'A brilliant study of a brilliant woman' LUCY WORSLEY History has forgotten Caroline of Ansbach yet in her lifetime she was compared frequently to Elizabeth I & considered by some as the cleverest queen consort Britain ever had' The intellectual superior of her buffoonish husband George II Caroline is credited with hastening the Enlightenment to Britain through her sponsorship of red-hot debates about science religion philosophy & the nature of the universe Encouraged by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu she championed inoculation; inspired by her friends Leibniz & Samuel Clarke she mugged up on Newtonian physics; she embraced a salon culture which promoted developments in music literature & garden design; she was a regular theatre-goer who loved the opera gambling & dancing Her intimates marvelled at the breadth of her interests She was said Lord Egmont curious in everything' Caroline acted as Regent four times while her husband returned to Hanover & during those periods she possessed authority over all domestic matters No subsequent royal woman has exercised power on such a scale So why has history forgotten this extraordinary queen? In this magnificent biography the first for over seventy years Matthew Dennison seeks to reverse this neglect The First Iron Lady uncovers the complexities of Caroline's multifaceted life the child of a minor German princeling who through intelligence determination & a dash of sex appeal rose to occupy one of the great positions of the world & did so with distinction elan & a degree of cynical realism It is a remarkable portrait of an eighteenth-century woman of great political astuteness & ambition a radical icon of female power ...

A beautiful box set containing SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Joe Abercrombie's epic fantasy trilogy THE BLADE ITSELF BEFORE THEY ARE HANGED & LAST ARGUMENT OF KINGS Abercrombie Joe ...

The unfinished manuscript of The First Man was discovered in the wreckage of car accident in which Camus died in 1960 Although it was not published for over thirty years it was an instant bestseller when it finally appeared in 1994 The 'first man' is Jacques Cormery whose poverty-stricken childhood in Algiers is made bearable by his love for his silent & illiterate mother & by the teacher who transforms his view of the world The most autobiographical of Camus's novels it gives profound insights into his life & the powerful themes underlying his work Albert Camus was born in Algeria in 1913 The works that established his international reputation include THE PLAGUE THE FALL THE REBEL & THE OUTSIDER Camus died in a road accident in 1960 & is remembered as one of the greatest philsophical novelists of the twentieth century ...

When penniless businessman Mr Bedford retreats to Kent to write a play he encounters Dr Cavor an absent-minded scientist who has invented a material that counteracts gravity This discovery enables the two men to set off on a fantastic journey to the Moon But they are not prepared for what they find there
- a world of freezing nights boiling days & danger from a sinister alien lifeform the selenites creatures who have developed an intricate hierarchical society beneath the lunar surface The First Men in the Moon ignited speculation in nineteenth century society concerning what lies on & beneath the surface of the Moon By turns amusing thrilling & stimulating the novel is a classic of its genre This volume also contains another of Wells's fascinating thought-provoking fantasies A Modern Utopia in which two travellers fall into a space-warp & find themselves upon a Utopian Earth controlled by a single World Government
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The extraordinary life of the man who founded Islam & the world he inhabited
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Filmed during the dark days of 1942 this is the immortal story of the Spitfire which had helped to win the Battle of Britain the previous year Leslie Howard stars as RJ Mitchell the inventor of the Spitfire whose aircraft designs were turned down for funding by Whitehall because they were too revolutionary A chance meeting with Messerschmitt in the early 1930&s gives Mitchell the inspiration to build Britain&s fastest & deadliest fighter plane But first he must find a devil-may-care pilot to risk his life on the test flights Salvation comes in the form of Geoffrey Crisp (David Niven) an out of work veteran fighter pilot from the First World War Together they build the aircraft that so many will owe their lives to However as Mitchell strives to perfect his fighter plane he is rocked by the news that he has only one-year to live unless he stops working His stark choice is to save himself or save his country Actors Leslie Howard David Niven Rosamund John Roland Culver Anne Firth David Horne JH Roberts Derrick De Marney Rosalyn Boulter Herbert Cameron Toni Edgar-Bruce Gordon Mc Leod George Skillan Erik Freund & Fritz Wendhausen Director Leslie Howard Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1942 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 59 minutes (approx) ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Filmed during the dark days of 1942 this is the immortal story of the Spitfire which had helped to win the Battle of Britain the previous year Leslie Howard stars as RJ Mitchell the inventor of the Spitfire whose aircraft designs were turned down for funding by Whitehall because they were too revolutionary A chance meeting with Messerschmitt in the early 1930s gives Mitchell the inspiration to build Britains fastest & deadliest fighter plane But first he must find a devil-may-care pilot to risk his life on the test flights Salvation comes in the form of Geoffrey Crisp (David Niven) an out of work veteran fighter pilot from the First World War Together they build the aircraft that so many will owe their lives to However as Mitchell strives to perfect his fighter plane he is rocked by the news that he has only one-year to live unless he stops working His stark choice is to save himself or save his country ...

The first philosophers paved the way for the work of Plato & Aristotle
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Please note this is a region 2 Blu-ray & will require a region 2 or region Free Blu-ray Player in order to play Behind every tradition lies a revolution Next Independence Day witness the rise of our country’s 12 hours of annual lawlessness Welcome to the movement that began as a simple experiment The First Purge To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year the New Founding Fathers of America (NFFA) test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the marginalized the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders & spread across the nation Language English Subtitles Dutch French Swedish Korean Polish Dubbed French Polish Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English ...

Please note this is a region free DVD & can be played in all region DVD players Behind every tradition lies a revolution Next Independence Day witness the rise of our country’s 12 hours of annual lawlessness Welcome to the movement that began as a simple experiment The First Purge To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year the New Founding Fathers of America (NFFA) test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the marginalized the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders & spread across the nation Language English Subtitles Spanish Dutch German French Italian Dubbed Spanish French Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Audio Description English ...