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Author : Dulwich Picture Gallery
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Treasures of a Polish King written by Dulwich Picture Gallery and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dorota Folga-Januszewska
Publisher : Bosz Publishing
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Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Polish Commonwealth Treasures written by Dorota Folga-Januszewska and published by Bosz Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This stunning work presents the rarest and most valuable treasures in Polish art collections. It includes paintings, altar panels, secular and religious masterpieces, and manuscripts that date before the invention of moveable type. The pieces in this volume come from Polish and international collections, many of them originally royal or aristocratic in origin.
Author : Stanislaw August Poniatowski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788392808473
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Treasures from Kiev written by Stanislaw August Poniatowski and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gordon Swoger
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1554880262
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (548 download)
Download or read book The Strange Odyssey of Poland's National Treasures, 1939-1961 written by Gordon Swoger and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2004-10-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Strange Odyssey of Poland’s National Treasures, 1939-1961 tells the story of the Polish national treasures –their evacuation from their homeland under perilous conditions after the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 and their subsequent removal to western Europe and then to Canada. At the end of the war two Polish governments, a Communist one in Warsaw and a non-Communist one in London, vied for control of the national treasures. Before long the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church, the RCMP, and the Canadian and Quebec governments all became involved in the desperate hide-and-seek confrontation between the two Polish governments. Eventually, in February 1961, the release of the historic treasures was negotiated and they were returned to their native land, twenty-two years after their wartime departure. It was indeed a long voyage home!
Author : Gordon Swoger
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1550025155
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Strange Odyssey of Poland's National Treasures, 1939-1961 written by Gordon Swoger and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2004-10 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poland, 1939. Facing an imminent Nazi invasion, the decision is made to transport some of the country's most ancient and valuable historical objects to prevent their plunder by the invading army. After a perilous journey that takes them through Romania, France, and England in search of a safe haven, the royal treasures arrive in Canada, where they are expected to remain for the duration of the war. However, the treasures' odyssey has only begun. The war's end marks the beginning of a rivalry between Poland's wartime government-in-exile, operating out of London, and a newly established Communist government in Warsaw. While both sides vie for control of the treasures, their custodians in Canada spirit them away. Over the next 16 years the struggle ensnares the Roman Catholic Church, the RCMP, the federal government, and the Quebec government, led by the strong-willed Maurice Duplessis. All the while, the outcry from the people of Poland, who believe the treasures have been stolen by the very country meant to protect them, grows louder. Canada, 1961. The release of the historic treasures is finally negotiated and they are returned to their native soil. The strange odyssey ends where it began, with the treasures returned to the very castle from which they were removed, after an absence of more than two decades.
Author : Klym Polischuk
Publisher : Sova Books
ISBN 13 : 0987594338
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (875 download)
Download or read book Treasure of the Ages written by Klym Polischuk and published by Sova Books. This book was released on 2015-05-17 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behold the fury is raging… Under the glow of a burning red sky a fugitive from war learns of a malevolent serpent that once inhabited the caves outside Kyiv. In the dark ages of Ukraine a charismatic tribal leader defies supernatural sacrificial rituals and counsels his people to live in unity and peace so that a nation can arise. A cemetery in the old city of Khastiv stirs with the ghostly Haidamaka people who keep vigil every Easter, awaiting their promised liberator. In medieval Vinnytsia a powerful and sadistic monk mutilates local women, invoking the fury of the tormented villagers. On a quiet summer’s evening flickering lights reveal a mass of pilgrims paying homage with a prayer and song at a life-giving sacred well. A man returning to his homeland, ravaged by Tsarism and the Bolshevik revolution, visits the ruins of an ancient castle where treasure is said to be hidden for posterity, protected by ferocious flames. Treasure of the Ages invites the reader into a mystical, ancient world but one that also reflects the harsh reality of the lives of ordinary Ukrainians during the turbulent times of the socialist revolution that the author Klym Polischuk inhabited.
