Richard D. Sylvester
Baroness Maria Ignatievna Zakrevskaya Benckendorff Budberg hailed from the Russian aristocracy and lived in the lap of luxury-until the Bolshevik Revolution forced her to live by her wits. Thereafter her existence was a story of connivance and ... [... more]
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Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
Giuseppe di Lampedusa was born in Sicily in 1896 and died in 1957. The Leopard was his only novel. Set in the 1860s, The Leopard tells the spellbinding story of a decadent, dying Sicilian aristocracy threatened by the approaching forces of ... [... more]
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Andrew Levy
Slavery, Religion, and the Quiet Revolution of Robert Carter In 1791, Robert Carter III, a pillar of Virginia's Colonial aristocracy, broke with his... The Forgotten Story of Robert Carter, the Founding Father Who Freed His Slaves Robert Carter ... [... more]
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Yukio Mishima
The first novel of Mishima's landmark tetralogy, The Sea of fertility Spring Snow is set in Tokyo in 1912, when the hermetic world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders -- rich provincial families unburdened ... [... more]
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George Black
Thirty-five million Americans-one in eight-like to go fishing. Fly fishers have always considered themselves the aristocracy of the sport, and a small number of those devotees, a few thousand at most, insist upon using one device in the pursuit ... [... more]
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John E. Oden
From elite boarding schools to executive boardrooms, white collar boxing has never been more popular. With its roots in the English aristocracy, the "Sweet Science" is gaining fans among the alpha males (and females) of industry, banking, ... [... more]
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The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy
 Whatever happened to Brideshead?: How is it that the owners of Britain's stately homes, who once lived magnificently, now are reduced to admitting paying visitors to keep their homes? While this question is never asked in David Cannadine's book, it is [... more]
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Bette Bao Lord Enterprises, Inc.
In 1932, as China shamefully kowtows under Japanese occupation, three unlikely companions are fatefully bound by their steadfast patriotism: Steel Hope, heir to a once-great aristocracy; Mountain Pine, his crippled, scholarly servant; and ... [... more]
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Aristocracy and Athletics in Archaic and Classical Greece
Author: Nigel Nicholson Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 796.0938 EAN: 9780521845229 Edition: 1 ISBN: 052184522X Number Of Pages: 294 Publication Date: 2005-06-20 [... more]
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The Aristocracy in Twelfth-Century León and Castile
Author: Simon Barton Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 940 EAN: 9780521894067 ISBN: 0521894069 Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: 2002-07-18 [... more]
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American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics ...
Not a campaign "weapon," but good history: The Good: Phillips delves into the history of the Bush clan and details the rise, over several generations, of a family consciously dedicated to the pursuit of wealth and power. His account of the [... more]
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Aristocracy And The Modern World
Author: Ellis Wasson Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 305.52094 EAN: 9781403940735 Edition: 1st edition ISBN: 1403940738 Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: 2006-09-19 [... more]
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