Giuseppe Verdi Pocket Giants
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Giuseppe Verdi Pocket Giants
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Author : Daniel Snowman
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2014-02-03
Giuseppe Verdi Pocket Giants written by Daniel Snowman and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901) was the Shakespeare of opera, the composer of Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Aida and Otello. The chorus of Hebrew slaves from Nabucco (1842) is regarded in Italy as virtually an alternative national anthem – and the great tragedian rounded off his career fifty years later with a rousing comedy, Falstaff. When Verdi was born, much of northern Italy was under Napoleonic rule, and Verdi grew up dreaming of a time when the peninsula might be governed by Italians. When this was achieved, in 1861, he became a deputy in the first all-Italian parliament. While in his 20s, Verdi lost his two children and then his wife (many Verdi operas feature poignant parent-child relationships). Later, he retired, with his second wife, to his beloved farmlands, refusing for long stretches to return to composition. Verdi died in January 1901, universally mourned as the supreme embodiment of the nation he had helped create. Daniel Snowman was born in London, educated at Cambridge and Cornell and at 24 became a Lecturer at the University of Sussex, going on to become BBC Radio's Chief Producer, Features. Since 2004 has held a Senior Research Fellowship at the Institute of Historical Research (University of London). Recent books include a study of the cultural impact of the 'Hitler Emigrés', a collection of critical essays on the work of today's leading historians and The Gilded Stage: A Social History of Opera, reviewed by Tim Blanning as 'A mighty achievement, by far and away the best history of opera available'.
John Lennon Pocket Giants
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Author : Robert Webb
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2016-07-07
John Lennon Pocket Giants written by Robert Webb and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
John Lennon is a giant of popular music and culture. As one-quarter of the Beatles, he was in the vanguard of music, art, fashion and popular culture during the sixties. His music, humour and outspoken calls for peace inspired a generation. He stands as an iconic figure for those who lived through the sixties and seventies, as well as for those who grew up long after his untimely death in 1980. Above all, Lennon was one of the twentieth century's greatest and most important songwriters. Songs he wrote with Paul McCartney, such as 'She Loves You' and 'A Day in the Life', define an era. Others he wrote alone, such as 'God', 'Help!' and 'Revolution', betray an often complex, contradictory and troubled character. Lennon was never one to hide his love away, nor his anger, nor his convictions. In 2000 his anthem 'Imagine' was voted the song of the millennium.
Henry V Pocket Giants
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Author : A.J. Pollard
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2014-02-03
Henry V Pocket Giants written by A.J. Pollard and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Henry V is the best-known military hero in English history: better known than Marlborough or Wellington, or his grandfather, Edward III. He enjoyed more success against the French than any of them, coming tantalisingly close to conquering that vast country and imposing an English dynasty; this in a reign of just nine years, in only seven of which he was at war. Even before he died the heroic myth, later enshrined by Shakespeare, was being created. His victories have become the touchstone of English nationalism, English militarism and English imperialism. For good or ill, Henry V now signifies the one-time 'Greatness of England'. He was a military genius, yet his megalomania was not always in the best interests of his own kingdom, let alone the people of France who suffered at his hands. Behind the carefully constructed nationalist myth was a cold, calculating, ruthless ruler who, before his early death, revealed ominous tyrannical tendencies.
Jane Austen Pocket Giants
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Author : Caroline Sanderson
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2014-02-03
Jane Austen Pocket Giants written by Caroline Sanderson and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
There's something about Jane... Jane Austen lived only just into her forties, never married, never had children, lived all her life in the south of England and rarely strayed far from the genteel and orthodox social circle into which she was born. She completed only six novels, and achieved little fame in her lifetime. Yet 200 years after her death, she remains one of our most revered writers, and one of the most regularly adapted for television and film. Her novels are beloved by readers all over the world who continue to be inspired, beguiled and delighted by her often comic, and always shrewd insights into the calculations, and complexities of human hearts and minds. This short biography aims to get to the heart of the enigmatic woman who was Jane Austen, and to the enduring qualities in her work which make it so universally loved and admired.
