The Great Reign ...
Author | : REIGN. |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 1922 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : REIGN. |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 1922 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |
Author | : A. B. Bosworth |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 1993-03-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107717256 |
This book is an exploration of the process and consequences of the campaigns of Alexander the Great of Macedon (who reigned from 336 to 323 BC), focusing on the effect of his monarchy upon the world of his day. A detailed running narrative of the actual campaigns from the Danube to the Indus is complemented and enlarged upon by thematic studies on the reaction in Greece to Macedonian suzerainty, the administration of the empire, the evolution of the Macedonian army and its role as the instrument of conquest, and on the origins of the ruler cult.
Author | : James CRACRAFT |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2009-06-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674029941 |
Many books chronicle the remarkable life of Russian tsar Peter the Great, but none analyze how his famous reforms actually took root and spread in Russia. By century's end, Russia was poised to play a critical role in the Napoleonic wars and boasted an elite culture about to burst into its golden age. In The Revolution of Peter the Great, James Cracraft offers a brilliant new interpretation of this pivotal era.
Author | : Steven Lee Myers |
Publisher | : Knopf |
Total Pages | : 594 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0307961613 |
"The epic tale of the rise to power of Russia's current president-- of his emergence from shrouded obscurity and deprivation to become one of the most consequential and complicated leaders in modern history." --
Author | : Diane Ravitch |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2014-08-26 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 0345806352 |
From one of the foremost authorities on education in the United States, former U.S. assistant secretary of education, an incisive, comprehensive look at today’s American school system that argues against those who claim it is broken and beyond repair; an impassioned but reasoned call to stop the privatization movement that is draining students and funding from our public schools. In a chapter-by-chapter breakdown she puts forth a plan for what can be done to preserve and improve our public schools. She makes clear what is right about U.S. education, how policy makers are failing to address the root causes of educational failure, and how we can fix it.
Author | : A. H. Kostreva |
Publisher | : Airleaf |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2005-12 |
Genre | : Adventure stories |
ISBN | : 9781594539305 |
This is a story of a man and his people. In an age when persecution over religious differences was the norm in Western Europe, he gave the Jews of Europe safe haven and freedom to practice their religion. In an age when cruelty rather than kindness was common practice, he instituted laws for the protection of women and serfs. In a country where law itself was what the local strongman decreed, he brought a judicial system. To a people in relative darkness, he brought the light of learning and hope. Warning: This book is more than just a time machine. Not only will it take you back seven centuries; while there, you will learn honor, valor, loyalty, despair and enduring love. You will learn to respect the past. You may also find hope for the future.
Author | : James Romm |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2012-11-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0307456609 |
When Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-two, his empire stretched from the Adriatic Sea in the west all the way to modern-day India in the east. In an unusual compromise, his two heirs—a mentally damaged half brother, Philip III, and an infant son, Alexander IV, born after his death—were jointly granted the kingship. But six of Alexander’s Macedonian generals, spurred by their own thirst for power and the legend that Alexander bequeathed his rule “to the strongest,” fought to gain supremacy. Perhaps their most fascinating and conniving adversary was Alexander’s former Greek secretary, Eumenes, now a general himself, who would be the determining factor in the precarious fortunes of the royal family. James Romm, professor of classics at Bard College, brings to life the cutthroat competition and the struggle for control of the Greek world’s greatest empire.
Author | : Sergeĭ Mikhaĭlovich Solovʹev |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 319 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Catherine the Great |
Publisher | : Modern Library |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 2007-12-18 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0307432432 |
Empress Catherine II brought Europe to Russia, and Russia to Europe, during her long and eventful reign (1762—96). She fostered the culture of the Enlightenment and greatly expanded the immense empire created by Czar Ivan the Terrible, shifting the balance of power in Europe eastward. Famous for her will to power and for her dozen lovers, Catherine was also a prolific and gifted writer. Fluent in French, Russian, and German, Catherine published political theory, journalism, comedies, operas, and history, while writing thousands of letters as she corresponded with Voltaire and other public figures. The Memoirs of Catherine the Great provides an unparalleled window into eighteenth-century Russia and the mind of an absolute ruler. With insight, humor, and candor, Catherine presents her eyewitness account of history, from her whirlwind entry into the Russian court in 1744 at age fourteen as the intended bride of Empress Elizabeth I’s nephew, the eccentric drunkard and future Peter III, to her unhappy marriage; from her two children, several miscarriages, and her and Peter’s numerous affairs to the political maneuvering that enabled Catherine to seize the throne from him in 1762. Catherine’s eye for telling details makes for compelling reading as she describes the dramatic fall and rise of her political fortunes. This definitive new translation from the French is scrupulously faithful to her words and is the first for which translators have consulted original manuscripts written in Catherine’s own hand. It is an indispensable work for anyone interested in Catherine the Great, Russian history, or the eighteenth century.
Author | : Aleksandr Nikolaevich Radishchev |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Serfdom |
ISBN | : |