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Read by the author, Alice Loxton. Biggest books to look out for in 2024 – The Guardian 'Loxton is the next big thing in history' – Dan Snow At eighteen, your life is full of of what-ifs and why-nots. You have everything to look forward to – unless you’ve got the plague. From a young...

South of the Norman city of Caen, the twin features of the Verrieres and Bourguebus ridges were key stepping stones for the British Second Army in late July 1944. To capture this vital ground, Allied forces would have to defeat arguably the strongest German armored formation in Normandy: the I. SS-Panzerkorps "Leibstandarte." The resulting battles of late July and early August 1944 saw powerful German defensive counterattacks south of Caen inflict tremendous casualties, regain lost ground, and at times defeat Anglo-Canadian operations in detail.

Le 18 juin 1940 : naissance de Charles de Gaulle. Naissance à Londres derrière un micro avec des mots qui promettent à la France, vaincue par les chars et les avions, la victoire par les chars et les avions. Mais la France n'est pas à l'écoute. La France est sur les routes, dans les villes surpeuplées du Sud-Ouest et du Midi, dans les camps de prisonniers. La France ne parle le 18 juin que d'un seul appel, d'un seul discours, celui que le maréchal Pétain a lancé le 17 juin pour dire qu'il fallait cesser le combat et demander l'armistice. Et la France est d'accord.

Il 18 marzo 1848 il palazzo del governo viene assaltato e conquistato da un gruppo di cittadini in armi. Seguono cinque giorni di scontri durissimi - quattrocento milanesi cadono sulle barricate costruite strada per strada dagli insorti - al termine dei quali le truppe austriache comandate dal generale Radetzky sono costrette a lasciare Milano. Si insedia un consiglio di guerra, guidato dal democratico e federalista Carlo Cattaneo.

La notte del 18 luglio dell'anno 64 d.C. un incendio comincia a divampare nella parte del Circo Massimo più prossima al Palatino e all'Esquilino. Alimentate dal vento e dall'olio dei magazzini, le fiamme divorarono le "regioni" in cui Augusto aveva diviso la città. Di quattordici ne restano intatte soltanto quattro. È una delle più grandi catastrofi della città di Roma, con migliaia di vittime e cumuli di rovine. Nessuno poteva dire con certezza di chi fosse la colpa di quel disastro, ma i traumi collettivi hanno bisogno di cause certe e colpevoli da punire.

Drawing on more than a half-century of research and teaching, Dennis Showalter presents a fresh perspective on the German Army during World War I. Showalter surveys an army at the heart of a national identity, driven by - yet also defeated by - warfare in the modern age, that struggled to capitalize on its victories, and ultimately forgot the lessons of its defeat.

A famous work of the great Russian historian Sergey Mikhaylovich Solovyov (1820-1879), who was a major achiever in Russian historical science in the 19th century. Solovyov is the "first among equals" in the galaxy of brilliant Russian historians, which includes Karamzin, Klyuchevsky, Kostomarov, Presnyakov, Granovsky, Platonov, and many others. The 18th volume of the work covers the period from the reign of Peter the Great to the reign of Empress Catherine I Alekseevna.

Este audiolibro pretende ofrecer un rápido acercamiento al siglo XVIII español, un período de cambios dentro de la época moderna, de intentos de reformas con la pretensión de situar a España en el camino del desarrollo económico y de los avances culturales y educativos de la Ilustración europea. Y todo eso se planteó desde una nueva dinastía: los Borbones. Pero también fue un siglo de fuertes resistencias a los cambios.

Winston Churchill bezeichnete den Siebenjährigen Krieg als den "ersten Weltkrieg der Geschichte". Tatsächlich entsteht Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts aus mehreren Teilkonflikten ein nicht mehr zu kontrollierender, globaler Krieg: Ein riskantes Spiel mit dem Feuer auf mehreren Kontinenten, das mit mehr als einer Million Toten endet. Ein Wunder am Anfang ist das "renversement des alliances", die Umkehrung der Allianzen. Das Bündnis zwischen Frankreich und Österreich beendet den seit 1516 bestehenden Konflikt beider Länder.

Napoleon - schon der Name ist bis heute Inbegriff von Ruhm und historischer Größe. Nur selten in der Weltgeschichte hat ein Mensch in so kurzer Zeit so viel erobert und so viel verspielt. Johannes Willms, der große Kenner der Epoche und Napoleon-Biograph, fasst in diesem kritischen Porträt noch einmal den Aufstieg und Fall des Ausnahmemenschen zusammen, der erst Frankreich und dann Europa beherrschte, vom Revolutionsgeneral zum Despoten wurde und am Ende nach der Schlacht von Waterloo in der Verbannung starb.

At the climax of the French Revolution, King Louis XVI was executed by guillotine. When the young Louis XVII, Louis XVI's son, died in prison in June 1795, Louis XVIII succeeded his nephew as titular King. His reign was marked by exile, first because of the Revolution, and then of Napoleon, who set to conquer Europe and become Emperor of the French - before a coalition defeated him and restored Louis XVIII to the throne.