Author: Simon Ockley
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Languages : en
Pages : 556
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The History of the Saracens; Comprising the Lives of Mohammad and His Successors, to the Death of Abdalmelik, the Eleventh Caliph
Author: Simon Ockley
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Languages : en
Pages : 556
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Languages : en
Pages : 556
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An ecclesiastical history to the twentieth year of the reign of Constantine, tr. by C.F. Cruse. To which is prefixed, the life of Eusebius, by Valesius; tr. by S.E. Parker. With notes, selected from the ed. of Valesius
Author: Eusebius (bp. of Caesarea)
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Languages : en
Pages : 516
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Languages : en
Pages : 516
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The Works of Friedrich Schiller: Historical. History of the Thirty Years War, Complete. History of the Revolt of the Netherlands to the Confederacy of the Gueux
Author: Friedrich Schiller
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Languages : en
Pages : 540
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Languages : en
Pages : 540
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The History of the Popes
Author: Leopold von Ranke
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Category : Papacy
Languages : en
Pages : 550
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Category : Papacy
Languages : en
Pages : 550
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The quarterly review
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 890
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Languages : en
Pages : 890
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The Works of Frederick Schiller Translated from the German by the Rev. A. J. W. Morrison
Author: Friedrich Schiller
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Languages : en
Pages : 540
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Languages : en
Pages : 540
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History of the House of Austria, from the Foundation of the Monarchy by Rhodolph of Hapsburgh to the Death of Leopold II: 1218 to 1792
Author: William Coxe
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Languages : en
Pages : 612
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Pages : 612
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The Edinburgh Review
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Languages : en
Pages : 718
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Pages : 718
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The Peasant Prince
Author: Alex Storozynski
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429966076
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a Polish-Lithuanian born in 1746, was one of the most important figures of the modern world. Fleeing his homeland after a death sentence was placed on his head (when he dared court a woman above his station), he came to America one month after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, literally showing up on Benjamin Franklin's doorstep in Philadelphia with little more than a revolutionary spirit and a genius for engineering. Entering the fray as a volunteer in the war effort, he quickly proved his capabilities and became the most talented engineer of the Continental Army. Kosciuszko went on to construct the fortifications for Philadelphia, devise battle plans that were integral to the American victory at the pivotal Battle of Saratoga, and designed the plans for Fortress West Point—the same plans that were stolen by Benedict Arnold. Then, seeking new challenges, Kosciuszko asked for a transfer to the Southern Army, where he oversaw a ring of African-American spies. A lifelong champion of the common man and woman, he was ahead of his time in advocating tolerance and standing up for the rights of slaves, Native Americans, women, serfs, and Jews. Following the end of the war, Kosciuszko returned to Poland and was a leading figure in that nation's Constitutional movement. He became Commander in Chief of the Polish Army and valiantly led a defense against a Russian invasion, and in 1794 he led what was dubbed the Kosciuszko Uprising—a revolt of Polish-Lithuanian forces against the Russian occupiers. Captured during the revolt, he was ultimately pardoned by Russia's Paul I and lived the remainder of his life as an international celebrity and a vocal proponent for human rights. Thomas Jefferson, with whom Kosciuszko had an ongoing correspondence on the immorality of slaveholding, called him "as pure a son of liberty as I have ever known." A lifelong bachelor with a knack for getting involved in doomed relationships, Kosciuszko navigated the tricky worlds of royal intrigue and romance while staying true to his ultimate passion—the pursuit of freedom for all. This definitive and exhaustively researched biography fills a long-standing gap in historical literature with its account of a dashing and inspiring revolutionary figure.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429966076
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a Polish-Lithuanian born in 1746, was one of the most important figures of the modern world. Fleeing his homeland after a death sentence was placed on his head (when he dared court a woman above his station), he came to America one month after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, literally showing up on Benjamin Franklin's doorstep in Philadelphia with little more than a revolutionary spirit and a genius for engineering. Entering the fray as a volunteer in the war effort, he quickly proved his capabilities and became the most talented engineer of the Continental Army. Kosciuszko went on to construct the fortifications for Philadelphia, devise battle plans that were integral to the American victory at the pivotal Battle of Saratoga, and designed the plans for Fortress West Point—the same plans that were stolen by Benedict Arnold. Then, seeking new challenges, Kosciuszko asked for a transfer to the Southern Army, where he oversaw a ring of African-American spies. A lifelong champion of the common man and woman, he was ahead of his time in advocating tolerance and standing up for the rights of slaves, Native Americans, women, serfs, and Jews. Following the end of the war, Kosciuszko returned to Poland and was a leading figure in that nation's Constitutional movement. He became Commander in Chief of the Polish Army and valiantly led a defense against a Russian invasion, and in 1794 he led what was dubbed the Kosciuszko Uprising—a revolt of Polish-Lithuanian forces against the Russian occupiers. Captured during the revolt, he was ultimately pardoned by Russia's Paul I and lived the remainder of his life as an international celebrity and a vocal proponent for human rights. Thomas Jefferson, with whom Kosciuszko had an ongoing correspondence on the immorality of slaveholding, called him "as pure a son of liberty as I have ever known." A lifelong bachelor with a knack for getting involved in doomed relationships, Kosciuszko navigated the tricky worlds of royal intrigue and romance while staying true to his ultimate passion—the pursuit of freedom for all. This definitive and exhaustively researched biography fills a long-standing gap in historical literature with its account of a dashing and inspiring revolutionary figure.
The Standard Library Cyclopedia of Political, Constitutional, Statistical and Forensic Knowledge
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Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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