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English
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In 1848, a violent storm of revolutions ripped through Europe. The torrent all but swept away the conservative order that had kept peace on the continent since Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo in 1815-but which in many countries had also suppressed dreams of national freedom. Political events so dramatic had not been seen in Europe since the French Revolution, and they would not be witnessed again until 1989, with the revolutions in Eastern and Central...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xii, 873 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
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"As history, the uprisings of 1848 have long been overshadowed by the French Revolution of 1789 and the Russian revolutions of the early twentieth century. And yet in 1848 nearly all of Europe was aflame with conflict. Parallel political tumults spread like brush fire across the entire continent, leading to significant changes that continue to shape our world today. These battles for the future were fought with one eye kept squarely on the past: The...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xviii, 553 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
When the Nazi Blitzkrieg subjugated Europe in World War II, London became the safe haven for the leaders of seven occupied countries--France, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Norway, Czechoslovakia and Poland--who fled there to avoid imprisonment and set up governments in exile to commandeer their resistance efforts. The lone hold-out against Hitler's offensive, Britain became a beacon of hope to the rest of Europe, as prominent European leaders like...
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Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xxxi, 351 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Sixteenth-century Europe saw an explosion of female rule. From Isabella of Castile and her granddaughter Mary Tudor, to Catherine de Medici, Anne Boleyn, and Elizabeth Tudor, women wielded enormous power over their territories for more than a hundred years. In the sixteenth century, as in our own, the phenomenon of the powerful woman offered challenges and opportunities. Opportunities, as when in 1529 Margaret of Austria and Louise of Savoy negotiated...
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xx, 491 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (somecolor), genealogical table ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"The boldly original, dramatic, intertwined story of three queens exercising power in a world dominated by men"--
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