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La duchesse de Bloomsbury Street
By Helene Hanff, Jean-Noël Liaut. 2002
Le récit du voyage à Londres de cette amoureuse des livres, auteure de "84, Charing Cross Road" L'américaine Helene Hanff…
raconte sur un ton amusant et ironique ce périple dont elle a rêvé toute sa vie.Douce et incomparable Joséphine
By Bernard Chevalier, Christophe Pincemaille. 1999
Lambing season in Ireland: tales of a vet's wife
By Maria Coffey. 2000
B.C. author Maria Coffey and her veterinarian husband spent the spring of 1998 in Ireland on a working holiday. This…
is a beautifully written and often humorous account of the four months they spent at Dingle Bay, County Kerry, with descriptions of the landscape, the people and their work during the busy lambing season at the local vet. 2001.Elisabeth II: dans l'intimité du règne
By Isabelle Rivère. 2012
Construit comme un cheminement à la découverte de la souveraine la plus célèbre, cet ouvrage s'appuie sur des documents inédits…
et des témoignages proches de la reine en France et en Grande-Bretagne pour dresser le portrait d'Elisabeth II qui fête en 2012 le soixantième anniversaire de son avènement.Catherine II: un âge d'or pour la Russie
By Hélène Carrère D'Encausse. 2002
Biographie de Catherine II, à partir de son accession au trône russe en 1762. Sont étudiés l'héritage politique de ses…
prédécesseurs, ses années de règne, sa gestion des conflits et sa vie personnelle. Protectrice des lettres en relation avec les représentants français des Lumières, elle souhaite faire de la Russie le foyer de la culture européenne.Henri IV: le roi libre (Biographies historiques)
By François Bayrou. 1998
Dans le siècle le plus déchiré, le plus violent, le plus sanglant de l'histoire de France, surgit un jeune homme…
qui ne ressemble à aucun de ses contemporains. Prince d'un État libre au pied des Pyrénées, il a été l'enfant de la guerre, objet de la haine amoureuse et politique entre sa mère, âme du parti protestant, et son père, chef de l'armée catholique. La tragédie marque définitivement son destin lorsque son mariage avec Marguerite de France, la reine Margot, donne le signal de la Saint-Barthélemy. Conquérant de son royaume, il retrouve le pouvoir dans un pays épuisé. 1998.Je cherche l'Italie: récit ((L'infini).)
By Yannick Haenel. 2015
" Ce livre est le récit d'une expérience. J'ai vécu quatre ans à Florence, entre 2011 et 2014. Découverte éblouie…
d'une ville d'art, entièrement tournée vers ses fresques, ses sculptures, ses églises. Choc simultané de la crise, qui frappe avec violence les Italiens et dévaste leur culture. En me consacrant à l'Annonciation de Fra Angelico ou au Déluge de Paolo Uccello, je redécouvre la passion politique. Comment trouver une voie libre, un intervalle dans un monde ruiné ? Éclairage sur les naufrages de migrants à Lampedusa, hommage à saint François d'Assise, journal d'une lecture de Georges Bataille, ce livre est un récit initiatique : une aventure en temps de crise. " -- 4e de couv.Catherine the Great: portrait of a woman
By Robert K Massie. 2012
Catherine was an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at 14 and rose to become one of the…
most remarkable, powerful and captivating women in history. In this book, this eternally fascinating woman is returned to life. 2012.Around Ireland clockwise on a "Giant"
By Patrick McEvoy. 2011
"From age 60 to 70 the idea was born to travel around Ireland. In 1991 I had a triple heart…
bypass but, at the end of a four year period of continuing world travel, mainly in a motor home, I suffered a heart attack. I came back to the UK to recover but I decided that no matter what, I would attempt to cycle around the whole of the coastline of Ireland to celebrate my 70th birthday. This is my story." 2011.Journey to Armenia
By Clarence Brown, Osip Mandel'Shtam. 1990
At once a travel narrative, a comment on State building, a humanist philosophy of life, a preparation for death and…
a prophecy of resurrection, this piece first appeared in a Soviet magazine in 1933. It was the last piece Mandelstam saw published. 1990.Kids who rule: the remarkable lives of five child monarchs
By Charis Cotter. 2007
They were queens. They were kings. They were kids. While boy king Tutankhamun was crowned pharaoh of Egypt at nine,…
and had homework that involved firing arrows from a moving chariot, being royalty wasn't all glory and bossing people around. Includes episodes from each regal childhood, elements of their country's history, and an "End of the Story" section on how their lives played out. Grades 3-6. 2007.King George VI, 1895-1952
By Denis Judd. 1982
King James VI of Scotland, I of England
By Antonia Fraser. 1975
King George V
By Kenneth Rose. 1983
King Charles II
By Lady Fraser Antonia. 1979
The life story of possibly the best loved of all English monarchs from his youth when, as their "Black Boy",…
he was born to reconcile the divided world, on through the execution of his father and exile, to the Restoration and the many enigmas of his reign. 1979.King Edward VIII: the official biography
By Philip Ziegler. 1990
A study of the life of Edward VIII, from boyhood to Prince of Wales, uncrowned King, in exile, and as…
Governor of the Bahamas. It also examines his relationships with George V, Queen Mary, the future George VI and Queen Elizabeth, Freda Dudley Ward, Wallis Simpson, Adolf Hitler, and Oswald Mosley. 1990.Juan Carlos: steering Spain from dictatorship to democracy
By Paul Preston. 2004
King Juan Carlos of Spain has created an effective place for the monarchy in Spanish politics and national life, at…
a time in European history when monarchies are on the wane. Preston supplies a comprehensive biography, probing deeply not only into Juan Carlos the character and king, but also into recent Spanish history. 2004.Journey to Kars
By Philip Glazebrook. 1984
Amusing account of a solo trek from England to Kars, the Turkish town closest to the Soviet Union. The author…
compares 19th century journeys to the area with what today's tourist is likely to encounter. 1984.Josephine: a life of the empress
By Carolly Erickson. 2000
A provocative new perspective on Josephine and her fabled marriage to Napoleon. Josephine's story is as turbulent as the revolutionary…
era in which she lived - and even more tantalizing than her reputation. 2000.Johnson's Journey to the western islands of Scotland: and Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson
By James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, R. W. Robert William Chapman. 1970
Samuel Johnson and James Boswell spent the autumn of 1773 touring the Highlands and Western Islands of Scotland. Detailed notes…
of their individual impressions are now published in this volume. Johnson's "Journey to the Western Islands" records his observations on the Scottish landscape and architecture, and the traditions and character of the Scots themselves. Boswell's "Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides" is much more gossipy and circumstantial. Together, the two accounts provide a splendidly entertaining guide to Scotland. Originally published in 1775 and 1785, respectively. 1970.