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The Vikings and sainthood are not concepts normally found side by side. But Norway’s King Olaf II Haraldsson (c. 995-1030) embodied both to an extraordinary degree. As a battle-eager teenager he almost single-handedly pulled down London Bridge (as in the nursery rhyme) and took part in many other Viking raids. Olaf lacked none of the traditional Viking qualities of toughness and audacity, yet his routine baptism grew into a burning missionary faith that was all the more remarkable for being combined with his typically Viking determination and energy—and sometimes ruthlessness as well.

Part biography of a wartime adventurer, part detective story, and part faith journey, this intriguing book from a New York Times journalist and bestselling author takes us inside the modern-day making of a saint. The Saint Makers chronicles the unlikely alliance between Father Hotze and Dr...

The rousing story of Lafayette - “adopted son” of George Washington - and his vital role in the American Revolution. In this long-overdue history of Marquis Gilbert de Lafayette, acclaimed French author Gonzague Saint Bris recounts Lafayette’s invaluable contributions to the American War of Independence and, later, the French Revolution of 1789.

Det er i slutningen af år 1940, da Frankrig officielt er gået ind i krigen mod Tyskland, at Antoine de Saint-Exupéry indkaldes for at tjene som pilot i de franske styrker. I denne selvbiografiske roman, der blev udgivet mens krigen stadig rasede, skildrer Saint-Exupéry krigens absurde og fremmedgørende natur, og romanen er et hovedværk, hvis man ønsker at forstå den franske forfatters humanistiske filosofi. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry blev født i 1900.

Hommage an einen lieben Freund, der in Lebensgefahr schwebt - tiefes Mitgefühl und das eigene Erleben des Krieges, des Widerstandes und der Flucht verarbeitet der Autor in einem Brief an seinen Freund Léon Werth, was ein intensives und nachfühlbares Zeitzeugnis schafft; das Reale an diesen Erlebnissen des Autors ist immer wieder beeindruckend; die tiefe Freundschaft ist spürbar; Kino im Kopf - Film im Kopf mit viel Gefühl

Voici l'histoire époustouflante d'un jeune séminariste plongé, à l'aube de la seconde guerre mondiale, dans la sinistre légion de Hitler.