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The Three Emperors

Author : Miranda Carter
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141960965
Total Pages : 873 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book The Three Emperors written by Miranda Carter and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2009-09-03 with total page 873 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Three Emperors by Miranda Carter is the juicy, funny story of the three dysfunctional rulers of Germany, Russia and Great Britain at the turn of the last century, combined with a study of the larger forces around them. Three cousins. Three Emperors. And the road to ruin. As cousins, George V, Kaiser Wilhelm II and the last Tsar Nicholas II should have been friends - but they happened also to rule Europe's three most powerful states. This potent combination together with their own destructive personalities - petty, insecure, bullying, absurdly obsessive (stamp collecting, uniforms) - led not only to their own dramatic fallouts and falls from grace, but also to the outbreak of the First World War. Miranda Carter's riveting account of how three men who should have known better helped bring down an entire world is a gripping story of abdication, betrayal and murder. 'Fascinating. A wonderfully fresh and beautifully choreographed work of history' Mail on Sunday 'Miranda Carter's story is full of vivid quotations...a romp though the palaces of Europe in their last decades before Armageddon' Sunday Times 'Fascinating. Carter is a gifted storyteller and has written a very readable account' Independent 'That these three absurd men could ever have held the fate of Europe in their hands is a fact as hilarious as it is terrifying. I haven't enjoyed a historical biography this much since Lytton Strachey's Victoria' Zadie Smith

The Emperors of China

Author : Christopher Hibbert
Publisher : Stonehenge Press (VA)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Emperors of China written by Christopher Hibbert and published by Stonehenge Press (VA). This book was released on 1981 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text and lavish photographs present the artistic treasures of Ch'in Shih Huang-ti, first Chinese emperor, and his successors.

The Emperors

Author : Gareth Russell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781445634333
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book The Emperors written by Gareth Russell and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 28 June 1914, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne was assassinated on a visit to Sarajevo by a Serbian nationalist called Gavrilo Princip. The assassination set in motion the events that led to the outbreak of the First World War, one of the bloodiest conflicts in human history and a trauma that would bring down the Austro-Hungarian Empire, ending nearly eight centuries of Hapsburg rule and unleashing unrest across the European continent. By the end of that conflict, not only had the Austro-Hungarian Empire crumbled but the other two imperial rulers of Europe, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, had lost their grip on power. The three great monarchies of Europe had fallen. Only in Britain would the ruler of an empire, George V, the first cousin of both the Kaiser and the Tsar, successfully retain the crown. In this new book, Gareth Russell tells the story of the Austrian, German and Russian imperial families during the four years of the First World War and the political and personal struggles that brought about their ruin.

Emperors in the Jungle

Author : John Lindsay-Poland
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822384604
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Emperors in the Jungle written by John Lindsay-Poland and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2003-02-11 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emperors in the Jungle is an exposé of key episodes in the military involvement of the United States in Panama. Investigative journalism at its best, this book reveals how U.S. ideas about taming tropical jungles and people, combined with commercial and military objectives, shaped more than a century of intervention and environmental engineering in a small, strategically located nation. Whether uncovering the U.S. Army’s decades-long program of chemical weapons tests in Panama or recounting the invasion in December 1989 which was the U.S. military’s twentieth intervention in Panama since 1856, John Lindsay-Poland vividly portrays the extent and costs of U.S. involvement. Analyzing new evidence gathered through interviews, archival research, and Freedom of Information Act requests, Lindsay-Poland discloses the hidden history of U.S.–Panama relations, including the human and environmental toll of the massive canal building project from 1904 to 1914. In stunning detail he describes secret chemical weapons tests—of toxins including nerve agent and Agent Orange—as well as plans developed in the 1960s to use nuclear blasts to create a second canal in Panama. He chronicles sustained efforts by Panamanians and international environmental groups to hold the United States responsible for the disposal of the tens of thousands of explosives it left undetonated on the land it turned over to Panama in 1999. In the context of a relationship increasingly driven by the U.S. antidrug campaigns, Lindsay-Poland reports on the myriad issues that surrounded Panama’s takeover of the canal in accordance with the 1977 Panama Canal Treaty, and he assesses the future prospects for the Panamanian people, land, and canal area. Bringing to light historical legacies unknown to most U.S. citizens or even to many Panamanians, Emperors in the Jungle is a major contribution toward a new, more open relationship between Panama and the United States.

