W brawurowo napisanym „Wieku cudów” Richard Holmes zgłębia równie pasjonującą, co – momentami – przerażającą historię nauki przełomu XVIII i XIX wieku. Pomiędzy podróżą dookoła świata kapitana Jamesa

Published to mark the 250th anniversary of Napoleon's birth. Holmes relives Napoleon's life and times in this extraordinary period by examining letters, military maps, reports, proclamations, ship

This outstandingly vivid and accessible book, written by one of Britain's leading historians, provides the essential overview of Napoleon's career. Beginning in revolutionary France with a brilliant

D-Day, the largest amphibious invasion in history, took place on 6 June 1944. The subsequent battle of Normandy involved over a million men, and helped seal the fate of The Third Reich. This is a gra