Beschouwing over de verschillende versies van een zeventiende-eeuws verhaal.

National history is a vital part of national self-definition. Most books on the history of the world try to impose a uniform narrative, written usually from a single writers point of view. Histories of Nations is different: it presents 28 essays written by a leading historian as a self-portrait of his or her native country, defining the characteristics that embody its sense of nationhood. The countries have been selected to represent every continent and every type of state, large and small, and together they make up two-thirds of the worlds population. They range from mature democracies to religious autocracies and one-party states, from countries with a venerable history to those who only came into being in the 20th century. In order to get to grips with the national and cultural differences that both enliven and endanger our world, we need above all to understand different national viewpoints to read the always engaging and often passionate accounts given in this remarkable and unusual book.

The Mask of Command is about generals: who they are, what they do and how they affect the world we live in. Most studies of generalship have focused on individual character and behaviour. While these are not neglected in this remarkable book, its central argument is that, like warfare itself, generalship is a cultural enterprise, providing a key to understanding a particular era or place, as much as it is an exercise in power or military skill. Through portraits of four generals - archetypal hero Alexander the Great, anti-hero Wellington, the unheroic Ulysses S. Grant and the false heroic of Hitler - John Keegan propounds the view of heroism in warfare as inextricable linked with the political imperative of the age and place. He demonstrates how the role of the general alters with the ethos of the society that creates him and concludes that there is no place for heroism in a nuclear world. The Mask of Command is a companion volume to John Keegan's classic study of the individual soldier, The Face of Battle: together they form a masterpiece of military and human history.

Armed with a single printing press, Stephen Jory flooded the country with millions of pounds' worth of "funny money." Before long he was one of the best in the business, and like any good businessman he wanted to expand. But printing the money was one thing, getting rid of it was another, and in the underworld, expansion can mean getting in with some heavy characters. In Stephen's case it turned out to be the Russian Mafia and two gun-toting meatheads called Boris and Karloff. Stephen found himself drawn into a web of crime and intrigue that saw him by turns kidnapped, on the run, tortured, and ultimately staring down the barrel of a gun.

in het grieks

Looks at the stories behind the creation of such monumental achievements as the Holland Tunnel and the George Washington Bridge.

Met z-w ill.

Kroniek van de grootste rampen a.h.v. voorpagina`s van Amerikaanse en Engels dagbladen.

Pleidooi om de bijbelse Eva niet langer te zien als oorzaak van het kwaad.

tent.cat. bij gelijknamige tentoonstelling (National Portrait Gallery, Londen), met bijdragen van meerdere auteurs en z-w en kleurenill.

Lexicon op belangrijke personen en gebeurtenissen uit de klassieke geschiedenis die als onderwerp dienden voor latere westerse kunst.