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Author : Alastair Massie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Crimean War, 1853-1856
ISBN : 0901721387
Author : Lindsey Davis
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781529354713
Rome, the very end of December. The Field of Mars is packed with monuments, none more beautiful than Domitian's new Odeon and Stadium. But the area has been overtaken by ugly events: elaborately staged murders. Someone bears a spectacular grudge against the theatrical community, and intends to get revenge in the most spectacular way possible. The killer's method is to re-enact bloody scenes from the gruesome side of popular theatre, where characters in plays really die on stage. A figure from the past wants Flavia Albia's father to investigate, but Falco is out of Rome for the holidays. Albia seizes the commission. And begins to regret doing so almost immediately. 'The undertaker did it!' the first victim croaks before expiring. This seems to make no sense, because surely people are already dead when they go to their funeral? Though there is a serial killer at large, the authorities would prefer a cover-up but Albia is driven to discover what is going on. How much blood must be shed before the mania ends? And could her own family be on the list for a frightful stage death? Praise for Lindsey Davis and the Flavia Albia series 'It positively crackles with knowledge of the city and its people, mixed with social comment, ingenious and bloody plots and sharp observational skills leavened by more than a smattering of genuine and sometimes earthy humour' Crime Review 'Lighthearted, witty and effortlessly clever, just like its wonderful heroine, this is a window into ancient Rome, and a tonic and a joy to read' The Observer 'For a totally exhilarating romp through Ancient Rome, Lindsey Davis' latest Flavia Alba novel won't be beaten and offers an immersive experience of a vibrant world full of real, recognisable characters' Shotsmag 'In this witty novel by the mistress of Roman crime, the reader is transported behind the scenes of a Triumph into a fascinating world of actors, costumiers and animal trainers, all united in their hatred of the murdered man' Sunday Express Magazine
Author : United States. Navy Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 998 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1904
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OSU:32435030148498
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : College students' writings, American
ISBN : UOM:39015068303273
Author : Theodore Gerrish
Publisher : BIG BYTE BOOKS
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-19
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Every great battle takes on new perspectives and meaning when viewed from the prone position of the private soldier, as opposed to the broad sweep of after-battle reports. Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Spottslyvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg...Theodore Gerrish was at them all with Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's 20th Maine Regiment. His vivid, compassionate, and often humorous telling is from the spot on the field where the minie-balls are thickest and the cannonading is deafening. This is one of the best private-soldier memoirs of the American Civil War in its scope and its minute details. The views Gerrish provides at the end of famous officers as seen from the private soldier's point of view include Grant, Meade, Hooker, Josuah Lawrence Chamberlain, and others with whom he came in contact. Some of the humor: “Chaplain, will you be kind enough to tell me what the two capital letters, B.C., stand for, when they are printed together upon anything?” “O, yes. It means before the birth of our Saviour, previous to the beginning of the Christian era.” He proceeded to give quite a profound theological exposition of the matter, and then inquired, “Why did you ask so unusual a question?” “O, nothin’,” answered the innocent Dick, “only we have seen it stamped on these sheets of hard-tack, and were curious to know why it was there.” Of the African-Americans who fought, Gerrish says: "As these two races march beside each other in the struggle of life, we only ask and demand that those who, in their poverty, did all they could to save the nation and assist its defenders, shall not be deprived of their sacred rights." Front-line letters and diaries of the Civil War bring an immediacy to a long-ago event and connect us to these everyday men and women who lived it. For less than you'd spend on gas going to the library, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.
Author : Aaron Burr,Matthew Livingston Davis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1837
Category : New York (State)
ISBN : NYPL:33433082308267
Author : Aaron Burr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1836
Category : Europe
ISBN : NYPL:33433082308135
Author : Audrey Magee
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781443422987
Brutal yet heartbreaking, The Undertaking is an immensely powerful first novel set in Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II Desperate to escape the Eastern front, Peter Faber, an ordinary German soldier, marries Katharina Spinell, a woman he has never met; it is a marriage of convenience that promises "honeymoon" leave for him and a pension for her should he die on the front. With ten days' leave secured, Peter visits his new wife in Berlin, and both are surprised by the attraction that develops between them. When Peter returns to the horror of the front, it is only the dream of Katharina that sustains him as he approaches Stalingrad. Back in Berlin, Katharina, goaded on by her desperate and delusional parents, ruthlessly works her way into the Nazi party hierarchy, wedding herself, her young husband and their unborn child to the regime. But when the tide of war turns and Berlin falls, Peter and Katharina, ordinary people stained with their small share of an extraordinary guilt, find their simple dream of family increasingly hard to hold on to . . .
Author : Matthew L. Davis
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783734090387
Reproduction of the original: Memoirs of Aaron Burr by Matthew L. Davis
Author : Charles Burdett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : United States
ISBN : NYPL:33433074815485
Author : Charles Burdett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : United States
ISBN : UOMDLP:abf1038:0001.001
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1858
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : KBNL:KBNL03000251579
Author : Frank Moore
Publisher : Рипол Классик
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : History
ISBN : PURD:32754062856723
The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives Illustrative Incidents, Poetry, Etc. Volume 8.
Author : Great Britain. War Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Crimean War, 1853-1856
ISBN : UCBK:C047143534
Author : Anonymous
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-04-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783382321383
Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
