Augustus The Strong: A Study In Artistic Greatness And Political Fiasco Tim Blanning Allen Lane Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

\ It\ S Been A Superb Year For History But Augustus The Strong Ranks Up There With Very Best! I Cant Recommend It Strongly Enough\ - Simon Sebag-Montefiore\ Wonderful Story Of One Worst Monarchs In European Told Enormous Wit And Scholarship By Supremely Talented Historian If You Have Slightest Interest Germans Poles Porcelain Jewels Enlightenment Military Disasters Or Pleasures Fox-Tossing Then This Is Book You\ Dominic Sandbrook From Acclaimed Author Pursuit Glory Frederick Great Riotous Biography Charismatic Ruler 18Th-Century Poland Saxony His Catastrophic Reign What-Ifs 18Th Century He Could Turned Accident Ruling Two Major Realms Into Basis Powerful State – Bulwark Against Russians Block On Prussian Expansion Alas Was No Opportunity Did Not Waste Decision Get Wrong Time Death Fatally Damaged Would Subsequently Disappear As An Independent Until 20Th Tim Blanning’s Wonderfully Entertaining Original New Study Failed Statecraft Showing How Can Shape Much Incompetence Brilliance Augustus’s Posthumous Sobriquet ‘The Strong’ Referred To Any Political Accomplishment Legendary Physical Strength Sexual Athleticism Yet Also Creative Artists Age Combining Driving Energy Exquisite Taste Apparently Boundless Resources Master-Mind Creation Peerless Dresden Baroque Jewel Brilliantly Evokes Opulence Excess Decadence Folly Σελίδες: 432 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0429 Διαστάσεις: 15 8X15 8Cm