improve himself and the world he lived in.

Carve Her Name with Pride is the inspiring story of the half-French Violette Szabo who was born in Paris in 1921 to an English motorcar dealer, and a French Mother. She met and married Etienne Szabo, a Captain in the French Foreign Legion in 1940. Shortly after the birth of her daughter, Tania, her husband died at El Alamein. She became a FANY (First Aid Nursing Yeomanry) and was recruited into the SOE and underwent secret agent training. Her first trip to France was completed successfully even though she was arrested and then released by the French Police.

Between August and October 1720, two female pirates named Anne Bonny and Mary Read terrorized the Caribbean in and around Jamaica. Despite their short career, they became two of the most notorious pirates during the height of the eighteenth-century Golden Age of Piracy. In a world dominated by men, they became infamous for their bravery, cruelty and unwavering determination to escape the social constraints placed on women during that time.

Claude C. Hopkins fut l'un des pionniers de la publicité moderne et copywriter de génie. Il était persuadé que la publicité n'existait que pour vendre quelque chose et que ses effets devaient être mesurables. Ce modeste fils de marchand de chandelles a été imprimeur, journaliste, essayiste, éditeur de livres, de journaux populaires, homme de lettres et fondateur d'associations. Un vrai touche-à-tout ! Parti de rien, jusqu' à devenir le Père fondateur des États-Unis, cette biographie révèle les chemins qui l'ont mené au succès et à la gloire.

Described as the 'most beautiful princess in Europe', and a woman 'capable of arousing profane passion', this is the story of a woman whose life combined privilege and tragedy, love and riches, conviction and courage, humanity and inhumanity.

Polish Catholics believed she was one of them. A devoted Nazi family took her in as if she was their own daughter. She fell in love with a German engineer who built aeroplanes for the Luftwaffe. What none of these people knew was that Mala Rivka Kizel had been born into a large Orthodox Jewish family in Warsaw, Poland, in 1926. By using her charm, intelligence, blonde hair, and blue eyes to assume different identities, she was the only member of her family to survive World War II.

A ruthless Viking warrior who named his most prized battle weapon after the Norse goddess of death, Olav Haraldsson and his mercenaries wrought terror and destruction from the Baltic to Galicia in the early eleventh century. Thousands were put to the sword, enslaved, or ransomed. In England, Canterbury was sacked, its archbishop murdered, and London Bridge pulled down. The loot amassed from years of plunder helped Olav win the throne of Norway, and a century after his death he was proclaimed "Eternal King" and has been a national hero there ever since.

The definitive biography of the mercurial Soviet leader who succeeded and denounced Stalin. Nikita Khrushchev was one of the most complex and important political figures of the twentieth century. Ruler of the Soviet Union during the first decade after Stalin's death, Khrushchev left a contradictory stamp on his country and on the world.

In July 1882, Ellen O'Hara stepped off a ship from the West of Ireland to begin a new life in New York. What she encountered was a world of casual racial prejudice that characterized her as ignorant, dirty, and feckless, the butt of many jokes. From the slim range of jobs available to her she, like, many of her kind, found a position as a domestic servant, working long hours and living in to save on rent and keep. After an unfortunate marriage, Ellen determined to win financial security on her own, and eventually opened a boarding house where her two children were able to rejoin her.

Little has been written about the strangely obscured figure of Meiji himself, the first Japanese emperor ever to meet a European. But now, Donald Keene sifts the available evidence to present a rich portrait not only of Meiji but also of rapid and sometimes violent change during this pivotal period in Japan's history. Emperor of Japan conveys in sparkling prose the complexity of the man and offers an unrivaled portrait of Japan in a period of unique interest.

John Hancock's overnight transformation from British loyalist to fiery rebel and first governor of the independent state of Massachusetts is one of the least known stories of the American Revolution. Acclaimed author Harlow Giles Unger introduces us to the Founding Father whose name is as recognizable as George Washington's, but whose thrilling life story is all but untold. Applying his historical expertise and storytelling gift, Unger details the fascinating life of one of our most extraordinary business and political leaders—the first signer of the Declaration of Independence.

At first, Erika Bolstad knew only one thing about her great-grandmother, Anna: she was a homesteader on the North Dakota prairies in the early 1900s before her husband committed her to an asylum under mysterious circumstances. As Erika's mother was dying, she revealed more: their family still owned the mineral rights to Anna's land—and oil companies were interested in the black gold beneath the prairies. Their family, Erika learned, could get rich thanks to the legacy of a woman nearly lost to history.

Gert Petersen valgte ved folketingsvalget den 11. marts 1998 at trække sig tilbage fra folketinget og et livslangt politisk arbejde på den danske venstrefløj. I godt 30 år har Gert Petersen haft sæde i folketinget og arbejdet både med udenrigs- og indenrigspolitik, lagt et stort arbejde i stiftelsen af Socialistisk Folkeparti og de politiske sværdslag i partiet foruden i Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti, hvor han var med i striden op til dannelsen af SF.

Magasinet ATLAS gør status over efterkrigstiden, der på mange måder slet ikke er forbi. Kristoffer Granov har mødt den tyske forfatter Niklas Frank, hvis bøger på mange måder er ét langt hadebrev til faren, der blev dømt til døden ved Nürnberg-processerne efter at have siddet som dukkediktator i Polen under Anden Verdenskrig. I Granovs artikel "Verdensborger nummer 1" møder han Garry Davis, som efter krigen forsøgte at statuere et eksempel på en verden baseret på andre principper end nationalstaten.

„Intet menneske er en ø" har det lydt, siden John Donne skrev de smukke ord for 400 år siden. Gennem de sidste godt og vel 70 år har det vist sig sandt i forfatteren Peter Dürrfelds liv. I Hjertet har altid det sidste ord fortæller han derfor om sit livs døde - alle de mennesker, hvis død for ham rummede et fravær, fordi de med deres liv havde fyldt ham med nærvær. Det begynder med Kaj Munk, som red ranke med den etårige Peter, og fortsætter med en lang række mennesker, som tilsammen bliver et smukt galleri befolket med levet liv.

Venstre-manden Uffe Ellemann-Jensen er en af dansk politiks mest kendte figurer. Han gjorde kometkarriere på Christiansborg og befandt sig allerede få år efter sin indtræden i Folketinget i toppen af sit partis hierarki. Som udenrigsminister markerede han sig især som forgangsmand ved at byde nye østlande velkomne i det europæiske fællesskab. Uffe Ellemann-Jensen er også en politiker, der til tider har været meget udskældt. Han er rekordindehaver af politiske ’næser’, dvs.

Else Moltke fortsætter sine erindringer i "Livet er en gave", der fortæller om Moltkes liv fra 1920'erne. Det er historier om en tilværelse midt i det danske kunstnermiljø, om fester, bekendtskaber, rejser, og ikke mindst tiden under anden verdenskrig, hvor Else Moltke ikke ligefrem lå på den lade side. Else Moltke (1888-1986), dansk forfatter. Else Moltke engagerede sig i kvinders vilkår og var sammen med forfatterkollegaen Thit Jensen med til at etablere Københavns kvindelige diskussionsklub i 1941.