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In The Making of Modern Britain, Andrew Marr paints a fascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British Empire. Between the death of Queen Victoria and the end of the Second World War, the nation...

Written by two of the world's leading authorities on the subject, Imperial Germany and War, 1871-1918 examines the most essential components of the imperial German military system, with an emphasis on such foundational areas as theory, doctrine, institutional structures, training, and the officer corps. In the period between 1871 and 1918, rapid technological development demanded considerable adaptation and change in military doctrine and planning.

In The Making of Modern Britain, Andrew Marr paints a fascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British Empire. Between the death of Queen Victoria and the end of the Second World War, the nation...

13-årige Bolette arbejder hver dag i marken sammen med sine forældre. Det er et hårdt liv, og begge hendes forældre er nedslidte. Da en forfærdelig tragedie rammer familien, bliver Bolette sendt bort til Pigehjemmet Hebron. Fru Bransholm, der leder hjemmet, er en hæslig tyran, der tvinger pigerne til at arbejde fra morgen til aften og straffer dem grusomt for den mindste forseelse. Pigerne bliver slået med et ris, så de bløder, og selv ikke de mindste slipper for afstraffelserne. Og lille Monika dør, da fru Bransholm nægter at tilkalde lægen før det er for sent.