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ANew York TimesBestseller, andthe inspiration for the hit Broadway musicalHamilton!Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who galvanized, inspired, scandalized, and shaped the newborn nation.In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. According to historian Joseph Ellis,Alexander Hamiltonis ';a robust full-length portrait, in my view the best ever written, of the most brilliant, charismatic and dangerous founder of them all.'Few figures in American history have been more hotly debated or more grossly misunderstood than Alexander Hamilton. Chernow's biography gives Hamilton his due and sets the record straight, deftly illustrating that the political and economic greatness of today's America is the result of Hamilton's countless sacrifices to champion ideas that were often wildly disputed during his time. ';To repudiate his legacy,' Chernow writes, ';is, in many ways, to repudiate the modern world.' Chernow here recounts Hamilton's turbulent life: an illegitimate, largely self-taught orphan from the Caribbean, he came out of nowhere to take America by storm, rising to become George Washington's aide-de-camp in the Continental Army, coauthoring The Federalist Papers, founding the Bank of New York, leading the Federalist Party, and becoming the first Treasury Secretary of the United States.Historians have long told the story of America's birth as the triumph of Jefferson's democratic ideals over the aristocratic intentions of Hamilton. Chernow presents an entirely different man, whose legendary ambitions were motivated not merely by self-interest but by passionate patriotism and a stubborn will to build the foundations of American prosperity and power. His is a Hamilton far more human than we've encountered beforefrom his shame about his birth to his fiery aspirations, from his intimate relationships with childhood friends to his titanic feuds with Jefferson, Madison, Adams, Monroe, and Burr, and from his highly public affair with Maria Reynolds to his loving marriage to his loyal wife Eliza. And never before has there been a more vivid account of Hamilton's famous and mysterious death in a duel with Aaron Burr in July of 1804.Chernow's biography is not just a portrait of Hamilton, but the story of America's birth seen through its most central figure. At a critical time to look back to our roots,Alexander Hamiltonwill remind readers of the purpose of our institutions and our heritage as Americans.';Nobody has captured Hamilton better than Chernow'The New York Times Book ReviewRon Chernow's other biographies include:Grant, Washington, and Titan.

Catherine Morland er en naiv, men godhjertet 17-årig pige, der gør sin debut i middelklassens selskabsliv i 1790?ernes Bath. Catherine finder hurtigt en veninde i den kokette Isabella Thorpe, som hun deler en ivrig fascination for gotiske romaner med. Hun fatter ligeledes hurtigt interesse for den intelligente og vittige Henry Tilney og udvikler senere et venskab med hans søster, Eleanor Tilney, der resulterer i en invitation til familiens hjem: Northanger Abbey. På det gamle abbedi sprudler Catherines livlige fantasi, der er påvirket af hendes litterære smag for gotiske romaner, men med tiden indser hun sandheder, som hun før har været blind overfor. NORTHANGER ABBEY blev først udgivet posthumt, men var skrevet allerede i Jane Austens ungdom, og er uden tvivl hendes mest gådefulde og opløftende roman - en roman som parodierer over den gotiske genre ved at have Catherine som den aparte heltinde. Romanen er nyoversat ved Vibeke Houstrup, som også har stået for oversættelsen af de andre i Austen-serien. Jane Austen(1775-1817) var engelsk forfatter og kendt for sine store romaner om kvinder, deres ægteskab og sociale og økonomiske stand.

In the 1790s an extraordinary group of friends changed the world. Disappointed by the French Revolution's rapid collapse into tyranny, what they wanted was nothing less than a revolution of the mind. The rulers of Europe had ordered their peoples how to think and act for too long. Based in the small German town of Jena, through poetry, drama, philosophy and science, they transformed the way we think about ourselves and the world around us. They were the first Romantics.Their way of understanding the world still frames our lives and being.We're still empowered by their daring leap into the self. We still think with their minds, see with their imagination and feel with their emotions. We also still walk the same tightrope between meaningful self-fulfilment and destructive narcissism, between the rights of the individual and our role as a member of our community and our responsibilities towards future generations who will inhabit this planet. This extraordinary group of friends changed our world. It is impossible to imagine our lives, thoughts and understanding without the foundation of their ground-breaking ideas.

