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Charles Moore's masterful and definitive biography of Britain's first female prime minister reaches its climax with the story of her zenith and her fall.How did Margaret Thatcher change and divide Britain? How did her model of combative female leadership help shape the way we live now? How did the woman who won the Cold War and three general elections in succession find herself pushed out by her own MPs?Charles Moore's full account, based on unique access to Margaret Thatcher herself, her papers, and her closest associates, tells the story of her last period in office, her combative retirement, and the controversy that surrounded her even in death. It includes the fall of the Berlin Wall, which she had fought for, and the rise of the modern EU that she feared. It lays bare her growing quarrels with colleagues and reveals the truth about her political assassination.Moore's three-part biography of Britain's most important peacetime prime minister paints an intimate political and personal portrait of the victories and defeats, the iron will but surprising vulnerability of the woman who dominated in an age of male power. This is the full, enthralling story.

Excerpt from The Tales of the Genii, or the Delightful Lessons of Horam, the Son of Asmar: Faithfully Translated From the Persian Manuscript; And Compared With the French and Spanish Editions, Published at Paris and MadridHavin g full liberty to usi'e his literary works as I pleal'ed, I have made it my bufinefs to become mafler of them by degrees; and I lhould have publilhed his Account of India long ago, had I not found that work al ready. Done to my hands, though nut in l'o'malterly a manner, yet fuf ficient to prevent the fale of any fecun'd work. But although this was a very curious performance, and I was vexed that ecuniary prudence Ihould oblige me to witheld it for fame time longer rom the publick, as his elegant drawings alone, relative to the fubjeét he wrote upon, would coil five hundred pounds to en rave; yet I hepe to make it up to the world, by offering them a boo which, if it is lefs ufeful to commerce, yet it may be of tar more entertainment and infiruétion to all degrees of men; and this 'is a tranllation, in his own hand-writing, of the works, (or, as they are called in the title-page, the Delightful Lefi'ons) of Horam the (on of Afrnar. Delightful, indeed! Whether we confider the matter, the l'ubjeét, the manner, or the moral of the work.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The year 1914 will stand out prominently in future history as the date of the most stupendous war in the history of mankind. In its special character, also, it may come to be regarded as the most atrocious of all wars, at least of all fought by civilized nations. Flashing out suddenly like a bolt from the blue, unannounced, unexpected, unexplained, unprecedented in suddenness and enormity, it hurled nearly the whole of Europe within a week's time from a state of profound peace into one of continental war. The ringing of church bells was drowned by the roar of cannon, the voice of the dove of peace by the blare of the trump of war, and throughout the world ran a shudder of terror as these unwonted and ominous sounds greeted men's ears.But in looking back through history, tracing the course of events during the past century, following the footsteps of men in war and peace from that day of upheaval when medieval feudalism went down in disarray before the arms of the people in the French Revolution, some explanation of the great European war of 1914 may be reached. Every event in history has its roots somewhere in earlier history, and we need but dig deep enough to find them.Such is the purpose of the present work. It proposes to lay down in a series of apposite chapters the story of the past century, beginning, in fact, rather more than a century ago with the meteoric career of Napoleon and seeking to show to what it led, and what effects it had upon the political evolution of mankind. The French Revolution stood midway between two spheres of history, the sphere of medieval barbarism and that of modern enlightenment. It exploded like a bomb in the midst of the self-satisfied aristocracy of the earlier social system and rent it into fragments which no hand could put together again. In this sense the career of Napoleon seems providential. The era of popular government had replaced that of autocratic and aristocratic government in France, and the armies of Napoleon spread these radical ideas throughout Europe until the oppressed people of every nation began to look upward with hope and see in the distance before them a haven of justice in the coming realm of human rights.These new conceptions took time to disseminate themselves. The oppressed peoples had to fight their way upward into the light, to win their progress step by step to the heights of emancipation. It was a hard struggle. Time and again they were cast downward in their climb. The powers of privilege, of the "divine right of kings," fought hard to preserve their ascendency, and only with discouraging slowness did the people move onward to the haven they so earnestly sought. The story of this upward progress is the history of the nineteenth century, regarded from the special point of view of political progress and the development of human rights. This is definitely shown in the present work, which is a history of the past century and of the twentieth century so far as it has gone. Gradually the autocrat has declined in power and authority, and the principle of popular rights has risen into view. But the autocrat has not been fully dethroned. Medievalism still has its hold on a few of the thrones of Europe, notably those of Germany, Russia and Austria. Is the present war a final effort of medievalism to regain its hold, to put down the doctrine of popular rule and replace it by the old system of absolute government? This, at least, in the absence of apparent causes for the present war, may be offered as one conceivable explanation. If so, we can but hope that the prediction given at the end of this work may come true, and that the close of the war may witness the complete downfall of autocracy as a political principle and the rise of the rule of the people in every civilized nation of the earth.

