Search Results: Biography: World Leaders from The Owl at the Bridge

New York, Macmillan [1987]. Hard Cover. 7 p.l., 830 p., index, plates. 24 cm. ”A monumental biography of Sir Stewart Menzies, the legendary wartime leader of British intelligence. Agile, ruthless, and cunning, Menzies dominated the world intelligence scene from 1933 to 1952.” Recent authors have suggested that Menzies was better at fighting bureaucratic wars than the Germans. Without the assistance of the Abwehr and Menzies's control of information from Bletchley Park, he was a muddle-headed aristocratic dupe. ”By 1944 SIS was almost in dissolution, its few successes overshadowed by its disasters.” Stock# 44,461. Vg / dj vg.

Collier/Macmillan, NY [1987]. Soft Cover. 830 p., index, plates. ”A monumental biography of Sir Stewart Menzies, the legendary wartime leader of British intelligence. Agile, ruthless, and cunning, Menzies dominated the world intelligence scene from 1933 to 1952.” Recent authors have suggested that Menzies was better at fighting bureaucratic wars than the Germans. Without the assistance of the Abwehr and Menzies's control of information from Bletchley Park, he was a muddle-headed aristocractic dupe. ”By 1944 SIS was almost in dissolution, its few successes overshadowed by its disasters.” stock#23027a. Vg/paper covers slightly scuffed.

Paris, Editions de Fallois, Fayard, 1997. Summary: "Ce volume aborde en politique extérieure la rupture avec les Etats-Unis, la reconnaissance de la Chine de Mao, les voyages du général en Amérique latine, la construction de l'Europe; en politique intérieure: la Ve République et l'élection présidentielle au suffrage universel." ISBN (10): 2213594589 . Hard Cover. 652 pages; 24 cm. Vg / soft cover. Stock#46714.

Emeryville, CA : Shoemaker & Hoard, an imprint of Avalon Pub. Group c2006.. Hard Cover. xiv, 466 page, frontis., 17 figs., index, 24 cm. Dante is one of the towering figures of European literature, yet there remain a surprising number of questions about his life and works; Who was the leader that would bring peace to the world, as Virgil and Beatrice prophesied in the Commedia? Who was Beatrice, really? Was De Vulgari Eloquentia truly a treatise on the art of writing? Did he need a medicinal muse? Dante scholar and translator Barbara Reynolds contends the master used cannabis to soar to greater creative heights.Besides proposing a solution to the famous prophecies, this lively, engaging, and elegantly written biography contains a provocative new idea in virtually every chapter, offering alternative interpretations of his work. Drawing from an impressive array of sources, Reynolds provides a comprehensive analysis of the poet, placing him within the context of his culture and society to deepen our… Read More

Paris: Robert Laffont, 1998. Third of a four-volume set, this covers the years De Gaulle was the dominant figure in France, conducting a war with the United States because Roosevelt did not follow De Gaulle's willingness to spend every American dollar and every American drop of blood to restore the French Empire as it had been before 1940. ISBN (10): 222108800X. [436] pages; 24 cm. Stock#46713. Vg / soft cover.

Published during World War II to remind the world that Britain had had a heroic soldier who defeated Napoleon with an alliance of European countries. 405 pages : illustrations, maps, plates, portraits ; 24 cm. Stock#48068.

Contents include Whigs of the Revolution and of the Sacheverell Trial; Robert Molesworth and his Friends in England, 1693-1717; The Case of Ireland; The Interest of Scotland; The Contribution of Nonconformity; Staunch Whigs and Republicans of the Reign of George 11 (1717-1760); Honest Whigs Under George III, 1761-1789; Bibliographical Commentary, page viii, 462 pages; 24 cm. Dust jacket edges & spine toned, small closed tear at bottom of spine; bookplate; Very Good. Stock#ofc0582.

"Fifth Printing." xii, [1], 431 pages, illustrations; 23.5 cm. Detailed life of Eleanor of Aquitaine, c.1122-1204. Bound in blue cloth (faded), three parts of original dust jacket pasted on blank leaves front & rear; endpaper maps; Good. Stock#ofc0911.

