Elämäkerrat: historiallinen, poliittinen ja sotilaallinen

Anne Boleyn’s unconventional beauty inspired poets - and she so entranced Henry VIII with her wit, allure and style that he was prepared to set aside his wife of over twenty years …

The House of Wittgenstein is the grand saga of a brilliant and tragic Viennese family whose members included a famous philosopher and the world's greatest one-handed classical …

Kun talvisota syttyi, laivanvarustaja Ragnar Nordström kiirehti auttamaan puolustusvoimia. Hän hankki aseistusta kenttäarmeijalle sillä ehdolla, että aseita käytettäisiin Lapin …

Thae Yong-ho was a leading North Korean diplomat to the United Kingdom and Northern Europe—until his dramatic defection to South Korea in 2016. In this gripping tell-all, he …

Arvokas, loisteliaasti kuvitettu juhlalaitos teoksesta, joka on kappale itsenäisen Suomen historiaa Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867-1951) syntyi Askaisten Louhisaaren kartanossa …

This first book to reassess the myth and the realities of Otto Skorzeny, Hitler's favourite commando.SS-Obersturmbannführer Otto Skorzeny became a legend in his own time. ‘Hitler’s …

'A marvel of storytelling and a masterclass in the history of the book' WALL STREET JOURNALThe Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings - …

A New York Times Notable Book "This brilliant and magisterial book is a very good bet to...become the definitive study of Johannes Brahms."--The Plain Dealer Judicious, …

He launched two violent attacks against the eastern and western halves of the Roman empire, attacks which earned him his reputation for mindless devastation, and brought an end to …

By walking the same ground as Dumas - from Haiti tothe Pyramids, Paris to the prison cell at Taranto â?? Reiss, like the novelistbefore him, triumphantly resurrects this forgotten …