Amberley publishing jun 2020 (2 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - With more than 300,000 built, the Triumph Spitfire is the bestselling Triumph sports car model ever produced. As the values have risen significantly in recent years, interest in these affordable sports cars has also increased. This book is therefore the ideal guide for those who want to read about the history and development of these iconic sports cars, describing all the technical and design developments that took the Triumph Spitfire through five separate models, from the Triumph Spitfire 4 (Mark 1) to the Triumph Spitfire 1500.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Joan of Arc's life and death mark a turning point in the destiny both of France and England and the history of their monarchies. Biographers have crossed swords furiously about her inspiration, each according to the personal conviction of the writer. As Moya Longstaffe points out: 'She has been claimed as an icon by zealous combatants of every shade of opinion, clericals, anticlericals, nationalists, republicans, socialists, conspiracy theorists, feminists, yesterday's communists, today's Front National, everyone with a need for a figurehead. As George Bernard Shaw said, in the prologue to his play, 'The question raised by Joan's burning is a burning question still.'' By returning to the original sources and employing her expertise in languages, the author brings La Pucelle alive and does not duck the most difficult question: was she deluded, unbalanced, fraudulent--or indeed a great visionary, to be compared to Catherine of Siena or Francis of Assisi.…