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Cornerstone Enigma
Book SynopsisRobert Harris is the author of fifteen bestselling novels: the Cicero Trilogy - Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator - Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, The Ghost, The Fear Index, An Officer and a Spy, which won four prizes including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, Conclave, Munich, The Second Sleep, V2 and Act of Oblivion. His work has been translated into forty languages and nine of his books have been adapted for cinema and television. He lives in West Berkshire with his wife, Gill Hornby.Trade ReviewThe brilliance of Enigma is that it gives readers the sense of being contemporary with its characters and then leads them on a dark journey of discovery to arrive at another of the Second World War's blackest horror stories, one not fully admitted until half a century later... Altogether top-class stuff. Peter Millar * The Times *Enigma totally gripped me * Sunday Times *After the resounding success of his first novel, Fatherland, the question was what would Robert Harris do for an encore? This is his resounding answer * Mail on Sunday *Extraordinarily good... undoubtedly the best thriller of the year, and perhaps of several years to come * Evening Standard *I finished the book regretful it had ended, and full of wonder at this extraordinary world, people and achievements it evoked * Observer *
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp The Commodity Cast
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University of Toronto Press On the Heroic Frenzies
Book SynopsisItalian astronomer and Dominican friar Giordano Bruno (15481600), found guilty of heresy by the Roman Inquisition and burned at the stake, has long been an enigma of early modern European philosophy. His central 1586 work On the Heroic Frenzies has shown a particular need for a fresh examination. This vibrant bilingual edition, annotated by celebrated Bruno scholar Ingrid D. Rowland, features the text in its original Italian alongside an elegant, accurate English translation. On the Heroic Frenzies is at once a philosophical dialogue, an anthology of love poetry, and a collection of sonnets, songs, and emblems sometimes borrowed from other writers, but primarily Bruno’s own. Rowland’s detailed introduction and extensive footnotes highlight the philosophical sources, Biblical allusions, and biographical elements that make Bruno’s work both richly conceived and often challenging to understand. Providing cohesive insights into Bruno’s tTrade Review"Scholars, teachers, and students of Renaissance literature and intellectual history will certainly benefit from this elegant translation, which successfully contributes to the growing availability of Italian philosophical texts in reliable and accessible English translations. Bruno specialists, moreover, will certainly appreciate Rowland’s deep understanding of the text and insightful comments on the life and thought of the Nolan." -- Matteo Soranzo * Recensioni *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction The Imprese of the Eroici furori DE GLI EROICI FURORI / ON THE HEROIC FRENZIES Argomento del Nolano sopra Gli eroici furori The Nolan's Argument of the Heroic Frenzies Prima parte First Part Seconda parte Second Part Notes Bibliography Index
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Random House USA Inc Enigma
Book Synopsis'LITERATE AND SAVVY . . . BRIMS WITH WARTIME INTRIGUE.'--The Washington Post Book WorldEngland 1943. Much of the infamous Nazi Enigma code has been cracked. But Shark, the impenetrable operational cipher used by Nazi U-boats, has masked the Germans' movements, allowing them to destroy a record number of Allied vessels. Feeling that the blood of Allied sailors is on their hands, a top-secret team of British cryptographers works feverishly around the clock to break Shark. And when brilliant mathematician Tom Jericho succeeds, it is the stuff of legend. . . .'A TENSE AND THOUGHTFUL THRILLER.'--San Francisco ChronicleUntil the unthinkable happens: the Germans have somehow learned that Shark has been cracked. And they've changed the code. . . .'SUSPENSEFUL AND FASCINATING.'--The Orlando SentinelAs an Allied convoy crosses the U-boat infested North Atlantic . . . as Jericho's ex-lover Claire disappears amid accusations that she is a Nazi collaborator . . . as Jericho strains his last resources to break Shark again, he cannot escape the ultimate truth: There is a traitor among them. . . . 'GRIPPING . . . CAPTIVATING .'--New York Daily News'ELEGANTLY RESEARCHED . . . Readers will find themselves perfectly placed to experience one of Britain's finest hours.'--People'SATISFYING . . . Harris does a crackerjack job here, playing his characters' lives off historical events in surprising ways.'--Entertainment Weekly'SUSPENSEFUL . . . FIENDISHLY CLEVER.'--Detroit Free Press
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Cornerstone Enigma
Book SynopsisRuNyx is a New York Times, USA Today and international bestselling author of romance. Her stories range across subgenres from dark contemporary to gothic to historical to fantasy and more, and are currently being translated into over 10 languages.Her pen name has a very special meaning to her. When she's not writing, she's reading, traveling, meditating, daydreaming, and most of all, procrastinating.