Author : Maija Jansson
Publisher : American Philosophical Society
ISBN 13 : 9780871692108
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (921 download)
Download or read book England and the North written by Maija Jansson and published by American Philosophical Society. This book was released on 1994 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aleksei Ziuzin's embassy to London in November 1613 added a new dimension to James I's schemes for an alliance with the Protestant kingdoms of the north. Editors Jansson, Bushkovitch, and Rogozhin have divided their study into 3 sections -- a long historical introduction, Ziuzin's account of the embassy, and appendices. The introduction analyzes England's later 16th and early 17th century relations with Denmark, Poland, the Empire, Sweden and Russia. By treating relations with Russia as integral to English foreign policy, the work challenges the usual linking of English interests with that of the Muscovy Company of English merchants. For the first time, documents heretofore inaccessible in the West are made available in English translation -- producing a valuable addition to English and Russian history. Now scholars can begin to understand Russian political objectives in conjunction with English foreign policy aims in the early 17th century. Besides appendices of correspondence, the book includes extensive notes, brief introductory essays by V.I. Buganov and N. Rogozhin, and a select bibliogaphy. Under the Direction of Victor Buganov, Institute of the History of Russia.
Author : Philip Mansel
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300106978
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (69 download)
Download or read book Dressed to Rule written by Philip Mansel and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history rulers have used clothes as a form of legitimization and propaganda. While palaces, pictures, and jewels might reflect the choice of a monarch’s predecessors or advisers, clothes reflected the preferences of the monarch himself. Being both personal and visible, the right costume at the right time could transform and define a monarch’s reputation. Many royal leaders have known this, from Louis XIV to Catherine the Great and from Napoleon I to Princess Diana. This intriguing book explores how rulers have sought to control their image through their appearance. Mansel shows how individual styles of dress throw light on the personalities of particular monarchs, on their court system, and on their ambitions. The book looks also at the economics of the costume industry, at patronage, at the etiquette involved in mourning dress, and at the act of dressing itself. Fascinating glimpses into the lives of European monarchs and contemporary potentates reveal the intimate connection between power and the way it is packaged.
Author : Sven Rosborn
Publisher : Rivengate AB
ISBN 13 : 9198678116
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (986 download)
Download or read book The Viking King’s Golden Treasure written by Sven Rosborn and published by Rivengate AB. This book was released on 2021-05-17 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A newly discovered material rewrites early Danish Viking history. In 2014 a 11-year-old girl, Maja Sielski, and her younger sister Julia, made a sensational discovery among their deceased grandmother's belongings. They found a small golden plate with a Latin script telling the story of the legendary Viking king Harald Bluetooth. It soon turned out that the golden plate was once placed in the king's tomb and this tomb contained world's largest known golden treasure of Viking-era. A transcript of a previously unknown chronicle, "Gesta Wulinensis ecclesiae pontificum" from the 990s has also been found. The manuscript was written by the king’s own priest Avico, probably in an attempt to canonize the king after his death in year 985. Avico has been in the service of the king since the 950s. His extensive account gives a remarkable and dramatic picture of the Viking age Scandinavia during the 10th century. Here is a story of the struggle for power and the foundation of the future dynasties in Denmark, Sweden and Norway as well as Viking raids in Ireland and England. The account also tells of the founding of the legendary Viking fortress of Jomsborg and the fortress’s powerful mercenaries. The book describes in detail these unique facts, but it also gives an overall picture of the Viking Age era for those who are not familiar with the subject. The Curmsun Disc The Curmsun Disc is a concave gold disc of a weight of 25.23 grams (0.890 oz) and a diameter of 4.5 centimetres (1.8 in). The Danish Viking king Harald Bluetooth and the name of the stronghold of Jomsborg is mentioned in the latin inscription on the disc. The disc was reportedly found as part of a Viking Age hoard discovered in 1841 in the cellar crypt of the ruined chapel at Groß-Weckow village in Pomerania. This location is just east of the bank of the river Dievenow and near the place where the semi-legendary Viking stronghold of Jomsborg stood between the 960's and 1043. According to the author the entrance to the crypt was accidentally discovered by a 12-year-old Heinrich Boldt (actor Ben Affleck's said-to-be maternal great-great grandfather), who was playing with some younger children at a construction site near the ruined chapel.
