92 Results for : archduke

  • Thumbnail
    Dynasty and Piety
    Dynasty and Piety ab 40.49 € als epub eBook: Archduke Albert (1598-1621) and Habsburg Political Culture in an Age of Religious Wars. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Belletristik, Erzählungen,
    • Shop: hugendubel
    • Price: 40.49 EUR excl. shipping
  • Thumbnail
    A Handful of Bullets
    A Handful of Bullets ab 34.99 € als epub eBook: How the Murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Still Menaces the Peace. Digital Only. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Fachthemen & Wissenschaft, Politikwissenschaft,
    • Shop: hugendubel
    • Price: 34.99 EUR excl. shipping
  • Thumbnail
    The Emperor's Coloured Coat: The Otto Prohaska Novels, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 832min
    Early in the year 1912, the recently-promoted Lieutenant Ottokar Prohaska finds himself stuck as a gunnery officer aboard a battleship mostly moored in harbor. He answers a War Ministry advertisement for training as a naval air pilot, but he soon finds himself appointed aide-de-camp for aviation to the appalling, boorish, near-insane Austro-Hungarian heir-apparent: the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. After breaking a leg in a flying accident, Prohaska is relieved of his duties, and upon his recovery, he is posted to a river gunboat on the Danube. After an ill-considered liaison with a Polish opera singer, he flees her vengeful husband into Serbian territory. There, a case of mistaken identity enmeshes him in a Serbian anarchist plot to kill the Austro-Hungarian chief of staff with a small diversionary operation in the town of Sarajevo - the assassination of the Archduke. His warnings of the assassination plot are mysteriously disregarded by Austrian officials, and Prohaska is whisked off to Shanghai aboard an Austrian liner, where he arrives just in time for the outbreak of World War One. Plenty more outlandish adventures await him: an insider's view of the Japanese siege of a German colony, an escape aboard a Chinese junk, and instruction in the art of flat-earth marine navigation. Finally, Prohaska must come to grips with the decision, by a not-very-bright commandant of a Turkish fort in the Arabian desert, that he should be hanged as a spy. With irony, wit, historical accuracy, and telling detail, Biggins brings alive a time and place that spawned two World Wars, the Cold War, and the Balkan wars of the late 20th century. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nigel Patterson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/104645/bk_acx0_104645_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
    • Shop: Audible
    • Price: 9.95 EUR excl. shipping
  • Thumbnail
    Sarajevo: The Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 125min
    A short listen of historical fiction. Sarajevo, June 1914. As Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, tours Bosnia, dark forces are at work to free the Southern Slavs from Vienna. An extraordinary sequence of mistakes and mishaps is fated to change the world forever, and one man stands in the midst of it all. In the space of 24 hours, history stumbles wounded and delirious as the world descends inexorably into a war that will encompass the globe. Seen through the eyes of the key players, this is the story of that terrible day when destiny closed its eyes. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joe Mills. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/128373/bk_acx0_128373_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
    • Shop: Audible
    • Price: 9.95 EUR excl. shipping
  • Thumbnail
    The Trigger , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 517min
    On a summer morning in Sarajevo a hundred years ago, a teenage assassin fired not just the opening shots of the First World War but the starting gun for modern history. By killing Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Gavrilo Princip triggered conflict that would claim millions of lives in battle, and turmoil that would change our world. Tim Butcher uncovers the unreported details of Princip’s life and draws on his own experience, as a war reporter in the Balkans in the 1990s, to face down ghosts of conflicts past and present. The Trigger is a rich and timely work that brings to life both the moment the world first went to war and an extraordinary region with a potent hold over history. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tim Butcher. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/howe/002001/bk_howe_002001_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
    • Shop: Audible
    • Price: 9.95 EUR excl. shipping
  • Thumbnail
    Encyclopedia of Assassinations (eBook, ePUB)
    Encyclopedia of Assassinations is the most comprehensive handbook on over 400 assassinations, attempts, and plots against political figures. The narrative entries detail history's most turbulent moments, including the date, location, and full description of each incident, as well as biographical information about the victim and assassin and the circumstances surrounding each historical event. Here are: . Jesse James: Outlaw killed by Bob Ford in 1882 . Ian Gow: Conservative member of the British Parliament killed by a car bomb in 1990 . Franz Ferdinand: Archduke and heir to the Austrian throne killed by Gavrilo Princip in 1914 . John F. Kennedy: American president killed by Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963 . Rajiv Gandhi: Prime Minister of India killed by an unidentified bomber in 1991 . Ernesto "Che” Guevara: Revolutionary killed by Bolivian forces in 1967 . Abraham Lincoln: American president killed by John Wilkes Booth in 1865 . And hundreds more! This encyclopedia's illustrations, bibliography, appendix grouping the assassinations by country, and further readings turn it into an essential reference for history teachers, students, crime buffs, and those who are curious about "the most notorious acts of their kind.”
