Deze Engelse historicus wordt geprezen om zijn diepgaande inzichten in de politieke geschiedenis en biografie. Zijn werk wordt gekenmerkt door zorgvuldig onderzoek en een scherpe analyse van sleutelfiguren en politieke bewegingen. Hij verkent de opkomst en ondergang van politieke partijen en ideologieën, met de nadruk op hun ontwikkeling en maatschappelijke impact. Zijn schrijfstijl staat bekend om zijn leesbaarheid en het vermogen om complexe onderwerpen voor de lezer te verhelderen.
Elected to Parliament in 1900, he served in both Conservative and Liberal governments, and became Chancellor of the Exechequer under Baldwin, A period in the political wilderness was ended by the declaration of the Second World War and his appointment to the Admiralty;
First published in 1966, Robert Blake's biography of Disraeli is one of the supreme political biographies of the last hundred years. An outsider, a nationalist, a European, a Romantic and a Tory - Disraeli's story is an extraordinary one.
When this book was first published in 1971 the opening paragraph of the blurb read: "You could fill a library with books about the Crimean War, and that, paradoxically, is why this book has been written. For in this library you would find exhaustive histories, some reaching to several volumes; you would find biographies, commentaries, diaries and treatises written from this angle and from that - but you would not find a single concise volume, a straightforward and objective account of the war covering the peripheral theatres as well as the Crimean itself, giving all the fundamental facts, yet pleading no special cause. This book aims to fill that gap." Now, over thirty years later, that remains substantially true. The next paragraph began: "The battlefields round Sevastopol are at present inaccessible, even to Russian tourists." Happily this is no longer true, and a number of agencies take tours to the battlefields of the Crimea. As the illustrations in this book were originally selected with the intention of making the reader familiar with the topography of the siege and the battles of Balaclava, Inkerman and the Chernaya, it will prove an invaluable asset to anyone visiting the Crimea.
Winston Churchill was by no means a spontaneous orator, and it was claimed by one of his acolytes that for every minute of a speech he had prepared for an hour. Churchill was one of only two Prime Ministers to be named a professional writer. This title presents his portrait.
Can't be bothered to revise? Find yourself putting work off? Can't get the information to stick in memory? Then this is the book for you. Written by a student for students, this advanced guide to revision techniques aims to convert your hard work into GCSE, A-level and undergraduate exam success. The author achieved straight A*s at GCSE and A-level and is now a psychology undergraduate at the University of Oxford. This combination of current practical experience and interest in psychological research provides a unique perspective on motivation and memory - the two ingredients of successful revision. The book is written by a student who believes that everyone with the strategies to achieve will achieve. The author's first book - titled 'How to Achieve 100% in a GCSE' and written at the age of 16 - sold over 6,000 copies and was featured in the Daily Mail, The Sun and the Sunday Express magazine. The current book - 'I hate revision' - is packed full of brand new advice.
Suitable for experienced researchers, department chairs, and administrators, this title examines the effective ways to utilize technology in language learning. It examines the web, CALL applications, and computer-mediated communication (CMC), and suggests how the technologically assisted curriculum can work for the foreign-language curriculum.