Biography

ISBN: 9781592110247
Published by : Vita Histria
On September 15, 1906 Arthur MacArthur Jr. became the twelfth man in the history of the United States Army to be awarded the rank of Lieutenant General, the highest rank in the Army up to that time. This great honor, which marked t... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781592110391
Published by : Vita Histria
Lucrezia Borgia is among the most fascinating and controversial personalities of the Renaissance. The daughter of Pope Alexander VI, she was intensely involved in the political life of Italy during the late fifteenth and early sixt... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781571135889
Published by : Camden House
Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
Volume: Volume 209
Like much German-language poetry of the years preceding the First World War, the poems of Georg Trakl (1887-1914) are imbued with a sense of historical crisis, but what sets his work apart is the mildness and restraint of his image... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781592110209
Published by : Vita Histria
The Roman poet Ovid (43 B.C.-A.D. 17) was a rock star of the newly-founded empire ruled by Caesar Augustus. A sensitive, artistic soul, his verse, focused on the art of love, attracted the Roman youth of his day and made him a cele... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781592110124
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
The fifteenth century marked a decisive moment in world history as the expansion of the Ottoman Empire into southeastern Europe posed a grave threat to Christianity, highlighted by the fall of Byzantium to the Turks in 1453, drawin... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781592110186
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
Romania entered World War I in the summer of 1916 woefully unprepared to sustain a war on its own. The country faced near collapse as its Allies did not follow through on their promises and the Central Powers advanced into the king... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781784918712
Published by : Archaeopress Archaeology
Series: Archaeological Lives
The son of a watercolour artist, William Gershom Collingwood (1854-1932) studied at University College, Oxford where he met John Ruskin, whose secretary he later became and with whom he shared a wide range of interests. Collingwood... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781789692044
Published by : Archaeopress Archaeology
Series: Archaeological Lives
Aleksei P. Okladnikov: The Great Explorer of the Past is about the life and works of Aleksei P. Okladnikov (1908– 1981), a prominent archaeologist who spent more than 50 years studying... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781640140639
Published by : Camden House
Series: Screen Cultures: German Film and the Visual
Werner Herzog (b. 1942) is perhaps the most famous living German filmmaker, but his films have never been read in the context of German cultural history. And while there is a surfeit of film reviews, interviews, and scholarly artic... .... Learn More