peter the great ebook

What Jacob Abbott really appreciates is his ability to uncover and animate well-known characters. So, for example, he did with Peter the Great. Most of the story is dedicated to the achievements of the great leader. But at the same moment he can describe the cruelty that lives in Peter the Great. What was particularly interesting in this book was Peter’s conflict with his son Alexis; it was an emotionally...

A classic espionage and adventure novel set during The Great War, featuring the reckless Richard Hannay. Sequel to „The Thirty-Nine Steps” and precursor to Mr. Standfast. Tasked with unraveling a mysterious message, Hannay travels through Germany and the Middle East, searching for the elusive religious leader ’’Greenmantle’’. He is joined by three more of Buchan’s heroes: Peter Pienaar, the old Boer...

Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns. Faust wrote mostly under pen names, but today is primarily known by only one, Max Brand. Others include George Owen Baxter, George Evans, David Manning, John Frederick, Peter Morland, George Challis, and Frederick Frost. This is one of the great Western novels. The...

„ Bitwa pod Borodino Aleksandra Mikaberidzego to (…) niesamowita, fascynująca i mistrzowska analiza jednej z najciekawszych bitew wojen napoleońskich”. - THE NAPOLEON SERIES „Nowa i ekscytująca wersja historii tej ważnej bitwy. Aleksander Mikaberidze jest jednym z najważniejszych młodych napoleonistów w świecie anglojęzycznym, a niniejsza książka jest kolejnym tego dowodem. Korzysta z niesamowicie...