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1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow by Adam Zamoyski
Category: History
Adam Zamoyski's bestselling account of Napoleon's invasion of Russia and his catastrophic retreat from Moscow, events that had a profound effect on European history. In 1812 the most powerful man in the world assembled the largest army in history and marched on Moscow with the intention of consolidating ...Show more
Chopin by Adam Zamoyski
Category: Fiction
A new edition of Adam Zamoyski's definitive biography of Chopin, first published in 1979 and unavailable in English for many years. Few composers elicit such strong emotions as Chopin. Few have been more revered and cherished. And few have had so much sentimental nonsense written about them. Published ...Show more
Chopin : Prince of the Romantics by Adam Zamoyski
Category: Music
A completely new edition of the definitive biography of Chopin, unavailable for many years, by one of the finest of contemporary European historians. Two centuries have passed since Chopin's birth, yet his legacy is all around us today. The quiet revolution he wrought influenced the development of Weste ...Show more
Holy Madness: Romantics, Patriots and Revolutionaries 1776-1871 by Adam Zamoyski
Category: Science & Natural History
From America's fight for independence to the Paris Commune - an exotic collection of fanatics, adventurers, poets and thinkers are brought vividly to life. Holy Madness probes into the psyche that was responsible for so many of the founding events of our modern world, and into the instincts that inspire ...Show more
Izabela the Valiant: The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess by Adam Zamoyski
Category: Biography Memoir
Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Adam Zamoyski has revealed the dramatic life of his great-great-great grandmother, an uneducated, vulnerable girl cast into a man’s world. Her aristocratic position enmeshed her in high politics and close encounters wi ...Show more
Napoleon - A Brilliant Leader Who Helped Shape the Modern World? or a Brutal Tyrant? by Adam Zamoyski
Category: History | Series: All You Need to Know Ser.
Born in Corsica, and a brilliant military leader during the French revolution, Napoleon became Emperor in 1804 and dominated European and indeed global affairs for the next ten years, leading France against a series of coalitions in what were later called the Napoleonic wars. His victories are the stuff ...Show more
Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth by Adam Zamoyski
Category: Biography
'Napoleon is an out-and-out masterpiece and a joy to read' Sir Antony Beevor, author of Stalingrad A landmark new biography that presents the man behind the many myths. The first writer in English to go back to the original European sources, Adam Zamoyski's portrait of Napoleon is historical biography a ...Show more
Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth by Adam Zamoyski
Category: Biography
'Napoleon is an out-and-out masterpiece and a joy to read' Sir Antony Beevor, author of StalingradA landmark new biography that presents the man behind the many myths. The first writer in English to go back to the original European sources, Adam Zamoyski's portrait of Napoleon is historical biography at ...Show more
Phantom Terror: The Threat of Revolution and the Repression of Liberty 1789-1848 by Adam Zamoyski
Category: History
A magnificent and timely examination of an age of fear, subversion and espionage. Adam Zamoyski explores the struggle by governments to police a world seemingly threatened by obscure forces and revolutionary conspiracy dedicated to the overthrow of civilisation - and their exploitation of the threat for ...Show more