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From corruption to nepotism, from crusade to witch-burning to Inquisition, from popes sanctioning murder to popes being murdered, Dark History of The Popes explores more than 1000 years of sinister deeds surrounding the papacy.
In a work written with profound insight and admiration, Lewis celebrates the wives, mothers, sisters and daughters who bravely stepped into the breach created by World War II and explores how their experiences changed lives ever after for both sexes. With heartfelt personal stories and 200 evocative period photos.
Between 1933 and 1945, most German children were members of the Hitler Youth. Exploring its development, organisation, education and indoctrination, this book also looks at its combat role in World War II. Hitler Youth is an expertly-written, accessible account of the indoctrination of a generation of Germans.
Brenda Ralph Lewis presents an informative overview of how kings and queens came about and of the many forces that have shaped the identity of monarchy and in many cases caused its downfall.
Traces the story of a Jewish girl who chronicled her day-to-day life in a diary as she and her family hid from the Nazis.
A selection of stories retold from Greek, Viking, and Anglo-Saxon mythology.
The Historical Atlas series explores pivotal events and areas of cultural interest in great detail. Most books in this series are available both in hardcover, and in paperback with flaps, and the interior pages are illustrated throughout with full-color maps, diagrams, photographs, and charts. The series offers readers a clear, easy-to-follow narrative of the subjects that have shaped human history ranging from wars to religions, and from ancient cultures to transportation. The Historical Atlas of the World at War details the history of war, from the tribal origins of war to the major world wars of the twentieth century. War has shadowed the whole of human history, featuring its greatest tri...
This fully-illustrated biography provides an interesting account of Churchill's life from his childhood, military service in India and the Sudan and his role as war correspondent during the Boer war, to his rise in the world of politics, his leadership of Britain in World War II and his role in the post-war struggle of the Cold War years.