Prince of Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Prince of Europe write by Philip Mansel. This book was released on 2005. Prince of Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Habsburg courtier Charles-Joseph Prince de Ligne seduced and symbolized eighteenth-century Europe. Speaking French, the international language of the day, he travelled between Paris and St Petersburg, charming everyone he met. He stayed with Madame du Barry, dined with Frederick the Great and travelled to the Crimea with Catherine the Great. But Ligne was more than a frivolous charmer. He participated in and recorded some of the most important events and movements of his day: the Enlightenment; the struggle for mastery in Germany; the decline of the Ottoman Empire; the birth of German nationalism; and the wars to liberate Europe from Napoleon. He had surprisingly radical views, believing for example in property rights for women, legal rights for Jews and the redistribution of wealth. He was also a highly respected writer and his books on gardens, his letters from the Crimea and his epigrams are considered minor classics of French literature.
The Black Prince
The Black Prince - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Black Prince write by David Green. This book was released on 2011-10-24. The Black Prince available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. One of the most charismatic and enigmatic personalities of the High Middle Ages, Edward the ' Black Prince' commanded an English division at the battle of Crecy when just sixteen years old. But despite his battlefield exploits, romantic reputation and popularity among the people, Edward has become notorious as a proponent of 'scorched earth' campaigns, or chevauchee. These expeditions amounted to little more than the licensed plunder of undefended towns and the murder of non-combatants. The premature death of Edward saw his infant son ascend to the throne and led, eventually, to the fracticidal chaos of the Wars of the Roses and the emergence of the Tudor dynasty. In this startling reappraisal of the prince's life, David Green assesses his actions in their historical context and examines what might have been had Edward the Black Prince become King Edward IV.
The Royal Families of Europe
The Royal Families of Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Royal Families of Europe write by Geoffrey Hindley. This book was released on 2000. The Royal Families of Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Recounts the history of present and former ruling families of continental Europe and speculates on the role of monarchy in the future.
The Red Prince
The Red Prince - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Red Prince write by Timothy Snyder. This book was released on 2008-06-03. The Red Prince available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Wilhelm Von Habsburg wore the uniform of the Austrian officer, the court regalia of a Habsburg archduke, the simple suit of a Parisian exile, the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece, and, every so often, a dress. He could handle a saber, a pistol, a rudder, or a golf club; he handled women by necessity and men for pleasure. He spoke the Italian of his archduchess mother, the German of his archduke father, the English of his British royal friends, the Polish of the country his father wished to rule, and the Ukrainian of the land Wilhelm wished to rule himself. In this exhilarating narrative history, prize-winning historian Timothy D. Snyder offers an indelible portrait of an aristocrat whose life personifies the wrenching upheavals of the first half of the twentieth century, as the rule of empire gave way to the new politics of nationalism. Coming of age during the First World War, Wilhelm repudiated his family to fight alongside Ukrainian peasants in hopes that he would become their king. When this dream collapsed he became, by turns, an ally of German imperialists, a notorious French lover, an angry Austrian monarchist, a calm opponent of Hitler, and a British spy against Stalin. Played out in Europe's glittering capitals and bloody battlefields, in extravagant ski resorts and dank prison cells, The Red Prince captures an extraordinary moment in the history of Europe, in which the old order of the past was giving way to an undefined future-and in which everything, including identity itself, seemed up for grabs.
Crown Jewels of Europe
Crown Jewels of Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Crown Jewels of Europe write by Michel (Prince of Greece). This book was released on 1983. Crown Jewels of Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. THIS BOOK IS A CELEBRATION OF SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST INTRIGUING AND PRECIOUS OBJECTS: THE CROWNS, SCEPTRES, ORBS, JEWELS AND EMBLEMS OF THE ROYAL FAMILIES OF EUROPE.