The Roman Emperor Aurelian

Author : John F. White
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473844770
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book The Roman Emperor Aurelian written by John F. White and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The leader who helped keep the Dark Ages at bay: “An excellent picture of the Crisis of the Third Century and the life and work of Aurelian” (StrategyPage). The ancient Sibylline prophecies had foretold that the Roman Empire would last for one thousand years. As the time for the expected dissolution approached in the middle of the third century AD, the empire was lapsing into chaos, with seemingly interminable civil wars over the imperial succession. The western empire had seceded under a rebel emperor, and the eastern empire was controlled by another usurper. Barbarians took advantage of the anarchy to kill and plunder all over the provinces. Yet within the space of just five years, the general, and later emperor, Aurelian had expelled all the barbarians from within the Roman frontiers, reunited the entire empire, and inaugurated major reforms of the currency, pagan religion, and civil administration. His accomplishments have been hailed by classical scholars as those of a superman, yet Aurelian himself remains little known to a wider audience. His achievements enabled the Roman Empire to survive for another two centuries, ensuring a lasting legacy of Roman civilization for the successor European states. Without Aurelian, the Dark Ages would probably have lasted centuries longer.

Monarchs, Rulers, Dynasties and Kingdoms of the World

Author : R. F. Tapsell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780783726687
Total Pages : 511 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book Monarchs, Rulers, Dynasties and Kingdoms of the World written by R. F. Tapsell and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Emperor in the Roman World (31 BC-AD 337)

Author : Fergus Millar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780801480492
Total Pages : 673 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The Emperor in the Roman World (31 BC-AD 337) written by Fergus Millar and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Emperor Qianlong

Author : Mark C. Elliott
Publisher : Pearson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Emperor Qianlong written by Mark C. Elliott and published by Pearson. This book was released on 2009 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This accessible account describes the personal struggles and public drama surrounding one of the major political figures of the early modern age, with special consideration given to the emperor's efforts to rise above ethnic divisions and to encompass the political and religious traditions of Han Chinese, Mongols, Tibetans, Turks, and other peoples of his realm." From Amazon.

The Emperors

Author : Gareth Russell
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445634392
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book The Emperors written by Gareth Russell and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating story of the Austrian, German and Russian imperial families during the four years of the First World War and the political and personal struggles that brought about their ruin

God on Earth: Emperor Domitian

Author : Aurora Raimondi Cominesi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789088909566
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book God on Earth: Emperor Domitian written by Aurora Raimondi Cominesi and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In life, the emperor Domitian (81-96 CE) marketed himself as a god; after his assassination he was condemned to be forgotten. Nonetheless he oversaw a literary, cultural, and monumental revival on a scale not witnessed since Rome's first emperor, Augustus. In tandem with an exhibition in the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden and the Mercati Traianei in Rome, planned for 2021-2022, this volume offers a fresh perspective on Domitian and his reign. This collecti.

