Hugh Sebag-Montefiore nähert sich der Geschichte mit dem scharfen Blick eines Journalisten und der Präzision eines Anwalts. Seine Arbeit befasst sich mit entscheidenden Momenten britischer Militärunternehmen und deckt nicht nur strategische Manöver auf, sondern auch die menschlichen Geschichten im Kern. Sebag-Montefiore verfügt über die einzigartige Fähigkeit, große historische Ereignisse mit persönlichen familiären Bindungen zu verknüpfen, was seinen Erzählungen eine tiefe Resonanz verleiht. Sein Stil ist sowohl informativ als auch fesselnd und bietet den Lesern neue Perspektiven auf bedeutende historische Schlachten und deren bleibende Auswirkungen.
In Who Am I? A Book of Riddles author Charlotte Sebag-Montefiore has produced a delightful child's bestiary in verse form. Designed to be read aloud, there are thirty-five poems of five verses each, in which different characters of land, sea and air are depicted, by turns humorous and quirky. In a sixth verse, which is refrain, the young listener is invited to guess the identity of each.
Orphaned Pip lives a humble life with his sister and her husband, until a fateful encounter on the marsh causes his life to change irrevocably. Will his great expectations be fulfilled, or can this new life only lead to disaster? Specially rewritten as part of the Usborne Young Reading Programme, aimed at children growing in reading confidence.
The classic story by Charles Dickens retold as part of the Usborne Young Reading Programme for children ready to tackle longer and more complex stories. Set during the French Revolution, the lives of Charles Darnay and his family are changed forever as the drama unfolds.
Fight to the Last Man
Sebag-Montefiore has created a bold and powerful account of the small group of men who fended off the German army so that hundreds of thousands of their comrades could exit this doomed land.
A re-telling of the beloved Louisa May-Alcott story for younger children. The inspirational story follows the fortunes of the March sisters as they struggle through the American Civil War and learn the importance of love, family and following their dreams. Usborne Young Reading Series 3 is for confident readers.
Die Geschichte eines englischen Waisenkindes im 19. Jahrhundert. Dieser große Entwicklungsroman in der bürgerlichen Tradition des 19. Jahrhunderts mit langatmiger Handlung, melodramatischen Szenen und ironisch-gesellschaftskritischen Abschweifungen
Suitable for children whose reading ability and confidence allows them to tackle longer and complex stories, this title tells the doomed love story of Cathy and Heathcliffe as seen through the eyes of a neighbor, Mr Lockwood, and the old nurse, Nelly Dean.
Dieses Werk ist Teil der Buchreihe TREDITION CLASSICS. Der Verlag tredition aus Hamburg veröffentlicht in der Buchreihe TREDITION CLASSICS Werke aus mehr als zwei Jahrtausenden. Diese waren zu einem Großteil vergriffen oder nur noch antiquarisch erhältlich. Mit der Buchreihe TREDITION CLASSICS verfolgt tredition das Ziel, tausende Klassiker der Weltliteratur verschiedener Sprachen wieder als gedruckte Bücher zu verlegen - und das weltweit! Die Buchreihe dient zur Bewahrung der Literatur und Förderung der Kultur. Sie trägt so dazu bei, dass viele tausend Werke nicht in Vergessenheit geraten.
An extraordinary and fresh account of the most famous battle in World War One. No conflict better encapsulates all that went wrong on the Western Front than the Battle of the Somme in 1916. The tragic loss of life and stoic endurance by troops who walked towards their death is an iconic image which will be hard to ignore during the centennial year. Despite this, this book shows the extent to which the Allied armies were in fact able repeatedly to break through the German front lines. By focusing on the first-hand experiences of both Allied and enemy soldiers, the author weaves a remarkable portrait of life at the Front.
Breaking the German Enigma codes was not only about brilliant mathematicians and professors at Bletchley Park. There is another aspect of the story which it is only now possible to tell. It takes in the exploits of spies, naval officers and ordinary British seamen who risked, and in some cases lost their lives snatching the vital Enigma codebooks from under the noses of Nazi officials and from sinking German ships and submarines. This book will tell the whole Enigma story: the original invention and use by German forces and how it was the Poles who first cracked, and passed on to the British - the key to the German airforce Enigma. The more complicated German Navy Enigma appeared to them to be unbreakable.