• Illustrated• Author’s biography is includedThis is the digital edition of Charles Morris’ ‘Historical Tales, The Romance of Reality’ first published in 1893. There are fifteen volumes in Charles’ Historical Tales; this edition contains volume 1 to 14. Volume 15 is ‘Reading courses and Helps’ and therefore is excluded from this collection. The stories complied by Charles in 'Historical Tales' were mainly for entertainment rather than formal studies. TABLE OF CONTENTSABOUT THE AUTHOREDITOR’S NOTEVOLUME I – AMERICAN IVOLUME II – AMERICAN IIVOLUME III – SPANISH AMERICANVOLUME IV – ENGLISHVOLUME V – GERMANVOLUME VI – FRENCHVOLUME VII – SPANISHVOLUME VIII – RUSSIANVOLUME IX – SCANDINAVIANVOLUME X – GREEKVOLUME XI – ROMANVOLUME XII – JAPANESE AND CHINESEVOLUME XIII – KING ARTHUR IVOLUME XIV – KING ARTHUR II

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:++++<sourceLibrary>British Library<ESTCID>T222941<Notes>An original work, based on the 'Arabian nights', by James Ridley, who used the pseudonym Sir Charles Morell.<imprintFull>London : printed for Harrison and Co., 1782. <collation>2v.(235p.),plates ; 8°

An excellent retelling of the Arthurian legend, fully illustrated to enhance the reading experience. Volume I contents include:BOOK I.HOW ARTHUR WON THE THRONE.CHAPTER I.THE MAGIC SWORD.CHAPTER II.ARTHUR'S WARS AND THE MYSTERY OF HIS BIRTH.CHAPTER III.THE LADY OF THE LAKE.CHAPTER IV.GUENEVER AND THE ROUND TABLE.BOOK II.THE DEEDS OF BALIN.CHAPTER I.HOW BALIN WON AND USED THE ENCHANTED SWORD.CHAPTER II.HOW ARTHUR TRIUMPHED OVER THE KINGS.CHAPTER III.HOW BALIN GAVE THE DOLOROUS STROKE.CHAPTER IV.THE FATE OF BALIN AND BALAN.CHAPTER V.MERLIN'S FOLLY AND FATE.BOOK III.THE TREASON OF MORGAN LE FAY.CHAPTER I.THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENCHANTED SHIP.CHAPTER II.THE COMBAT OF ARTHUR AND ACCOLAN.CHAPTER III.HOW MORGAN CHEATED THE KING.CHAPTER IV.THE COUNTRY OF STRANGE ADVENTURES.BOOK IV.LANCELOT OF THE LAKE.CHAPTER I.HOW TROUBLE CAME TO LIONEL AND HECTOR.CHAPTER II.THE CONTEST OF THE FOUR QUEENS.CHAPTER III.HOW LANCELOT AND TURQUINE FOUGHT.CHAPTER IV.THE CHAPEL PERILOUS.CHAPTER V.THE ADVENTURE OF THE FALCON.BOOK V.THE ADVENTURES OF BEAUMAINS.CHAPTER I.THE KNIGHTING OF KAY'S KITCHEN BOY.CHAPTER II.THE BLACK, THE GREEN, AND THE RED KNIGHTS.CHAPTER III.THE RED KNIGHT OF THE RED LAWNS.CHAPTER IV.HOW BEAUMAINS WON HIS BRIDE.BOOK VI.TRISTRAM OF LYONESSE AND THE FAIR ISOLDE.CHAPTER I.HOW TRISTRAM WAS KNIGHTED.CHAPTER II.LA BELLE ISOLDE.CHAPTER III.THE WAGER OF BATTLE.CHAPTER IV.THE DRAUGHT OF LOVE.CHAPTER V.THE PERILS OF TRUE LOVE.CHAPTER VI.THE MADNESS OF SIR TRISTRAM.BOOK VII.HOW TRISTRAM CAME TO CAMELOT.CHAPTER I.TRISTRAM AND DINADAN.CHAPTER II.ON THE ROAD TO THE TOURNAMENT.CHAPTER III.AT THE CASTLE OF MAIDENS.CHAPTER IV.THE QUEST OF THE TEN KNIGHTS.CHAPTER V.THE KNIGHT WITH THE COVERED SHIELD.

