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Get the Summary of Giles Tremlett's Espana in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Espana" by Giles Tremlett offers a comprehensive exploration of Spain's rich and tumultuous history. It begins with the mythological origins tied to Hercules and the deep history of human habitation evidenced by the Atapuerca archaeological site. The narrative progresses through the cultural influences of the Phoenicians and Greeks, the...
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#1 I received a postcard from my brother, Guy, who was living in Thailand. The picture on the card was mesmerizing. It looked like paradise. In the foreground, it was easy to imagine the photographer peering out from behind a clump of vibrant greenery.
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#1 The visit that the Habsburg heir and his wife, Sophie, paid to Sarajevo lasted only an hour, but the drama of those 60 or 70 minutes has revolutionized the course of modern history.
#2 The view of Sarajevo from the southwest is a lovely one. The valley of the Miljacka, a shallow torrent that cuts the town in two, narrows at its eastern outskirts to a rugged...
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Get the Summary of Kermit Lynch's Adventures on the Wine Route in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Adventures on the Wine Route" by Kermit Lynch chronicles his explorations and discoveries in the French wine industry. Lynch's journey begins in the Loire Valley, where he develops a fondness for the region's red wines, particularly Cabernet Franc from Chinon and Bourgueil. He is surprised by a Sancerre rouge and impressed...
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#1 Anne Lister was a girl who was different from the other girls at her boarding school. She wanted to learn more than was customary for girls her age, and she was called the Solomon of the school.
#2 Anne's childhood was extremely poor. She had little money, and her father did not spend it wisely. She spent her early years in the Yorkshire Wolds, and her later years...
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Book Preview: #1 The painting is typical of Vasnetsov's work. It is detailed and evocative, and it is quite wrong. It shows Prince Ryurik landing on the shores of Lake Ladoga from his distinctive dragon-prowed Viking longship, along with his brothers and retinue.
#2 The lands of the Slavs were attractive to the Scandinavian traders. They were often invaded and conquered by their neighbors,...
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#1 Lauzun, while having a reputation as a notorious rake, would also become one of France's most famous soldiers. His courage under fire in Corsica would lead to the command of a prestigious regiment. In 1779, he would command an expedition that briefly captured Senegal for France.
#2 The military culture of Lauzun's Europe was very different from our own. It was an...
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#1 The United States had two agencies that decoded intercepted communications: one in the army and one in the navy. This arrangement may have made the maximum number of bureaucrats happy, but it sometimes led to counterproductive results.
#2 The Government Code Cypher School was created in 1919 to decode messages between the German government and its agents. It was...
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#1 I wanted to explain how the Stalingrad cauldron ended, and how thousands of men were killed, frozen, starved, or devoured by lice. I did not see one soldier who gave his life out of enthusiasm for Führer and country, but all of them fought for their lives until the last.
#2 On November 22, the Battle of the Don began. The 9th Company was pulled out of Stalingrad to be refreshed...
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#1 Florence in 1433 was a city of squares and towers, of busy, narrow, and twisting streets, of fortress-like palaces with massive stone walls and overhanging balconies, of old churches with geometrical patterns on their façades, and of abbeys and convents.
#2 The city was very congested around the stone bridge, the Ponte Vecchio, which spanned the Arno at...
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#1 The first step out of bed for most people was to shiver, and the start of the day for most working people was dawn. The knocker-upper was a man who tapped on the windowpanes of his clients to wake them up.
#2 The first thing you would do in the morning was get warm by lying down on a rug. Windows were often left open overnight, to allow cool currents of fresh air...
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#1 The divided nature of Britain is not unique, and its experience is not unique in that regard. Every state has experienced internal division, and the current disputes over these divisions possess ample precedent.
#2 The United Kingdom is a recent invention. It only became the official umbrella designation for England, Wales, Scotland, and for all or part of...
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#1 The way a fire burns is important. Some fuels burn in short, concentrated bursts, while others burn over a longer, slower period. Fuel can be treated in a number of ways to alter its nature and behavior within the fire.
#2 The smith's forge is a great demonstration of the possibilities of fire. Working with coal, the smith can create a fairly shallow fire that is...
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#1 The British Empire began with the theft of Spanish gold by Henry Morgan in 1663. It was not conceived by self-conscious imperialists, but by thieves who were trying to steal the proceeds of someone else's Empire.
#2 The British Empire was acquired by imitation. The English were late starters in the European race for empire, and they only acquired Jamaica in 1655....
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#1 Picasso and his friend Carles Casagemas arrived in Paris from Barcelona in mid-October 1900. They were tasked with seeing the Exposition Universelle, which was scheduled to close on November 12. They had little time to dally if they wanted to see it.
#2 In Paris, the engineers and construction workers were working on the city's new underground Métro system....
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#1 On 1 February 1945, I was ordered to take Kunersdorf, a village directly east of Frankfurt an der Oder. The enemy situation was unknown, but we knew that the Replacement Brigade Grossdeutschland was trapped in the Reppiner Forest northeast of Kunersdorf and was making desperate attempts to break out. We had to force a passage through to the west.
#2 The attack...
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#1 There's no map, and the directions are a little vague. This book is intended as a guide to visiting Medieval England. It answers many questions you may have, such as where you can get a decent meal, how to contact a friend or relative, and how to get money.
#2 Medieval England was an agricultural land, and the main reason William the Conqueror wanted to become its...
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#1 On the last day of December 1347, a ship with survivors from the siege at Caffa, far away on the Baltic Sea, limped into Genoa in northern Italy. The disease had spread quickly to Venice and Marseilles, and then north.
#2 The first cases of the Black Death were reported in Avignon in 1347, and then quickly spread to France and Italy. It reached the English Channel...
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#1 I had a good feeling about meeting Ralph, and not just because of the cake element. Ralph had been chatty and interesting in his emails. But as we walked through the gallery, a sense of awkwardness settled over us.
#2 I was beginning to think that Ralph was married, not divorced. I was trying to be open-minded about him, but right now with the elderly couple lurking...
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