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Istanbul: a tale of three cities
By Bettany Hughes. 2017
Istanbul has always been a place where stories and histories collide. From the Koran to Shakespeare, this city with three…
names--Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul--resonates as an idea and a place, real and imagined. 2017.Israel: a history
By Martin Gilbert. 1998
Israel is a small and relatively young country, but its turbulent history has placed it squarely at the centre of…
the world stage this century. Martin Gilbert traces its history, from its beginnings with the dramatic declaration of Statehood in May 1948, through the many subsequent conflicts and political watersheds. Using contemporary documents and eyewitness accounts, drawing on his own intimate knowledge of the country and its people, the author weaves together all these dramatic events into a seamless narrative. 1998.Iraq (Major world nations)
By J. P Docherty. 1999
Explores the people, history, culture, land, and economy of this Middle Eastern country, once called Mesopotamia, which is considered the…
"cradle of civilization." Also briefly discusses its modern wars with neighbours Iran and Kuwait. Grades 5-8. c1999.Inventing Japan, 1853-1964: 1853-1964 (Modern Library chronicles ; #11)
By Ian Buruma. 2003
Buruma traces Japan's transformation from an isolated island shogunate into an expansive military empire and then a pacified and prosperous…
democracy. Beginning with Commodore Perry's 1853 naval mission to open Japan to American traders, he follows a century of history, culminating in Douglas MacArthur's remarkable - but flawed - achievement in guiding Japan toward democracy. 2003. (Modern Library chronicles ; 11)Inside the Philippine revolution: The New People's Army And Its Struggle For Power
By William Chapman. 1987
When Corazon Aquino took power in the Philippines, she quickly discovered that she had inherited Marcos' problem of domestic unrest.…
The New People's Army, the communist force in the Philippines, was established 20 years ago, and it controls at least 20 percent of the local political units. 1987.India: a history
By John Keay. 2000
A five-thousand-year overview of the subcontinent from the Harappan people in the Indus Valley around 3000 B.C. to the nineteenth-century…
takeover by the British Raj. Presents a chronology of cultural and political developments that shaped the twentieth-century nations of Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India. c2000.In the land of the Taj Mahal: the world of the fabled Mughals
By Ed Rothfarb. 1998
Traces the history of the three-hundred-year Mughal dynasty in northern India. Describes the Mughals' arrival in the fifteenth century led…
by Babur, who conquered and remained to rule. Examines the development of Islam during the interchange of cultures, as the Mughals interacted with the local Hindu traditions. For junior and senior high readers. 1998.In a gilded cage: American Heiresses Who Married British Aristocrats
By Marian Fowler. 1993
Between 1870 and 1914, hundreds of America's wealthiest heiresses married into Europe's titled families. Of the 100 who married into…
British nobility, Marian Fowler portrays the lives of five who captured the highest prize -- a duke. 1993.I saw three Chinas: one Canadian's experience in China, 1909-1989
By Molly Phillips. 1990
Born in Hong Kong in 1909, the author has witnessed the three modern eras of Chinese history: the final days…
of the Imperial Ching dynasty; the republican rule of Chiang Kai-Shek; and Communist rule since 1949. She describes the people, culture, and history of China as she experienced them. 1990.Imperial legend: the disappearance of Tsar Alexander I
By Alexis S Troubetzkoy. 2002
In 1825, at the age of 48, Tsar Alexander, a sturdy man in excellent health, died under mysterious circumstances. Rumour…
had it that the Tsar had faked his death in order to shed the burdens of the throne, a position he had reluctantly assumed after his father was assassinated, and escaped into self-imposed exile. This book attempts to unravel the mystery surrounding the death of Tsar Alexander I and offers up an explanation of what really happened to the leader of one of the world's most powerful nations. 2002.Elizabeth: a biography of Her Majesty the Queen
By Sarah Bradford. 1996
Published in the year of the Queen's 70th birthday, this biography draws on private archives and interviews with political figures,…
former palace employees, and friends of Elizabeth II, some of whom have not shared their stories before. 1996.Fire in the lake: the Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam
By Frances FitzGerald. 2018
This landmark work, based on Frances FitzGerald's research and travels, takes us inside Vietnam--into the traditional villages and the crowded…
cities, into the conflicts between Communists and anti-Communists, Catholics and Buddhists, generals and monks--and reveals the country as seen through Vietnamese eyes. 2018.Daughters of the Winter Queen: four remarkable sisters, the crown of Bohemia, and the enduring legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots
By Nancy Bazelon Goldstone. 2018
Elizabeth Stuart's life was transformed when her father, James I, ascended to the illustrious throne of England. Her marriage to…
a German count far below her rank was arranged with the understanding that James would help her husband achieve the crown of Bohemia. Her father's terrible betrayal of this promise would ruin "the Winter Queen," as Elizabeth would forever be known, imperil the lives of those she loved, and launch a war that would last thirty years. 2018.Francis I: the maker of modern France
By Leonie Frieda. 2018
King Francis I was the founder of modern France, whose personality shaped his kingdom into the first European superpower. Francis…
was also the prototype Frenchman--a national identity was molded on his character. With access to private archives, Leonie Frieda explores the life of the man who was the most human of the monarchs of the period--and yet, remains the most elusive. 2018.Great Harry: the extravagant life of Henry VIII
By Carolly Erickson. 2014
In lively, absorbing prose that rivals the finest literary fiction, prize-winning historian Carolly Erickson recreates the life of the notorious…
Tudor king, Henry VIII. In his youth as a charming national hero, his reign as a monstrous king, and his final days as a tottering old man, Erickson draws a thoroughly convincing portrait of one of English history's most notorious characters. 2014.George III: a personal history
By Christopher Hibbert. 2000
George III is portrayed as not only a competent ruler during most of his reign, but also as a patron…
of the arts and sciences, a man of wit and intelligence. Indeed, he was a man who greatly enhanced the reputation of the British monarchy until he was finally stricken with a rare hereditary disease. 2000.Frederick the Great: the magnificent enigma
By Robert B Asprey. 1986
Biography of the Hohenzollern King of Prussia, military strategist, statesman, and patron of the arts. Part of the enigma of…
the title is that as a young prince he was known for "effeminate, lascivious, and womanly activities", he was later recognized as an active military genius. Some strong language. 1986.God bless her!: Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
By Robert Lacey. 1987
The author believes that the wife of King George VI, who died in 1952, helped make her husband a great…
modern king. Lacey states that the monarchy owes its continued secure status in British political and social life largely to the Queen Mother. 1987.From Raj to Rajiv: 40 years of Indian independence
By Mark Tully, Zareer Masani. 1988
A small yet colourful piece cut from the rich tapestry of the Indian sub-continent, this account of some of the…
key events in Indian history since Independence in 1947 is based loosely on the BBC radio series of the same name. Mark Tully encountered some truly remarkable individuals who display all of the diverse characteristics of the Indian nations. A concise book drawing together the different strands of Indian history, culture, politics, religion and tradition. 1988.Great Catherine: The Life Of Catherine The Great, Empress Of Russia
By Carolly Erickson. 1994
Erickson looks for the real woman behind the tarnished image of Empress Catherine II of Russia. Catherine, an indomitable and…
visionary ruler, increased the size of Russia, raised its prestige, and imposed political and legal order on the country during her 18th century reign. 1994.