New York, Random House, [2000].. Hard Cover. xx, 454 p. : illus. (some col.), index, 25 cm. Genealogical chart on endpapers. " Lady Georgiana Spencer was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. In 1774, at the age of seventeen, Georgiana achieved immediate celebrity by marrying one of England's richest and most influential aristocrats, the Duke of Devonshire. Launched into a world of wealth and power, she quickly became the queen of fashionable society, adored by the Prince of Wales, a dear friend of Marie-Antoinette, and leader of the most important salon of her time. Not content with the role of society hostess, she used her connections to enter politics, eventually becoming more influential than most of the men who held office." Bibliography (p. [423]-432). Stock# 44,483. Vg / dj vg.

Paris, 1928. Librairie Gallimard. Galerie Pittoresque 3. First published 1927. Member of Parliament from 1837 to 1880; critic of Gladstone; intimate friend of Queen Victoria; first earl of Beaconsfield; author of eight novels. Soft Cover. 286 pages, 32 b/w plates; 25.5 cm. Calligraphic color paper covers protected by waxed-paper jacket, which is torn at top corner; spine cocked; VG+. stock#32503 (mvo).

New York, Dutton [1983].. Hard Cover. xvii, 356 p., [22] leaves of plates : ill.us ; 24 cm. Lafayette lived the liberal ideal in France as well as America. This book tells how the fight for that ideal took courage and strength of character in France. Stock# 44,458. Vg / dj vg.

Boston, Little, Brown, ©1988. Hard Cover. 756 p., [32] p. of plates, illus.; 24 cm. The noted biographer-historian continues his life of Winston Churchill, focusing here on the years of Churchill's political exile and his increasingly forceful opposition to Hitler's Germany. ISBN (10): 0316545120. Stock#47206. Vg / dj fair.

Archaeology and Travel, 1888-1914; The Years of Conflict, 1914-1922; Writer and Serviceman, 1922-1935; 5 appendices; index; xi, 1188 pages, 7 maps; 24 cm. No dust jacket; spine cocked & weakened; Good. Stock#ofc0568.

"Can Gandhi's non-violent approach lead the world away from violence as the way to settle disputes?" Published the year of Gandhi's assination; the question yet unanswered. [ix], 374 pages; 23.5 cm. Stock#48117.

Paris, Robert Laffont, c1997. Soft Cover. Four volumes; 24 cm. Contents: Le chant du départ 1769/1799; Le soleil d'Austerlitz 1799-1805; L'empereur des rois 1806-1812; L'immortel de Sainte-Hélène 1812-1821. A French historical novel on a grand scale. ISBN (10):222108357. Stock#46797. Vg / soft cover.

NY, HarperCollins, ©1995. Hard Cover. xiv, 656 p., illus.; 23 cm. "She writes for the first time about her personal life, about the formation of her character and values, and about the training and experiences which led to the 1979 election victory." ISBN (10) 0060172703. Dj worn; good. stock#NEU179.

New York : Crown Publishers, c1994. Hard Cover. xv, 320 p. : illus., index, 24 cm. "The author, grandson of the WW II hero, uses previously unavailable correspondence and records to offer a case study of the family structure that produced and sustained one of America's greatest generals. George S. Patton (1885-1945) was by his own admission "not normal." Egocentric and selfish, the product of an indulged childhood, he cultivated a self-image as a warrior-knight. Patton's immaturity embraced both an absence of malice and a need for constant condoning of his actions, including those based on prejudices and ignorances. " This very personal book is about how a grandson liberated himself from the warrior culture and the family martial myth. Sections on the Civil War generation of Virginia patriots is very revealing. Stock# 43,919. Vg / dj vg.

N.Y., Putnam's, 1951. Hard Cover. xi, 306 p. Biography of Rufus Jones, 1863-1948. "His role in reuniting the various Quaker groups and endowing the Society of Friends with a new and more vital impulse to action in the world of today made him a revered figure in Quaker and religious circles." Vg/ dj worn. 101676.

London, Robert Hale [1957]. Hard Cover. 181 p., illus.; 21 cm. Translation of Churchill; ou, Le courage. Princess Bibesco first met Churchill in 1920 and knew him through her privileged connections in Britain and Europe. Stock#46993. Vg / dj good+, worn.