Biography • World War II

George VI

Sarah Bradford

The definitive biography of George VI, the hero of The King's Speech George VI reigned through taxing times.

Acceding to the throne upon his brother's abdication, he was immediately confronted with the turmoil in European politics leading up to the Second World War, then the War itself, followed by a period of austerity, social transformation and loss of Empire. George was unprepared for kingship, suffering from a stammer which could make public occasions very painful for him. Moreover he had grown up in the shadow of his brother, a man who had been idolized as no royal prince has been, before or since. However, as Sarah Bradford shows in this sympathetic biography, although George was not born to be king, he died a great one. 'A triumph ... Sarah Bradford looks set to inherit Lady Longford's mantle as royal biographer supreme' Mail on Sunday 'Lucid, convincing and admirably fair ...

Dimenzije

20 x 13 cm

Broj strana

668

Nakladnik

Penguin Books Ltd, London, 2011.

Latinica. Broširano.

Jezik: Engleski.

ISBN

978-0-24195-609-0

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Biography • Essays and diaries • Croatian literature • Literary criticism

Tin bez vina: Dnevnički zapisi, feljtoni i članci o ´kralju boema´ (i oko njega)

Vladimir Rem

A collection of diary entries, feuilletons and articles by Vladimir Rem dedicated to Tin Ujević. Rem writes in this book out of his personal fascination with Tin – his life, artistic path, bohemian habits, internal struggles and social influence.

Radničko sveučilište Nada Sremec, 1981.

Hrvatski. Latinica. Broširano.

4,26 €

Biography • Historical novel • Croatian literature

Knjiga o Jovi Čarugi i Joci Udmaniću

Marino Zurl

A famous work by publicist Marin Zurlo that explores the lives of two legendary hajduks – Jovo Stanisavljević Čaruga and Joco Udmanić – who rampaged through Slavonia and Dalmatia in the 1920s, becoming symbols of resistance against injustice.

August Cesarec, 1972.

Hrvatski. Latinica. Broširano.

7,82 €

Biography • Catholicity

Vitez Kristov dr. Ivan Merz

Josip Vrbanek

The biography of Blessed Ivan Merz was written by his spiritual leader and confessor Father Josip Vrbanek, a Jesuit, who accompanied Blessed Ivan on his ascent to holiness in the last period of his life, from 1922 until his death in 1928.

Veliko križarsko bratstvo i veliko križarsko sestrinstvo, 1943.

Hrvatski. Latinica. Broširano.

19,56 €