Biography: World Leaders from The Owl at the Bridge

"Fifth Printing." xii, [1], 431 pages, illustrations; 23.5 cm. Detailed life of Eleanor of Aquitaine, c.1122-1204. Bound in blue cloth (faded), three parts of original dust jacket pasted on blank leaves front & rear; endpaper maps; Good. Stock#ofc0911.

Contents include Whigs of the Revolution and of the Sacheverell Trial; Robert Molesworth and his Friends in England, 1693-1717; The Case of Ireland; The Interest of Scotland; The Contribution of Nonconformity; Staunch Whigs and Republicans of the Reign of George 11 (1717-1760); Honest Whigs Under George III, 1761-1789; Bibliographical Commentary, page viii, 462 pages; 24 cm. Dust jacket edges… Saber más sobre este artículo

Archaeology and Travel, 1888-1914; The Years of Conflict, 1914-1922; Writer and Serviceman, 1922-1935; 5 appendices; index; xi, 1188 pages, 7 maps; 24 cm. No dust jacket; spine cocked & weakened; Good. Stock#ofc0568.

Collier/Macmillan, NY [1987]. Soft Cover. 830 p., index, plates. ”A monumental biography of Sir Stewart Menzies, the legendary wartime leader of British intelligence. Agile, ruthless, and cunning, Menzies dominated the world intelligence scene from 1933 to 1952.” Recent authors have suggested that Menzies was better at fighting bureaucratic wars than the Germans. Without the assistance of the Abwehr and… Saber más sobre este artículo