49 Results for : hapsburg
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'Black but Human'
'Black but Human' ab 83.49 € als epub eBook: Slavery and Visual Arts in Hapsburg Spain 1480-1700. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Belletristik, Erzählungen,- Shop: hugendubel
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The Saint and the Hapsburg Necklace: The Saint, Book 45 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 382min
On the eve of World War II, the Saint is in Vienna, where his attentions are divided between a sensuous countess and some legendary diamonds - both of which he is trying to keep out of Nazi hands. Leslie Charteris was born in Singapore and moved to England in 1919. He left Cambridge University early when his first novel was accepted for publication. He wrote novels about the Saint throughout his life, becoming one of the 20th century's most prolific and popular authors. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Telfer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/018882/bk_adbl_018882_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Metternich and the Political Police
Metternich and the Political Police ab 79.99 € als pdf eBook: Security and Subversion in the Hapsburg Monarchy (1815-1830). Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Fachthemen & Wissenschaft, Politikwissenschaft,- Shop: hugendubel
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Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII, Hörbuch, Digital, 390min
The first of Henry VIII's wives was Catherine of Aragon, the pious Catholic princess who suffered years of miscarriages and still births and yet failed to produce a male heir. As Henry VIII's interest shifted from her powerful Hapsburg relations and drifted towards France, so began his obsession with the pretty Lutheran Anne Boleyn. Jane Seymour's submissiveness was in contrast to Anne's vampish style, and Henry married her on the day of Anne's execution. Jane died soon after giving birth to the longed-for son. There followed a farcical "beauty contest" which ended in the short marriage of the now grossly overweight Henry to "the mare of Flanders", Anne of Cleves. The final part of Six Wives contrasts the two Catherines; Catherine Howard, the flirty child whose adulteries made a fool of the ageing King, and Catherine Parr, the shrewd, religiously radical bluestocking. Language: English. Narrator: Patricia Hodge. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/000074/bk_hcuk_000074_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Metternich and the Political Police
Metternich and the Political Police ab 79.99 € als Taschenbuch: Security and Subversion in the Hapsburg Monarchy (1815-1830). Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1968. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Politik & Gesellschaft,- Shop: hugendubel
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The End of Days , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 448min
Winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the Hans Fallada Prize, The End of Days, by the acclaimed German writer Jenny Erpenbeck, consists essentially of five "books", each leading to a different death of the same unnamed female protagonist. "How could it all have gone differently?" the narrator asks in the intermezzos.The first chapter begins with the death of a baby in the early 20th-century Hapsburg Empire. In the next chapter, the same girl grows up in Vienna after World War I, but a pact she makes with a young man leads to a second death. In the next scenario, she survives adolescence and moves to Russia with her husband. Both are dedicated Communists, yet our heroine ends up in a labor camp. But her fate does not end there....A novel of incredible breadth and amazing concision, The End of Days offers a unique overview of the 20th century. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lisa Flanagan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/171795/bk_acx0_171795_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Loot: Studies in World Art, Book 45 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 30min
The current agitation about the restitution of artistic treasures of all kinds to their original locations is usually presented as overdue justice for faults committed by European colonialism. In fact, this is a serious oversimplification. Conquering armies have always regarded works of art as legitimate spoil.Swedish collections, for instance, are rich in objects from the collection of the Hapsburg Emperor, Rudolph II, taken during the Thirty Years War. These, however, were not generally the work of Czech artists but the possessions of an alien court that had based itself for a while in Prague. The modern Czech Republic does not pine for them too much, even when there is proof that they were actually created in Bohemia.Modern attitudes to the legitimate or illegitimate possession of famous artworks can be traced to the European Enlightenment that blossomed in the late 18th century, and in particular to the impact made by Enlightenment ideas on the men of the French Revolution. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Paul Bright. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/105248/bk_acx0_105248_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Bloodletter's Daughter: A Novel of Old Bohemia , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 834min
In 1606, the grand city of Prague hides an ugly secret: the emperor’s bastard son, Don Julius, is afflicted with a madness that pushes the prince to unspeakable depravity. Banished to a remote corner of Bohemia, Don Julius comes under the care of a bloodletter who works to purge the vicious humors coursing through the young royal’s veins. When the prince meets the bloodletter’s daughter Marketa, his madness sparks a frenzied - and dangerous - obsession. He believes Marketa embodies the women from the Coded Book of Wonder, a priceless manuscript from the imperial library that was the young prince’s only link to sanity. As the prince descends further into the darkness of his mind, his acts become ever more desperate, and Marketa, both frightened and fascinated, can’t stay away. Inspired by a true murder that rocked the Hapsburg dynasty, The Bloodletter’s Daughter is a dark and richly detailed saga of passion and revenge. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Carrington MacDuffie. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/004175/bk_brll_004175_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Fortune Hunter , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 835min
From the author of the best-selling My Last Duchess - and for any fans of Downton Abbey In 1875, Sisi, the Empress of Austria is the woman that every man desires and every woman envies. Beautiful, athletic, and intelligent, Sisi has everything - except happiness. Bored with the stultifying etiquette of the Hapsburg Court and her dutiful but unexciting husband, Franz Joseph, Sisi comes to England to hunt. She comes looking for excitement and she finds it in the dashing form of Captain Bay Middleton, the only man in Europe who can outride her. Ten years younger than her and engaged to the rich and devoted Charlotte, Bay has everything to lose by falling for a woman who can never be his. But Bay and the Empress are as reckless as each other, and their mutual attraction is a force that cannot be denied. Full of passion and drama, The Fortune Hunter tells the true story of a 19th-century Queen of Hearts and a cavalry captain, and the struggle between love and duty. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Clare Corbett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/head/000328/bk_head_000328_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Suleiman the Magnificent: A Life from Beginning to End , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 63min
Suleiman the Magnificent, the 10th sultan of the Ottoman Empire, may be an unfamiliar figure to many today. But in the 16th century, his military campaigns played a huge role in the shifting face of European politics. He was a man in search of power. His quest carried him not only to daring military exploits in Europe and Asia, but also through the intricate web of the Ottoman court, where deceit, scheming, and treachery abounded. From this audiobook, you'll learn about: The makings of a sultan A rising power The besieged island Court life, consorts, and counsellors King Ferdinand and Vienna To the edges of the map The end of an Era And much more This audiobook describes his life, from his rivalry with the Hapsburg brothers, Charles and Ferdinand, to his doomed friendship with his grand vizier, Ibrahim, and his relationship with the indomitable Roxelana. Here you will find accounts of the battles he fought, the heroics and blunders of his enemies, and his relentless progress toward his colossal ambitions. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christopher Boozell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/118854/bk_acx0_118854_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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