Autor Andrew Roberts
Tento jednosvazkový životopis je v britských médiích hodnocen jako jedna z nejlepších prací o Winstonu Churchillovi, státníkovi známém především díky působení ve funkci ministerského předsedy Velké Británie za druhé světové války. Autor Andrew Roberts…
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ‘A rigorous and thoughtful study of what has happened on battlefields over the past eight decades’ THE TIMES ‘A hugely important book … elegantly written and persuasively argued’ DAILY TELEGRAPH ** FULLY UPDATED TO INCLUDE…
Renomovaný britský historik Andrew Roberts nabízí nový pohled na nejkrvavější kapitolu dějin počínaje napadením Polska 1. září 1939 až po japonskou kapitulaci o šest roků a jeden den později. S využitím dosud neznámých dokumentů, jež objevil v tzv. Sayerově…
Taking us from the French Revolution to the Cold War and the Falklands, celebrated historian Andrew Roberts presents us with a bracingly honest and insightful look at nine major figures in modern history: Napoleon Bonaparte, Horatio Nelson, Winston Churchill,…
Napoleon, Nelson, Churchill, Hitler, Stalin, Marshall, de Gaulle, Eisenhower and Thatcher: each of these leaders fundamentally shaped the outcome of the war their nation was embroiled in. How were they alike, and in what ways did they differ? Was their…
A dual biography of the greatest opposing generals of their age who ultimately became fixated on one another, by a bestselling historian. On the morning of the battle of Waterloo, the Emperor Napoleon declared that the Duke of Wellington was a bad general,…
Roberts' book follows in the tradition of recent scholarship that seeks to emphasize the importance of popular culture and the wealth of knowledge that can be gained through an analysis of the daily lives and practices of individuals. Focusing on popular…
