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The six wives of Henry VIII have become defined in a popular sense not so much by their lives as by the way these lives ended. But, as Antonia Fraser conclusively proves, they were rich and feisty characters. They may have been victims of Henry's obsession with a male heir, but they displayed considerable strength and intelligence at a time when their sex supposedly possessed little of either. Inevitably there was great rivalry and jealously between them. The story Antonia Fraser tells is romantic and cruel, funny and sad, dramatic and enthralling.

The late Dr. Michihiko Hachiya was director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on the city. Though his responsibilities in the appalling chaos of a devastated city were awesome, he found time to record the story daily, with compassion and tenderness. Dr. Hachiya's compelling diary was originally published by the UNC Press in 1955, with the help of Dr. Warner Wells of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

From an award-winning historian, an engrossing look at how Abraham Lincoln grappled with the challenges of leadership in an unruly democracy An awkward first meeting with U.S. Army officers, on the eve of the Civil War. A conversation on the White House portico with a young cavalry sergeant who...

Esta es la historia de una mujer. Una mujer que quiso ser quien era. Que vivió Barcelona a través de sus calles... y de sus calabozos. Que fue franco en la pantalla y franca en sus palabras. La historia de una mujer que hizo historia en la televisión. Y en las urnas. La...

Истории любви, представленные в этом сборнике, расскажут о том, как люди разных времен, национальностей, социального положения и вероисповедания любили страстно и беззаветно, любовь определяла их судьбы, ломала характеры, переворачивала жизни.

A gripping and revealing audiobook that brings to life the rise, power and true character of Henry VIII's most influential servant Known widely as Henry VIII's 'right-hand man', Cromwell has captured imaginations throughout the centuries: but who was he really? In this major new biography...

'They were not just reporters; they were also pioneers, and Judith Mackrell has done them proud.' Spectator 'This is a book that manages to be thoughtful and edge-of-your-seat thrilling.' Mail on Sunday 'Like the copy filed by her subjects, it is an essential read.' BBC History Magazine On the...

Under 2. Verdenskrig satte en lang række modige danskere livet på spil for at bekæmpe besættelsesmagten, og de kom til at spille en afgørende rolle for krigens udfald. Det var dog langt fra alle, der overlevede det farlige arbejde, og de, der gjorde, kom sig aldrig over de psykiske og fysiske mén, de fik under krigen. Vagn Jeldtoft Jensen var ganske ung, da krigen brød ud, og alligevel valgte han at blive en del af modstandsbevægelsen.

Queen Victoria's reign was an era of breathtaking social change, but it did little to create a platform for women. But not so within the social sphere of the seance - a mysterious, lamp-lit world on both sides of the Atlantic, in which women who craved a public voice could hold their own. Out of the Shadows tells the stories of the enterprising women whose supposedly clairvoyant gifts granted them fame, fortune, and, most important, influence, as they crossed rigid boundaries of gender and class as easily as they passed between the realms of the living and the dead. 

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Sisters of Battle Road by J. M. Maloney, read by Annie Aldington. In 1939, Annie Jarman and her six young daughters were evacuated from their South London home and sent to the Sussex countryside to wait out the war. Little did they know what was in store for them or how their lives would change.

Brought to you by Penguin. Winner of the HWA Crown for Best Work of Historical Non-Fiction 2018 Times Book of the Year 2018 Less than forty years after the golden age of Elizabeth I, England was at war with itself. The bloody, devastating civil wars set family against family, friend against...

Brought to you by Penguin. A major reassessment of one of Britain’s most strange and fascinating kings, James I of England and VI of Scotland James VI & I, who died 400 years ago, was one of Britain’s most consequential and interesting monarchs, not least in creating the British monarchy...

En El hombre que yo vi el autor recopila algunos recuerdos de su estancia en Roma (1958-1976), muy cerca de san Josemaría Escrivá. Son casi siempre detalles menudos, sencillos, sobre un trato asiduo y cordial. Un nuevo enfoque para conocer más de cerca de una de las figuras más relevantes del siglo XX.

هذه قصة مذهلة، سيرة ذاتية لحياة ملك عظيم ومحارب غاية في الشجاعة والإقدام، وهي نفسها القصة التي ألهمت الكثير من الشعراء والمؤلفين للكتابة عنها وذكر تفاصيلها في...

Fue el segundo monarca de la gran casa Tudor, y descendiente del gran Enrique VII. Famoso por haberse casado 6 veces y por ejercer el poder más absoluto, entre los hechos más notables de su reinado se incluye su ruptura con la Iglesia Católica Romana, la disolución de los monasterios, y la unión de Inglaterra con Gales.