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After a childhood among artists, French migrs and English radicals in Regency London, Georgiana lived as a young woman at her father's castle in the Highlands. By allowing Georgiana's own voice to be heard through her letters and journals Brenda Niall has brought a legendary colonial figure into authentic vibrant life.

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"In the Apaches' final campaign, Geronimo led 19 warriors against 5,000 U.S. troops. No Apaches were killed, and the U.S. suffered heavy casualties. For the Apaches could travel seventy miles a day on"

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The first biography of Geronimo aimed at the high school and undergraduate student audience, this book provides a balanced account of Geronimo's life in the context of key historical and cultural events of his lifetime.

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Burton, a key figure in international counterterrorism and domestic spycraft, offers this hard-hitting memoir, in which he emerges from the shadows to reveal who he is, what he has accomplished, and the threats that lurk unseen except by an experienced few.

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Famed conservationist and twice governor of Pennsylvania, Gifford Pinchot knew every United States President from Grant to Truman. His idol was Theodore Roosevelt, whom he served while head of the United States Forest Service and whom he emulated when he was chief executive of Pennsylvania. This first published biography (except for his autobiograp

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William Gladstone, 'The Grand Old Man' of nineteenth-century politics, was Prime Minister four times. Throughout his life, women, including Queen Victoria (with whom he had a somewhat strained relationship - she famously describing him as a 'half-mad firebrand') were of great importance to him.

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A study of W E Gladstone that offers an account of one of the most important and consequential political careers in modern British and Irish history. It is a story of how a statesman of almost superhuman energy and forcefulness of character strove to realise God's purposes, as he saw them, in the twisting and slippery paths of public service.

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A study of W E Gladstone that offers an account of one of the most important and consequential political careers in modern British and Irish history. It is a story of how a statesman of almost superhuman energy and forcefulness of character strove to realise God's purposes, as he saw them, in the twisting and slippery paths of public service.

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Arguing against the idea that Marxism is a Eurocentric theory with nothing to teach the Global South, this book explores the lives and ideas of a remarkable set of revolutionaries, from Ho Chi Minh to Ali Shariati.

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Biographies edited and introduced by Richard Holmes.

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A biography of Goebbels, drawing on dramatic new material released from secret archives in former East Germany.

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Originally published: London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984.

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Gary McKay returns to Viet Nam with a group of other veterans to record their reactions when confronted by the past - and their former enemy.

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Du Maurier uncovers the truth of Anthony Bacon, Francis and their friends which have long puzzled Elizabethan historians.

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At the time of Burma's military coup in 1962, the author was fifteen. A year later, her father Ed Law-Yone, daredevil proprietor of The Nation newspaper, was arrested and his newspaper shut down. Eventually, she was herself briefly imprisoned before managing to escape the country. This book tells her story.

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The gripping inside story of Gordon Browns rise to become Prime Minister.

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Based on original Lee family documents never before published, this is the first biography of the famous General's son, William "Rooney" Lee, who commanded a cavalry division with great distinction during the Civil War

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A gripping biography by the author of Brave New World

The life of Father Joseph, Cardinal Richelieu's aide, was a shocking paradox. After spending his days directing operations on the battlefield, Father Joseph would pass the night in prayer, or in composing spiritual guidance for the nuns in his care.

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A lively short biography of one of the best known Roman emperors.

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Few people in history have achieved more yet with such fatal consequences for the cause that they supported than Hannibal. This study explores Hannibal's fascinating but complex personality in the light of his extraordinary military and political career, which made him one of history's greatest survivors.

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This concise biography of Harriet Tubman, the African American abolitionist, explores her various roles as an Underground Railroad conductor, Civil War scout and nurse, and women's rights advocate.

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