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В книге рассказывается об участии казаков в составе Богемской (Главной) армии в кампании 1814 года во Франции. В центре внимания – три случая: действия казачьих полков в составе смешанных отрядов союзников, самостоятельный рейд отряда казаков под командованием атамана М. И. Платова, казаки при Главных квартирах и в личном конвое Александра I. Акцентируется человеческое измерение войны, в первую очередь – восприятие казаков гражданским населением Франции в условиях интервенции и военной...
| Автор | Андрей Гладышев |
Главной причиной гибели Российской Империи в 1917 году было катастрофическое падение престижа высшей власти. Слухи о «темных силах», обступивших трон, сплетни о царской семье, известия об измене при Дворе и тайной подготовке сепаратного мира стали спусковым механизмом Февральской революции. Но не все аспекты политической интриги, в центре которой оказалась трагическая фигура императора Николая, получили надлежащую историческую оценку. Антимонархические установки советской эпохи сделали...
| Автор | Шамиль Куряев |
В чем тайный смысл 1937 года? Каковы были подлинные, а не раздутые антисталинской пропагандой масштабы «Большого Террора»? Зачем потребовалось чистить партию, органы госбезопасности и армию? Существовали ли в реальности антисоветские заговоры? Считать ли массовые репрессии проявлением «паранойи» Сталина – или они имели вполне рациональные причины? Была ли «Великая чистка» 1937 года «преступлением века» – или болезненной, но совершенно необходимой мерой? И главное: проиграй Сталин в политической...
| Автор | Андрей Буровский |
Александр Некрич (3 марта 1920, Баку – 31 августа 1993, Бостон) – историк по образованию, доктор исторических наук. С 1950 по 1976 год – старший научный сотрудник Института всеобщей истории Академии наук СССР. Событием не только для ученых, но и широких кругов интеллигенции стала публикация в Москве в 1965 году его книги «1941. 22 июня». После ее выхода в свет А. Некрич был выдворен вначале из института, а затем и из страны. С 1976 года – научный сотрудник Русского Исследовательского Центра...
| Автор | Александр Некрич |
О Второй мировой войне сказаны, написаны, сняты уже терабайты информации, однако знаем ли мы правду об этой трагической странице нашей истории? В последнее время стало модным лить воду на мельницу всевозможных мифов, а читателям все сложнее разобраться, что же было на самом деле. Известный историк А. Гаспарян, опираясь только на проверенные факты, раскрывает перед читателями подлинную картину событий прошлого: • Стал ли пакт Молотова – Риббентропа причиной начала войны. • Правда ли что наша...
| Автор | Армен Гаспарян |
A Book of Dartmoor is an exhaustive and comprehensive narrative on the wild scenery of Dartmoor, an upland area in southern England, written by Sabine Baring-Gould. The goal of the work was to give a general idea of the moor and of its antiquities and to suggest rambles made from certain stations on the fringe, or in the heart of this wild and wondrous region. Baring-Gould spent many time in the moor, he talk with the moormen, listened to their tales and songs, and sketched the relics he...
| Автор | Baring-Gould Sabine |
"A Child's History of England", which first appeared serially in «Household Words» between January 25, 1851 and December 10, 1853, is a history of England written for school-aged children. The works originally consisted of three volumes that covered the history of England from between 50 BC to 1689, beginning with ancient history and ending with a summarization of the events of the accession of Queen Victoria. The three volumes of the original edition [Volume I.—England from the...
| Автор | Charles Dickens |
Rich in the imagery of nineteenth-century England, this literary classic celebrates a return to old-fashioned Christmas festivities while examining the crisis in one man's personal life. One of the most famous characters in literary history, Ebenezer Scrooge is the «grasping old sinner» who finds redemption after witnessing scenes from his life in which his greed, self-interest, and lack of compassion are revealed.Complementing the master storyteller's wise and witty prose are the...
| Автор | Charles Dickens |
Rich in the imagery of nineteenth-century England, this literary classic celebrates a return to old-fashioned Christmas festivities while examining the crisis in one man's personal life. One of the most famous characters in literary history, Ebenezer Scrooge is the «grasping old sinner» who finds redemption after witnessing scenes from his life in which his greed, self-interest, and lack of compassion are revealed.Complementing the master storyteller's wise and witty prose are the...
| Автор | Чарльз Диккенс |
"A Compendium on the Soul" by Avicenna (translated by Edward Abbott Van Dyck). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that...
