Questo autore è noto per la sua penetrante visione della psiche umana e delle complessità delle relazioni. Le sue opere spesso si immergono negli aspetti più oscuri della natura umana, esplorando le motivazioni dei personaggi e i dilemmi etici che affrontano. La precisione stilistica e la profondità delle sue narrazioni ben costruite attirano i lettori in un esame avvincente dei confini morali. La sua prosa è caratterizzata dalla sua qualità atmosferica e dalla capacità di evocare forti emozioni.
London 1664. Harry Lytle has just discovered he has a young cousin, Anne Giles. But he's had the pleasure of meeting her for the first time as a corpse. Harry sets out to track down Anne's killer, he must follow a trail of blood, conspiracy and corruption that takes him to the dark and murky corners of Restoration London.
In July 1665, during the plague in London, Harry Lytle returns to investigate the murder of the Earl of St Albans. A gruesome death at the dinner table sets him on the case.
97 Landkarten, 7 große Panorama-Rekonstruktionen, 17 Lagepläne und über 150 Fotografien lassen die Geschichte der Bibel von Abraham bis hin zu den ersten christlichen Gemeinden lebendig werden. Ein unentbehrlicher Begleiter für alle, die die Bibel lesen, verstehen und in ihre Welt eintauchen wollen.
Why do we live in nations, and why are we willing to die for them? Essential reading on how historians and others have tried to answer these questions from the nineteenth century to the present. Nationalism is a massively popular thematic course - driving issue in European history and one of the most powerful forces in the modern world.Highly topical issue - revival of nationalism in Eastern Europe in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, and success of political right in Western EuropeMakes very complex subject accessible - most books on the subject are very difficult.Certain to be essential reading - key focus on the debates and historiography