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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.La Palestine expliquée à tout le monde
By Élias Sanbar. 2013
Berceau des trois monothéismes, la Palestine est sous les feux de son actualité violente, depuis que la création de l'État…
d'Israël en 1948 l'a vue comme une terre sans peuple pour un peuple sans terre. L'histoire de la Palestine contemporaine se souvient de celle des gens de Terre sainte mais commence avec son problème. Et chacun peut sentir plus ou moins confusément que l'équilibre du monde se joue là, sur ces quelques milliers de kilomètres carrés à l'orient de la Méditerranée. À ceux qui disent ne rien comprendre au conflit israélo-palestinien, Elias Sanbar répond en restituant la continuité d'une histoire - depuis le mandat britannique à partir de 1917 jusqu'à aujourd'hui - que tant de commentaires ont souvent faussée ou étouffée. La Palestine, c'est l'histoire d'un pays absent que les Palestiniens ont emporté dans leur exil. C'est aussi le long combat qu'il leur a fallu mener pour retrouver un nom, une visibilité, une existence enfin. La Palestine d'Elias Sanbar est polychrome, terre de pluralité, des origines et des croyances. 2013.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.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 beyond Samarkand
By Yasushi Inoue. 1971
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.Charles and Camilla: portrait of a love affair
By Gyles Daubeney Brandreth. 2005
The biographer of the Queen and Prince Philip presents a portrait of their son, Charles, and of Camilla, the great-granddaughter…
of Edward VII's mistress, Alice Keppel. It is the first book that goes behind the headlines and gives a context to the affair that has been making news for thirty years. 2005.Diana: closely guarded secret
By Ken Wharfe, Robert Jobson. 2002
Reveals the truth about the Princess's relationships, including her infatuation with James Hewitt and Oliver Hoare; accounts of exotic trips…
around the world; an insider's view of the 'War of the Waleses', and Diana's desire to escape the 'gilded cage' of royalty; how Charles and Diana managed their separate love lives with the help of loyal retainers; a searing, expert indictment of the errors in security and protection that led to the Princess's death. 2002.Jerusalem: the contested city (The modern scholar)
By F. E Peters. 2003
New York University professor F.E. Peters delivers a course that will take you on a journey through the fascinating history…
of Jerusalem. As you explore the myriad contributions made to the city by the Jews, Christians, and Muslims, you'll come to understand why each religion reveres this holy place. 2003.Japan and the world since 1868 (International Relations And The Great Powers Ser.)
By Michael A Barnhart. 1995
This text presents a survey of Japan's foreign relations since the Meiji Restoration of 1868. The author describes three searches…
for security: the search for sovereignty; the search for empire and the search for comprehensive security. 1995.I is for infidel: from holy war to holy terror: 18 years inside Afghanistan
By Kathy Gannon. 2005
In 1986 Kathy Gannon headed to Afghanistan as a foreign correspondent, and for the next eighteen years she witnessed its…
tragic opera: the final collapse of communism followed by bitterly feuding warlords being driven from power by the Taliban; the subsequent arrival of Arabs and exiles, among them Osama bin Laden; and the transformation of the country into the staging post for a global jihad. She also observed the terrible, unforeseen consequences of Western intervention, the ongoing suffering of ordinary Afghans, and the ability of the most corrupt of the warlords to reinvent and reinsert themselves into successive governments. Some descriptions of violence. c2005.ISIS exposed: beheadings, slavery, and the hellish reality of radical Islam
By Erick Stakelbeck. 2015
Terrorism expert Erick Stakelbeck pulls back the curtain on ISIS, the violent terrorist organization spreading death and hate in the…
Middle East. The rise of ISIS took the White House by complete surprise: President Obama called the group "JV," then was forced to reassess when ISIS began executing innocent American journalists. Now radicalized Americans and Europeans are joining ISIS's ranks. So who is ISIS? How powerful are they? And are they a threat to the homeland? 2015.