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Little, Brown Book Group Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma
Book SynopsisPublished in 1996, Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma was the first in-depth study of the artist's life. It has not been superseded.In this substantially revised, updated edition - to coincide with the artist's centenary, which will be celebrated from autumn 2008 through summer 2009 - Peppiatt will incorporate confidential material Bacon gave him, which he did not include in the first edition. This valuable, first-hand information comes from the hundreds of conversations Bacon had with Peppiatt, often late into the night, over thirty years, particularly during the periods Bacon spent living and working in Paris. It includes insights into Bacon's intimate relationships, his artistic convictions and his general view of life, as well as his acerbic comments on his contemporaries.Peppiatt will draw on some of the fascinating information that has become available in the fifteen years since the artist died. Once jealously guarded by the artist himself, the contents of Bacon's studio can now be freely consulted; Peppiatt has had privileged access to these archives, and he will show how a number of recent discoveries - including wholly unexpected source material - have radically changed the way we look at Bacon's work. Similarly, his recent research into the artist's background - his tortured affair with the sadistic Peter Lacy in Tangier, for instance, and the baffling circumstances of his death in Madrid - will shed light on unexplored areas of Bacon's life and work. Peppiatt will also unveil new information from several people who knew Bacon intimately and who have never gone on record previously.Trade ReviewBrilliantly and evocatively written. -- Antonia Fraser * Daily Mail *[Peppiatt's] account of the evolution of Bacon's artistic ideas is confident, amusing and thought-provoking. -- Richard Davenport-Hines * The Independent *This account of a life, as Peppiatt puts it, "filled with the extremes of human emotion and devoted to expressing them with utmost force," is probably more readable and enjoyable than the attempts at exhaustive biography which surely lie ahead. * Gilbert De Botton, Literary Review *Anatomy of an Engima will surely remain a uniquely authoritative and readable account of the man who once confided, 'it may sound pretentious but you see I have had the most extraordinary life'. * Literary Review *One of the most important and insightful writings on the artist * Art Newspaper *
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Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. Da Vinci Enigma Tarot
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University of Toronto Press The Cast of Character
Book SynopsisThis book is concerned with the idea of character and the methods of representing it in ancient and medieval narrative fiction, and shows how late classical and medieval authors adopted techniques and perspectives from rhetoric, philosophy, and sometimes theology to fashion figures who define not only themselves but also their readers.Ginsberg first tests Ovid's concept in the Amores and the Metamorphoses against the conventions of classical tradition and shows how, although Ovid's idea of character did not change, his technique grew more subtle and complex as his art matured.Ginsberg then employs the methods of biblical exegesis to show how medieval characters – Gottfried's Tristan, Dante's Farinata, Chrétien's Yvain – both exist as themselves and point to characters beyond themselves, gaining depth and resonance because we see them in this perspective.Perspective is also a distinguishing quality of the maturing of Boccaccio's art. In the early wo
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Heyne Taschenbuch Enigma Roman
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University of Toronto Press On the Heroic Frenzies
Book SynopsisItalian astronomer and Dominican friar Giordano Bruno (15481600), found guilty of heresy by the Roman Inquisition and burned at the stake, has long been an enigma of early modern European philosophy. His central 1586 work On the Heroic Frenzies has shown a particular need for a fresh examination. This vibrant bilingual edition, annotated by celebrated Bruno scholar Ingrid D. Rowland, features the text in its original Italian alongside an elegant, accurate English translation. On the Heroic Frenzies is at once a philosophical dialogue, an anthology of love poetry, and a collection of sonnets, songs, and emblems sometimes borrowed from other writers, but primarily Bruno’s own. Rowland’s detailed introduction and extensive footnotes highlight the philosophical sources, Biblical allusions, and biographical elements that make Bruno’s work both richly conceived and often challenging to understand. Providing cohesive insights into Bruno’s tTrade Review"Scholars, teachers, and students of Renaissance literature and intellectual history will certainly benefit from this elegant translation, which successfully contributes to the growing availability of Italian philosophical texts in reliable and accessible English translations. Bruno specialists, moreover, will certainly appreciate Rowland’s deep understanding of the text and insightful comments on the life and thought of the Nolan." -- Matteo Soranzo * Recensioni *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction The Emblems of the eroici furori Dedicatory Letter to Sir Philip Sidney Content of the Five Dialogues of the First Part First Part of the Herioc Frenzies Notes to the First Part of the Heroic Frenzies Second Part of the Heroic Frenzies Notes to the Second Part of the Heroic Frenzies Index
