Historical books from Wales
Recommended historical books (3)
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If you are into historical here are some historical books from Wales for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Brittle with Relics : A History of Wales, 1962-97 by Richard King EN
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Brittle with Relics is a landmark history of the people ofWales during a period of great national change.
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Kingsbridge - Der Morgen einer neuen Zeit by Ken Follett DE
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Ein Epos um Gut und Böse, Liebe und Hass - die Vorgeschichte zu Ken Folletts Weltbestseller "Die Säulen der Erde"
England im Jahr 997. Im Morgengrauen wartet der junge Bootsbauer Edgar auf seine Geliebte. Deshalb ist er der Erste, der die Gefahr am Horizont entdeckt: Drachenboote. Jeder weiß: Die Wikinger bringen Tod und Verderben über Land und Leute.
Edgar versucht alles, um die Bürger von Combe zu warnen. Doch er kommt zu spät. Die Stadt wird beinahe völlig zerstört. Viele Menschen sterben, auch Edgars Familie bleibt nicht verschont. D... continue
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The Darkening Age : The Christian Destruction of the Classical World by Catherine Nixey EN
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The Darkening Age is the largely unknown story of how a militant religion comprehensively and deliberately extinguished the teachings of the Classical world, ushering in centuries of unquestioning adherence to 'one true faith'. Despite the long-held notion that the early Christians were meek and mild, going to their martyr's deaths singing hymns of love and praise, the truth, as Catherine Nixey reveals, is very different. Far from being meek and mild, they were violent, ruthless and fundamentally intolerant. Unlike the polytheistic world, in which the addition of one new religion made no funda... continue