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Интриги, борьба за власть и популярность у народа, подкупы и разоблачения, непомерное честолюбие и жажда славы – вот тайные механизмы политической жизни Рима. Судьба одног...
Committed in utmost secrecy in April–May 1940 by the NKVD on the direct orders of Joseph Stalin, for nearly fifty years the Soviet regime succeeded in maintaining the fict...
This is an account of certain aspects of the life and career of Henry of Navarre. This volume covers the period 1589-1596, from Henry's accession to his abjuration and cor...
В средневековом Багдаде нищий предстает перед самым могущественным человеком в мире — калифом, чтобы рассказать ему свою историю. Она начинается прогулкой по базару, но оч...
Deep underground, thirty-nine women live imprisoned in a cage. Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only vague re...
For precocious 11-year-old Lea Ypi, Albania’s Soviet-style socialism held the promise of a preordained future, a guarantee of security among enthusiastic comrades. That is...
It is a hot summer in rural Ireland. A child is taken by her father to live with relatives on a farm, not knowing when or if she will be brought home again. In the Kinsell...