I tredje del af Bounty-trilogien følger vi mytteristernes skæbne på Pitcairn-øen, hvor ni af mytteristerne, anført af Fletcher Christian, slog sig ned i 1790 sammen med seks indfødte mænd og tolv kvinder fra Tahiti. I 1808 blev deres skjulested opdaget og bekendtgjort for verden af kaptajn Mayhew Folger fra det amerikanske sælfangerskib Topaz. På det tidspunkt var der på øen kun én hvid mand, ti midaldrende polynesiske kvinder samt en mængde børn og unge.Historien om de første år på Pitcairn-øen er tragisk. Der var alle muligheder for at skabe et lykkeligt samfund, men på grund af nogle af de simple mytteristers nedladende og grove behandling af de indfødte mænd, rivalisering om kvinderne, alkoholisme, grådighed og hævnfølelse mundede det efter nogle år ud i dramatiske stridigheder, og efter 10 år var 16 af bosætterne døde; heraf var 15 omkommet på voldelig vis. Skildringen af de dramatiske begivenheder bygger især på de beretninger, som Alexander Smith (den eneste overlevende mytterist) gav til Mayhew Folger og nogle af de få andre kaptajner, der senere ankom til den svært tilgængelige ø.“En eminent fortælling om eventyr og konflikt … Det er en bog, som rigeligt vil belønne enhver læser.” – Saturday Review“Fremragende … En højst blodig blanding af lidenskab og romantik.” – Percy Hutchison, New York Times Book Review“En original og gribende fortælling … Pitcairn-øen tegner med kraft og indsigt endnu en gang det klassiske omrids af det gamle Bounty-drama; denne utrolige, perfekte tragedie, fyldig i hver eneste detalje, som rent faktisk fandt sted i menneskenes verden.” – Lincoln Colcord, New York Herald Tribune Books

Året er 1794, og vi befinder os under rædselsherredømmet i Paris. Den unge Paul Courtney skjuler sig i menneskemængden, mens hans mor henrettes for øjnene af ham. Paul sværger, at han vil ære det løfte, han gav hende: at overleve. Da Paul redder en ung piges liv, indgår de en alliance, men farerne lurer overalt, og spørgsmålet er, hvor langt vil Paul gå for at sikre sin egen overlevelse …Cape Town 1806. Adam Courtney har levet sit liv i flådens tjeneste og i skyggen af sin far, admiral Robert Courtney. Men da et besøg i hans hjem, ender i tragedie, må Adam se sin skæbne i øjnene og søge hævn. Men han vil snart opdage, at fjenden er tættere på, end man skulle tro.Nemesis er en del af Courtney-serien og følger efter Stormens rasen.

The Constitution of the United States of America includes the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, all Amendments to the Constitution, The Federalist Papers, and Common Sense.

An authoritative history of the French nation that can be read for novelistic pleasure, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Discovery of France and Parisians.

Jean Jacques de Clairette har levet en idyllisk barndom på familiens vinslot, men kort efter hans enogtyve års fødselsdag bliver familien ramt af kopper, og pludselig er Jean Jacques alene tilbage med sin smukke og mystiske kusine Nathalie. Hun tilbyder ham et liv ved hendes side, et liv med evig ungdom og eventyr. Et liv som vampyr.I skyggen af gyldne tider er en fortælling om at blive voksen og give slip på den trygge barndom, og samtidig skildrer romanen den historiske periode omkring revolutionen i Frankrig.

Oversigt over hele spektret af dansk klassicistisk møbelkunst i perioden ca. 1790-1850. Klassicismen behandles i lige så høj grad som udtryk for ideologiske bevægelser som udtryk for et stilistisk fænomen. (English edition available: Mirjam Gelfer-Jørgensen: The Dream of a Golden Age (2004), EAN: 9788772458984)

Den unge Claudine vokser op som plejebarn i en rig grossererfamilie i årene under og efter den franske revolution. Næsten et halvt århundrede senere opsøger hendes søn, Charles, grossererfamiliens efterkommere, som viser sig at være spidsborgerlige og hykleriske.Thomasine Gyllembourg (1773-1856) var en af Danmarks første kvindelige forfattere. Hun var gift med Peter Andreas Heiberg og mor til Johan Ludvig Heiberg, men efter P.A. Heibergs landsforvisning i 1799 søgte hun skilsmisse og giftede sig derefter med sin store kærlighed, den svenske baron Carl Fredrik Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd. Først som 53-årig begyndte hun, på opfordring af sønnen Johan Ludvig, at skrive. Thomasine Gyllembourg skrev, i modsætning til tidens andre store forfattere, især om 1800-tallets hverdagsliv, og spørgsmål om kærlighed, ægteskab, skilsmisse og moderskab spiller en stor rolle i hendes forfatterskab.

In America's Jubilee distinguished historian Andrew Burstein presents an engrossing narrative that takes us back to a pivotal year in American history, 1826, when the reins of democracy were being passed from the last Revolutionary War heroes to a new generation of leaders.Through brilliant sketches of selected individuals and events, Burstein creates an evocative portrait of the hopes and fears of Americans fifty years after the Revolution. We follow an aged Marquis de Lafayette on his triumphant tour of the country; and learn of the nearly simultaneous deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson on the 4th of July. We meet the ornery President John Quincy Adams, the controversial Secretary of State Henry Clay, and the notorious hot-tempered General Andrew Jackson. We also see the year through the eyes of a minister's wife, a romantic novelist, and even an intrepid wheel of cheese. Insightful and lively, America's Jubilee captures an unforgettable time in the republic's history, when a generation embraced the legacy of its predecessors and sought to enlarge its role in America's story.

