Three months before the end of World War II, a U.S. Army plane flying over New Guinea crashed in uncharted mountains inhabited by a Stone Age tribe. Nineteen passengers and crew were killed and two were mortally wounded. But somehow three survived: a lieutenant whose twin brothe…
Three months before the end of World War II, a U.S. Army plane flying over New Guinea crashed in uncharted mountains inhabited by a Stone Age tribe. Nineteen passengers and crew were killed and two were mortally wounded. But somehow three survived: a lieutenant whose twin brothe…
Orphaned by the wars of religion on the continent, Jeanne is brought to London disguised as a boy. Growing up, the disguise has not been shed she finds a living as a clerk, ending up in the households of Robert Cecil. As she witnesses the intrigues and plots swirling round the l…
Het als jongen vermomde dochtertje van Franse Hugenoten komt in 1597 in Engeland in dienst van een minister en raakt daar betrokken bij een gunsteling van koningin Elizabeth I.
Het als jongen vermomde dochtertje van Franse Hugenoten komt in 1597 in Engeland in dienst van een minister en raakt daar betrokken bij een gunsteling van koningin Elizabeth I.
Het als jongen vermomde dochtertje van Franse Hugenoten komt in 1597 in Engeland in dienst van een minister en raakt daar betrokken bij een gunsteling van koningin Elizabeth I.
The gripping inside story of the last unknown realm of the British secret service: GCHQ (Government Communication Headquarters)
The gripping inside story of the last unknown realm of the British secret service: GCHQ (Government Communication Headquarters).
GCHQ (Government Communication Headquarters) is the successor to the famous Bletchley Park wartime code-breaking organisation and is the largest and most secretive intelligence organisation in the country. Richard Aldrich traces GCHQ's evolvement from a wartime code-breaking ope…
GCHQ (Government Communication Headquarters) is the successor to the famous Bletchley Park wartime code-breaking organisation and is the largest and most secretive intelligence organisation in the country. Richard Aldrich traces GCHQ's evolvement from a wartime code-breaking ope…
In this entertaining and engaging memoir, former ambassador Sherard Cowper-Coles lifts the lid on embassy life throughout the world.
The award-winning biography of William Pitt the Younger by William Hague, the youngest leader of the Tory Party since Pitt himself. William Pitt the Younger was one of the most extraordinary figures in British history. Prime minister at the age of twenty-four, he went on to domi…
An exploration of the relationship of competition and assimilation between England and the Netherlands during the 17th century, revealing how Dutch tolerance, resilience and commercial acumen effectively conquered England by permanently reshaping the intellectual landscape long …