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One snail's journey to discover his self worth.It's not easy when you're a snail who likes to draw, paint pictures and write letters but you think your shell is so plain !Sammy goes looking for a new hat to dress up his plain looking shell. He goes to visit his colorful friends like Roger Rooster, Izzy Iguana and David the Frog Dentist to get their advice. In the end, he realizes the answer was within him all along ! Life is really not about a fancy hat to wear.

The beautiful Charles Morris retelling of the Arthurian Legend concludes in this masterful eBook. Fully illustrated to enhance the reading experience. Volume II contents include:BOOK VIII.TRISTRAM AND ISOLDE AT JOYOUS GARDCHAPTER I.THE TREACHERY OF KING MARK.CHAPTER II.HOW TRISTRAM BEFOOLED DINADAN.CHAPTER III.ON THE ROAD TO LONAZEP.CHAPTER IV.HOW PALAMIDES FARED AT THE RED CITY.CHAPTER V.THE TOURNAMENT AT LONAZEP.CHAPTER VI.THE SECOND DAY OF THE TOURNAMENT.CHAPTER VII.THE WOES OF TWO LOVERS.CHAPTER VIII.THE RIVALRY OF TRISTRAM AND PALAMIDES.BOOK IX.THE QUEST OF THE HOLY GRAIL.CHAPTER I.THE ENCHANTED CASTLE OF KING PELLAM.CHAPTER II.THE MARVEL OF THE FLOATING SWORD.CHAPTER III.HOW GALAHAD GOT HIS SHIELD.CHAPTER IV.THE TEMPTATION OF SIR PERCIVALE.CHAPTER V.THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF SIR BORS.CHAPTER VI.THE ADVENTURE OF THE MAGIC SHIP.CHAPTER VII.HOW LANCELOT SAW THE SANGREAL.CHAPTER VIII.THE DEEDS OF THE THREE CHOSEN KNIGHTS.BOOK X.THE LOVE OF LANCELOT AND GUENEVER.CHAPTER I.THE POISONING OF SIR PATRISE.CHAPTER II.THE LILY MAID OF ASTOLAT.CHAPTER III.HOW ELAINE DIED FOR LOVE.CHAPTER IV.THE CHEVALIER OF THE CART.BOOK XI.THE HAND OF DESTINY.CHAPTER I.THE TRAPPING OF THE LION.CHAPTER II.THE RESCUE OF THE QUEEN.CHAPTER III.THE RETURN OF GUENEVER.CHAPTER IV.THE WAR BETWEEN ARTHUR AND LANCELOT.CHAPTER V.THE STING OF THE VIPER.CHAPTER VI.THE PASSING OF ARTHUR.CHAPTER VII.THE DEATH OF LANCELOT AND GUENEVER.