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Tor Publishing Group Enigma
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Enigma Edición cantos pintados Spanish Edition
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Bonnier Books Ltd Where's Bruno?: A Disney Encanto Search and Find
Book SynopsisWe may not talk about Bruno, but we can certainly find him hiding in the various rooms of Casita and all around the town of the Encanto!Join Mirabel and her family as you explore the Madrigal's magical home. From Casita's courtyard and Antonio's newly created jungle-themed room to Bruno's rat-filled lair and the colourful streets of the town of the Encanto, you'll have fun spotting Mirabel, Bruno, Antonio, Luisa, Isabella and the rest of the family Madrigal! Perfect for Disney fans young and old, this unique search and find book will keep you entertained for hours.Also available: Where's Mickey?, Where's Minnie?, Where's Olaf?, Where's Spidey?, Where's Grogu? and Disney Princess Magical Worlds Search and Find Activity Book.
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Editorial Funambulista S.L. El enigma Recasens
Book SynopsisVíctor Itóiz, ex policía, ex detective y ex guarda de seguridad, sobrevive a sus cincuenta y ocho años como vigilante en una modesta tienda museo de Barcelona. Desde que se arruinó, hace ya una década, vive de espaldas al mundo y sin apenas relación con otras personas. Su vida se rige por la férrea disciplina que él mismo se impone y a la que se aplica a modo de penitencia. Trabaja sometido a los antojos de su jefe, Ramón Recasens, un buscavidas cuyo principal negocio consiste en trapichear en su comercio con el legado artístico familiar.Un crimen, una mujer y una llamada desde el pasado cambiarán de forma radical la existencia de Víctor, que se verá forzado a conjurar sus miedos y rescatar lo mejor de sí mismo para resolver un enigma centrado en una obra de arte. De ello dependerá su vida y la de las pocas personas a las que, pese a todo, aún quiere.El enigma Recasens es una apasionante novela policíaca, cargada de ironía y forjada a partir de unos personajes entrañables. Pero
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Legare Street Press Pascal Bruno By A. Dumas Ed. by T. Hook
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Almuzara El Enigma Garabandal
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Ediciones Nowtilus El enigma del códice Bardulia
Book SynopsisUn estigma transmitido de generación en generación. Un condado invisible para las huestes sarracenas. Un monasterio que verá nacer las primeras palabras castellanas. Un manuscrito medieval que encierra un inesperado mensaje. Una insólita serie de muertes en un pequeño hospital de provincias... El enigma del códice Bardulia es una novela que nos introduce en una peligrosa aventura a caballo entre dos épocas. En el siglo IX un ermitaño encuentra una docena de cadáveres de soldados en un claro de un bosque vasco. De entre los cuerpos emerge un joven cristiano con las manos manchadas de sangre. En el siglo XXI un médico y una investigadora unen sus fuerzas en una aventura que cambiará sus vidas para siempre
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Bhula Hari Enigma
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Almuzara El Enigma de Shakespeare
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Cambridge University Press Giordano Bruno Cause Principle and Unity And Essays on Magic Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
Giordano Bruno's notorious public death in 1600, at the hands of the Inquisition in Rome, marked the transition from Renaissance philosophy to the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century. In his philosophical works he addressed such delicate issues as the role of Christ as mediator and the distinction, in human beings, between soul and matter. This volume presents new translations of Cause, Principle and Unity, in which he challenges Aristotelian accounts of causality and spells out the implications of Copernicanism for a new theory of an infinite universe, and of two essays on magic, On Magic and A General Account of Bonding, in which he interprets earlier theories about magical events in the light of the unusual powers of natural phenomena.
