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  | | World Without End(1st Edition) The Global Empire of Philip II by Hugh Thomas Paperback, 496 Pages, Published 2015 by Penguin Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-14-103447-8, ISBN: 0-14-103447-5 "Following Rivers of Gold and The Golden Age, World Without End is the conclusion of a magisterial three-volume history of the Spanish Empire by Hugh Thomas, its foremost worldwide authority World Without End is the climax of Hugh Thomas's great history of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. It describes the conquest of Paraguay and the River Plate, of the Yucatan in Mexico, the only partial conquest of Chile, and battles with the French ..." |
 | | Beaumarchais in Seville(1st Edition) An Intermezzo by Hugh Thomas Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2007 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-12103-2, ISBN: 0-300-12103-2 "In 1764-65 the irrepressible playwright Beaumarchais traveled to Madrid, where he immersed himself in the life and society of the day. Inspired by the places he had seen and the people he had met, Beaumarchais returned home to create The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro, plays that became the basis for the operas by Rossini and Mozart that continue to delight audiences today. This book is a lively and original account of Bea ..." |
 | | The Conquest of Mexico by Hugh Thomas Paperback, 848 Pages, Published 2004 by Pimlico ISBN-13: 978-1-84413-743-5, ISBN: 1-84413-743-0 "Hugh Thomas' account of the collapse of Montezuma's great Aztec empire under the onslaughts of Cortes' conquistadors is one of the great historical works of our times." |
 | | Golden Age The Spanish Empire of Charles V by Hugh Thomas Paperback, 720 Pages, Published 2011 by Penguin Books International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-14-103449-2, ISBN: 0-14-103449-1 "Moving between Spanish conquest abroad and the court of the astute Charles V, Hugh Thomas' "The Golden Age: The Spanish Empire of Charles V" is the second volume in a planned trilogy on the Spanish Empire. When the Spanish conquistadors arrived in South America in the sixteenth century, they swept across the continent in a blaze of imperial expansion and brutal savagery. Beginning with the return of the remnants of Magellan's circumnavi ..." |
 | | SS 1(Edition Unstated) The Unlikely Death of Heinrich Himmler by Hugh Thomas Paperback, 306 Pages, Published 2002 by Fourth Estate Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-84115-307-0, ISBN: 1-84115-307-9 "First serious examination of the curious demise of Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler that also investigates an extraordinary web of secret deals and international intrigue. On 23 May 1945 Heinrich Himmler, leader of the SS and architect of the Holocaust, committed suicide in Allied custody. So why was MI6's most talented secret agent Kim Philby unconvinced by the story of Himmler's suicide? Hugh Thomas set out to answer Philby's ..." |
 | | The Spanish Civil War(Updated) Revised Edition (Modern Library Paperbacks) by Hugh Thomas Paperback, 1,136 Pages, Published 2001 by Modern Library Abridged ISBN-13: 978-0-375-75515-6, ISBN: 0-375-75515-2 "“Mr. Thomas has understood [the Spanish Civil War] incredibly well and has written it superbly. A full, vivid and deeply serious treatment of a great subject.”—Vincent Sheean, The New York Times Book ReviewA masterpiece of the historian’s art, Hugh Thomas’s The Spanish Civil War remains the best, most engrossing narrative of one of the most emblematic and misunderstood wars of the twentieth century. Revised and updated with significant ..." |
