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Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
DAVID W BLIGHT · Simon & Schuster Pages: 896 Format: Hardcover
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The definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African-American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era.As a young man Frederick Douglass (1818-1895)... |
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Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life
Diarmaid MacCulloch · Viking Pages: 640 Format: Hardcover
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The long-awaited biography of the genius who masterminded Henry VIII's bloody revolution in government, based on a decade of original archival research, which reveals at last Cromwell's role in the downfall of Anne Boleyn"This a book that - and it's not often you can say this... |
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Churchill: Walking with Destiny
ANDREW ROBERTS · Viking Pages: 1088 Format: Hardcover
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A landmark reconsideration of the iconic war leader, based on extensive new material--from private letters to war cabinet meetings-- by the bestselling, award-winning author of Napoleon and The Storm of War.When we seek an example of unalloyed courage, the man who comes to mind is Winston... |
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The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold: An American Life
JOYCE LEE MALCOM · Pegasus Books Pages: 336 Format: Hardcover
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A vivid and timely re-examination of one of young America's most complicated figures: the war hero turned infamous traitor, Benedict Arnold. Proud and talented, history now remembers this conflicted man solely through the lens of his last desperate act of treason. Yet the fall of Benedict... |
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Louisiana Legacy: History of the Daigle and Schexnayder Families
EDWARD OSCAR DAIGLE · CYPRESS COVE PUBLISHING Format: Paperback
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In Louisiana Legacy, Mr. Daigle presents a scholarly yet lively, heart-warming and inspiring chronicle of two of the state's largest and best-known families, Daigle and Schexnayder. These two families have been prominent in Louisiana for nearly three centuries. They have thrived and survived... |
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