    • Shop: buecher
    • Price: 12.52 EUR excl. shipping
  • Thumbnail
    Sword's Call: King's Riders, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 581min
    Book one in The King's Riders fantasy romance series! For generations, the Ryhans, ruling family of the Province of Greenwald, have been keepers of a sword rumored to possess enough magic to defeat kings. Lord Varthan, a former archduke and betrayer of the king, covets the sword and invades Greenwald. Lady Ceralda Ryhan, daughter of the murdered duke, gains the sword and flees, trusting only her white wolf, Trikser - magically bonded to her. Cera needs nothing more to aid in her fight. Jorrin Aldern, half elfin and half human, left his home in the mountains of Aramour to find his human father who disappeared 20 turns before, but finds Cera with Varthan and his shades on her tail instead. His dual heritage and empathic magic will tempt Cera in ways she never thought she'd desire. But can he convince her trust and love can pave the path to redemption or will the epic battle end in tragedy and evil conquer them all? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ruth Urquhart. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/071278/bk_acx0_071278_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
    • Shop: Audible
    • Price: 9.95 EUR excl. shipping
  • Thumbnail
    A 15-minute Summary & Analysis of Erik Larson's Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 36min
    Dead Wake by Erik Larson is a nonfiction account of the German unterseeboot, or U-boat, sinking of Lusitania, a British merchant vessel belonging to Cunard Line, on May 7, 1915, and its aftermath. On the night of May 6, 1915, Captain William Thomas reassured the passengers in the first-class lounge as the ship approached the "area of war" off the southern coast of Ireland. The Great War, later known as World War I, had been raging in France since July 28, 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie. In August of 1914, President Woodrow Wilson's wife, Ellen, died of Bright's disease. Her death left Wilson grief stricken. Two days before her death, Britain entered the war in Europe. Wilson chose to keep America neutral in the war and refused to allow British and German warships to enter US ports. Please note: This is an unofficial summary and analysis of the book and not the original book. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jason P. Hilton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/035892/bk_acx0_035892_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
    • Shop: Audible
    • Price: 9.95 EUR excl. shipping
  • Thumbnail
    Casca: The Trench Soldier: Casca Series #21 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 352min
    This is audiobook #21 in the Casca Series. Casca Longinus, cursed by Christ on Golgotha. Condemned to outlive the ages, and wander the globe a constant soldier. Forever fighting, surviving and waiting for Him to return. It was the last gasp of Europe's royal families. World War I began with the assassination of an obscure archduke. But before it ended, most of Europe would turn into a corpse-littered battleground. It was mankind's first modern war. Thousands would die in the hail of machine gun fire, by the burning agony of mustard gas, and on the blood-soaked steel of a bayonet. There was no honor in the rat-infested trenches or heroism for the dead who hung rotting on the barbed wire gates to no man's land. And for Casca, the Eternal Mercenary, there was only the horror of a new kind of war and a bitter envy for the dead. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gene Engene. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bimo/000426/bk_bimo_000426_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
    • Shop: Audible
    • Price: 9.95 EUR excl. shipping
  • Thumbnail
    Rebel: Space Gypsy Chronicles, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 562min
    The Rhomanii are looking for the man foretold in the prophecy, a leader that will unite the clans and lead them home. Some addled seers decided that man is Rafe. That caused a bit of an issue, mostly because there is a second foretelling, one calling him the destroyer. Cooler name, but it comes with attempts to kill him, mostly by his uncle, the archduke for the enclave. But what's a little blood and murder between family members? Rafe is older now. Wiser. And most definitely deadlier, which is why Rafe is returning to the mighty wheel housing his clan. It seems his uncle has some of the artifacts he's seeking. Not for long. Rafe is so close to completing the puzzle and solving the mystery. Maybe even finding the mysterious path home. Time is running out, though. The forces for and against him are rallying. Grumbles and whispers tell of entire families gone silent. Who is killing them, and is rebellion the only solution? Contains mature themes. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Chandra Skyye. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/007104/bk_tant_007104_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
    • Shop: Audible
    • Price: 9.95 EUR excl. shipping

Similar searches: