Faber and Faber True History of the Kelly Gang Кэри Питер

See history as it happened - from the evolution of early humans to the space race - with 130 detailed maps that bring pivotal episodes of world history to life.Including a foreword by renowned broadcaster and historian Peter Snow, this history atlas shows you the history of the world in thrilling action. Follow Napoleon as he conquers Europe, explore the rise of the Roman Empire, or chart the progress of the Russian Revolution as each map presents an overview of the story then takes you, step by step, through how it developed, leaving its mark on land and ocean.With cutting-edge design and breathtaking scope, History of the World Map by Map charts ancient, medieval, and modern history in all corners of the world. Discover how patterns of global trade, exploration, conflict, and technological advances shaped key moments in human civilization, such as the success of ancient Egypt, the conquest of Peru, the decolonization of Africa and Asia, the American Civil War, and the energy and environmental challenges of the 21st century

This new edition of Brogan's superb one-volume history - from early British colonisation to the Reagan years - captures an array of dynamic personalities and events. In a broad sweep of America's triumphant progress. Brogan explores the period leading to Independence from both the American and the British points of view, touching on permanent features of 'the American character' - both the good and the bad. He provides a masterly synthesis of all the latest research illustrating America's rapid growth from humble beginnings to global dominance

Этот том - триумфальное завершение «Истории Англии» Питера Экройда. В нем Экройд переносит читателей с конца Англо-бурской войны и воцарения Эдуарда VII до конца двадцатого века, когда его правнучка Елизавета II находилась на троне почти пять десятилетий. Столетие огромных перемен, включающее в себя две мировые войны, четырех монархов (Эдуарда VII, Георга V, Георга VI и Королеву), упадок аристократии и подъем Лейбористской партии, избирательное право женщин, рождение Национальной службы здравоохранения, марш пригородов и зачистка трущоб. Это был период, который ознаменовался работой Группы Блумсберри и Т.С. Элиота, Кингсли Эмиса и Филипа Ларкина, время конца послевоенного спада и техниколора 1960-х годов, свободной любви и панк-рока, от Тэтчер до Блэра

The first comprehensive and authoritative history of the Koh-i-Noor, arguably the most celebrated and mythologised jewel in the world • On 29 March 1849, the ten-year-old maharaja of the Punjab was ushered into the magnificent Mirrored Hall at the centre of the great fort in Lahore. There, in a public ceremony, the frightened but dignified child handed over great swathes of the richest country in India in a formal Act of Submission to a private corporation, the East India Company. He was also compelled to hand over to the British monarch, Queen Victoria, perhaps the single most valuable object on the subcontinent: the celebrated Koh-i Noor diamond. The Mountain of Light • The history of the Koh-i-Noor that was then commissioned by the British may have been one woven together from gossip of Delhi bazaars, but it was to become the accepted version

Мы знаем, что Америка распространила свои деньги, язык и культуру по всему миру, но мы все еще думаем о ней как о замкнутой территории, окруженной Канадой сверху, Мексикой снизу и океанами по обе стороны. Но это огромное заблуждение • Книга Дэниела Иммервара "Как спрятать империю. Краткая история Великих Соединенных Штатов" - это история страны за пределами США – от завоеваний девятнадцатого века, таких как Аляска и Пуэрто-Рико, до каталога островов, архипелагов и военных баз, разбросанных по всему земному шару. Полная сюрпризов и ранее забытых эпизодов, эта увлекательная книга представляет прошлое и настоящее Америки в новом свете • Книга на английском языке • 'Wry, readable and often astonishing... A provocative and absorbing history of the United States' New York Times • The United States denies having dreams of empire

History is swamped by patriotic myths about the aerial combat fought between the RAF and the Luftwaffe over the summer of 1940. In his gripping history of the Battle of Britain, Len Deighton drew on a decade of research and his own wartime experiences to puncture these myths and point towards a more objective, and even more inspiring, truth

The third volume of Steven Runciman's classic, hugely influential trilogy on the history of the Crusades • 'The whole tale is one of faith and folly, courage and greed, hope and disillusion' • Steven Runciman's triumphant three-volume A History of the Crusades remains an unsurpassed account of the events that changed the world and continue to resonate today. This final volume of the trilogy begins with the glamorous Third Crusade and ends with the ruinous collapse of the crusader states and the degeneration of their ideals, which reached its nadir in the tragic destruction of Byzantium