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.
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 Charlie Roscoe. This book was released on 2016-10-18. The Red Prince available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Originally published: Dorking, Surrey: Templar Publishing, c2015.
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 Helen Carr. This book was released on 2021-04-15. The Red Prince available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2021 ‘The Red Prince announces Helen Carr as one of the most exciting new voices in narrative history.’ Dan Jones Son of Edward III, brother to the Black Prince, father to Henry IV and the sire of all the Tudors. Always close to the English throne, John of Gaunt left a complex legacy. Too rich, too powerful, too haughty… did he have his eye on his nephew’s throne? Why was he such a focus of hate in the Peasants’ Revolt? In examining the life of a pivotal medieval figure, Helen Carr paints a revealing portrait of a man who held the levers of power on the English and European stage, passionately upheld chivalric values, pressed for the Bible to be translated into English, patronised the arts, ran huge risks to pursue the woman he loved… and, according to Shakespeare, gave the most beautiful of all speeches on England.
The Quest for the Red Prince
The Quest for 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 Quest for the Red Prince write by Michael Bar-Zohar. This book was released on 2002. The Quest for the Red Prince available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Prince of Fools
Prince of Fools - 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 Fools write by Mark Lawrence. This book was released on 2015-05-26. Prince of Fools available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. International bestselling author Mark Lawrence continues the bold new world of dark fantasy he created in the Broken Empire trilogy with the first book of the Red Queen's War... For all her reign the Red Queen has fought the long war, contested in secret, against the powers that stand behind nations, for higher stakes than land or gold. Her greatest weapon is The Silent Sister—unseen by most and unspoken of by all. The Red Queen’s grandson, Prince Jalan Kendeth—drinker, gambler, seducer of women—is one who can see The Silent Sister. Content with his role as a minor royal, Jal pretends that the hideous crone is not there. But war with the undead is coming, and the Red Queen has called on her family to defend the realm. Jal thinks that nothing that will affect him. He's wrong... After escaping a death trap set by the Silent Sister, Jal finds his fate magically intertwined with a fierce Norse warrior. As the two undertake a journey to undo the spell, encountering grave dangers, willing women, and an upstart prince named Jorg Ancrath along the way, Jalan gradually catches a glimmer of the truth: he and the Norseman are but pieces in a game—and the Red Queen controls the board.
