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Biografier giver dig adgang til ægte livsfortællinger og skæbner, der har sat deres præg på verden. Her finder du bøger om både nulevende og historiske personer - fra de magtfulde til de misforståede, fra kendte navne til hverdagens helte. Vores udvalg rummer inspirerende historier om mod, passion og vilje, hvor virkelighedens stemmer får plads. Uanset om du søger en biografi med indhold til samlingen, en rørende gave eller blot ønsker at læse om mennesker, der har ændret verden, er der masser at vælge imellem. Find din næste biografi hos WilliamDam.dk og oplev fortællinger, der berører og sætter sig fast.
Reinhard R Doerries has written the first scholarly appraisal of SS-Brigadefuhrer Walter Schellenberg as a Nazi leader and Hitler's final head of foreign intelligence.
This collection of essays considers the work of Professor Sir Thomas Smith QC (1915–1988) and, through that work, the development of Scots law as a mixed legal system.
A biography of Sir Basil Schonland FRS (1896-1972), who was a major contributor to twentieth-century British and Commonwealth science, both in peace and war. It contains information drawn from primary and secondary source material, from both South African and British archives.
This anthology brings together for the first time a collection of autobiographical accounts of their childhood by a range of prominent nineteenth-century literary women.
The articles in this volume re-evaluate and present to an English-reading public the figure of Duke Cosimo I de' Medici (1518-72), the alleged... Læs mere
This volume extends over the bulk of Pole's final legation for the reconciliation of England to Rome.
These papers discuss the life, work and influence of the Renaissance philosopher Giordana Bruno. One of the most striking thinkers of his time, he was eventually denounced as a heretic to the Venetian Inquisition, imprisoned in Rome and then burnt alive.
Gilbert White (1720-1793) is often regarded by way of a personal "mythology" - a combination of stories and assumptions - that has built up around him. This work seeks to place the real White in context - a naturalist and scientist rather than a quaint literary figure.
Johann von Staupitz is remembered as the superior of Friar Martin Luther, but has been neglected as a subject of academic discourse. This study of von Staupitz's life is in reality a theological biography.
Edmund Burke's iconic stance against the French Revolution and its supposed Enlightenment inspiration has ensured his central role in debates about the nature of modernity and freedom. This... Læs mere
Sebastian Castellio, linguist, humanist and religious reformer, is one of the most remarkable figures of... Læs mere
Robert Stephenson, the leading engineer of the mid-19th century whose substantial public works brought about considerable social change, is the subject of this biography.