Автор: Reade Winwood Название: The Martyrdom of Man ISBN: 1618953346 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781618953346 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 6104.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Reade William Winwood Название: The African Sketch-Book. with Maps and Illustrations. Vol. I. ISBN: 1241492999 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781241492991 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 5141.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Colonial warfare on the Dark Continent The British Empire rapidly spread it's influence throughout the globe during the nineteenth century. Predictably these intrusions rarely found favour with the indigenous populations and so, inevitably, the imperial interests of power and commerce were reinforced by the imposition of military and naval might courtesy of the British Army and the Royal Navy. British interests in West Africa proved to be no exception to the rule and the so called 'Ashanti Wars' were fought with varying degrees of savagery and through eight campaigns from 1806 until 1900. This book is about the Third Anglo-Ashanti War which was fought during 1873-74. Garnet Wolseley, commanding a force of British, West Indian and local forces marched against the Ashanti who had invaded British territory. The campaign gained particular notoriety because it occurred during the golden age of newspaper correspondents and was covered by both G. A. Henty and Henry Morton Stanley. It made Wolseley's reputation and he became a household name. The conflict was made singular by the nature of the terrain-often thick jungle-across which it was fought and by it's exotic protagonists and this makes it a subject of particular interest for students of the colonial wars in the Victorian era. The outcome of the war was, perhaps, predictable and the British both occupied the enemy capital Kumasi and then burnt it down as an object lesson. This book is particularly useful because the author was an eyewitness to the storming of Amoaful by the Black Watch, the storming of Ordahsu by the Rifle Brigade and the fall of the capital. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.
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Автор: Reade, Winwood Название: Martyrdom of man ISBN: 1849027102 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781849027106 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 5240.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The Martyrdom of Man is a secular history of the Western world. In it, Reade attempts to trace the development of Western civilization in terms analogous to those used in the natural sciences. He uses it to advance his philosophy, which was secular humanism. He attacks traditional religion and morality. The Martyrdom of Man was a very influential book in its time. Cecil Rhodes said "it made me what I am," while in Arthur Conan Doyle's The Sign of the Four, Sherlock Holmes says to Dr. Watson: "Let me recommend this book, -- one of the most remarkable ever penned." William Winwood Reade was an African explorer/traveller and a writer.
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