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Orion Publishing Co Enigma
Book SynopsisThe complete story of how the German Enigma codes were broken. Perfect for fans of THE IMITATION GAME, the new film on Alan Turing''s Enigma code, starring Benedict Cumberbatch.Breaking the German Enigma codes was not only about brilliant mathematicians and professors at Bletchley Park. There is another aspect of the story which it is only now possible to tell. It takes in the exploits of spies, naval officers and ordinary British seamen who risked, and in some cases lost, their lives snatching the vital Enigma codebooks from under the noses of Nazi officials and from sinking German ships and submarines. This book tells the whole Enigma story: its original invention and use by German forces and how it was the Poles who first cracked - and passed on to the British - the key to the German airforce Enigma. The more complicated German Navy Enigma appeared to them to be unbreakable.Trade ReviewCracking stuff -- Robert Harris * THE TIMES *Unquestionably deepens and enriches our understanding of the Bletchley story ... Sebag-Montefiore demonstrates superbly that the seizure of the Enigma codebooks was among the crucial episodes in Britain's prosecution of the war * OBSERVER *
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Yale University Press Giordana Bruno the Embassy Affair
Book SynopsisDelving into a netherworld of treachery and intrigue in Elizabethan London, John Bossy attempts to solve a centuries-old mystery: who was "Fagot", the spy working within the French embassy in London to subvert Catholic attempts to overthrow Queen Elizabeth and her government?Trade Review"This book is a detective story told by a masterly historian." Diarmaid MacCulloch, New Statesman & Society "Read the book. It is, quite simply, brilliant." Susan Brigden, Country Life "Bossy's creative, thoroughly researched and engaging work emulates the investigative style of the best detective fiction." Deborah E. Harkness, Sixteenth Century Journal "Mr. Bossy's erudition is so great, his virtuosity in handling it so enviable, the story he tells so fascinating, and he tells it so well, with such verve and subtlety and wit... This is a marvellous book." H. R. Trevor-Roper, New York Review of Books "Bossy combines meticulous research with a lively style and guides the reader along the alleys of Elizabethan espionage to some startling conclusions." Andrew Roberts, Sunday Telegraph "A very real tour de force by a very clever historian." Simon Adams, Times Literary Supplement "Bossy opens up a startling new angle on certain secret operations of the mid-1580s... A triumph of close historical focus." Charles Nicholl, London Review of Books
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC M The Caravaggio Enigma
Book SynopsisThe controversial, ground-breaking biography of Caravaggio''A great read; it grabs, it kicks, it lives ... Feel the force of Caravaggio''s cutting edge'' GuardianWritten in a vehemently passionate and colloquial style ... it is full of energy'' TelegraphM is the name of an enigma. In his short and violent life, Michaelangelo Merisi, from Caravaggio, changed art for ever. In the process he laid bare his own sexual longing and the brutal realities of his life with shocking frankness.Like no painter before him and few since, M the man appears in his art. As a book about art and life and how they connect, there has never been anything quite like it.Trade Review'A great read; it grabs, it kicks, it lives...Feel the force of Caravaggio's cutting edge' * Guardian *‘Written in a vehemently passionate and colloquial style, M is an abrasive, flawed, idiosyncratic book, but it is full of energy' * Daily Telegraph *'A grand passion ... Wonderful art criticism' * Allison Pearson *'A terrific book, a fantastically easy read' * Tony Parsons *
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Bhula Hari Enigma
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Dedalus Ltd Enigma
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LEGARE STREET PR Life and Teachings of Giordano Bruno
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Vinci Books The Croydon Enigma
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Independently Published Il Mistero di Cingoli
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Creative Media Partners, LLC The Heroic Enthusiasts Gli Eroici Furori
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Workman Publishing Mary Bowser and the Civil War Spy Ring: A Spy on
Book SynopsisYour Mission: Find Mary’s secret diary using spycraft stools to uncover hidden codes! It’s a true story of bravery: Mary Bowser was an African American spy for the Union who worked as a maid in the mansion of Confederate Jefferson Davis. From hair-raising close calls when she almost gets caught to how she uses her photographic memory to “steal” top secret documents. Mary’s story reads like a gripping novel.It’s a mystery to solve: There are clues embedded in the story’s text and illustrations, and Spycraft materials—including a replica Civil War cipher wheel—come in an envelope at the beginning of the book. Use both to discover what happened to Mary Bowser’s secret diary.
