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Eleftherios Venizelos: Greece
by Andrew Dalby
The Greek Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos (1864–1936) was one of the stars of the Paris Peace Conference, impressing many of the Western delegates, already possessed of a romantic view of ‘the grandeur that was Greece’, with his charm and oratorical style. He won support for his country’s territorial ambitions in Asia Minor, the ‘Great Idea’ of a revived Hellenic empire controlling the Aegean and stretching to the Black Sea.
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2010-08-10
9781905791644
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History, Coming Soon, Makers of the Modern World
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Beneš, Masaryk: Czechoslovakia
Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath
by Peter Neville
To be published on 28th July 2010 - the 90th anniversary of the favourable Teschen award to the Czechs by the Allied Powers. Tomáš Masaryk was hard at work within a month of the outbreak of war lobbying in Paris and London for an independent Bohemia, still a major component of the Austrian Empire within the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, which would incorporate the predominantly Slovak regions of northern Hungary.
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2010-07-28
9781905791675
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History, Coming Soon, Makers of the Modern World
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Sailing by Starlight
In Search of Treasure Island
by Alex Capus
Sailing by Starlight is part biography, part travel journal and part tribute to Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. Capus takes the reader on an adventure on the South Seas in search of the very treasure made famous by Stevenson.
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2010-07-22
9781906598785
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History, Travel, Coming Soon
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Sir Robert Borden: Canada
Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath
by Martin Thornton
This book is to be published on the 90th anniversary of Sir Robert Borden's resignation, having played a crucial role in transforming the British Empire into a partnership of equal states.
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2010-07-01
9781905791842
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History, Coming Soon, Makers of the Modern World
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Maharajah of Bikaner: India
Makers of the Modern World: The peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath
by Hugh Purcell
Ganga Singh was the 21st maharaja of his desert kingdom in Rajasthan and one of the last Indian princes to play an important part in the politics of the British Empire. Dashing, autocratic and a formidable public speaker, he was born to rule.
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2010-02-01
9781905791804
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History, Coming Soon, Makers of the Modern World
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