The story of a band of brothers who changed the course of American history, a single regiment known as the "Immortal 400."

This handsome hardback brings together a selection of the most influential essays from The Federalists Papers, presented in a elegant pocket edition with gilded page edges and a striking gold-embossed cover design. Written by Founding Fathers Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay, these essays originated as a series of articles published in New York City's newspapers, seeking to explain and defend the proposed Constitution of the United States. Together they form The Federalist Papers, now hailed as the most important American contribution to the literature of constitutional law making. This beautiful gift edition brings together 18 of most influential of these essays, selected and introduced by constitutional historian R. B. Bernstein. Includes: - No. 10 - The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection by Madison - No. 39 - The Conformity of the Plan to Republican Principles by Madison - No. 51 - The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments by Madison - No. 78 - The Judiciary Department by Hamilton>This ornate edition features gilded-page edges, patterned endpapers, and a beautiful gold-embossed cover design, making a wonderful gift or collectible for any history enthusiast. ABOUT THE SERIES: Arcturus Ornate Classics are beautifully bound editions of iconic literary works across history. These compact, foil-embossed hardbacks are printed using deluxe ivory paper and make the perfect gift.

The Instant New York Times BestellerNational Bestseller"[The] authors' finest work to date." -Wall Street JournalThe explosive true saga of the legendary figure Daniel Boone and the bloody struggle for America's frontier by two bestselling authors at the height of their writing power-Bob Drury and Tom Clavin.It is the mid-eighteenth century, and in the thirteen colonies founded by Great Britain, anxious colonists desperate to conquer and settle North America's "First Frontier" beyond the Appalachian Mountains commence a series of bloody battles. These violent conflicts are waged against the Native American tribes whose lands they covet, the French, and the mother country itself in an American Revolution destined to reverberate around the world.This is the setting of Blood and Treasure, and the guide to this epic narrative is America's first and arguably greatest pathfinder, Daniel Boone-not the coonskin cap-wearing caricature of popular culture but the flesh-and-blood frontiersman and Revolutionary War hero whose explorations into the forested frontier beyond the great mountains would become the stuff of legend. Now, thanks to painstaking research by two award-winning authors, the story of the brutal birth of the United States is told through the eyes of both the ordinary and larger-than-life men and women who witnessed it.This fast-paced and fiery narrative, fueled by contemporary diaries and journals, newspaper reports, and eyewitness accounts, is a stirring chronicle of the conflict over America's "First Frontier" that places the reader at the center of this remarkable epoch and its gripping tales of courage and sacrifice.

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"A bright, absorbing account of a short period in history that still resounds today.” —Kirkus ReviewsBeautifully written and brilliantly argued, When the United States Spoke French offers a fresh perspective on the tumultuous years of America as a young nation, when the Atlantic world's first republican experiments were put to the test. It explores the country's formative period from the viewpoint of five distinguished Frenchmen who took refuge in America after leaving their homes and families in France, crossing the Atlantic, and landing in Philadelphia. Through their stories, we see some of the most famous events of early American history in a new light—from the battles with Native Americans on the western frontier to the Haitian Revolution, the Whiskey Rebellion to the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.

Instant New York Times Bestseller#1 New York Times bestselling author Bret Baier reveals how George Washington saved the Constitution-and the American experiment"To Rescue The Constitution is a masterful exploration of the electrifying struggle to unite a young United States." --Jay WinikA sweeping narrative ranging from the unsettled early American frontier and the battlefields of the Revolution to the history-making clashes within Philadelphia's Independence Hall, Bret Baier's To Rescue the Constitution dramatically illuminates the life of George Washington, the Founder who did more than perhaps any other individual to secure the future of the United States.George Washington rescued the nation three times: first by leading the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War, second by presiding over the Constitutional Convention that set the blueprint for the United States and ushering the Constitution through a fractious ratification process, and third by leading the nation as its first president. There is no doubt that the struggling new nation needed to be rescued--and that Washington was the only American who could bring the together.After the victorious War of Independence, when a spirit of unity and patriotism might have been expected, instead the nation fractured. The states were no more than a loosely knit and contentious confederation, with no strong central union. It was an urgent matter that led to the calling of a Constitutional Convention to meet in Philadelphia during the summer of 1787.Setting aside his plan to retire to Mount Vernon, Washington agreed to be a delegate at Philadelphia. There he was unanimously elected president of the convention. After successfully bringing the Constitution into being, Washington then sacrificed any hope of returning to private life by accepting the unanimous election to be the nation's first president. Washington was not known for brilliant oratory or prose, but his quiet, steady leadership gave life to the Constitution by showing how it should be enacted.In this vivid and moving portrait of America's early struggles, Baier captures the critical moments when Washington's leadership brought the nation from the brink of collapse. Baier exposes an early America that is grittier and far more divided than is often portrayed--one we can see reflected in today's conflicts.