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Frank McLynnAs Frank McLynn's masterly study shows, his foundation of the Congo Free State on behalf of Leopold II of Belgium, and the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition were both dubious enterprises which tarnished his reputation, revealing the complex - ...
The Burma Campaign: Disaster into Triumph 1942-45
Frank McLynnAgainst this extraordinary backdrop, Frank McLynn constructs the dramatic story of the four larger-than-life commanders directing the Allied effort: Louis Mountbatten, Orde Wingate, Joseph Stilwell and William Slim, and explores the ...
Napoleon
Frank McLynnNapoleon the man emerges as an even more fascinating character than previously imagined, and McLynn brilliantly reveals the extent to which he was both existential hero and plaything of Fate; mathematician and mystic; intellectual giant and ...
Bonnie Prince Charlie: Charles Edward Stuart
Frank McLynnIn this highly acclaimed study Frank McLynn brings vividly before us the man Charles Edward Stuart who became known to legend as Bonnie Prince Charlie and whose unsuccessful challenge to the Hanoverian throne was followed by the crushing ...
Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth Century England
Frank McLynnMcLynn provides the first comprehensive view of crime and its consequences in the eighteenth century: why was England notorious for violence? Why did the death penalty prove no deterrent? Was it a crude means of redistributing wealth?
Wagons West
Frank McLynnIn all the sagas of human migration, none can top the drama of the journey by mid-Western farmers to Oregon and California in the years 1840-49.
Invasion: From The Armada to Hitler
Frank McLynnNew invasion plans were drawn up by the Germans in 1896 and by the French in 1898 and Britain narrowly avoided invasion by Nazi Germany in WW2.
Marcus Aurelius: Warrior, Philosopher, Emperor
Frank McLynnMarcus Aurelius is the one great figure of antiquity who still speaks to us today, nearly 2,000 years after his death.
1759: The Year Britain Became Master of the World
Frank McLynnAlthough 1759 is not a date as well known in British history as 1215, 1588, or 1688, there is a strong case to be made that it is the most significant year since 1066.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Frank McLynnA sensual Calvinist, a Tory radical, a consumptive celebrant of action, a Passionate Scot who chose to live anywhere but Scotland. Not for nothing was Robert Louis Stevenson the author of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Captain Cook: Master of the Seas
Frank McLynnFor this see Glynn Barrett, Russia in Pacific Waters, 1725–1825 (1981); J. M. Gibson, Feeding the Russian Fur Trade: Provisionment of the Okhotsk Seaboard and the Kamchatka Peninsula 163%7856 (Madison 1969) RDV pp. 417–20 RDV p.
The Scratch of a Pen: 1763 and the Transformation of North ...
Colin G. CallowayJon William Parmenter, “Pontiac's War: Forging New Links in the Anglo-Iroquois Covenant Chain, 1758–1766,”Ethnohistory 44 (1997), 617–54, traces the diplomatic efforts and achievements of the western tribes. Frank McLynn, 1759 ( New ...
Saint-Exupery: A Biography
Stacy SchiffThis is Stacy Schiff's first book, but she writes with all the skill, assurance and mastery of an old literary hand. If there was such a thing as a prize for a first biography, I would nominate this book. ' Frank McLynn, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH.
The Frank Book:
Jim WoodringThe Frank Book also features an introduction by one of Frank’s biggest fans (himself a Frank, or almost): Francis Ford Coppola.
Totally Frank: The Autobiography of Frank Lampard
Frank LampardChelsea and England footballer Frank Lampard charts his life story from childhood to young West Ham apprentice to multi-millionaire world footballing celebrity and lynchpin of the national team.
Let Me Be Frank: My Life at Virginia Tech
Frank BeamerAfter 26 seasons as head football coach at Virginia Tech University, Frank Beamer is not only the longest tenured but also the winningest active coach of any major college program, and Let Me Be Frank contains his personal reflections on ...
Let Me Be Frank: My Life at Virginia Tech
Frank BeamerAfter 26 seasons as head football coach at Virginia Tech University, Frank Beamer is not only the longest tenured but also the winningest active coach of any major college program, and Let Me Be Frank contains his personal reflections on ...
Buxton, Hollis, and Limington
Frank H. SleeperFrank H. Sleeper. IMAGES of America Buxton, Hollis, AND LlMINGTON Frank H. Sleeper ARCADIA Copyright © 1997 by Frank H. Sleeper ISBN 0-7385-3886-8 Published.
Travellers' Songs from England and Scotland
Ewan MaccollFrank Purslow, The Constant Lovers (London, 1972). Frank Purslow, Marrowbones (London, 1965). Frank Purslow, The Wanton Seed (London, 1968). Frank Purslow, The Foggy Dew (London, 1974). Allan Ramsay, The Tea-Table Miscellany ...
Frank Miller's Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye 3rd Edition:
Frank MillerWith a new look generating more excitement than ever before, this third edition is the perfect way to attract a whole new generation of readers to Frank Miller's masterpiece! * Over a million Sin City books in print! * New cover by Frank ...
Frank Sherwin: independent and unrepentant
Frank SherwinA celebration of the life of Irish politician and supporter of Fianna Fail Frank Sherwin Senior, in his own words, from his witnessing of the Easter Rising through to the early 1970s.
Totally Frank: My Autobiography
Frank LampardChelsea and England footballer Frank Lampard charts his life story from childhood to young West Ham apprentice to multi-millionaire world footballing celebrity and lynchpin of the national team.
Superheroes: Beans-N-Frank
Mark DavisSuperheroes, their first picture book, is a trip into Big Frank's imagination about how their songs are helping their friends do well in school. If you want an adventure, come on and ride with Beans-N-Frank.
Frank: Fighting Back
Frank BrunoAt the age of eleven Frank Bruno was sent to reform school. At thirty-three he was crowned heavyweight champion of the world. At forty-one he was committed to a psychiatric hospital. Now, he's back - with his real story...
Frank Lloyd Wright and Japan: The Role of Traditional ...
Kevin NuteThe most detailed accounts of Wright's print-collecting activities are to be found inJulia Meech-Pekarik's “Frank Lloyd Wright ... For more on this topic, see Julia Meech-Pekarik, “Frank Lloyd Wright's Other Passion,“ The Nature of Frank Lloyd ...
South Western Reporter. Second Series: Cases Argued and ...
More editions172 S.W.2d 804 that Mrs. Carrie Tyler Frank was not included in the class "next of kin", and hence was not a beneficiary under the will of Joseph Frank, Sr.; that the one half interest under said will bequeathed to Lou Frank should be divided ...
The Baccarat Battle Book
Frank ScobleteFor the first time ever, Frank shows players how to 'push the house' to reduce the casino's commission on the Bank bet from five percent to four percent. Frank shows how manipulating the pace of the game can bring more comps for less risk.
Screening a Lynching: The Leo Frank Case on Film and Television
Matthew BernsteinA third witness, tellingly, is a black employee at the factory (Carl Gordon) who claims he never saw women in Frank's office or witnessed Jim Conley stand watch for Frank: “Most of the time he'd be asleep, drunk, out back.” When Rosser asks ...
The Short Stories of Frank Harris: A Selection
Frank HarrisNow largely out of print and inaccessible, and overshadowed since his death in 1931 by the Frank Harris legend and by his reputation as the author of the notorious My Life and Loves, the stories nevertheless bear witness to the ...
Hellstrom's Hive
Frank HerbertFrank Herbert's classic SF tale of an insect menace threatening the USA First published in 1973, Frank Herbert's vivid imagination and brilliant view of nature and ecology have never been more evident than in this classic of science fiction ...
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