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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848) by Anne Bronte (1820-1849) is a romance classic novel based on the mysterious widow Mrs Helen Graham who arrives at Wildfell Hall and takes up residence in the mansion with her young son. She endures local gossip within the community which was initiated by the jealous Eliza who had briefly courted the local farmer Gilbert Markham until he developed an interest for the Helen. Gilbert finds the local gossip quite disturbing until he discovers through Helens diary...
| Автор | Anne Bronte |
This eBook edition of «The Theory of the Leisure Class» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Theory of the Leisure Class is criticism of capitalism. Conspicuous consumption, along with «conspicuous leisure,» is performed to demonstrate wealth or mark social status. The book is a treatise on economics and a detailed, social critique of conspicuous consumption, as a function of social class and of consumerism, derived from the social...
| Автор | Thorstein Veblen |
The thrilling story of the French princess who became an English queen, from the best-selling author of The Agincourt Bride. Perfect for fans of The White Queen.Even the greatest of queens have rules – to break them would cost her dearly…King Henry V’s new French Queen, Catherine, dazzles the crowds in England but life at court is full of intrigue and her loyal companion, Mette, suspects that the beautiful Eleanor Cobham, protégée of the Duke of Gloucester, is spying for him.Catherine believes...
| Автор | Джоанна Хиксон |
The thrilling story of the French princess who became an English queen, from the best-selling author of The Agincourt Bride. Perfect for fans of The White Queen.Even the greatest of queens have rules – to break them would cost her dearly…King Henry V’s new French Queen, Catherine, dazzles the crowds in England but life at court is full of intrigue and her loyal companion, Mette, suspects that the beautiful Eleanor Cobham, protégée of the Duke of Gloucester, is spying for him.Catherine believes...
| Автор | Джоанна Хиксон |
In August 1974, while Richard Nixon resigned and Gerald Ford began a prolonged battle with Congress over executive power, a crisis was occurring in Cyprus. Desperate to shore up its declining popularity with a foreign policy triumph, the military government of Greece tried to overthrow the government of the independent island nation. In response, the Republic of Turkey invaded Cyprus in order to protect Turkish Cypriots. The invasion led to the downfall of the junta in Athens, the beginning of a...
| Автор | James F. Goode |
A famous Soviet general who fought in the Battle of Moscow (1941/1942) and the siege of Leningrad (1941–1944), Andrey Vlasov (1901–1946) was captured by Nazi troops and then defected to the Third Reich. Supported by Nazi propaganda, he created a “Russian Liberation Committee” that later became the “Russian Liberation Army” (RLA). The RLA was a body of several hundred officers and several thousand troops who had defected from the USSR and served Nazi purposes on Soviet territory. Vlasov was...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
A famous Soviet general who fought in the Battle of Moscow (1941/1942) and the siege of Leningrad (1941–1944), Andrey Vlasov (1901–1946) was captured by Nazi troops and then defected to the Third Reich. Supported by Nazi propaganda, he created a “Russian Liberation Committee” that later became the “Russian Liberation Army” (RLA). The RLA was a body of several hundred officers and several thousand troops who had defected from the USSR and served Nazi purposes on Soviet territory. Vlasov was...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
I век до н. э. Переломный период в истории рабовладельческого Рима. Молодой прогрессивный римский трибун Тиберий Гракх, защищая интересы крестьян, пытается провести земельную реформу, которая позволит дать новый импульс экономическим отношениям в империи. На борьбу за землю поднимается свободное крестьянство. Огромная держава становится ареной ожесточенной борьбы…
| Автор | Александр Немировский |
В книгу известного современного писателя-историка В. Бахревского вошел роман, повествующий о временах правления российского царя Алексея Михайловича.
«Тишайший» рассказывает о становлении как правителя второго царя из династии Романовых.
| Автор | Владислав Бахревский |