Hakutulokset: Kirjoja kirjailijalta Frank McLynn
yhteensä 19 hakutulosta
Villa and Zapata: A History of the Mexican Revolution
A fascinating history of the Mexican Revolution from the perspective of two of its legendary leaders--Francisco "Pancho" Villa and Emiliano Zapata--traces the events of the …
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan was by far the greatest conqueror the world has ever known, whose empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to central Europe, including all of China, the Middle East …
Napoleon: A Biography
Captain Cook
This “thoroughly researched and sharply opinionated” biography presents a nuanced portrait of the renowned 18th century navigator (The Wall Street Journal). The age of discovery …
Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth Century England
McLynn provides the first comprehensive view of crime and its consequences in the eighteenth century: why was England notorious for violence? Why did the death penalty prove no …
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius is the one great figure of antiquity who still speaks to us today, nearly 2,000 years after his death.
Wagons West
An acclaimed historian’s “compellingly told” year-by-year account of the pioneering efforts to conquer the American West in the mid-nineteenth century (The Guardian). In all the …
Lionheart and Lackland
Anyone who has seen The Lion in Winter will remember the vicious, compelling world of the Plantagenets and readers of the romance of Robin Hood will be familiar with the …
Road Not Taken
The contrast with Britainââ?¬â?¢s European neighbours, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Greece, Russia, is dramatic ââ?¬â?? all have been convulsed by external warfare, revolution …