Noch im Jahr 1900 herrschte Königin Victoria über ein Viertel der Menschheit, inzwischen hat Großbritannien mit Hongkong die letzte seiner Kolonien verloren. Dieser Band mit seinen zum großen Teil erstmals veröffentlichten Fotos aus dem gesamten Empire zeigt Glanz und Elend der ehemaligen Weltmacht.
Fotos von ungeheurem historischen Wert machen uns zu Augenzeugen der letzten Jahre der Zarenherrschaft, der Februar- und der Oktoberrevolution, der Zeit des Bürgerkriegs und des stalinistischen Terrors, des Zweiten Weltkriegs und der Ära des Kalten Krieges, von Glasnost und Perestroika sowie dem Zerfall der Sowjetunion
From the moment a transvestite murdered the Mad Monk, Rasputin, to the seizure of power by the Bolsheviks and the subsequent drift to dictatorship, this narrative recreates the drama of the 1917 communist revolution in Russia
The Russian Century brings to life a hundred years of Russian history. It takes us from a costume ball in old St Petersburg to the 1917 revolution; from Stalin's atrocities to the Cold War; from glasnost to the Second Revolution in 1993, and to the chaotic state of contemporary Russia. Surprising and intimate portraits of artists, writers and politicians - Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn and Shostakovitch, Lenin, Stalin and Trotsky - are set alongside the faces of unknown peasants, workers and soliders; the dramatic moments of history in the making alongside the details of ordinary life.
A reissue of the vivid, compellingly researched biography of one of history's most celebrated martyrs - translator of the Bible William Tyndale, published to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible
Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony was first played in the city of its birth on 9 August, 1942. There has never been a first performance to match it. Pray God, there never will be again. Almost a year earlier, the Germans had begun their blockade of the city. Already many thousands had died of their wounds, the cold, and most of all, starvation. The assembled musicians - scrounged from frontline units and military bands, for only twenty of the orchestra's 100 players had survived - were so hungry, many feared they'd be too weak to play the score right through. In these, the darkest days of the Se.
Covering the history of Christianity from Jesus' birth to the present, this book offers a thorough yet accessible exploration of key moments in the religion's development. Author Brian Moynahan presents a well-written narrative complemented by illustrations, making it a vital resource for Christians, historians, and anyone intrigued by a faith that has significantly influenced the modern world.
Leningrad: Siege and Symphony sets the composition of Shostakovich's most famous work against the tragic canvas of the siege itself and the years of repression and terror that preceded it.
