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Kings & Queens

Kings & Queens

Author: David Williamson
Publishing date: 2011
David Williamson’s text paints a vivid and sensitive portrait of each monarch, revealing the dramatic events and controversies that surrounded them. With a rich selection of images, anecdotes, comprehensive fact boxes and clear family trees, National Portrait Gallery Kings & Queens will appeal to everyone with an interest in history or the British monarchy.
57.00 zł
The Great War in Portraits

The Great War in Portraits

Author: Paul Moorhouse
Sebastian Faulks
Publishing date: 2014
In viewing the Great War through the portraits of those involved, Paul Moorhouse looks at the bitter-sweet nature of a conflict in which valour and selfless endeavour were qualified by disaster and suffering, and examines the notion of identity - how various individuals associated with the war were represented and perceived. The narrative is structured chronologically, with thematic sections devoted to conflicting pairs - `Royalty and the Assassin', `Leaders and Followers', `The Valiant and the Damned' - which reveal the radical differences between those caught up in the conflict in terms of their respective roles, aspirations, experiences, and, ultimately, their destinies. `Leaders and Followers', for example, examines the dichotomy between the representation of
118.00 zł