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#1 The visit that the Habsburg heir and his wife, Sophie, paid to Sarajevo lasted only an hour, but the drama of those 60 or 70 minutes has revolutionized the course of modern history.
#2 The view of Sarajevo from the southwest is a lovely one. The valley of the Miljacka, a shallow torrent that cuts the town in two, narrows at its eastern outskirts to a rugged...
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In the whole British chronicle, then, no span of one hundred years seems more clearly marked out as a definite political and social era than the Nineteenth Century... So writes the author in this sweeping story of 100 years in Great Britain's history, a portrait of the events, people, politics, and wars during a momentous century.
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El libro que tiene entre sus manos propone veinte rutas por Europa pensadas para hacer en coche y en familia. Todos ellas están planteadas con tres objetivos: divertirse, aprender y pasar tiempo juntos. Las hemos elaborado de manera que no haya trayectos demasiado largos (para evitar la fatídica pregunta que da título al libro) y alternando lo que sería pura diversión, como por ejemplo los parques de atracciones, con visitas culturales que puedan...
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Get the Summary of Giles Tremlett's Espana in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Espana" by Giles Tremlett offers a comprehensive exploration of Spain's rich and tumultuous history. It begins with the mythological origins tied to Hercules and the deep history of human habitation evidenced by the Atapuerca archaeological site. The narrative progresses through the cultural influences of the Phoenicians and Greeks, the...
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Como historiador ya consagrado por sus estudios acerca del iluminismo, Franco Venturi es invitado a dictar en Cambridge una serie de conferencias a partir de la célebre pregunta kantiana "¿Qué es la Ilustración?". Venturi propone una brillante y documentada introducción a la "circulación de las ideas" en la Europa moderna, fundamental para comprender sus valores y debates. Así, llega al núcleo de su respuesta, el derecho a castigar, que oscila...
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Esta es una recopilación de varias fuentes primarias de la Biblioteca Nacional de España sobre el asedio que pusieron los franceses a Fuenterrabía en 1638, y el socorro de las armas españolas.
En poquito más de 2 meses los franceses perdieron unos 11.000 hombres sobre el cerco y en el socorro, muertos, heridos, presos, y unos cuantos fugados. La principal fuente es la obra del P. Joseph Moretto de la compañía de Jesús, y que en su día tradujo...
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A sweeping account of the works of the Great God of Heaven through Jehanne d'Arc, Maid of France, given by those who lived in her day and who knew her and fought along beside her. In an amazing genre of writing known as a celestography, the authors interviewed people brought by Jehanne herself and recorded their accounts through the medium of spirit writing. The journey of Jehanne d'Arc is presented here from miracle to miracle as never before told....
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This book, Lives of Reigning and Consort Queens of England: England's History through the Eyes of its Queens, is a factual narrative on lives of Norman, Plantagenet, Tudor, Stuart, Hanover, and Windsor queens covering a millennium of English History.
The biographical portraits start at the close of the Dark Ages with the Norman Conquest of 1066, and continue to Modern Time in the life of present Queen Elizabeth II.
This narrative of fifty short...
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Esta edición de sesenta y nueve cartas inéditas conservadas en el Archivo General de Simancas, la Biblioteca Nacional de España y la Real Biblioteca de Madrid permite arrojar nueva luz sobre los vínculos y conflictos de la aristocracia y el alto clero de la isla de Cerdeña con las cortes de Carlos V y Felipe II. Esta correspondencia, intercambiada entre Jerónimo de Aragall, Antioco Bellit, Jaime Montanyans, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle y otros...
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Azure-colored oceans blending into bright turquoise at the shores, undulating hills of green surrounding crystal clear lakes, and rolling sand dunes brushed with light blue man-made monuments that have withstood the march of time from the pyramids to Hadrian's Wall--are rich memories of Ellen and Stephen Williams adventures. Eating "brik" in Tunisia and "churchkhela" in Tblisi! Drinking "kvas" in Ukraine! Passing up "lavabread" in Wales all were adventures...
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The dramatic and little-known story of how, in the summer of 1920, Lenin came within a hair's breadth of shattering the painstakingly constructed Versailles peace settlement and spreading Bolshevism to western Europe.
In 1920 the new Soviet state was a mess, following a brutal civil war, and the best way of ensuring its survival appeared to be to export the revolution to Germany, itself economically ruined by defeat in World War I and racked by internal...
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In the modern Greek city of Thessaloniki, the ruins of a vast Jewish cemetery lie buried under the city's university. Nearby is the site of the childhood home of one of the founders of the modern Turkish state. These are tantalizing reminders of what was once the bustling cosmopolitan city of Salonica, home not just to Greeks but to thousands of Sephardic Jews, Turks, Bulgarians, and Armenians living and working peacefully alongside one another.
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The forgotten ethnic cleansing--the grand scale genocide--of some two million innocent ethnic German citizens living for over 400 years along the Danube River has been long shrouded in silence. Dr. Ali Botein first discusses the horrific story of Tito's 1944-1948 barbarous revenge against the Danube Swabians, most of whom had never even been to Germany. In the 18th century following the return of Hungary to the Austro-Hungarian Empire by the Ottoman...
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In 1536, King Henry VIII faced a major rebellion called The Pilgrimage of Grace, in opposition to the religious changes being imposed by the king and his ministers. The rebels, based mainly in the north of England, were particularly keen to defend the monasteries against the government's attempt to close them down. This book tells the story of the struggle for Sawley Abbey on the border of Yorkshire and Lancashire near Clitheroe and how close Henry...
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Un estudio pormenorizado que narra el exilio de los marinos republicanos y que por su diversidad y complejidad representa una aportación de gran importancia para el conocimiento de la diáspora republicana española después de la derrota frente al franquismo. Un exilio que pasó por los campos de concentración, de trabajo i de exterminio, por la intervención en la lucha contra el nazismo junto con los aliados: en Rusia, en el maquis, en los incipientes...
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#1 The divided nature of Britain is not unique, and its experience is not unique in that regard. Every state has experienced internal division, and the current disputes over these divisions possess ample precedent.
#2 The United Kingdom is a recent invention. It only became the official umbrella designation for England, Wales, Scotland, and for all or part of...
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#1 The way a fire burns is important. Some fuels burn in short, concentrated bursts, while others burn over a longer, slower period. Fuel can be treated in a number of ways to alter its nature and behavior within the fire.
#2 The smith's forge is a great demonstration of the possibilities of fire. Working with coal, the smith can create a fairly shallow fire that is...
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#1 The British Empire began with the theft of Spanish gold by Henry Morgan in 1663. It was not conceived by self-conscious imperialists, but by thieves who were trying to steal the proceeds of someone else's Empire.
#2 The British Empire was acquired by imitation. The English were late starters in the European race for empire, and they only acquired Jamaica in 1655....
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Los últimos vestigios del Antiguo Régimen, que inútilmente pretenderán defender las antiguas clases dirigentes, quedarán barridos del escenario europeo por el empuje de las nuevas fuerzas surgidas de la revolución industrial. Aún predominan los factores de la economía tradicional: la producción agrícola es superior a la industrial; los transportes continúan siendo lentos y caros, a pesar de la creciente extensión de los ferrocarriles;...
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