Napoleon Bonaparte Pocket Giants
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Author : William Doyle
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2015-06-01
Napoleon Bonaparte Pocket Giants written by William Doyle and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In the space of less than twenty years, Napoleon turned Europe upside down. Rising from obscure origins to supreme power by a mixture of luck, audacity and military genius, he was able to harness the energies released by the French Revolution to resolve the internal problems which it had created, before turning his restless ambition to remodeling the political structure of the whole continent in a series of brilliant military victories. He was never able to finally subdue all his foreign enemies, and in the end they came together to bring him down; but by then it was impossible to restore what he had destroyed, or, in France, to destroy much of what he had created. The memory of his epic exploits, carefully refashioned during his last years in exile, haunted Europe for over a century, while the more distant effects of his career changed the whole destiny of the Americas and of the world.
Giuseppe Verdi Composer
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Author : Daniel Snowman
language : en
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Release Date : 2016-12-15
Giuseppe Verdi Composer written by Daniel Snowman and has been published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
As one of few composers to be considered a giant in the realm of universally accepted operatic works as well as a source of national Italian identity, Giuseppe Verdis repertoire is one of the most widely performed in history. Although much of Verdis life remains a mystery, the composers insistence on his peasant upbringing was somewhat untruthful; he grew up comfortablya learned man. Detailing Verdis confused past, this book aims to confirm the world-renowned composers personal history as well as debunk any of the embellishments the ageing maestro promulgated himself.
Queen Elizabeth Ii Pocket Giants
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Author : Victoria Arbiter
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2016-03-07
Queen Elizabeth Ii Pocket Giants written by Victoria Arbiter and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
At age 25, Elizabeth II became Britain's 40th monarch and vowed to dedicate her life to service and duty on behalf of her country. She is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states, head of the 53 member Commonwealth of Nations, Supreme Governor of the Church of England, and head of the armed forces. Most notably, however, on September 9th, 2015, she became the longest reigning monarch in British history. She has consistently adapted in order to remain relevant, while devotedly upholding the age-old traditions of the monarchy. Although there have only been six British female monarchs, it cannot be argued that some of the most enlightened times in history have occurred during periods of queenship. Elizabeth I led the country through the Golden Age and Victoria ushered in the Industrial Revolution, but it is Elizabeth II who will leave the most illustrious and progressive legacy of all.
Wellington Pocket Giants
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Author : Gary Sheffield
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2017-07-17
Wellington Pocket Giants written by Gary Sheffield and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Wellington is a giant because he was one of the greatest military commanders in British history, an important figure in the emergence of Britain as a great imperial power, a man who dominated British society and politics for 35 years. He was the only one of Napoleon's contemporaries who can be mentioned in the same breath as a general - a master of logistics, politics and coalition warfare as well as strategy, operations and tactics. The book's focus is on Wellington's military career, and it looks at all of these aspects, placing them in the context of the military and political developments of the time. It explores Wellington's personality – a key to understanding his success - and briefly examines his post-Waterloo career as a politician. It concludes that Wellington was not only a military genius, but an icon whose fame endures to our own time.
Giuseppe Verdi
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Author : Francis Toye
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1959
Giuseppe Verdi written by Francis Toye and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with Composers categories.
Rachmaninoff
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Author : Michael Scott
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2011-10-21
Rachmaninoff written by Michael Scott and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-21 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The musical child of Russia's golden age, Sergei Rachmaninoff, was the last of the great Romantics. Scorned by the musical establishment until very recently, his music received hostile reviews from critics and other composers. Conversely, it never failed to find widespread popular acclaim, and today he is one of the most popular composers of all time. Biographer Michael Scott investigates Rachmaninoff's intense and often melodramatic life, following him from imperial Russia to his years of exile as a wandering virtuoso and his death in Beverly Hills during the Second World War, worn out by his punishing schedule. In this remarkable biography which relates the man to his music, Michael Scott tells the colourful story of a life that spanned two centuries and two continents. His original research from the Russian archives, so long closed to writers from the West, brings us closer to the spirit of a man who genuinely believed that music could be both good and popular, a belief that is now triumphantly vindicated.