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Thomas Babington Macaulay was a child prodigy who, by the age of 8, had written a history of the world and a poem in three cantos modeled after the poetry of Sir Walter Scott. He studied law at Trinity College, Cambridge, but drew great attention for several literary essays he contributed to the Edinburgh Review. In 1849, he published the first two volumes of «The History of England, From the Accession of James II», which were immediately well-received. As a Whig, with little tolerance for...
| Автор | Томас Бабингтон Маколей |
Gerald of Wales, or Giraldus Cambrensis, was a medieval clergyman and historian who served as the royal clerk and chaplain to King Henry II of England. Gerald of Wales was afforded the opportunity in 1185 to accompany the King's son John on his first expedition to Ireland. Because of those travels he would write his first of many works by penning the «Topographia Hibernica» or the «Topography of Ireland». The work is an account of the landscape and people of Ireland and was one the longest...
| Автор | Gerald of Wales |
William H. Prescott (1796-1859) is regarded as not only the first American scientific historian, but also one of the best historians of the nineteenth century. A Massachusetts native, Prescott was educated at Harvard University, though he wasn't ever recognized as an outstanding student. During a food fight while he was a student at Harvard, Prescott was hit with a crust of bread, injuring his eye. It proved to be a problem that would stay with him for the rest of his life. Despite this...
| Автор | William H. Prescott |
Thomas Babington Macaulay was a child prodigy who, by the age of 8, had written a history of the world and a poem in three cantos modeled after the poetry of Sir Walter Scott. He studied law at Trinity College, Cambridge, but drew great attention for several literary essays he contributed to the Edinburgh Review. In 1849, he published the first two volumes of «The History of England, From the Accession of James II», which were immediately well-received. As a Whig, with little tolerance for...
| Автор | Томас Бабингтон Маколей |
Thomas Babington Macaulay was a child prodigy who, by the age of 8, had written a history of the world and a poem in three cantos modeled after the poetry of Sir Walter Scott. He studied law at Trinity College, Cambridge, but drew great attention for several literary essays he contributed to the Edinburgh Review. In 1849, he published the first two volumes of «The History of England, From the Accession of James II», which were immediately well-received. As a Whig, with little tolerance for...
| Автор | Томас Бабингтон Маколей |
Israel has become the most reviled of states; and the international Left—world church bodies, British labor unions, American human rights groups and the like—has been especially vociferous in its condemnations. But, ironically, Israel's humane accomplishments in the very realms that the Left most cherishes compare favorably with those of most other countries. This is especially true if Israel is compared with other countries in its region, or with other countries under...
| Автор | Joshua Muravchik |
Мне всегда хотелось окунуться в прошлое, ощутить то время, которое уже не вернешь. В своём повествовании я хочу рассказать о событиях, которые происходили в Царской России, во время Революции, после её, предвоенное и военное время. Я попытаюсь донести до Вас, ту атмосферу, которая царила тогда, рассказать о людях, об их тяготах, холоде и голоде, любви и ненависти. Герои моей книги реальные люди, жившие в то время. В основу написания книги положены практически реальные трагические события....
| Автор | Андрей Владимирович Жиглов |
NorthumberlandMadeleine Kirkby must marry quickly—or lose her family estate to a distant cousin! And after a chance encounter with the man she lost her heart to years ago, she has the perfect prospective husband in mind.Lord Ashton Ravensfell hasn’t seen Maddy since before he went to war, but it’s clear she has grown into a fetching young woman. So he’s shocked to receive a letter from her, proposing a marriage of convenience. They must be married before Twelfth Night! Ash cannot stand by and...
| Автор | Elizabeth Rolls |
Elise saved her family from ruin by marrying Simon, Count of Rennes.Yet this is no mere marriage of convenience–Elise has already fallen in love with her new husband. Intending to please him, Elise sets out to be the bold and seductive woman she thinks Simon desires–even though she's an inexperienced, innocent virgin.On this their wedding day, Simon is determined to skillfully arouse his new wife and initiate her into the pleasures of the bedchamber, although he fears a woman so feminine...
| Автор | Terri Brisbin |
Казалось бы, что может связывать Репина, Врубеля, Серова, писателей Аксакова и Гоголя, гениального Шаляпина, не менее гениальных Римского-Корсакова и Рахманинова, министра финансов Витте, царя Николая II, революционеров-народников и вождя мирового пролетариата Владимира Ильича Ленина? Однако, связующее звено меж ними есть. И это – фигура Саввы Мамонтова, последнего хозяина усадьбы Абрамцево, строителя железных дорог по всей России, создателя Абрамцевского кружка и Частной оперы и – хоть и не...
| Автор | Леонид Бежин |
