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A History of Savoy

Author : John Dormandy
Publisher : Fonthill Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Savoy written by John Dormandy and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2018-08-17 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Savoy and its Alps were for seven centuries an independent state at the centre of Europe, separating France from the patchwork of principalities that made up Italy. Merchants, clerics, pilgrims, diplomats as well as privileged young Englishmen on the Grand Tour, regularly used the Alpine passes. But it was the need of European armies to cross Savoy which made its rulers powerful as the Gatekeepers of the Alps. It allowed the Duchy of Savoy to prosper and survive when all the other great duchies of Burgundy, Milan, Provence and Dauphin' disappeared at the end of the fifteenth century. Savoy successfully resisted the pressure from Protestant Geneva on its doorstep, but was the first country to succumb to the French Revolution. By judiciously switching alliances during the European wars beginning at the end of the seventeenth century, the House of Savoy finally gained a crown. The conspiracy concocted by Napoleon III and Cavour led directly to the unification of Italy and the definitive annexation of Savoy to France in 1860. Simultaneously, the Alps that had been the source of Savoy's power, now became the source of its prosperity as a centre of tourism.

The Fall of the House of Savoy

Author : Robert Katz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Fall of the House of Savoy written by Robert Katz and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Robert Katz surveys the entire history of the dynasty, concentrating especially on the forty-six year reign of Victor Emmanuel III...Katz give a full account of the uninspired reign of the pathetic little king, a reign which left a power vacuum that encouraged rule by parliamentary dictatorship. He draws a fascinating picture of the complex relationship between Victor Emmanuel and Mussolini and shows how this relationship was largely responsible for Italy's destiny in World War II. Finally, he probes the many reasons for the ultimate downfall of the House of Savoy -- the political climate, the personalities, the unwillingness of the Savoys to lead or govern. His spellbinding story mounts in steady crescendo to its tragic climax with the flight of the royal family from the Germans following Italy's surrender to the Allies." -- Book jacket.

The Secret Life of the Savoy

Author : Olivia Williams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1643137395
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book The Secret Life of the Savoy written by Olivia Williams and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The captivating story of the famed Savoy Hotel’s founders, told through three generations—and one hundred years—of glamour and high society. For the gondoliers-themed birthday dinner, the hotel obligingly flooded the courtyard to conjure the Grand Canal of Venice. Dinner was served on a silk-lined floating gondola, real swans were swimming in the water, and as a final flourish, a baby elephant borrowed from London Zoo pulled a five-foot high birthday cake. In three generations, the D'Oyly Carte family and London's Savoy Hotel pioneered the idea of the luxury hotel and the modern theater, propelled Gilbert and Sullivan to lasting stardom, made Oscar Wilde a transatlantic celebrity, inspired a P. G. Wodehouse series, and popularized early jazz, electric lights, and Art Deco. Following the history of the iconic Savoy Hotel through three generations of the D'Oyly Carte family, The Secret Life of the Savoy brings to life the extraordinary cultural legacy of the most famous hotel in the world.

Trace

Author : Lauret Savoy
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1619028255
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Trace written by Lauret Savoy and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a New Preface by the Author Through personal journeys and historical inquiry, this PEN Literary Award finalist explores how America’s still unfolding history and ideas of “race” have marked its people and the land. Sand and stone are Earth’s fragmented memory. Each of us, too, is a landscape inscribed by memory and loss. One life–defining lesson Lauret Savoy learned as a young girl was this: the American land did not hate. As an educator and Earth historian, she has tracked the continent’s past from the relics of deep time; but the paths of ancestors toward her—paths of free and enslaved Africans, colonists from Europe, and peoples indigenous to this land—lie largely eroded and lost. A provocative and powerful mosaic that ranges across a continent and across time, from twisted terrain within the San Andreas Fault zone to a South Carolina plantation, from national parks to burial grounds, from “Indian Territory” and the U.S.–Mexico Border to the U.S. capital, Trace grapples with a searing national history to reveal the often unvoiced presence of the past. In distinctive and illuminating prose that is attentive to the rhythms of language and landscapes, she weaves together human stories of migration, silence, and displacement, as epic as the continent they survey, with uplifted mountains, braided streams, and eroded canyons. Gifted with this manifold vision, and graced by a scientific and lyrical diligence, she delves through fragmented histories—natural, personal, cultural—to find shadowy outlines of other stories of place in America. "Every landscape is an accumulation," reads one epigraph. "Life must be lived amidst that which was made before." Courageously and masterfully, Lauret Savoy does so in this beautiful book: she lives there, making sense of this land and its troubled past, reconciling what it means to inhabit terrains of memory—and to be one.

The Savoy Cocktail Book

Author : Harry Craddock
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
ISBN 13 : 0486835189
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book The Savoy Cocktail Book written by Harry Craddock and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2018-10-17 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate bartender's book, this richly illustrated hardcover compilation of 750 recipes comprises non-alcoholic drinks as well as sours, toddies, flips, slings, fizzes, coolers, rickeys, juleps, punches, and other refreshments.

The Early History of the House of Savoy (1000-1233)

Author : Charles William Previté-Orton
Publisher : Franklin Classics
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Early History of the House of Savoy (1000-1233) written by Charles William Previté-Orton and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 1912 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

War, Diplomacy and the Rise of Savoy, 1690–1720

Author : Christopher Storrs
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139425196
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book War, Diplomacy and the Rise of Savoy, 1690–1720 written by Christopher Storrs and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-01-13 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the crucial relationship between war and state formation in early modern Europe by examining the participation of Savoy in the Nine Years War (1688–97) and the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14) under Duke Victor Amadeus II.

