Deborah Cadbury explores the history behind the epic monuments that spanned the industrial revolution from Brunel's extraordinary Great Eastern, the Titanic of its day that joined the two ends of the empire, to the Panama Canal, that linked the Atlantic and Pacific oceans half a century later.[...]
An award-winning historian takes a close-up look at seven extraordinary nineteenth-century engineering accomplishments that transformed the history of the modern world, including the construction of the London sewers, the Panama Canal, the Hoover Dam, and the Transcontinental Railway. Reprint. 15,00[...]
Charts the story behind the space race, and the ruthless, brilliant scientists who fuelled it. This is a tale that plays out against a backdrop of communism and espionage. This history shows the extent to which politics and personal ambition combined to create an explosive race for the glory of vict[...]
The delicious true story of the early chocolate pioneers by the award-winning writer, and direct descendant of the famous chocolate dynasty, Deborah Cadbury[...]
One of the most exhilarating true adventures in history, the race into space was marked by courage, duplicity, political paranoia, astonishing technological feats, and unbelievable triumphs in the face of overwhelming adversity. It is the story of an unparalleled rivalry between superpowers and of t[...]
Traces the story of the missing dauphin and heir of the executed Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, examining historic events from multiple angles and presenting DNA evidence to reveal new conclusions. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.[...]
The delicious history of rival chocolate companies and their fascinating dynasties-the Lindts, Frys, Hersheys, Mars, and Nestles- told by a descendant of the Cadbury family[...]
The story of two nineteenth-century scientists who revealed one of the most significant and exciting events in the natural history of this planet: the existence of dinosaurs.[...]
Den försvunne prinsen är den tragiska historien om den franske tronföljaren Ludvig XVII, kallad Louis-Charles. Som son till Ludvig XVI och Marie-Antoinette var han arvtagare till den mäktigaste tronen i Europa. Hans bekymmerslösa uppväxt i Versailles fick ett abrupt slut i och med revolutionen[...]
Extraordinär gåta som spänner över 200 år
Den försvunne prinsen är den tragiska historien om den franske tronföljaren Ludvig XVII, son till Ludvig XVI och Marie Antoinette. Prinsens bekymmerslösa barndom i Versailles fick med revolutionen 1789 ett abrupt slut.
Ludvig fick[...]