Questa serie si addentra nei capitoli più oscuri e spesso trascurati della storia, svelando narrazioni inquietanti ed eventi poco conosciuti. Esplora gli aspetti ombrosi della natura umana e dei fallimenti societari che hanno portato a tragedie e conflitti. I lettori troveranno resoconti avvincenti che mettono in luce gli elementi più cupi, ma cruciali, del passato. È un'esplorazione avvincente della storia che rifiuta di evitare le sue sfaccettature più inquietanti.
Dark History of the American Presidents covers every dirty deed committed behind the White House fence, from financial profiteering and insider trading to illicit bugging of the opposition, including the terms of Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
British history during the Tudor Dynasty where England is transformed from a minor medieval kingdom to a European power on the verge of an empire. Illustrated with 180 photographs, paintings, and illustrations.
"Power, corruption and scandal at the heart of the White House"--Cover.
From the Tudors to the Habsburgs to the Windsors, from Vlad the Impaler to Princess Diana, Kings and Queens of Europe is illustrated throughout with 400 colour and black-and-white photographs, genealogies and artworks, and offers a lively, highly varied portrait of European monarchy.
From the string of popes who were poisoned, deposed and mutilated by rivals for the papacy in the early middle ages, to the controversial neutrality of Pope Pius XII during WW II, this history reveals many of the scandals and secrets of the pontiffs.
"In this accessible book, the whole narrative of the Viking story is examined from the eighth to the 11th century. Arranged thematically, [the book] examines the Norsemen from exploration to religion to trade to settlement to weaponry to kingdoms to their demise and legacy. But today questions remain: what prompted the first Viking raids? What stopped their expansion? And how much of the tales of murder, rape and pillage is myth?" --Publisher.
Kości�ł katolicki odegrał niepoślednią rolę w kształtowaniu zachodniej cywilizacji. Od chwili powstania jako mało znacząca żydowska sekta,Kości�ł był zar�wno prześladowany, jak i prześladował sam, stał się potężny, a jednocześnie nie zawsze postępował zgodnie z głoszonymi przez siebie zasadami, głosił wartość moralności i duchowej czystości, choć wstrząsały nim liczne skandale.
A hundred years old, Hollywood is the world's largest film business with its movies adored around the globe. But the drama on-screen has been matched, and is often exceeded by the lives off-screen.
