Robert Hutchinson Boeken

A vivid and shocking account of the last years of terror at the court of the tyrant King Henry VIII.

THE LAST DAYS OF HENRY VIII is a page-turning story of the murderous conspiracies at the Tudor court. And it announces the arrival of a major new talent in popular historical narrative. If you enjoyed Sebag Montefiore's STALIN, you will relish the grisly tale of England's most despotic ruler. Robert Hutchinson captures the terrifying world of his court, where even the most powerful men in the land could be brought down overnight. Henry VIII pioneered the modern show trial: cynical propaganda exercises in which the victims were condemned before the proceedings even opened. Henry VIII 'has no respect or fear of anyone in this world', wrote the Spanish ambassador to his court. He ruled England with Stalinist ruthlessness, executing (at a conservative estimate) 150,000 people from a population of less than 3 million souls. But after 35 years in power, he was a bloated, hideously obese, black-humoured old man, rarely seen in public. He had striven all his life to ensure the survival of his dynasty by siring legitimate sons, yet his only male heir was eight-year-old Prince Edward. It was increasingly obvious that when Henry died, real power in England would be exercised by a regent. The prospect of that prize spurred the rival court factions into deadly conflict. Aimed at the developing 'court intrigue' genre of popular history narratives, this is an easy read like John Guy's MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS or David Starkey's recent biographies. However, Robert Hutchinson has spent several years in original archival research. He advances a genuinely new theory of Henry's medical history and the cause of his death; he has unearthed some fabulous eyewitness material and papers from death warrants, confessions and even love letters between Katherine Parr and the Lord High Admiral.

"Think You Know Everything about the death of Hitler? Think Again. After World War II, 50 percent of Americans polled said they didn't believe Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun had committed suicide in their bunker in 1945, as captured Nazi officials claimed. Instead, they believed the dictator faked his death and escaped, perhaps to Argentina. This wasn't a crazy opinion: Joseph Stalin told Allied leaders that Soviet forces never discovered Hitler's body and that he personally believed the Nazi leader had escaped justice. At least two German submarines crossed the Atlantic and landed on the coast of Argentina in July 1945. Plus, there were numerous reports of top Nazi officials successfully fleeing to South America where there was a large German colony. Incredible as it sounds, the mystery surrounding Adolf Hitler's final days only deepened in 2009 when a U.S. forensic team announced that a piece of Hitler's skull held in Soviet archives was not actually Hitler's. International interest increased further in 2014 when the FBI released previously classified files detailing investigations surrounding Hitler's possible escape. And the following year, The History Channel launched a three-year reality TV series investigating if it was possible Hitler did somehow survive. So what really happened? Popular history writer Robert J. Hutchinson, author of What Really Happened: The Lincoln Assassination, takes a fresh look at the evidence and discovers, once and for all, the truth about Hitler's last week in Berlin. Among the questions the book explores are... * What did surviving Nazi eyewitnesses really say about the Führer's final days in the bunker-and could they have been lying to aid Hitler's escape? * If Hitler didn't escape, why did the Allies not find his body? * What about Hitler's proven use of body doubles? Could Hitler have used a body double in the bunker while he and Eva Braun flew to safety in a long-range aircraft that took off from a runway in Berlin's Tiergarten? * Why did the FBI continue to investigate reports of Hitler's survival for more than a decade after World War II-reports that were only declassified in 2014? * What about sensational claims in books such as The Grey Wolfthat Hitler and Eva Braun lived in an isolated chalet in the Andes - and that Hitler died in 1962? * Why were forensic tests on crucial physical evidence only conducted in 2016, more than 70 years after World War II ended? * And lots MORE"-- Provided by publisher

Francis Walsingham was the first 'spymaster' in the modern sense. His methods anticipated those of MI5 and MI6 and even those of the KGB. His rise and fall is a Tudor epic, vividly narrated by a historian with unique access to the surviving documentary evidence.

The rise and fall of Henry's notorious minister - the most corrupt Chancellor in English history

The gripping story of Colonel Thomas Blood: dangerous double agent and Irish rogue at the court of Charles II. 'A must-read for lovers of history, biography or simply a good yarn' Tracy Borman

This beautifully illustrated title traces the dangerous evolution of the submarine in warfare from its inception to the present day and immediate future. Technical specifications, development and construction history and involvement in combat are included on more than 125 classes of boat, with special features on submarine accidents and on some of the more unusual classes such as gun commerce raiders and aircraft-carrying submarines.

Kniha předního britského odborníka na renesanční Anglii Roberta Hutchinsona Dynastie zrady vypráví dramatický příběh vévodů z Norfolku, nejvýraznějších postav howardovského rodu. Jejich fatální pýcha a nezřízené mocenské ambice téměř zničily slavnou tudorskou dynastii. Howardové loajálně sloužili tudorským vladařům na čelných pozicích ve vojenských taženích a námořních výbojích; "pouhá" válečná sláva a bohatství, jež z toho plynuly, jim však ke spokojenosti nestačily. Intriky a pikle měli přímo v krvi a touha po moci byla jejich nejsilnější hybnou silou, nicméně jedna jejich generace za druhou platily draho za nezřízené ambice a někdy také za krajní nerozvážnost, s níž se snažili vetřít co nejblíže k tudorskému trůnu.

Páté z jeho manželek je dvacet, když ji eskortují po Temži do Toweru. Nahoře na mostě, pod nímž plují, visí hlavy jejích milenců a ona již tuší, že v pevnosti je pro ni připraven popravčí špalek. Šestá manželka má však štěstí a přežije. Londýnský královský dvůr je zmítán intrikami; žádný z účastníků opulentních radovánek si není jist životem při náhlém zvratu panovníkovy přízně. Ve vládě to vře napětím mezi konzervativci a reformátory, katolíky a protestanty a náladový král střídavě trestá jedny i druhé. Spletité události konce života tohoto nechvalně proslulého panovníka vylíčené v nové knize známého anglického historika – to je skutečné krvavé drama, k němuž netřeba cokoliv přidávat.

Tato bohatě ilustrovaná encyklopedie začíná primitivními ponornými čluny 18. a 19. století a pokračuje přes typy a třídy ponorek obou světových válek až k současnému atomovému věku. Známý malíř Tony Gibbons zobrazil každý významný typ ponorky. Kniha obsahuje četné přehledové tabulky, informace o ponorkových muzeích, zbraňových technologiích, technických prostředcích, haváriích a záchranných misích, a další fascinující aspekty podmořské války. Po tři století se lidé snažili vyvinout zařízení pro podmořské operace, počínaje Bourneho návrhem z roku 1578. Od roku 1626 byl rozpoznán válečný potenciál těchto plavidel. Publikace mapuje historii ponorek od počátku až po současnost, zahrnuje technické specifikace, vývoj, typy, úspěchy i neúspěchy, a zaměřuje se na více než 125 tříd ponorek. Zmiňuje také neobvyklé typy, jako ponorkové dělové křižníky či protiletadlové ponorky, a ukazuje, že nepřátelskou loď lze potopit i periskopem. Kniha je bohatě doplněna fotografiemi a kresbami ponorek a jejich vnitřního uspořádání od uznávaného malíře Tony Gibbonse.