Journeys with Emperors

Author : Gerald L. Kooyman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226824381
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Journeys with Emperors written by Gerald L. Kooyman and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With stunning photographs from the ice edge, this firsthand account of a researcher's time in Antarctica and of the perilous journeys of the world's largest penguin species: the iconic emperor. Nearly all emperor penguin colonies are extremely remote; of the sixty-six known, fewer than thirty have been visited by humans, and even fewer have been the subject of successful research programs. One of the largest known emperor penguin colonies is found on a narrow band of sea ice attached to the Antarctic continent. In Journeys with Emperors, Gerald L. Kooyman and Jim Mastro take us to this far-flung colony in the Ross Sea, revealing how scientists gained access to it, and what they learned while living among the penguins as they raised their chicks. The Ross Sea colony is close to the ice edge, which spares the penguins the long, energy-draining march for which other colonies are well-known. But life at this colony is not without movement. The proximity of the ice edge to the birds allowed researchers to observe the penguins as they came and went on their foraging journeys, including their interactions with leopard seals and killer whales. What the scientists witnessed revealed important aspects of emperor penguin behavior and physiology. For instance, they discovered that in the course of hunting for food, some of the penguins dive to depths of greater than five hundred meters (a third of a mile, deeper than any other diving bird). And crucially: most of the emperor's life is actually spent at sea, with fledged chicks and adults making separate, perilous journeys across icy water--to mature or to feed before they must fast while they molt. When chick nurturing is complete, the fledglings abandon the colony in large groups, heading north to the Southern Ocean. The adults leave at the same time, traveling one thousand kilometers eastward across the Ross Sea to a sea-ice sanctuary for molting. During this journey, they must gain enough weight to survive the month-long molt, when every feather is replaced and the birds cannot enter the water to feed. After the molt, many if not most return to the colony to breed once again. For the males, this means another fast--this time for 120 days as they incubate their eggs. Featuring original color photographs and complemented with online videos, Journeys with Emperors is both an eye-opening overview of the emperor penguin's life and a thrilling tale of scientific discovery in one of the most remote, harsh, and beautiful places on Earth.

Emperors Don't Die in Bed

Author : Fik Meijer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113438405X
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book Emperors Don't Die in Bed written by Fik Meijer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-07-31 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fresh and engaging book looks at each of the Roman emperors from Julius Caesar in 44BC to Romulus Augustulus in AD 476, illuminating not only the manner of their deaths but what their final days tell us about their lives. We also hear how the most powerful position in the history of the Western world held a permanent appeal, despite its perils, with eager candidates constantly coming forward to seize the throne. Very few of the Roman emperors died a natural death. The insane Caligula was murdered after leaving the theatre; Caracalla while he was relieving himself. Caesar was stabbed twenty three times and Otho was dragged into the Tiber with a flesh-hook. However great an emperor's power, danger was ever present. Emperors Don't Die in Bed provides a clear history of the imperial succession as well as a compelling depiction of the intrigue and drama of Roman imperial politics.

Selected Biographies of Chinese Emperors in Major Dynasties

Author : Ji Lu
Publisher : DeepLogic
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Selected Biographies of Chinese Emperors in Major Dynasties written by Ji Lu and published by DeepLogic. This book was released on with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is the volume of "Selected Biographies of Chinese Emperors in Major Dynasties" among a series of books for "100 Biographies on Chinese Historical Figures".

Emperors and Elections

Author : Nikolas K. Gvosdev
Publisher : Nova Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781560728511
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (285 download)

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Download or read book Emperors and Elections written by Nikolas K. Gvosdev and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2000 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not only can Orthodoxy comfortably co-exist with the institutions of modern democracy, Orthodox concepts about the dignity of the individual and the importance of the community can make a valuable contribution to modern political thought."--BOOK JACKET.

The Missionary Review of the World

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Missionary Review of the World written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Emperors and Gladiators

Author : Thomas Wiedemann
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134990405
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Emperors and Gladiators written by Thomas Wiedemann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-03-11 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all aspects of Roman culture, the gladiatorial contests for which the Romans built their amphitheatres are at once the most fascinating and the most difficult for us to come to terms with. They have been seen variously as sacrifices to the gods or, at funerals, to the souls of the deceased; as a mechanism for introducing young Romans to the horrors of fighting; and as a direct substitute for warfare after the imposition of peace. In this original and authoritative study, Thomas Wiedemann argues that gladiators were part of the mythical struggle of order and civilisation against the forces of nature, barbarism and law breaking, representing the possibility of a return to new life from the point of death; that Christian Romans rejected gladiatorial games not on humanitarian grounds, but because they were a rival representation of a possible resurrection.

The Untold History of the Roman Emperors

Author : Michael Kerrigan
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1502619113
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book The Untold History of the Roman Emperors written by Michael Kerrigan and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Caesars were the rulers of the Roman Empire, a Republic so large it encompassed parts of Asia and Northern Africa. From Caligula to Claudius, each emperor wielded immense power for good or for evil, depending on their temperament over the Roman army and their citizens. This book highlights the lives of some of the more memorable Caesars of Rome and the true history that exist beneath the legends.