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Encanto. Dónde está Bruno
Book SynopsisVen con Bruno y descubre Casita y el maravilloso Encanto!Busca a Mirabel, a Antonio, a Luisa y a los demás miembros de la familia Madrigal que se esconden en las escenas. Abre bien los ojos para detectar todos los objetos ocultos! Al final del libro encontrarás más cosas para buscar.La colección Dónde está? estimula la capacidad de atención, la concentración y fomenta el desarrollo de habilidades cognitivas como la percepción visual y la agilidad mental.Recomendado a partir de 5 años.
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Jodi Ellen Malpas Ltd The Enigma
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Independently Published Enigmi del pensiero libero: Enigmi, indovinelli, pensiero laterale, giochi matematici, griglie logiche, gialli logici.
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St Martin's Press Enigma Variations
Book SynopsisFrom the author of Call Me By Your Name (now a major motion picture) comes a passionate portrait of love's contradictory power, in five illuminating stories
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HardPress Publishing The History of the Druids Cicero Illustratus De Inventione Typographiae De Jordano Bruno Jordano Brunos Innumerable Worlds Books Ascribed to the C Secret History of the SouthSea 1
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Taylor & Francis The Psi Enigma
Book SynopsisThe Psi Enigma: When Anomalous Experiences Transcend The Everyday World explores one of scienceâs most fascinating frontiers: the study of psi phenomena including telepathy, precognition, and mind-matter interactions. While these phenomena remain controversial, recent research suggests current scientific paradigms may be too narrow to account for them. Professor Thomas Rabeyron draws on psychology, psychoanalysis, philosophy, and physics to introduce the groundbreaking Orpheus Modelâthe first comprehensive theoretical framework for understanding psi.The book synthesizes decades of research while opening new perspectives on consciousness, time, and our relationship with the world. Key features include an overview of psi's rejection in Western culture, exploration of epistemological issues and the psi paradox, and detailed presentation of the Orpheus Model. The text concludes by demonstrating how seriously considering the psi hypothesis can lead to novel and useful shifts in our perception of space, time, and consciousness concepts.The Psi Enigma serves as essential reading for students in anomalous psychology and parapsychology. It provides invaluable insights for clinicians, philosophers of mind, and physicists engaged in consciousness studies. This comprehensive text offers crucial theoretical foundations for researchers and practitioners exploring the boundaries between conventional science and anomalous phenomena, making it an indispensable resource for anyone investigating the nature of human consciousness and its potential capabilities.
