Geoffrey Moorhouse Bücher
Geoffrey Moorhouse war ein englischer Journalist und Autor, dessen Werke oft von seinen ausgedehnten Reisen inspiriert waren. Sein Schreiben zeichnet sich durch scharfe Beobachtungsgabe und Detailgenauigkeit aus, die den Leser in ferne Länder und tief in die Geschichte entführt. Moorhouse verband Journalismus mit Literatur und erforschte vielfältige Themen von Reiseberichten bis zur Tudor-Geschichte. Sein einzigartiger Stil und seine Fähigkeit, lebendige Bilder zu malen, machen ihn zu einem fesselnden Erzähler.
Fata Morgana
- 278 Seiten
- 10 Lesestunden
Prag
- 200 Seiten
- 7 Lesestunden
To The Frontier
- 285 Seiten
- 10 Lesestunden
This Book Studies The Frontier Tribesmen And Oriental Art, The Deep Piety Of Muslims--And The Torture That Is Committed In The Name Of Islamic Government Today. It Is Full Of Vivid Word Pictures, Full Of Atmosphere. The Author Travelled Up Through Sind, Baluchistan And The Punajb To The North-West Frontier Province Of Pakistan. Without Dustjacket.
Odyssey Guides: The Nile
- 194 Seiten
- 7 Lesestunden
The splendors of the Egyptian Nile--from Aswan and Luxor to Cairo and Alexandria--are captured in this extraordinary book. Nomachi made three arduous journeys in the course of compiling this photographic record--from the Nile on its upper reaches to one of its sources in the Ruwenzori Mountains. These photos represent a superb artistic achievement. 189 color photos, 4 maps.
The Pilgrimage of Grace
- 432 Seiten
- 16 Lesestunden
Protesting the king's betrayal of the "old" religion, his new taxes, and his threat to the rights of landowners, the poor and the powerful united against Henry VIII, raising an army of 40,000. Under the influence of the charismatic, heroic figure of Robert Aske, most of the Northern nobility joined the rebellion and gathered for battle at Doncaster where they would have outnumbered the king's soldiers by 4 to 1. But Aske was persuaded by the king's men to abandon military force and negotiate terms in London. Once there he was arrested, charged with treason and hanged in chains.
Ground-breaking history of how King Henry VIII created England's navy
Starting near the roof of the world on the Soviet Union's border with China, Geoffrey Moorhouse's journey through Central Asia winds across mountains, steppes and desert as well as the path of the retreating Red Army before reaching Tamburlaine's tomb in Samarkand. In this sequel to his award-winning book 'To the Frontier', he blends the dramatic history of this wild region with an absorbing, vivid portrait of its present.
