Author: RICHARD. OWENPublisher:
ISBN: 9781333290535
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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HONOR TO THE ILLUSTRIOUS DEAD
Author: RICHARD. OWENPublisher:
ISBN: 9781333290535
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Honor to the Illustrious Dead."
Author: Richard OwenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
The Illustrious Dead
Author: Stephan TaltyPublisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307394050
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
A masterful dual narrative of Napoleon Bonaparte and a tiny microbe that pits the height of human ambition and achievement against the supremacy of nature, from the New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Blue Water “Gripping . . . Talty brings international politics and science together in a compelling story of personal hubris and humbling defeat.”—Jack Weatherford, author of the New York Times bestseller Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World In the spring of 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte was at the height of his powers. Forty-five million called him emperor, and he commanded a nation that was the richest, most cultured, and advanced on earth. No army could stand against his impeccably trained, brilliantly led forces, and his continued sweep across Europe seemed inevitable. Early that year, bolstered by his successes, Napoleon turned his attentions toward Moscow, helming the largest invasion in human history. Surely, Tsar Alexander’s outnumbered troops would crumble against this mighty force. But another powerful and ancient enemy awaited Napoleon’s men in the Russian steppes. Virulent and swift, this microscopic foe would bring the emperor’s progress to a halt. Even as the Russians retreated before him in disarray, Napoleon found his army disappearing, his frantic doctors powerless to explain what had struck down a hundred thousand soldiers. The Illustrious Dead delves deep into the origins of the pathogen that finally ended the mighty emperor’s dreams of world conquest and exposes this “war plague’s” hidden role throughout history. A tale of two unstoppable forces meeting on the road to Moscow in an epic clash of killer microbe and peerless army, The Illustrious Dead is a historical whodunit in which a million lives hang in the balance.
The Illustrious Dead
Author: Hugh SmithThe Illustrious Dead of 1881, (being the Tenth Annual Sermon [Isaiah Xl. 8 - 1 Peter I, 25.] on the Dead of the Preceeding Year.) Preached at Redland Park Church, Bristol
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Author: Urijah Rees ThomasThe Lincoln Memorial. A Record of the Life, Assassination and Obsequies of the Martyred President
Author: Abraham LincolnA Discourse on the Death of Abraham Lincoln ...
Author: Henry Philip TappanQueen of Republics
Author: Henry Davenport NorthropPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1180
Book Description
The Student's History of the United States from the Dicovery of the American Continent to the Present Time
Author: Henry Davenport NorthropPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
In memoriam. Memorial Services in Honor of James Abram Garfield. The Twentieth President of the United States. Held at Sea, on the Cunard Steamship "Scythia," September 26, 1881
Author: Marcus P. NortonPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385463904
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.