Author: Henry M. RossPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Her Blind Folly
Author: Henry M. RossHer Blind Folly
Author: Henry M. RossPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781362925866
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
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Blind Folly
Author: Darren RyanPublisher:
ISBN: 9781549709036
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
London, 1882. Virtue and deception are the common currencies of life in this, the greatest metropolis in the world, as Emily Emmett knows only too well. Forced, since childhood, to make her own way in the world she is a match for most men. But when her lover, the wealthy and brutal Clifton Dawlish, demands more of her than she is willing to give him, Emily's life spirals out of control. Somehow she must overcome the hold that Clifton has over her and find her freedom, but, in order to do so, she must come to terms with her own follies and her own failings. Along the way long-held, dark secrets come to light and sinister crimes are committed.As tragic as it is comic, Blind Folly combines Dickensian wit with the demands of modern sensibilities.
The Praise of Folly
Author: Desiderius ErasmusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folly
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
The March of Folly
Author: Barbara W. TuchmanPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 0307798569
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Barbara W. Tuchman, author of the World War I masterpiece The Guns of August, grapples with her boldest subject: the pervasive presence, through the ages, of failure, mismanagement, and delusion in government. Drawing on a comprehensive array of examples, from Montezuma’s senseless surrender of his empire in 1520 to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, Barbara W. Tuchman defines folly as the pursuit by government of policies contrary to their own interests, despite the availability of feasible alternatives. In brilliant detail, Tuchman illuminates four decisive turning points in history that illustrate the very heights of folly: the Trojan War, the breakup of the Holy See provoked by the Renaissance popes, the loss of the American colonies by Britain’s George III, and the United States’ own persistent mistakes in Vietnam. Throughout The March of Folly, Tuchman’s incomparable talent for animating the people, places, and events of history is on spectacular display. Praise for The March of Folly “A glittering narrative . . . a moral [book] on the crimes and follies of governments and the misfortunes the governed suffer in consequence.”—The New York Times Book Review “An admirable survey . . . I haven’t read a more relevant book in years.”—John Kenneth Galbraith, The Boston Sunday Globe “A superb chronicle . . . a masterly examination.”—Chicago Sun-Times
The Earl's Atonement
Author: Charlotte M. BramePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
the quiver
Author: The Cumulative Book Index
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
A world list of books in the English language.
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Author: Laura Jean Libbey