 | | The SLAVE TRADE(1st Edition) THE STORY OF THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE: 1440 - 1870 by Hugh Thomas Paperback, 912 Pages, Published 1999 by Simon & Schuster Unabridged ISBN-13: 978-0-684-83565-5, ISBN: 0-684-83565-7 "After many years of research, award-winning historian Hugh Thomas portrays, in a balanced account, the complete history of the slave trade. Beginning with the first Portuguese slaving expeditions, he describes and analyzes the rise of one of the largest and most elaborate maritime and commercial ventures in all of history. Between 1492 and 1870, approximately eleven million black slaves were carried from Africa to the Americas to work o ..." |
 | | Madrid A Traveller's Reader by Ed. Hugh Thomas Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2018 by Little, Brown ISBN-13: 978-1-4087-1032-6, ISBN: 1-4087-1032-3 "The charm of Madrid is elusive, but for those who know how to find it, Madrid has magic. Its magic can be found in the shadow cast over the present by the past. In this Traveller's Reader, a city that was once the seat of power for perhaps the most ambitious political enterprise the western world had seen since the fall of Rome, the Spanish Empire, is brought to life in vivid diaries, letters, memoirs and histories. The Earl of Clarendo ..." |
 | | Armed Truce (v. 1) by Hugh Thomas Paperback, 960 Pages, Published 1988 by Trafalgar Square ISBN-13: 978-0-340-42146-8, ISBN: 0-340-42146-0 |
 | | World Without End Spain, Philip II, and the First Global Empire by Hugh Thomas 496 Pages, Published 2015 by Random House ISBN-13: 978-0-8129-9812-2, ISBN: 0-8129-9812-X "Spain, Philip II, and the First Global Empire Hugh Thomas. friars. During Toledo's time there were ... Nearly all were criollas, Peruvian-born but not Indian. By 1600, the major institutions of this kind ... a female branch of the order of Saint Francis, whose nuns wore a Franciscan robe; Santa Catalina, a convent of Dominican nuns but who were directed by the Bishop of Cuzco; and the Carmelites, whose nuns followed the rule of Sai ..." |
 | | The Slave Trade The Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1440-1870 by Hugh Thomas 912 Pages, Published 2013 by Simon And Schuster ISBN-13: 978-1-4767-3745-4, ISBN: 1-4767-3745-2 "The Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade: 1440-1870 Hugh Thomas. clavos, were the best introduction to that theme. Thomas Clarkson's The abolition of the Atlantic slave trade, 2 vols. (London, 1808), remains the best introduction to the abolition movement. Charles Verlinden's L'Esclavage dans VEurope medievale opened my eyes to the persistence of the institution of slavery during the ages of faith. I am most grateful to the directors ..." |
 | | Conquest Montezuma, Cortés, and the Fall of Old Mexico by Hugh Thomas 832 Pages, Published 2013 by Simon And Schuster ISBN-13: 978-1-4391-2725-4, ISBN: 1-4391-2725-5 "1 598 (ed. Mexico, 1878), new ed. Mexico, 1944. This is a conventional history which tells the story of Mexico to the arrival of Cortés or Grijalva; * (2) Crónica Mexicayotl. Annals ... Collection of addresses (huehuetlatolli), made by Miguel León- Portilla and Librado Silva Galeana, ed. as Crónicas de América 56 ... 85 folios of poems in Náhuatl, used by Miguel León-Portilla in his Cantos y Crónicas del México Antiguo (Madrid 1986 ..." |
 | | Rivers of Gold The Rise of the Spanish Empire, from Columbus to Magellan by Hugh Thomas 720 Pages, Published 2013 by Random House ISBN-13: 978-0-8041-5214-3, ISBN: 0-8041-5214-4 "Or had he otherwise stood in the way of an affaire de coeurf Roldan later said that Bartolomeo had governed with "such rigor" that "he put the people in such fear as caused him to forfeit all their love." It seems probable that he was simply hostile to the superior power that Bartolomeo did not hesitate to use over him. At all events, this protest occurred when Bartolomeo was in the west of the island, near Jaragua, having left Rol ..." |