The Early History of the House of Savoy (1000-1233)

Author : Charles William Previté-Orton
Publisher : Franklin Classics
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Early History of the House of Savoy (1000-1233) written by Charles William Previté-Orton and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 1912 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Jewellery of the House of Savoy

Author : Maria Gabriella di Savoia
Publisher : Mondadori Electa
ISBN 13 : 9788837052409
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book Jewellery of the House of Savoy written by Maria Gabriella di Savoia and published by Mondadori Electa. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Margherita, Elena, and Marie Jose of Savoy were the last three queens of Italy and this volume takes a look at their lives as well as the precious jewels that accompanied them on the important occasions in their lives and of their country. In so doing, it covers over a century of Italian history.

Prince Eugene of Savoy

Author : George Bruce Malleson
Publisher : London : Chapman and Hall, limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Prince Eugene of Savoy written by George Bruce Malleson and published by London : Chapman and Hall, limited. This book was released on 1888 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hotel Savoy

Author : Joseph Roth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781843913863
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (138 download)

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Download or read book Hotel Savoy written by Joseph Roth and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critically acclaimed early work from the author of The Radetzky March--one of the most significant literary German novels ever written After the end of World War I, Gabriel Dan is released from a POW camp in Russia and begins making his way home to Austria. He comes to an industrial town in Poland, and checks in the ramshackle Hotel Savoy while awaiting financial aid from his family. Here he meets a kaleidoscope of characters, a microcosm of society in which rich and poor, itinerants, dissidents, and malcontents live lives of hope, expectancy, and despair in an atmosphere pregnant with revolutionary fervor.

Savoy/Savoie/Savois Families of Louisiana

Author : Harry J. Savoy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780926764927
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (649 download)

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Download or read book Savoy/Savoie/Savois Families of Louisiana written by Harry J. Savoy and published by . This book was released on 1995-12-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Death at the Savoy

Author : Ron Base
Publisher : Douglas & McIntyre
ISBN 13 : 1771623225
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (716 download)

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Download or read book Death at the Savoy written by Ron Base and published by Douglas & McIntyre. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An atmospheric, entertaining new mystery series introducing a plucky Canadian heroine and set in the world’s most famous hotel. It’s 1968. London is in full swing and the Savoy Hotel is at the height of its legendary glitz and glamour, welcoming the rich, famous and aristocratic into its rarified world of perfection. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton are squabbling in the American Bar while Noël Coward drinks champagne. Royals wait upstairs in luxurious suites for discreet encounters. In short, all is as it should be at the Savoy. If only it weren’t for the dead body in Room 705. Could it be murder at the Savoy? Impossible! Who could have done such a thing? Suspicion falls upon Priscilla Tempest, the quick-witted Canadian head of the Savoy press office who has a penchant for champagne, the wrong sort of men—and trouble. When it is discovered that Priscilla had been with the deceased—a notorious international arms dealer—the night before he was found dead, she is questioned by Scotland Yard Inspector Robert “Charger” Lightfoot and is suddenly under the unforgiving eye of her boss, the Savoy’s straitlaced general manager, Clive Banville. Her job on the line, her life in danger, Priscilla must elude the police and the general manager’s duplicitous wife, ward off the amorous advances of a famous drunken actor, and discover whether that really was a member of the royal family seen leaving the victim’s suite shortly before his body was discovered. Death at the Savoy is an intoxicating blend of mystery, suspense and humour. And it’s just the beginning!

Swingin' at the Savoy

Author : Norma Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781566398497
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (984 download)

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Download or read book Swingin' at the Savoy written by Norma Miller and published by . This book was released on 2001-03-01 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dancer and choreographer chronicles her life and provides a history of the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem and its influence on American culture.

The Green Count of Savoy

Author : Eugene L. Cox
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400874998
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Green Count of Savoy written by Eugene L. Cox and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourteenth century is usually portrayed as a period of retrogression and disaster in European history, but for the transalpine state of Savoy it was a period of glory. During this time almost the entire region between Lombardy and Burgundy was brought under the control of Savoyard rulers. The "buffer state" created between France and Italy hindered French expansion for many centuries and helped preserve the independence of Italy. Drawing upon much unpublished material, Professor Cox traces the social and political evolution of the principality. He discusses how the Savoyard state was governed, financed, and defended. He also provides a fascinating biography of the Green Count. Originally published in 1967. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The Eagles of Savoy

Author : Eugene L. Cox
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400867916
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Eagles of Savoy written by Eugene L. Cox and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-08 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the history of a very remarkable family, that of Count Thomas of Savoy, whose seven sons and two daughters rose from relative obscurity to fame, fortune, and involvement in almost every major international conflict in western Europe during the fifty years following their father's death in 1233. By tracing the careers of the Savoyards, Eugene L. Cox emerges with a pan-European view of the thirteenth century. Professor Cox describes the ways in which the members of the Savoyard family gained access to the most powerful courts in Europe, an advantage that they skillfully employed in turning their scattered Alpine dominions into a territorial state, and in making their family a powerful force in the world of high diplomacy. From Scotland and Flanders to Sicily and Rome, the author traces the influence of the Savoyard family in dealings between states, in conflicts with the papacy, and in the struggles for power within the emerging national states. Based on extensive research in both published and unpublished sources, the book pieces together widely scattered data in order to reconstruct a picture of a real-life medieval family saga. Set as it is in the era of the formation of national states and the breakdown of the Holy Roman Empire, the story is a fascinating background account of this tumultuous period in history. Originally published in 1974. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Kaspar: Prince of Cats

Author : Michael Morpurgo
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007385935
Total Pages : 11 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Kaspar: Prince of Cats written by Michael Morpurgo and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2010-06-03 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the beautiful stories of Michael Morpurgo, author of Warhorse and the nation’s favourite storyteller A heart-warming novel about Kaspar the Savoy cat, from the award-winning author of Born to Run and The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips