Great Feuds in History: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever

Colin Evans9780471225881, 0471225886

Книга Great Feuds in History: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever Great Feuds in History: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever Книги Исторические Автор: Colin Evans Год издания: 2002 Формат: pdf Издат.:Wiley Страниц: 256 Размер: 1,3 Mb ISBN: 0471225886 Язык: Английский0 (голосов: 0) Оценка:Praise for Great Feuds in History “Everyone loves a good fight, especially on the world stage, and Evans calls these contests with skill and flair.”–– Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Evans captures all the drama and controversy in these streamlined accounts brimming with invigorated, well-paced prose.”–– Publishers Weekly In Great Feuds in History, Colin Evans puts us in the middle of ten of history’s most significant struggles–high-stakes personal conflicts that had a lasting impact on the societies around them and on generations that followed. Spanning five hundred years of political rivalry, spiritual conflict, and ancestral discord, here are ten fascinating true tales of ambition, greed, jealousy, passion, and fear that are as gripping and meaningful today as they were in their own turbulent times. Queen Elizabeth I versus Mary, Queen of Scots English parliament versus King Charles IAaron Burr versus Alexander HamiltonThe Hatfields versus the McCoysJoseph Stalin versus Leon TrotskyRoald Amundsen versus Robert ScottThe Duchess of Windsor versus the Queen MotherBernard Law Montgomery versus George Patton Lyndon B. Johnson versus Robert F. KennedyJ. Edgar Hoover versus Martin Luther King Jr.

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Table of contents :
GREAT FEUDS IN HISTORY……Page 1
CONTENTS……Page 6
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS……Page 8
INTRODUCTION……Page 12
CHAPTER 1 · Elizabeth I versus Mary……Page 16
CHAPTER 2 · Parliament versus Charles 1……Page 38
CHAPTER 3 · Burr versus Hamilton……Page 60
CHAPTER 4 · Hatfields versus McCoys……Page 78
CHAPTER 5 · Stalin versus Trotsky……Page 96
CHAPTER 6 · Amundsen versus Scott……Page 120
CHAPTER 7 · Duchess of Windsor versus Queen Mother……Page 140
CHAPTER 8 · Montgomery versus Patton……Page 162
CHAPTER 9 · Johnson versus Kennedy……Page 180
CHAPTER 10 · Hoover versus King……Page 202
NOTES……Page 226
BIBLIOGRAPHY……Page 236
INDEX……Page 244