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Describes the journey made as a wager by the Victorian gentleman Phileas Fogg who succeeds - but only just - in circling the globe within eighty days. Fogg s obsession with his timetable is complemented by versatility of his French manservant Passepartout whose talen... Lees meer.

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What do you do when everyone has a motive for murder. A case of murder twitches the whiskers of Qwilleran and his trusty sidekicks Koko and Yum Yum in Lilian Jackson Braun s delightful mystery The Cat Who Knew a Cardinal. Perfect for fans of cosy crime and clever cat... Lees meer.

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Parrott challenges the near-universal notion that the French civil war of 1648-1652 was a predictable trivial clash between royal forces and ministerial modernity. Instead he challenges notions about the rule of the Cardinal-Ministers Mazarin and his predecessor Ric... Lees meer.

Cardinal Richelieu 1583-1642 did more than anyone else to lay the foundations of the French hegemony in Europe and of absolute monarchy in his own country. He was a spokesman for power politics the idea of raison d tat and the right of rulers to the unquestioning ob... Lees meer.

Paris 1633. Louis XIII is king of France . . . and Cardinal Richelieu governs the country. One of the most dangerous and most powerful men in Europe Richelieu keeps a steady eye on the enemies of the Crown to thwart their spies and avert their warmongering. But he s... Lees meer.

The Wolsey s of Suffolk date to Anglo-Saxon times. The earliest notice of a Wolsey as inhabitant of Ipswich is Thomas Wolsey s father Robert. He was a successful small businessman and married a Joan Daundy. Thomas was probably born in 1471 in an Inn and was almost cert... Lees meer.

Now with a new afterword by Pope emeritus Benedict XVI. In a time when there is more and more noise and technology and materialism continue to exert their hold on us Cardinal Robert Sarah presents a bold book about the strength of silence. The world generates so much... Lees meer.

Collects the first three adventures of Jack Ryan in a boxed set.... Lees meer.

One of Cardinal Ratzinger s most important and widely read books this volume is a revised second edition with an improved translation and an in-depth 20 page preface by the Cardinal. As he states in the preface since this book was first published over 30 years ago ma... Lees meer.

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Cardinal Wolsey is a controversial figure. a butcher s son a man of letters and the Church a divisive political expert a man of principle yet to some an arrogant upstart. Cardinal Wolsey is a controversial figure. a butcher s son a man of letters and the C... Lees meer.

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