Life of Sir John T. Gilbert, LL.D., F.S.A., Irish historian and archivist, vice-president of the Royal Irish academy, secretary of the Public record office of Ireland Gilbert Rosa M Книга по Требованию

"Величайший предатель. Жизнь сэра Роджера Мортимера, 1-го графа Марча, правителя Англии" - это первая биография барона-мятежника, свергнувшего и убившего Эдуарда II • Однажды ночью в августе 1323 года плененный мятежный барон сэр Роджер Мортимер опоил своих охранников и сбежал из Лондонского Тауэра. Преследуемый королевскими воинами, он бежал на южное побережье и отплыл во Францию. Там к нему присоединилась Изабелла, королева Англии. Год спустя, будучи любовниками, они вернулись с армией вторжения: войска короля Эдуарда II пали перед ними, и Мортимер пришел к власти. Он сместил Эдуарда II, что стало первым свержением монарха в британской истории • Жестокий, умный, страстный, расточительный, с богатым воображением и склонный к насилию, сэр Роджер Мортимер был незаурядной личностью

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"How to describe the ecstatic song of larks? How the writers and poets have tried..." • Skylarks are the heralds of our countryside. Their music is the quintessential sound of spring. The spirit of English pastoralism, they inspire poets, composers and farmers alike. In the trenches of World War I they were a reminder of the chattering meadows of home • Perhaps you were up with the lark, or as happy as one. History has seen us poeticise and musicise the bird, but also capture and eat them. We watch as they climb the sky, delight in their joyful singing, and yet we harm them too • The Soaring life of the Lark explores the music and poetry; the breath-taking heights and struggle to survive of one of Britain's most iconic songbirds

Rising from humble beginnings as a foundling, Castruccio Castracani came to prominence as one of the most powerful and shrewd warlords in Italy. Indeed, Machiavelli argues, so great was his vigour and charisma that – had he not been prevented by his untimely death – he might have surpassed in fame the great generals of antiquity and brought all the territories of Italy under his sole dominion • Written in Machiavelli’s characteristically lucid and terse style, The Life of Castruccio Castracani is not only a key text in understanding the development of the author’s ideas on leadership and good statesmanship that would find fuller expression in The Prince, but also a revealing account of the political ferment and fractious factionalism of fourteenth-century Italy

The secret life of Sherlock Holmes's nemesis, Moriarty • We think of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, but far more seductive is the pairing of Holmes and Professor James Moriarty, 'the Napoleon of crime' - a rivalry unparalleled in the world of crime fiction. Fiercely intelligent and a relentless schemer, Moriarty is the super-villain as megastar • This wonderfully diverse collection by writers such as Martin Edwards, Jurgen Ehlers, Barbara Nadel, L. C. Tyler, Michael Gregorio, Alison Joseph and Peter Guttridge reveals not just the evil side of Moriarty's personality, but his humanity, his motivations and his human failings. Some of the stories are humorous, some scary, but all are hugely entertaining