Napoleon: The Imperial Household (Cordier Sylvain)(Pevná vazba)

Napoleon: The Imperial Household (Cordier Sylvain)(Pevná vazba)

The dazzling splendors of the court of Napoleon I (1769-1821) reflected the grandeur and ambitions of the greatest empire of the day. This luxurious volume re-creates the ambiance and captures the spirit that prevailed in the French court during the Empire through the material manifestations of the

Waterloo: Great Battles Series (Forrest Alan)(Pevná vazba)

Waterloo was the last battle fought by Napoleon and the one which finally ended his imperial dreams. It involved huge armies and heavy losses on both sides. For those who fought in it - Dutch and Belgians, Prussians and Hanoverians as well as British and French troops - it was a murderous struggle

Star Wars - The Imperial Handbook - A Commander's Guide (Wallace Daniel)(Pevná vazba)

Star Wars: The Imperial Handbook shares the knowledge of a newly promoted Commander in the Imperial Military, providing a comprehensive overview of the Imperial war machine. After the Battle of Endor, the guide fell into the hands of the Rebel Alliance who provide handwritten

Imperial China - The Definitive Visual History (DK)(Pevná vazba)

Napoleon: A Life (Zamoyski Adam)(Pevná vazba)

The definitive biography of Napoleon -- hailed as 'magnificent' by The Economist. 'What a novel my life has been!' Napoleon once said of himself. Born into a poor family, the callow young man was, by twenty-six, an army general. Seduced by an older woman, his marriage transformed him into a

Household Stories from the Collection of the Brothers Grimm (Grimm Jacob and Wilhelm)(Pevná vazba)

This edition of Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm is perhaps the most faithful translation from the German ever done, and the 114 lavish illustrations are some of the finest in any volume of childrens' literature. The 52 classic tales include 'Rumpelstiltskin,' 'Rapunzel,' 'Hansel

The Medieval Household: Daily Living C.1150-C.1450 (Egan Geoff)(Pevná vazba)

Catalogue of excavated household items from the middle ages provides an invaluable reference tool for experts and the general reader alike. This book brings together for the first time the astonishing diversity of excavated furnishings and artefacts from medieval London homes. These include roofing

The Rise and Fall of Imperial Japan (Wynn Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

The Roman Imperial Succession (Grainger John D.)(Pevná vazba)

An analysis the Roman imperial succession and the failure to come up with an enduring, consistent system for selecting the next emperor with over 22 genealogical tables and 100 images illustrating the Emperors.John D Grainger analyses the Roman imperial succession, demonstrating that the empire

Sleeping Giants (Neuvel Sylvain)(Pevná vazba)

A page-turning debut in the tradition of Michael Crichton, World War Z, and The Martian, Sleeping Giants is a thriller fueled by an earthshaking mystery--and a fight to control a gargantuan power. A girl named Rose is riding her new bike near her home in Deadwood, South Dakota, when she falls

The Cimmerian Vol 2 (Runberg Sylvain)(Pevná vazba)

BY CROM! Robert E. Howard's famous Cimmerian UNCENSORED! Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual. Read the story as he intended! The Cimmerian Vol 2 includes two complete stories, The People of The Black Circle, and The Frost-Giant's Daughter, plus bonus material, including the

The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War (Stille Mark)(Pevná vazba)

From the stunning victory at Pearl Harbor to its dramatic reversal at Midway, the Imperial Japanese Navy swept all before it in its numerous victories in the Pacific and Far Eastern waters. The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War pulls from many of Osprey's bestselling books on the subject in

Shadow Emperor - A Biography of Napoleon III (Strauss-Schom Alan)(Pevná vazba)

Napoleon III is brought out of the shadows of Napoleon Bonaparte by a prize-winning historian: 'An excellent biography... In these pages, he emerges as the underwriter of modern France... This work's perceptive synthesis of recent research... and fast-paced narrative will attract general readers.'

Household Knowledges in Late-Medieval England and France (Burger Glenn D.)(Pevná vazba)

This book examines how the late-medieval household acted as a sorter, user and disseminator of information. Considering the reciprocal relationship between the domestic experience and its cultural expression, contributors provide a fresh illustration of the imaginative scope of the late-medieval

Augustus and the Destruction of History - The politics of the past in early imperial Rome(Pevná vazba)

The Forgotten War Against Napoleon: Conflict in the Mediterranean (Glover Gareth)(Pevná vazba)

The campaigns fought against Napoleon in the Iberian peninsula, in France, Germany, Italy and Russia and across the rest of Europe have been described and analyzed in exhaustive detail, yet the history of the fighting in the Mediterranean has rarely been studied as a separate theater of the

The Andromeda Evolution (Crichton Michael)(Pevná vazba)

Fifty years after The Andromeda Strain made Michael Crichton a household name--and spawned a new genre, the technothriller--the threat returns, in a gripping sequel that is terrifyingly realistic and resonant.The Evolution is Coming.In 1967, an extraterrestrial microbe came crashing down to Earth

Napoleon in 100 Objects (Glover Gareth)(Pevná vazba)

For almost two decades, Napoleon Bonaparte was the most feared, and revered, man in Europe. At the height of his power, the land under his control stretched from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, and encompassed most of Western Europe.The story of how a young Corsican, who spoke French with a

Beyond Faberg: Imperial Russian Jewelry (Betteley Marie)(Pevná vazba)

A rare look at the exquisite world of Russian treasures that lies beyond Faberg . Imperial Russia evokes images of a vanished court's unparalleled splendor: magnificent tiaras, gem-encrusted necklaces, snuffboxes, and other diamond-studded baubles of the tsars and tsarinas. During that time,

The State of Israel vs. the Jews (Cypel Sylvain)(Pevná vazba)

From an award-winning journalist, a perceptive study of how Israel's actions, which run counter to the traditional historical values of Judaism, are putting Jewish people worldwide in an increasingly untenable position. More than a decade ago, the historian Tony Judt considered whether the behavior

To Kidnap a Pope: Napoleon and Pius VII (Caiani Ambrogio a.)(Pevná vazba)

A groundbreaking account of Napoleon Bonaparte, Pope Pius VII, and the kidnapping that would forever divide church and state 'In gripping, vivid prose, Caiani brings to life the struggle for power that would shape modern Europe. It all makes for a historical read which is both original and

Book Of Nonsense (Lear Edward)(Pevná vazba)

Edward Lear, the 20th child of a London stockbroker, entered the household of Lord Stanley as little more than a servant, but his sense of humour soon made him welcome above stairs and he began to amuse the children with comic drawings and rhymes. This book was first published in

The Stringbags (Ennis Garth)(Pevná vazba)

If you do the incredible often enough, they'll want you to do the impossible. Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Fascist Italy began World War II with aircraft that could devastate enemy warships and merchantmen at will. Britain's Royal Navy squadrons went to war equipped with the Fairey Swordfish

Napoleon and Italy: 1805-1815 (Boue Gilles)(Pevná vazba)

The links between Napoleon and Italy are too often reduced to its dazzling campaigns of 1796 and 1800. This love story, composed of moments of happiness but also resentment, continued well beyond Marengo. The story of Napoleon and Italy from 1805 to 1815 is primarily that of a relentless thought;