Author: Frances Somers CocksPublisher:
ISBN: 9780954403416
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Abraham Hannibal and the Battle for the Throne
Author: Frances Somers CocksPublisher:
ISBN: 9780954403416
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Abraham Hannibal and the Raiders of the Sands
Author: Frances Somers CocksPublisher:
ISBN: 9780954403409
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Hannibal
Author: Theodore Ayrault DodgePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
The British National Bibliography
Author: Arthur James WellsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 1264
Book Description
Corporate Africa
Author: The Moor of St Petersburg
Author: Frances Somers CocksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Exploring the character of a man who rose from slavery to become a general, a wealthy landowner, a distinguished military engineer, an intellectual and bibliophile, and who triumphed over his wife's unfaithfulness. It explains the mythical status within Russia of his Great Grandson Alexander Pushkin, and how his life was destroyed by jealousy.
The Memoirs of Catherine the Great
Author: Catherine the GreatPublisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 0307432432
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Empress Catherine II brought Europe to Russia, and Russia to Europe, during her long and eventful reign (1762—96). She fostered the culture of the Enlightenment and greatly expanded the immense empire created by Czar Ivan the Terrible, shifting the balance of power in Europe eastward. Famous for her will to power and for her dozen lovers, Catherine was also a prolific and gifted writer. Fluent in French, Russian, and German, Catherine published political theory, journalism, comedies, operas, and history, while writing thousands of letters as she corresponded with Voltaire and other public figures. The Memoirs of Catherine the Great provides an unparalleled window into eighteenth-century Russia and the mind of an absolute ruler. With insight, humor, and candor, Catherine presents her eyewitness account of history, from her whirlwind entry into the Russian court in 1744 at age fourteen as the intended bride of Empress Elizabeth I’s nephew, the eccentric drunkard and future Peter III, to her unhappy marriage; from her two children, several miscarriages, and her and Peter’s numerous affairs to the political maneuvering that enabled Catherine to seize the throne from him in 1762. Catherine’s eye for telling details makes for compelling reading as she describes the dramatic fall and rise of her political fortunes. This definitive new translation from the French is scrupulously faithful to her words and is the first for which translators have consulted original manuscripts written in Catherine’s own hand. It is an indispensable work for anyone interested in Catherine the Great, Russian history, or the eighteenth century.
African Visionaries
Author: Dakubu, Mary Esther KroppPublisher: Sub-Saharan Publishers
ISBN: 9988882998
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
In over forty portraits, African writers present extraordinary people from their continent: portraits of the women and men whom they admire, people who have changed and enriched life in Africa. The portraits include inventor, founders of universities, resistance fighters, musicians, environmental activists or writers. African Visionaries is a multi-faceted book, seen through African eyes, on the most impactful people of Africa. Some of the writers contributing to the collection are: Helon Habila, Virginia Phiri, Ellen Banda-Aaku, Véronique Tadjo, Tendai Huchu, Solomon Tsehaye, Patrice Nganang and Sami Tchak.
Africa in Russia, Russia in Africa
Author: Maxim MatusevichPublisher: Africa Research and Publications
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
This book presents an interdisciplinary look at the complex nature of historical, political, and cultural ties between Africa and Russia. A diverse group of accomplished historians, sociologists, political scientists, and journalists have contributed essays that reveal and explain a variety of "invisible links" tying together the seemingly incongruent cultural and historical traditions of Africa and Russia. From African presence in early imperial Russia to the Soviet adventures in colonial and post-colonial Africa to the role and predicament of African Russians in the post-Soviet society, this volume stakes out a vast emerging field for further scholarly research and interpretation.
Leyla
Author: Alev Lytle CroutierPublisher: American Girl Publishing Incorporated
ISBN: 9781584857495
Category : Harems
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
While trying to help her financially destitute family, twelve-year-old Leyla ends up on a slave ship bound for Istanbul, then in the beautiful Topkapi Palace, where she discovers that life in the sheltered world of the palace harem follows its own rigid rules and rhythms and offers her unexpected opportunities during Turkey's brief Tulip Period of the 1720's.