Elämäkerrat: historiallinen, poliittinen ja sotilaallinen

Bob Woodward's second global bestseller on the Trump presidency, based on in-depth research and interviews with the president

»I grunden är det här en bok om totalitarismen, och på så vis är den besläktad med Aleksandr Solzjenitsyns GULAG-arkipelagen och Varlam Sjalamovs Berättelser från Kolyma. …

Anne Boleyn is one of the most divisive figures in British history. Her love-match with Henry VIII and her subsequent execution at the Tower of London after only three years of …

A superb analysis of the military power that underpinned Augustus' rise to power, his conquests, and his ability to sustain his rule. Powell's achievement is to demonstrate just …

By his own, modest, admission Norbert Hannig was a Frontflieger, or operational pilot, who really did nothing special during World War Two. He was just, he says, one of the many …

The Venetian courtesan has long captured the imagination as a female symbol of sexual license, elegance, beauty, and unruliness. What then to make of the "cortigiana onesta" - the …

Between 1970 and 1975 Jon Swain, the English journalist portrayed in David Puttnam's film, The Killing Fields, lived in the lands of the Mekong river.

The dramatic story of a man who stood at the center of British intelligence operations, the ultimate spymaster of World War II: Thomas Kendrick“A remarkable piece of historical …

Edward II is one of the most controversial kings of English history. On numerous occasions he brought England to the brink of civil war. Author Stephen Spinks argues that Edward …

Pieneen Pertunmaan mökkiin syntyneen Kari Uotilan tie kulki 1970-luvun alussa levysepäksi Wärtsilän Hietalahden telakalle Helsinkiin. Wärtsilä Meriteollisuuden telakan konkurssi …