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Forgotten Books Life and Teachings of Giordano Bruno
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Academica Press The Don Carlos Enigma: Variations of Historical
Book SynopsisThe death of Spain’s Don Carlos, Prince of Asturias, on July 24, 1568, remains an enigma. Several accounts insinuated that the Spanish Crown Prince was murdered while incarcerated by order of his father, King Philip II. The mystery of Don Carlos’s death, supported by ambassadorial accounts that implied foul play, became a fertile subject for defamation campaigns against Philip, fostering an extraordinary fluidity between history and fiction. This book investigates three treatments of the Don Carlos legend on which this fluidity had a potent, transformational impact: César Vichard de Saint-Réal’s novel, Dom Carlos, nouvelle historique (1672), Friedrich Schiller’s play, Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien (1787), and Giuseppe Verdi’s opera, Don Carlos (1867). Through these cultural variations on a historical theme, the authors and composer contributed innovative elements to their genres. In The Don Carlos Enigma, the exciting young scholar Maria-Cristina Necula explores how the particular blend of history and fiction around the personage of Don Carlos inspired such artistic liberties with evolutionary outcomes. Saint-Réal advanced the nouvelle historique genre by developing the element of conspiracy. Schiller’s play began the transition from the Sturm und Drang literary movement towards Weimar Classicism. Verdi introduced new dramatic and musical elements to bring opera closer to the realism of dramatic theatre. Within each of these treatments, pivotal points of narrative, semantic, dramatic, and musical transformation shaped not only the story of Don Carlos, but the expressive forms themselves. In support of the investigation, selected scenes from the three works are explored and framed by an engagement with studies in the fields of French literature, German theatre, French and Italian opera, and Spanish history. The enigma of the Spanish prince may never be solved, but Saint-Réal, Schiller, and Verdi have offered alternatives that, in a sense, unburden history of truth that it could never bear alone. In the case of Don Carlos, history is in itself an encyclopedia of variations.
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Lulu.com Enigma
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Independently Published O Enigma do Espinho Estendido
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HarperCollins Publishers Treachery Giordano Bruno 4 A gripping historical
Book SynopsisThe No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling seriesThe fourth book in S. J. Parris's bestselling, critically acclaimed series following Giordano Bruno, set at the time of Queen Elizabeth IAugust, 1585. England is on the brink of warSir Francis Drake is preparing to launch a daring expedition against the Spanish when a murder aboard his ship changes everything.A relentless enemy. A treacherous conspiracy.Giordano Bruno agrees to hunt the killer down, only to find that more than one deadly plot is brewing in Plymouth's murky underworld. And as he tracks a murderer through its dangerous streets, he uncovers a conspiracy that threatens the future of England itself.Perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom and Hilary MantelPraise for S. J. ParrisS. J. Parris is one of my favourite authors and unquestionably our greatest living writer of historical thrillers.' A.J. Finn, No. 1 bestselling author of The Woman in the WindowHugely enjoyable GuardianThis is historical mystery fiction at its finest' Publishers WeeTrade Review‘S. J. Parris is one of my favourite authors – and unquestionably our greatest living writer of historical thrillers. Few novelists inhabit a setting – any setting – with such confidence and command; fewer still devise plots of such cunning and craft’ A.J. Finn, No. 1 bestselling author of The Woman in the Window ‘Hugely enjoyable… It’s played straight, but never humourlessly so, and there’s just enough “proper” history amid the intrigue to keep purists on side’ Guardian ‘With its twisting plot and vivid scene-setting, TREACHERY confirms Parris’s growing reputation as a writer of historical thrillers’ Sunday Times ‘An evil bookseller and a terrifying brothel lie ahead; what’s not to like? Gripping and fun’ Observer ‘Parris’s Giordano Bruno series has been a joy. Her Elizabethan England is loud, pungent and blessedly free of some of the genre’s more egregious clichés. She wears her research lightly: at home with the detail of the period, she is quite happy to engage in a little creative anachronism to bring the story home’ Telegraph ‘There are echoes of CJ Sansom’s Shardlake series here. But Parris is better than the usual run of imitators. Her prose is taut and compelling. Her wielding of the historical material is always convincing but never overwhelming’ The Times ‘This is historical mystery fiction at its finest’ Publishers Weekly Praise for S. J. Parris: ‘Impossible to resist … Parris creates a convincing sense of the past, woven with so much intrigue that the head fairly spins’ Daily Telegraph ‘It has everything – intrigue, mystery and excellent history’ Kate Mosse ‘Parris writes with confident ease of Tudor London … The dialogue balances nicely on a tightrope of period phrases and cut-to-the-chase colloquialisms. More, please’ The Times ‘Full of surprises … an imaginatively satisfying addition to the many real intrigues surrounding the imprisoned Mary Stuart and the threats to Elizabeth’s security’ TLS
