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Paths Without Glory
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Author : James L. Newman
language : en
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Release Date : 2010
Paths Without Glory written by James L. Newman and has been published by Potomac Books, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
Few people have garnered so much enduring interest as Sir Richard Burton. A true polymath, Burton is best known today for his translations of the "Kama Sutra" and "Arabian Nights." Yet, Africa stood at the center of his adult life. The Burton-Speke expedition (1856 59) that put Lake Tanganyika on the map led to years of controversy over the source of the White Nile. From 1861 to 1864 Burton served as British consul in Fernando Po and traveled widely between Ghana and Angola. He wrote prodigiously and contributed some of the first detailed ethnographic accounts of Africa s peoples. In many ways, however, Africa proved to be Burton s undoing. Injuries and sickness sapped his strength, he made enemies in high places, and, ironically, even the discovery of Lake Tanganyika worked to his disadvantage. Increasingly frustrated and bitter, he turned to alcohol as a frequent remedy.In this fascinating story of the relationship between a man and a continent, geographer James L. Newman provides an intimate portrait of Burton through careful examination of his journals and biographers rich analyses. Delving deepest into Burton s later life and travels, Newman pinpoints the thematic mainstays of his career as a diplomat and explorer, namely his strong advocacy of aggressive imperial policies and his belief that race explained crucial human differences. Historians and scholars of the golden age of empire, as well as armchair adventurers, will not only discover what defined this famously enigmatic figure, but venture, themselves, into the heart of mid-nineteenth-century Africa. "
Paths Without Glory
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Author : James L. Newman
language : en
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Release Date : 2009-12-31
Paths Without Glory written by James L. Newman and has been published by Potomac Books, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-31 with History categories.
Few people have garnered so much enduring interest as Sir Richard Burton. A true polymath, Burton is best known today for his translations of the Kama Sutra and Arabian Nights. Yet, Africa stood at the center of his adult life. The Burton-Speke expedition (1856–59) that put Lake Tanganyika on the map led to years of controversy over the source of the White Nile. From 1861 to 1864 Burton served as British consul in Fernando Po and traveled widely between Ghana and Angola. He wrote prodigiously and contributed some of the first detailed ethnographic accounts of Africa's peoples. In many ways, however, Africa proved to be Burton's undoing. Injuries and sickness sapped his strength, he made enemies in high places, and, ironically, even the discovery of Lake Tanganyika worked to his disadvantage. Increasingly frustrated and bitter, he turned to alcohol as a frequent remedy. In this fascinating story of the relationship between a man and a continent, geographer James L. Newman provides an intimate portrait of Burton through careful examination of his journals and biographers' rich analyses. Delving deepest into Burton's later life and travels, Newman pinpoints the thematic mainstays of his career as a diplomat and explorer, namely his strong advocacy of aggressive imperial policies and his belief that race explained crucial human differences. Historians and scholars of the golden age of empire, as well as armchair adventurers, will not only discover what defined this famously enigmatic figure, but venture, themselves, into the heart of mid-nineteenth-century Africa.
Other Paths To Glory
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Author : Anthony Price
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Other Paths To Glory written by Anthony Price and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with English fiction categories.
Paul Mitchell spends his days researching World War One. His quiet life in the library could hardly be more different to the carnage he studies, until Dr Audley of the Ministry of Defence comes to Paul to find out about a battle at the Somme.
Paths Of Glory
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Author : Humphrey Cobb
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
Paths Of Glory written by Humphrey Cobb and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with categories.
Other Paths To Glory 6 Audio Cassettes Unabridged 0402
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Author : ANTHONY. PRICE
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
Other Paths To Glory 6 Audio Cassettes Unabridged 0402 written by ANTHONY. PRICE and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with categories.
Paths Of Glory
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Author : Jeffrey Archer
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2009
Paths Of Glory written by Jeffrey Archer and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Fiction categories.
This real-life mountaineering mystery recounts the story of Britain's George Mallory and his attempt to scale Mt. Everest.
Paths Of Glory
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Author : Stephen Brumwell
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2006-01-01
Paths Of Glory written by Stephen Brumwell and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with History categories.
Ugly, gangling, and tormented by agonising illness, Major General James Wolfe was an unlikely hero. Yet in 1759, on the Plains of Abraham before Quebec, he won a battle with momentous consequences. Wolfe's victory, bought at the cost of his life, ensured that English, not French, would become the dominant language in North America. Ironically, by crippling French ambitions on that continent, Wolfe paved the way for American independence from Britain. Just thirty-two years old when he was killed in action, Wolfe had served in the British army since his mid-teens, fighting against the French in Flanders and Germany, and the Jacobites in Scotland. Already renowned for bold leadership, Wolfe's death at the very moment of his victory at Quebec cemented his heroic status on both sides of the Atlantic. Epic paintings of Wolfe's dying moments transformed him into an icon of patriotic self-sacrifice, and a role model for Horatio Nelson. Once venerated as the very embodiment of military genius and soldierly modesty, Wolfe's reputation has recently undergone sustained assault by revisionist historians who instead see him as a bloodthirsty and priggish young man, a general who owned his name and fame to one singularly lucky - though crucial - victory. But was there more to James Wolfe than a celebrated death? In Paths of Glory, the first full-length biography of Wolfe to appear in almost half a century, Stephen Brumwell seeks to answer that question, drawing upon extensive research to offer a reassessment of a soldier whose short but dramatic life unquestionably altered the course of world history.
Path Of Glory
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Author : Bret Funk
language : en
Publisher: Tyrannosaurus Press
Release Date : 2014-08-24
Path Of Glory written by Bret Funk and has been published by Tyrannosaurus Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-24 with Fiction categories.
The Boundary. The greatest feat of magic in the history of Madryn. An impenetrable barrier raised to imprison the Darklord Lorthas. Nearly a millennium has passed since the Boundary's creation, and its power is fading. The four races struggle amongst themselves, their once-proud alliance now distant memory. Old enemies have resurfaced, and new ones lurk in the shadows, eager to use the chaos to their advantage. The truth is known only by Jeran, an orphan raised in the shadow of the Boundary, and his companion Dahr, an outcast hiding from his past. Haunted by the knowledge of the Darklord's weakening prison and pursued by Tylor Durange, exiled Prince of Ra Tachan, the boys race across Madryn to deliver news of the Boundary's fall to the King of Alrendria. Yet their greatest threat may come, not from the Darklord, but from the secrets they try so hard to hide from each other.
Other Paths To Glory
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Author : Anthony Price
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2023-10-05
Other Paths To Glory written by Anthony Price and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-05 with Fiction categories.
Discover the new Penguin Crime and Espionage series A First World War battlefield hides a deadly secret - one that some are willing to kill for Paul Mitchell is a young military historian whose life is changed forever when two men, Dr Audley and Colonel Butler of the MOD, visit him with a fragment of a German trench map - and a lot of questions. Then somebody tries to kill him. Paul, his life now in danger, agrees to go underground on a mission to solve a dangerous mystery: what really happened during the battle of the Somme in 1916? And why does somebody want to keep it secret?
Paths To Glory
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Author : Mark L. Armour
language : en
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Release Date : 2004-04
Paths To Glory written by Mark L. Armour and has been published by Potomac Books, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-04 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Essays on diamond success from the nineteenth century to the present