Author: Sotheby & Co. (London, England)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
Catalogues of Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings and Drawings
Author: Sotheby & Co. (London, England)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
One Hundred Letters From Hugh Trevor-Roper
Author: Hugh Redwald Trevor-RoperPublisher:
ISBN: 0198703112
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
A carefully chosen selection from the correspondence of Hugh Trevor-Roper, one of the most gifted and famous historians of his generation and one of the finest letter-writers of the 20th century.
"Aberdeen Journal" Notes and Queries
Author: Maggie and Pierre & the Duchess
Author: Linda GriffithsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781770911802
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Winner of the first Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play, Maggie and Pierre chronicles the public and private relationship between Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau from 1974-1980. In this mock epic tale three characters, Pierre, Margaret, and Henry, a newspaper reporter navigate the landscape of a changing nation and opposing ideals. The Duchess tells the story of Wallis Simpson, the infamous woman for whom Edward VIII abdicated his throne in 1936. Wallis was brazen and sexual, and unintentionally steered the course of British history as she captivated the king. An inspired epic, The Duchess traverses between a straightforward narrative and magic realism.
History of the Parish of Banchory-Devenick
Author: John Alexander HendersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aberdeen (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
History and the Enlightenment
Author: Hugh Trevor-RoperPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300139349
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
The historical philosophy of the Enlightenment -- The Scottish Enlightenment -- Pietro Giannone and Great Britain -- Dimitrie Cantemir's Ottoman history and its reception in England -- From deism to history: Conyers Middleton -- David Hume, historian -- The idea of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire -- Gibbon and the publication of the Decline and fall of the Roman Empire 1776-1976 -- Gibbon's last project -- The romantic movement and the study of history -- Lord Macaulay: the history of England -- Thomas Carlyle's historical philosophy -- Jacob Burckhardt.
Cabinet of Quadrupeds
Author: John ChurchThe Wartime Journals
Author: Hugh Trevor-RoperPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857721070
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
As a British Intelligence Officer during World War II, Hugh Trevor-Roper was expressly forbidden from keeping a diary due to the sensitive and confidential nature of his work. However, he confided a record of his thoughts in a series of slender notebooks inscribed OHMS (On His Majesty's Service). The Wartime Journals reveal the voice and experiences of Trevor-Roper, a war-time 'backroom boy' who spent most of the war engaged in highly-confidential intelligence work in England - including breaking the cipher code of the German secret service, the Abwehr. He became an expert in German resistance plots and after the war interrogated many of Hitler's immediate circle, investigated Hitler's death in the Berlin bunker and personally retrieved Hitler's will from its secret hiding place. The posthumous discovery of Trevor-Roper's secret journals - unknown even to his family and closest confidants - is an exciting archival find and provides an unusual and privileged view of the Allied war effort against Nazi Germany. At the same time they offer an engaging - sometimes mischievous - and reflective study of both the human comedy and personal tragedy of wartime.
Cambria Depicta: a Tour Through North Wales
Author: David HughsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Landscapes
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Author: James Ingram