Bøger i Reputations serien
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608,95 kr. Neville Chamberlain remains one of the most controversial figures of twentieth-century British politics. This book seeks to explain how he went from being admired, and even revered, to a reviled and disdained public figure. while offering the author's assessment of what Chamberlain's historical reputation ought to be.
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- 608,95 kr.
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488,95 kr. This book investigates whether the popular conception of Becket through the ages is a result of valid assessments of the man and his cause, or a product of a carefully constructed myth, and how far can one correct for the bias and reach 'the truth'.
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- 488,95 kr.
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- Man of the Twentieth Century?
437,95 kr. A fresh interpretation of 'the man who ended the Cold War'.
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- 437,95 kr.
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- The Silent King
817,95 kr. Ideal for students and scholars of modern history, Louis XVI is an important reconsideration of key aspect of the French and a lively introduction to this willfully enigmatic man.
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- 817,95 kr.
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608,95 kr. This book explores how his reputation has changed and analyses the major issues in light of contemporary and later perceptions of this controversial king.
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- 608,95 kr.
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534,95 kr. This comprehensive new study provides an original and provocative approach to Cromwell's reputation and role in the English revolution. J. C. Davis's penetrating analysis reveals Cromwell's successes and failures and offers a fascinating assessment of his life and achievements.
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- 534,95 kr.
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486,95 kr. This book is not a biography of Margaret Thatcher. It is a study of how her reputation in both the domestic and international sphere was constructed by Thatcher and others over the course of her career.
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- 486,95 kr.
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533,95 kr. Edgar Feuchtwanger's lively study does justice to Disraeli's controversial life and ambiguous political legacy, providing a portrait of one of the great personalities of the age as well as shedding light on key political developments of Victorian Britain
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- 533,95 kr.
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609,95 kr. There is no shortage of characterizations of Napoleon, but not since Peter Geyl's classic Napoleon: For and Against in the 1940s has a writer tried to assess his many reputations and how they have evolved, and continue to evolve.
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- 609,95 kr.
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660,95 kr. This book examines Richard Nixon within the context of the emerging revisionism that his place in history should not be defined entirely by Watergate. It assesses his many achievements and explains his equally numerous shortcomings.
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- 660,95 kr.