"The Affair of the Poisons, as it became known, was an extraordinary episode that took place in France during the reign of Louis XIV. When poisoning and black magic became widespread, arrests followed. Suspects included those among the highest ranks of society. Many were torture…
This inspirational book tells of Magee's own discovery of philosophy and in so doing introduces the subject to his reader.
Theodor Herzl, a successful Viennese journalist, and Paris correspondent, followed the Dreyfus Affair, a notorious anti-Semitic incident in which a French Jewish army captain was falsely convicted of spying for Germany, which caused him to reject his early ideas regarding Jewish…
Intrepid presenter Nicholas Crane sets off in the footsteps of ten of the greatest travellers to have explored the British Isles.
Intrepid presenter Nicholas Crane sets off in the footsteps of ten of the greatest travellers to have explored the British Isles.
Intrepid presenter Nicholas Crane sets off in the footsteps of ten of the greatest travellers to have explored the British Isles.
Intrepid presenter Nicholas Crane sets off in the footsteps of ten of the greatest travellers to have explored the British Isles.