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Empire Lost

2008-11-18 History
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Release : 2008-11-18
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Empire Lost by : Andrew Stewart

Download or read book Empire Lost written by Andrew Stewart. This book was released on 2008-11-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using government records, private letters and diaries and contemporary media sources, this book examines the key themes affecting the relationship between Britain and the Dominions during the Second World War, the Empire's last great conflict. It asks why this political and military coalition was ultimately successful in overcoming the challenge of the Axis powers but, in the process, proved unable to preserve itself. Although these changes were inevitable the manner of the evolution was sometimes painful, as Britain's wartime economic decline left its political position exposed in a changing post-war international system.

Persians

1995 Antiquities
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Release : 1995
Genre : Antiquities
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Book Rating : 049/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Persians by : Time-Life Books

Download or read book Persians written by Time-Life Books. This book was released on 1995. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient history.

Lost Empire

2010-08-31 Fiction
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Release : 2010-08-31
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 557/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Lost Empire by : Clive Cussler

Download or read book Lost Empire written by Clive Cussler. This book was released on 2010-08-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Husband-and-wife treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo run afoul of a dangerous dictator in this adventure in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series. While scuba diving in Tanzania, Sam and Remi Fargo come upon a relic belonging to a long-lost Confederate ship. An anomaly about the relic sets them off chasing a mystery—but unknown to them, a much more powerful force is engaged in the same chase. Mexico’s ruling party, the ultranationalist Mexica Tenochca, is intent on finding that artifact as well, because it contains a secret that could destroy the party utterly. Through Tanzania and Zanzibar, into the rainforests of Madagascar, and across the Indian Ocean to Indonesia and the legendary site of the 1883 Krakatoa explosion, the Fargos and their ruthless opponents pursue the hunt—but only one can win. And the penalty for failure is death.

Lost to the West

2010-06-01 History
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Release : 2010-06-01
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 969/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Lost to the West by : Lars Brownworth

Download or read book Lost to the West written by Lars Brownworth. This book was released on 2010-06-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with unforgettable stories of emperors, generals, and religious patriarchs, as well as fascinating glimpses into the life of the ordinary citizen, Lost to the West reveals how much we owe to the Byzantine Empire that was the equal of any in its achievements, appetites, and enduring legacy. For more than a millennium, Byzantium reigned as the glittering seat of Christian civilization. When Europe fell into the Dark Ages, Byzantium held fast against Muslim expansion, keeping Christianity alive. Streams of wealth flowed into Constantinople, making possible unprecedented wonders of art and architecture. And the emperors who ruled Byzantium enacted a saga of political intrigue and conquest as astonishing as anything in recorded history. Lost to the West is replete with stories of assassination, mass mutilation and execution, sexual scheming, ruthless grasping for power, and clashing armies that soaked battlefields with the blood of slain warriors numbering in the tens of thousands.

Lost Children of the Empire

2018-03-14 History
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Release : 2018-03-14
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Lost Children of the Empire by : Philip Bean

Download or read book Lost Children of the Empire written by Philip Bean. This book was released on 2018-03-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1989. The extraordinary story of Britain’s child migrants is one of 350 years of shaming exploitation. Around 130,000 children, some just 3 or 4 years old, were shipped off to distant parts of the Empire, the last as recently as 1967. For Britain it was a cheap way of emptying children’s homes and populating the colonies with ‘good British stock’; for the colonies it was a source of cheap labour. Even after the Second World War around 10,000 children were transported to Australia – where many were subjected to at best uncaring abandonment, and at worst a regime of appalling cruelty. Lost Children of the Empire tells the remarkable story of the Child Migrants Trust, set up in 1987, to trace families and to help those involved to come to terms with what has happened. But nothing can explain away the connivance and irresponsibility of the governments and organisations involved in this inhuman chapter of British history.

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