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First published in 1923, this biography is widely regarded by many automotive historians as the finest and most dispassionate character study of Henry Ford ever written. Written by the Reverend Samuel S. Marquis, an Episcopalian minister who was also the head of the sociology department at Ford Motor Company, this collection of essays serves to analyze the "psychological puzzle such as the unusual mind and personality of Henry Ford presents.
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The Saratoga Campaign (June-October 1777) was a watershed event for the United States. The American conduct of the campaign is a textbook study in the application of the tenets of maneuver warfare principles at the operational and tactical levels. General Schuyler's brilliant shaping campaign against the British Forces as they advanced from Fort Ticonderoga to Albany forced General Burgoyne to detach elements of his force, which the Americans were...
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On 23rd July 1745, Prince Charles Edward arrived in Scotland with nine companions, few arms and little money. The news aroused both dismay and enthusiasm amongst his supporters, but, in the last battles to be fought on British soil, they twice defeated the numerically superior and better disciplined government armies before the Duke of Cumberland exacted a terrible revenge at Culloden.
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In A London Girl of the Eighties, which was first published in 1936; British author Molly Hughes vividly evokes the small, everyday pleasures of a close family life in Victorian London: joyful Christmases, blissful holidays in Cornwall, escapades with her brothers, and schooldays under the doubtful Miss Buss. Her intensive recollection of college life at Cambridge and her first teaching jobs creates an easy intimacy with the reader and provides a...
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Of the fifteen famous scientists, economists and statesmen sketched in this collection of essays, which was first published in 1933, John Maynard Keynes was directly acquainted with all but three. The unique quality of immediacy in these biographical fragments contributes immensely to our more intimate appreciation of the historical significance of these men. This volume is made up of two parts:The first part, titled Sketches of Politicians, includes...
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First published in 1961, these masterly studies of three major English Civil War clashes at Marston Moor, Naseby and Preston provide detailed background, painstakingly recounted military developments, and pays equal attention to the political and religious concerns of the time.
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A London Home in the Nineties, which was first published in 1937, is the third volume in British Author Molly Hughes' entertaining and deeply moving autobiographical trilogy on her life in Victorian London. Here, Hughes recounts in loving detail her engagement to and married life with Arthur Hughes in the late 1880's, bringing up a family of her own, as well as her work as head of the training department at Bedford College from 1892 until 1897, where...
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Originally published in 1932, this is a fascinating historical biography of Edward of Woodstock, better known as Edward the Black Prince, penned by renowned historian Henry Dwight Sedgwick. Edward of Woodstock KG (15 June 1330 - 8 June 1376) was the eldest son of King Edward III and Philippa of Hainault, and the father of King Richard II of England. He was the first Duke of Cornwall (from 1337), the Prince of Wales (from 1343) and the Prince of Aquitaine...
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The usual picture of Drake in men's minds is a brave, bluff man of infinite audacity, a great patriot, a great sailor, a man to whom success came of its own accord.
But this is only half the truth.
He was always studying and learning. He reached success by the painful ways of failure. Few men have stood up to so many rebuffs in early manhood and snatched victory out of them. In many respects he was in advance of his time-in none perhaps more than...
10) The Armada
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In 1588, the English fleet defeated the mighty Spanish Armada in the sea battle that author Garrett Mattingly refers to as "the focus of the first great international crisis in modern history." Winner of 1960 Pulitzer Prize and a model history as important to the scholar as it is engrossing for the general reader, Mattingly's 1959 book The Armada is the definitive story of that battle and its meaning.
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In this book, first published in 1944, the distinguished historian C. V. Wedgwood takes as her subject here the figure of William, Count of Nassau and Prince of Orange, who led the revolt of the Netherlands against the Spain of Philip II. The book is not only a masterpiece of biographical writing but a rich portrait of an age-a period of political, religious, and economic ferment that dramatically shaped the history of early modern Europe.
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THE LAST PLANTAGENTS-A GREAT STORYTELLER'S MOST DAZZLING BESTSELLER Here is Thomas B. Costain's most magnificent performance, rivaling even THE BLACK ROSE for color and drama. Here are history's most spectacular Kings and Queens-and a brilliant new probing of the greatest mystery of all time, the death of the Princes in the Tower.
13) The Tudor Age
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Ever since its first publication in 1953, James A. Williamson's The Tudor Age has been lauded for its vivid and vigorous approach to the riches of its subject, the Tudor Age. The present volume is the second edition, originally published 1957, which contains an additional three-part appendix, and will appeal to students of the Tudor Age and general avid historians alike.
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"Guides to conduct are common to all ages, for writers never cease to believe that the distillation of their wisdom will in some fashion improve the behavior of youth and provide useful instruction to their elders. The sixteenth century was a particularly didactic age and had more than its share of self-appointed instructors with faith in their missions." So writes Louis B. Wright in his Introduction to Advice to a Son.
This volume makes available...
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Originally published in 1931, this third volume in a series of three portrays the history of 1924 to 1926. In this final volume, 1st Viscount D'Abernon examines three major events: the Dawes settlement in 1924, the Locarno Agreement in 1925, and the entry of Germany into the League of Nations in 1926. Of these three events, D'Abernon holds that the greatest was Locarno. A fascinating read and invaluable addition to the British Historian's book collection....
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Originally published in 1931, this third volume in a series of three portrays the history of 1924 to 1926. In this final volume, 1st Viscount D'Abernon examines three major events: the Dawes settlement in 1924, the Locarno Agreement in 1925, and the entry of Germany into the League of Nations in 1926. Of these three events, D'Abernon holds that the greatest was Locarno. A fascinating read and invaluable addition to the British Historian's book collection....
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Written by distinguished Scottish historian William L. Mathieson, this book is a study of British slavery and a narrative of the movement for its abolition, which began in 1823, succeeded partially in 1833, when slavery was said to have been abolished, and completely in 1838.
British Slavery and Its Abolition, 1823-1838 focuses on slavery in the West Indian colonies-particularly British Guiana and British Honduras-which at the point of the book's...
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A London Child of the Seventies, which was first published in 1934, is a record of British author Molly Hughes' memories of life as a child in London during the 'seventies of the last century.' In the warmth of her recollection, the image of "Victorianism" as something harsh, restricted and unnatural melts and vanishes. This was a happy life, not because it was luxuriously equipped, but because the spirit of human relationships in a large family was...
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First published in 1936, author Conyers Read's The Tudors provides a brief survey of the history of England under the Tudors during the sixteenth century. It will appeal to students of courses in English history or English literature and general history buffs alike.
Beautifully illustrated with black & white portraits.
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