| Автор | Avicenna |
This book features the biographical accounts of ten women selected by the author not so much with any intention of bringing together the best, greatest, or most admirable, nor even the most remarkable women Italy has produced, as with a view of securing the greatest amount of variety, in point of social position and character. Each figure of the small gallery was intended to illustrate a distinct phase of Italian social life and civilization: the canonized Saint, that most extraordinary product...
| Автор | Thomas Adolphus Trollope |
This book features the biographical accounts of ten women selected by the author not so much with any intention of bringing together the best, greatest, or most admirable, nor even the most remarkable women Italy has produced, as with a view of securing the greatest amount of variety, in point of social position and character. Each figure of the small gallery was intended to illustrate a distinct phase of Italian social life and civilization: the canonized Saint, that most extraordinary product...
| Автор | Thomas Adolphus Trollope |
"A History of Aeronautics" by W. Lockwood Marsh, Evelyn Charles Vivian. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are...
| Автор | Evelyn Charles Vivian |
"A History of Aeronautics" by W. Lockwood Marsh, Evelyn Charles Vivian. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are...
| Автор | Evelyn Charles Vivian |
"A History of Art for Beginners and Students: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture" by Clara Erskine Clement Waters. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices....
| Автор | Clara Erskine Clement Waters |
"A History of Art for Beginners and Students: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture" by Clara Erskine Clement Waters. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices....
| Автор | Clara Erskine Clement Waters |
"A History of Freedom of Thought" by J. B. Bury. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and...
| Автор | J. B. Bury |
"A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County" is a comprehensive account of the New York City's most populous borough from the time of the discovery of America until the late 19th century. Named after the Dutch village of Breukelen, Brooklyn was an independent incorporated city, and previously an authorized village and town within the provisions of the New York State Constitution, until 1898, when, after a long political campaign and public relations battle during the 1890s,...
| Автор | Stephen M. Ostrander |
"A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County" is a comprehensive account of the New York City's most populous borough from the time of the discovery of America until the late 19th century. Named after the Dutch village of Breukelen, Brooklyn was an independent incorporated city, and previously an authorized village and town within the provisions of the New York State Constitution, until 1898, when, after a long political campaign and public relations battle during the 1890s,...
| Автор | Stephen M. Ostrander |
Imagine a plague so horrific, only forty percent of the population lived to tell the tale. Written as a first-person account of the world’s most dangerous pandemic, the mysterious narrator bears witness to a society that has seemingly given up hope during terrifying times. . From mounting death tolls, to horrific bodily ailments, contracting the Black Plague was considered a fate worse than death. Combining his own experiences within each of the two stories, the enigmatic narrator, known only...
| Автор | Daniel Defoe |
Emile Zola (1840-1902) is perhaps the most important French writer of the 19th century. Zola dramatically shaped the course of French literature through the development of naturalism, characterized by the unsentimental and realistic portrayal of middle and lower class French life. His twenty novel cycle «Les Rougon-Macquart» is epic in scope, often drawing comparisons to the prolific output of Balzac. Here, in his 1878 novel «Une page d'amour» («A Love Episode») we encounter the eighth...
| Автор | Emile Zola |
Emile Zola (1840-1902) is perhaps the most important French writer of the 19th century. Zola dramatically shaped the course of French literature through the development of naturalism, characterized by the unsentimental and realistic portrayal of middle and lower class French life. His twenty novel cycle «Les Rougon-Macquart» is epic in scope, often drawing comparisons to the prolific output of Balzac. Here, in his 1878 novel «Une page d'amour» («A Love Episode») we encounter the eighth...
| Автор | Emile Zola |
A Pilgrimage to Nejd, the Cradle of the Arab Race is an inspiring 2-volume historical and travel account of the journey in the Middle East based on the journals of Lady Anne Blunt edited by her husband and companion Wilfrid, first published in 1881. Nejd, in the imagination of the Bedouins of the North, is a region of romance, the cradle of their race and of their ideas of chivalry. This carefully crafted e-artnow ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of...
| Автор | Lady Anne Blunt |
A Pilgrimage to Nejd, the Cradle of the Arab Race is an inspiring 2-volume historical and travel account of the journey in the Middle East based on the journals of Lady Anne Blunt edited by her husband and companion Wilfrid, first published in 1881. Nejd, in the imagination of the Bedouins of the North, is a region of romance, the cradle of their race and of their ideas of chivalry. This carefully crafted e-artnow ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of...
| Автор | Lady Anne Blunt |