Télécharger le livre :  Seamus Heaney

«An admirable undertaking, as impressive for its scholarship as its sympathy. Heaney is presented here at the centre of a worldwide network of correspondents, and what emerges is a vivid sense of both the great writer and the living man.» (Seamus Perry, Fellow of...
Editeur : Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution : 2024-04-16

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39,14
Télécharger le livre :  Devolution of Power to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: The Inner History

«Raina’s documentation provides invaluable insight into the high-powered and high-level political calculations that made it happen. It is perhaps the most signal achievement of the era and this expertly curated collection on its genesis and evolution is unquestionably...
Editeur : Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution : 2023-08-28

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85,98
Télécharger le livre :  Devolution of Power to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland:The Inner History

In 1987 Tony Blair’s New Labour won a landslide victory in the British elections. To show it meant business, the new government immediately embarked on a major legislative programme, granting devolution to the outlying «Regions» joined with England in the UK. The...
Editeur : Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution : 2023-08-28

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85,98
Télécharger le livre :  Doris Lessing - A Life Behind the Scenes

In March 1949 the security service MI5 received notice of a suspect person about to enter Britain and went to great pains to keep her under surveillance. This person was the author Doris Lessing. She would eventually go on to win the Nobel Prize for literature as an...
Editeur : NBN International
Parution : 2021-04-28

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45,68
Télécharger le livre :  Heinrich von Kleist Poems


Editeur : NBN International
Parution : 2020-10-20

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45,68
Télécharger le livre :  George 'Dadie' Rylands

Just once in a while, actors and performers change the whole way in which they approach the words in their scripts. Such a change happened in the early-to-middle years of the twentieth century; and the person behind it was "Dadie" Rylands. He was a man with an ear...
Editeur : Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Parution : 2020-03-10

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78,18
Télécharger le livre :  The Seventh Earl Beauchamp

The 7th Earl Beauchamp was a prominent figure in English public life in the years 1900–30, but his career ended in scandal. He was barred from English soil, his reputation was destroyed and his papers were withheld from public view. In this book, Peter Raina uses...
Editeur : Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution : 2016-06-03

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88,57
Télécharger le livre :  A Daring Venture

At the height of the Second World War, Hitler’s Deputy, Rudolf Hess, made a dramatic solo flight to the British Isles. His arrival there was sensational news – and it baffled everyone. Why had he come? Hess claimed he had flown to Britain entirely of his own initiative...
Editeur : Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution : 2014-03-12

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60,08
Télécharger le livre :  House of Lords Reform: A History

Volume 3 of Peter Raina’s magisterial history covers the 1960s and draws on newly released documents. In astonishing detail, it traces new plans drawn up during the Macmillan-Wilson era to reform the House of Lords. ‘Mission impossible,’ a civil servant declared. But...
Editeur : Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution : 2014-03-12

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136,04
Télécharger le livre :  House of Lords Reform: A History

Peter Raina’s House of Lords Reform recounts the long struggle to bring an ancient institution up to date. The first volume ended in 1937, as crisis overwhelmed Europe. Reform issues were not forgotten, however. This second volume continues the story, presenting a...
Editeur : Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution : 2013-04-11

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122,33