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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.
Furbank and Owens attempt to disentangle the story of Daniel Defoe’s political career, as journalist, polemicist, political theorist and secret agent. They argue... Læs mere
Most famous as the author of "Gulliver's Travels", Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was one of the most important propagandists and satirists of his day. This study seeks to contextualize Swift within the political arena of his day.
When Alfred Milner was knighted, he took as his motto Communis Patria, 'patriotism for our common country'. This is the study of Milner, which... Læs mere
Existing accounts of Fielding's political ideas are insufficiently aware of the structure of politics in the first half of the eighteenth century, and of the ways... Læs mere
A biography of William Wickham (1761-1840), Britain's master spy on the Continent for more than five years during the French Revolutionary wars. It follows Wickham's career to narrate the rise and fall of his secret service community.
A book about Sir Henry Irving
In this text, the authors look at the historical Cleopatra, at images of Cleopatra as a Greek queen and as ruler of Egypt, at contemporary perceptions of her and at how we see her today.
This book explains how C. G. Jung's life and work should be approached on a historical basis, drawing on decades of archival investigation and new documentation. It shows how Memories, Dreams, Reflections came to be falsely perceived as his autobiography.
This work offers the text of Richard Cobden's European diaries for the years 1846 to 1849. Cobden, the British Liberal politician and economist, went to... Læs mere
Lord Mayhew's memoirs in this book include an account of his early life at Oxford and the attraction of communism. It also covers his war service and appointment as... Læs mere
A biography of John Horne Tooke a central figure in ministerial, extra-parliamentary and journalistic politics of the late eighteenth century. Tooke... Læs mere
This study serves both as a biography of the so-called "First Englishman in Japan", and as a focus on the period itself - particularly in terms of trade and political alliances, in both Europe and Japan.