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Whittles Publishing Enigma: The Untold Story of the Secret Capture
Book SynopsisDavid Balme will be forever known as the 20-year-old hero who, on 9 May 1941, boarded a German U-boat in mid-Atlantic, and captured one of the greatest secrets of the Second World War. This capture - or 'pinch' as it was known within secret, inner circles - changed the course of the Battle of the Atlantic and shortened the war itself. Balme was part of a team comprising officers and men of the Third Escort Group ably led by Commander Joe Baker Cresswell, also commander of HMS Bulldog, who shared the danger with other unsung heroes such as Lieutenant Commander George Dodds. Balme was tasked with taking the Bulldog's whaler and a small party to board the U-boat U-110 which had been disabled. However he was alone when initially boarding, entering and searching the U-boat. This put him in a vulnerable position while descending into the vessel - he risked being shot by any German submariner that may have remained or blown-up by a booby-trap device. Furthermore he could have drowned when Bulldog disappeared into the mists of the Atlantic to hunt another U-boat, as U-110 could have plummeted into the depths at any time.However, where others tried and failed or tragically lost their lives, Balme and his boarding party succeeded magnificently in capturing an entire Enigma machine, the essential rotors and months' worth of associated cipher material. This was an absolute gift to the code breakers at Bletchley Park who were able to read all the secret German naval signal traffic for some months and it enabled them to read virtually the whole of the traffic for the rest of the war and with little delay. The capture was kept so secret that few even on the British side knew about it - not even the Americans were told what had been achieved after they entered the war. Balme returned from the war and never spoke about the secret capture which he believed would be hidden forever. The story of the capture and ransack of U-110 is told for the first time in the words and letters of David Balme, his captain Joe Baker Cresswell, George Dodds and others who took part in the most important submarine capture of the whole war.Besides the capture of U-110, Balme enjoyed an astonishing variety of wartime experience including the Spanish Civil War, the Palestine Patrol, the sinking of HMS Courageous, the Battle of Convoy KJF3, the fight with the heavy cruiser Hipper, the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Battle of Convoy OB318, being sunk during Operation Harpoon, the air war in the Western Desert, the high level diplomacy of Prime Minister Winston Churchill and pioneering work as a Fighter Direction Officer in the war against Japan.Trade Review'Captain Peter Hore has put together a most remarkable story which is well worth a read'. In Depth -------------------- `...in 21 compelling chapters - describes the build-up to the capture of Enigma, the event itself and its aftermath... It's a tale of daring and courage.' Nautilus Telegraph --------------------`A fantastic and enthralling book, I thoroughly recommend it.' Royal Naval Sailing Association--------------------`Balme... made the most astonishing `secret capture' of WW2... his spectacularly ripping yarn in full... is a classic naval biography... hugely enjoyable and entertaining, delivering the last word on various aspects of the U-110 episode.' Warships International Fleet Review-------------------- `This beautifully presented book, however, is more than a classic naval history - it completes a hitherto untold life story... a thrilling and enjoyable read... This book has been eagerly awaited. Peter Hore has succeeded in securing David Balme's role in history.' Ray Mayes -------------------- `The whole account is given a well-written makeover... a thundering good read.' The Naval Review -------------------- `…an exemplar of personal courage and leadership of the highest order. …provides a wealth of materials on technicalities, strategy, events and biographical detail … illuminated by direct quotation from Balme’s midshipman’s journal, letters home, and recollections … This is a fascinating tale … We are truly fortunate that our island, faced with great evil, produced such men’. Army Rumour Service
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Independently Published Il mistero di Tunguska
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iUniverse ENIGMA
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Piper Verlag GmbH Enigma Wahrheit Begehren Dunkelheit
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University Press of Mississippi Hollywood Enigma
Book SynopsisHere at last is the complete story of Dana Andrews (19091992): a great actor who struggled to overcome alcoholism while enjoying the accolades of his contemporaries, a successful term as president of the Screen Actors Guild, and the love of family and friends that never deserted him.
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