The King's "Blue Boys." A Tale of the Giant Grenadiers of Prussia ... Illustrated by J.B. Greene
Title | The King's "Blue Boys." A Tale of the Giant Grenadiers of Prussia ... Illustrated by J.B. Greene PDF eBook |
Author | Sheila E. BRAINE |
Publisher | |
Pages | 283 |
Release | 1902 |
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The King's "blue Boys"
Title | The King's "blue Boys" PDF eBook |
Author | Sheila E. Braine |
Publisher | |
Pages | 283 |
Release | 1902 |
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A Little History of the World
Title | A Little History of the World PDF eBook |
Author | E. H. Gombrich |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 401 |
Release | 2014-10-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0300213972 |
E. H. Gombrich's Little History of the World, though written in 1935, has become one of the treasures of historical writing since its first publication in English in 2005. The Yale edition alone has now sold over half a million copies, and the book is available worldwide in almost thirty languages. Gombrich was of course the best-known art historian of his time, and his text suggests illustrations on every page. This illustrated edition of the Little History brings together the pellucid humanity of his narrative with the images that may well have been in his mind's eye as he wrote the book. The two hundred illustrations—most of them in full color—are not simple embellishments, though they are beautiful. They emerge from the text, enrich the author's intention, and deepen the pleasure of reading this remarkable work. For this edition the text is reset in a spacious format, flowing around illustrations that range from paintings to line drawings, emblems, motifs, and symbols. The book incorporates freshly drawn maps, a revised preface, and a new index. Blending high-grade design, fine paper, and classic binding, this is both a sumptuous gift book and an enhanced edition of a timeless account of human history.
Military Experience in the Age of Reason
Title | Military Experience in the Age of Reason PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Duffy |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 526 |
Release | 2005-12-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1135794588 |
First published in 1987. War in the 18th century was a bloody business. A line of infantry would slowly march, to the beat of a drum, into a hail of enemy fire. Whole ranks would be wiped out by cannon fire and musketry. Christopher Duffy's investigates the brutalities of the battlefield and also traces the lives of the officer to the soldier from the formative conditions of their earliest years to their violent deaths or retirement, and shows that, below their well-ordered exteriors, the armies of the Age of Reason underwent a revolutionary change from medieval to modern structures and ways of thinking.
The Giant's Boy
Title | The Giant's Boy PDF eBook |
Author | Joy Cowley |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Readers (Primary) |
ISBN | 9780780253780 |
King of Battle
Title | King of Battle PDF eBook |
Author | Boyd L. Dastrup |
Publisher | |
Pages | 398 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Artillery, Field and mountain |
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The Waterloo Roll Call
Title | The Waterloo Roll Call PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Dalton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 1890 |
Genre | Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 |
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