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Marlborough : His Life and Times.

A brilliant historical figure begins a multivolume biography of his noted ancestor, bringing to life a personal and national history of England. In the first volume of an ambitious and stunningly written four-volume biography, Sir Winston Churchill discusses the early career and stratospheric rise o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Churchill, Winston S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newburyport : RosettaBooks, 2014.
Colección:Marlborough: His Life and Times.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; VOLUME ONE; Preface; I. ASHE HOUSE; II. THE JOVIAL TIMES; III. BARBARA; IV. THE EUROPE OF CHARLES II; V. ARMS; VI. THE DANBY ADMINISTRATION; VII. SARAH; VIII. MARRIAGE; IX. MASTER AND SERVANT; X. THE UNSEEN RIFT; XI. THE PRINCESS ANNE; XII. SEDGEMOOR; XIII. THE ROYAL PLOT; XIV. THE NATIONAL COUNTER-PLOT; XV. DRAGONNADE; XVI. THE PROTESTANT WIND; XVII. THE INVASION; XVIII. THE REVOLUTION; XIX. MARLBOROUGH AND WILLIAM; XX. THE PERSONAL CLEAVAGE; XXI. KING JAMES'S MEMOIRS; XXII. THE JACOBITE ILLUSION; XXIII. THE FAMILY QUARREL.
  • XXIV. THE TOWERXXV. THE CAMARET BAY LETTER; XXVI. CAMARET BAY; XXVII. THE FENWICK TRIAL; XXVIII. AVARICE AND CHARM; XXIX. PEACE AND RECONCILIATION; XXX. MARLBOROUGH IN POLITICS; XXXI. THE SPANISH SUCCESSION; XXXII. THE GRAND ALLIANCE; APPENDIX; I.A Vindication of the Conduct of the Duchess of Marlborough; II. Some Instructions to the Historians for beginning the Duke of Marlborough's History; III. William III's Diplomatic Instructions to the Earl of Marlborough (1701); BIBLIOGRAPHY; Endnotes.