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In 1900 just over a thousand British civil servants ruled a population of nearly 300 million people spread over a territory now covered by India, Pakistan, Burma and Bangladesh.
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The combined military might of two great mations succeeded in capturing not a single Chiricagua, not even a child.' From the... Læs mere
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There had, of course, been other fires, Four Hundred and fifty years before, the city had almost burned to the ground. In five days that... Læs mere
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The siege of Venice, in 1848, is one of history's most thrilling and tragic episodes. Focusing on it, this book presents a story that embraces the wider world of the revolutionary... Læs mere
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and The Modern Traveller, one of the finest satirical poems in English. Complete Verse reveals all of Hilaire Belloc's dazzling range and makes plain why he is one of the most truly popular poets of modern times.
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The Jesus of Faith and the Jesus of History are two different beings, with two different stories. Wilson reappraises our readings of the Gospels and, with extraordinary insight and clarity,... Læs mere
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Shows how the seventeenth-century philosopher Spinoza's central philosophical beliefs developed within the context of his own life. This work focuses on the philosopher's attempt to act solely through reason in the face of turbulent personal and national circumstances.
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The Nazi regime was essentially a religious cult, relying on the hypnotic personality of one man, Adolf Hitler, and it was fated to die with him. It focuses on the three Nazi... Læs mere
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In this sequel to The Flame of Thika, Elspeth Huxley takes up her story after the family returns to Kenya after the First World War. ' The Times 'What a marvellous writer. ' Financial Times
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Freedom and its Betrayal is one of Isaiah Berlin's earliest and most convincing expositions of his views on human freedom and the history of ideas, views which later found... Læs mere
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Illusions of Gold, the third volume of David Kynaston's magnificent quartet, The City of London, sweeps us from 1914 to 1945, through years of... Læs mere
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After his debauchery as a young playboy, merchant and soldier - he fought at the Battle of Collestrada - he stripped naked in court, abandoned everything he owned and devoted his life... Læs mere