 | | The Spanish Civil War Revised Edition by Hugh Thomas 1,136 Pages, Published 2013 by Modern Library ISBN-13: 978-0-8041-5216-7, ISBN: 0-8041-5216-0 "... of falangists who announced, mysteriously, that 'the national syndicalist revolution' would soon break out, and vanished before the police arrived. The same day in Madrid, the Prime Minister had been again warned of what was to occur. 'So there is to be -.1 rising?' he inquired with misinterpreted joviality. 'Very well, I, for my part, shall take a lie-d0'wn!"' A little earlier, he had similarly mocked a report of Carlist activ ..." |
 | | Cuba A History by Hugh Thomas 1,184 Pages, Published 2013 by Penguin Uk ISBN-13: 978-0-7181-9292-1, ISBN: 0-7181-9292-3 "But Narváez allowed them to meet the Colonial Minister, Alejandro de Castro. At their thirdmeeting the PuertoRican representatives proposed abolition ofslavery. The proposalhorrified theCubans. Echevarría ironically congratulated Puerto Rico on its good fortune in being able to contemplate such a measure. Other criticism was expressedby all the Cuban representatives – even byLuis María Pastorand Domingo Sterling, who were essential ..." |
 | | The Golden Empire Spain, Charles V, and the Creation of America by Hugh Thomas 672 Pages, Published 2011 by Random House ISBN-13: 978-1-58836-904-8, ISBN: 1-58836-904-8 "Among them were the dukes of Cardona and Villahermosa; Juan Carrillo; Garcia de Toledo. the heir of the duke of Alba; Pedro 1-lernzindez de Córdoba; Alfonso de Silva, heir of the Conde de Cifuenles; Pedro Fajardo, Marquess de los V élez; ... Keniston. l 17. Fernandez Alvarez. Carlos lí 391-92. Las Casas, Historia de las Indias, 3: 259. Keniston. 120. His Renaissance hospital was founded by Tavera as a general hospital but also as a ..." |
 | | Discovering Recovery The Experiences of Mental Health Distress from a Mental Health Support Group by Rebecca Shaw, Hugh Thomas, Chris Heap, Becky Shaw Paperback, 149 Pages, Published 2008 by Rushcliffe Support Group ISBN-13: 978-0-9559590-0-4, ISBN: 0-9559590-0-4 |
 | | Who's Who of the Conquistadors (Cassell Military Trade Books) by Hugh Thomas Hardcover, 464 Pages, Published 2007 by Cassell ISBN-13: 978-0-304-35328-6, ISBN: 0-304-35328-0 "In 1519 Hernán Cortés arrived in Mexico with an army of six hundred men. Over the next two years waves of conquistadors followed him, bringing horses and weapons with them in order to brutally subjugate both the Mayan and Aztec Empires. In this clear and comprehensive reference work Hugh Thomas lists everyone connected with the conquest of Mexico, explains the part they played in the conquest, and details their histories, backgrounds an ..." |
 | | Spirit of the Blue(Updated) A Fighter Pilot's Story by Hugh Thomas, Alex Henshaw, Peter Ayerst Paperback, 258 Pages, Published 2006 by Sutton Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-4253-9, ISBN: 0-7509-4253-3 "Few RAF pilots flew operationally from the beginning to the end of the Second World War. Fewer still can claim to have taken part in the Battle of France, Battle of Britain, El Alamein, and the D-Day landings as well as bomber escort duties in the closing days of the war. Peter Ayerst is one such man and his tale is, as yet, untold.Illustrated with photographs, this is the previously unpublished story of an RAF Second World War fighter ..." |
 | | Rivers of Gold(1st Edition) The Rise of the Spanish Empire 1490-1522 by Hugh Thomas Paperback, 688 Pages, Published 2004 by Phoenix (An Imprint Of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) ISBN-13: 978-0-7538-1793-3, ISBN: 0-7538-1793-4 "When, in 1492, Christopher Columbus finally stood ready to set sail across the 'Ocean Sea' for what he thought was India, he crossed himself and devoted his expedition to the Holy Trinity and to the King and Queen of Spain. With the gold and spices (and slaves) he would find, Columbus planned to fund a new Crusade to win back Jerusalem. At the time Columbus's voyage was insignificant, but it became one of the most important events in hi ..." |
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