The Tragic Empress: The Authorized Biography of Alexandra Romanov, Paperback - Sophie Buxhoeveden

Reducere. Empress Alexandra Romanov - the last empress of Russia, wife of Tsar Nicholas II, and now a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church - chose Countess S...

Reducere. Now in paperback--Donald Sturrock's Storyteller is "a major literary biography...packed with intimate details, sharply intelligent commentary, and ...

Reducere. This book is the biography of Gordon Graves, whom many consider being the Father of Indian Gaming. It tracks his early career in military electroni...

Reducere. Unearth a piece of music history with this definitive, no-holds-barred biography of John Entwistle, The Who's legendary bass guitarist. It is an un...

Reducere. Philip Lynott packed a vast amount into his 36 years. An instantly identifiable singer, charismatic stage performer and supremely gifted songwriter...

This is the whole story: of her strong friendships, her failed marriage, tempestuous affairs and the greatest love of her life, told with extensive...

Jack Hayford is rightly known as a "pastor of pastors." The facts bear this out: he is the author of over 50 books, the writer of 600 hymns and cho...

Reducere. African superstar, composer, singer, and musician, as well as mystic and political activist, Nigerian Fela Kuti, born in 1938, was controversy pers...

Shortlisted for the 2008 BBC4 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-FictionPublisher: Pan MacmillanAuthor(s): Patrick FrenchNumber of pages: 576Publication ...

The authorized biography of John Habgood by one of the people who knew him best, that 'ecclesiastical version of Alan Bennett', Bishop David Wilbourne

Batting for the Poor is the authorised biography of David Sheppard, telling the story of his life as a celebrated cricketer and his remarkable work...

Reducere. George Muller (1805-1898) was a man of prayer and courage who through faith established orphanages and schools for thousands of children in England...

Reducere. The letters of Empress Frederick shed light on German politics and society during the late 19th century, and the outlook Germany's royal family hel...

A full and revealing biography of one of the century's greatest English writers and an icon to a generation.

Publisher: Editions FlammarionAuthor(s): Marie-France PochnaNumber of pages: 496Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 162 x 247 x 53Cover type: Hardbac...

Reducere. Charles Moore's masterful and definitive biography of Britain's first female prime minister reaches its climax with the story of her zenith and her...

Reducere. Rămasă orfană în adolescență, Daria își găsește refugiul la curtea țarului Nicolae al II-lea, unde afecțiunea ei pentru țareviciul Alexei și leacur...

Reducere. DescriptionWith unequaled authority and dramatic detail, the first volume of Charles Moore's authorized biography of Margaret Thatcher reveals as n...

Reducere. Widely regarded as the best British painter since Turner, very little is known about Francis Bacon's life. In this, the first-ever book to be writt...

Reducere. The definitive record of the twentieth century's preeminent car builder and racer is now available in an updated paperback edition. It was motoring...

Melanie Clegg takes a fresh and intimate look at the close relationship that existed between the last Empress of Russia and her grandmother Queen V...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

The concluding volume of Charles Moore's series of biographies of the former Prime Minister, addressing her removal from the centre of politics and...

Out of the thrilling and tempestuous eighteenth century comes the sweeping family saga of beautiful Maria Theresa, a sovereign of extraordinary str...

Reducere. Born a princess of Schleswig-Holstein in 1858, Empress Augusta Victoria, known in the family as 'Dona', was marked out from early childhood as a po...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Charles MooreNumber of pages: 880Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 169 x 246 x 58Cover type: HardbackRedesco...

As Leo Tolstoy's wife, Sophia Tolstoy experienced both glory and condemnation during their forty-eight-year marriage. She was admired as the muse a...

Reducere. DescriptionThe fascinating biography that illuminates the man whose work changed modern culture - Gives a complete biographical view of Campbell's ...

Publisher: Age-Old BooksAuthor(s): Sean ByrneNumber of pages: 243Publication date: 2008Dimensions: 211 x 179 x 15Cover type: Paperback / softbackRe...

Reducere. Daughter of DestinyKathryn's life helped to reestablish a value that has not been the norm for a long time. This is the power of the gospel, burnin...

Reducere. Throughout the long and colorful history of Galveston, no name has embodied the "Spirit of the Island" quite like the name Maceo. Two penniless Sic...

Reducere. Driven by an insatiable thirst for power, Doctor Faustus chooses to make the ultimate sacrifice to become an all-knowing practitioner of traditiona...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Less than a decade after Queen Elizabeth I, a Muslim woman ruled an empire more than twenty- five times the size of Elizabethan England and vastly ...

Reducere. Philo of Alexandria), also called Philo Judaeus, was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who lived in Alexandria, in the Roman province of Egypt. Phil...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Tanika (Author) GuptaNumber of pages: 144Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 14Cover type:...

Reducere. This memoir by empress Farah Pahlavi looks back on her reign over an Iran so modern it is unrecognizable today--written just a few years before the...

An in-depth exploration of the random acts of violence that reverberate across our communities and strike at the heart of our societyIllustrations:...

Reducere. A moving World War II memoir that uncovers a forgotten naval catastrophe. Ideal for readers of Evan Mawdsley, Max Hastings and Iain Ballantyne. On ...

Reducere. DescriptionOriginally published in hardback as Ella: Princess, Saint and Martyr, the definitive biography of Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorovna is ...

The definitive biography of Lord Alfred Douglas, the lover of Oscar Wilde and 'the other man' in the renowned scandal, by the acclaimed author of T...

Reducere. Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (1878-1918) was born the youngest son of Tsar Alexander III, ruler of the mightiest empire on earth. Upo...

When it came to hunting, she was a master shot. As a dress designer, few could compare. An ingenious architect, she innovated the use of marble in ...

Reducere. The extraordinary story of the Russian slave girl Roxelana, who rose from concubine to become the only queen of the Ottoman empireIn Empress of the...

Reducere. The saga of John Kennedy Toole is one of the greatest stories of American literary history. After writing A Confederacy of Dunces, Toole correspond...