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Author : John Murray (Firm)
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Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (17 download)
Download or read book A Handbook for Travellers in Southern Germany ... [By John Murray III.] Second edition, corrected and enlarged written by John Murray (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Author : John Murray (Firm)
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Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Handbook for Travellers in Southern Germany ... [By John Murray III.] Twelfth Edition, Revised, Etc written by John Murray (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 380 pages
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Download or read book Free Poland written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jozafat Bolesław Ostrowski
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Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)
Download or read book The History of Poland. Vol. 1, 2 written by Jozafat Bolesław Ostrowski and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mara Vorhees
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1643135570
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)
Download or read book The Tsarina's Lost Treasure written by Mara Vorhees and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting history and maritime adventure about priceless masterpieces originally destined for Catherine the Great. On October 1771, a merchant ship out of Amsterdam, Vrouw Maria, crashed off the stormy Finnish coast, taking her historic cargo to the depths of the Baltic Sea. The vessel was delivering a dozen Dutch masterpiece paintings to Europe’s most voracious collector: Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia. Among the lost treasures was The Nursery, an oak-paneled triptych by Leiden fine painter Gerrit Dou, Rembrandt’s most brilliant student and Holland’s first international superstar artist. Dou’s triptych was long the most beloved and most coveted painting of the Dutch Golden Age, and its loss in the shipwreck was mourned throughout the art world. Vrouw Maria, meanwhile, became a maritime legend, confounding would-be salvagers for more than two hundred years. In July 1999, a daring Finnish wreck hunter found Vrouw Maria, upright on the sea floor and perfectly preserved. The Tsarina’s Lost Treasure masterfully recounts the fascinating tale of Vrouw Maria—her loss and discovery—weaving together the rise and fall of the artist whose priceless masterpiece was the jewel of the wreckage. Gerald Easter and Mara Vorhees bring to vivid life the personalities that drove (and are still driving) this compelling tale, evoking Robert Massie’s depiction of Russian high politics and culture, Simon Schama’s insights into Dutch Golden Age art and art history, Gary Kinder’s spirit of, danger and adventure on the beguiling Archipelago Sea.
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Author : John Murray
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Total Pages : 760 pages
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Download or read book A handbook for travellers in southern Germany [by J. Murray. 1st, 2nd] 3rd, 5th, 7th-9th, 11th, 12th, 14th, 15th ed. [2 issues of the 7th ed. The 15th ed. is in 2pt.]. written by John Murray and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 742 pages
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Download or read book A Handbook for Travellers in South Germany and Austria written by John Murray (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Costanza Caraffa
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110390035
Total Pages : 535 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Photo Archives and the Idea of Nation written by Costanza Caraffa and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Das "lange 19. Jahrhundert" der Nationalstaatenbildung ist auch das Jahrhundert der "Erfindung" der Fotografie wie auch der Geburt der modernen Archivwissenschaften. Die Fotografie wurde bald von den Nationalstaaten in ihrem Bedürfnis nach bildlicher Visualisierung in den Dienst genommen. Nach dem II. Weltkrieg, dem Zerfall der kolonialistischen Systeme und schließlich dem Fall der Berliner Mauer erlangten nationale Fragen erneut Aktualität - nun in einem globalen Rahmen. Die Beiträge in diesem Band untersuchen den Zusammenhang zwischen Fotografie/Fotoarchiven und der Idee der Nation, wobei das Objektiv sich nicht auf einzelne Ikonen, sondern auf die weitreichende Dimension des Archivs richtet.
