2017, ISBN: 9780330488631

As the city rebuilds from the onslaught of sorcery that nearly destroyed it, the great Houses of Paris, ruled by Fallen angels, still contest one another for control over the capital. Hou… Mehr…

As the city rebuilds from the onslaught of sorcery that nearly destroyed it, the great Houses of Paris, ruled by Fallen angels, still contest one another for control over the capital. House Silverspires was once the most powerful, but just as it sought to rise again, an ancient evil brought it low. Phillippe, an immortal who escaped the carnage, has a singular goalto resurrect someone he lost. But the cost of such magic might be more than he can bear. In House Hawthorn, Madeleine the alchemist has had her addiction to angel essence savagely broken. Struggling to live on, she is forced on a perilous diplomatic mission to the underwater dragon kingdomand finds herself in the midst of intrigues that have already caused one previous emissary to mysteriously disappear.... As the Houses seek a peace more devastating than war, those caught between new fears and old hatreds must find strengthor fall prey to a magic that seeks to bind all to its will.Author Aliette de Bodard is an engineer, a writer, and a keen amateur cook. Her love of mythology and history led her to speculative fiction early on. She is the author of The House of Shattered Wings, the first Dominion of the Fallen Novel, plus numerous short stories, the Aztec noir trilogy Obsidian and Blood, and the award-nominated On a Red Station, Drifting, a space opera based on Vietnamese culture. She has won two Nebula Awards and a Locus Award., Ace; First Edition (April 4, 2017), 0, Pan Books. Good. 130 x 197 x 48mm. Paperback. 2004. 752 pages. Cover worn.<br>The story of the Warsaw Rising from the the leading British authority on the history of Poland.Rising '4 4 is a brilliant narrative account of one of the most dramatic ep isodes in 20th century history, drawing on Davies' unique underst anding of the issues and characters involved. In August 1944 Wars aw offered the Wehrmacht the last line of defence against the Red Army's march from Moscow to Berlin. When the Red Army reached th e river Vistula, the people of Warsaw believed that liberation ha d come. The Resistance took to the streets in celebration, but th e Soviets remained where they were, allowing the Wehrmacht time t o regroup and Hitler to order that the city of Warsaw be razed to the ground. For 63 days the Resistance fought on in the cellars and the sewers. Defenceless citizens were slaughtered in their te ns of thousands. One by one the City's monuments were reduced to rubble, watched by Soviet troops on the other bank of the river. The Allies expressed regret but decided that there was nothing to be done, Poland would not be allowed to be governed by Poles. Th e sacrifice was in vain and the Soviet tanks rolled in to the fla ttened city. It is a hugely dramatic story, vividly and authorita tively told by one of our greatest historians. ., Pan Books, 2004, 2.5<

2004, ISBN: 0330488635

[EAN: 9780330488631], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Pan Books], EUROPEAN HISTORY,WORLD WAR 2 BOOKS,BATTLES & CAMPAIGNS,MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, 752 pages. Cover worn.The story of the Warsaw … Mehr…

[EAN: 9780330488631], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Pan Books], EUROPEAN HISTORY,WORLD WAR 2 BOOKS,BATTLES & CAMPAIGNS,MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, 752 pages. Cover worn.The story of the Warsaw Rising from the the leading British authority on the history of Poland.Rising '4 4 is a brilliant narrative account of one of the most dramatic ep isodes in 20th century history, drawing on Davies' unique underst anding of the issues and characters involved. In August 1944 Wars aw offered the Wehrmacht the last line of defence against the Red Army's march from Moscow to Berlin. When the Red Army reached th e river Vistula, the people of Warsaw believed that liberation ha d come. The Resistance took to the streets in celebration, but th e Soviets remained where they were, allowing the Wehrmacht time t o regroup and Hitler to order that the city of Warsaw be razed to the ground. For 63 days the Resistance fought on in the cellars and the sewers. Defenceless citizens were slaughtered in their te ns of thousands. One by one the City's monuments were reduced to rubble, watched by Soviet troops on the other bank of the river. The Allies expressed regret but decided that there was nothing to be done, Poland would not be allowed to be governed by Poles. Th e sacrifice was in vain and the Soviet tanks rolled in to the fla ttened city. It is a hugely dramatic story, vividly and authorita tively told by one of our greatest historians., Books<

2004, ISBN: 9780330488631

Pan Books. Good. 130 x 197 x 48mm. Paperback. 2004. 752 pages. Cover worn.<br>The story of the Warsaw Rising from the the leading British authority on the history of Poland.Rising … Mehr…

Pan Books. Good. 130 x 197 x 48mm. Paperback. 2004. 752 pages. Cover worn.<br>The story of the Warsaw Rising from the the leading British authority on the history of Poland.Rising '4 4 is a brilliant narrative account of one of the most dramatic ep isodes in 20th century history, drawing on Davies' unique underst anding of the issues and characters involved. In August 1944 Wars aw offered the Wehrmacht the last line of defence against the Red Army's march from Moscow to Berlin. When the Red Army reached th e river Vistula, the people of Warsaw believed that liberation ha d come. The Resistance took to the streets in celebration, but th e Soviets remained where they were, allowing the Wehrmacht time t o regroup and Hitler to order that the city of Warsaw be razed to the ground. For 63 days the Resistance fought on in the cellars and the sewers. Defenceless citizens were slaughtered in their te ns of thousands. One by one the City's monuments were reduced to rubble, watched by Soviet troops on the other bank of the river. The Allies expressed regret but decided that there was nothing to be done, Poland would not be allowed to be governed by Poles. Th e sacrifice was in vain and the Soviet tanks rolled in to the fla ttened city. It is a hugely dramatic story, vividly and authorita tively told by one of our greatest historians. ., Pan Books, 2004, 2.5<

2004, ISBN: 0330488635

[EAN: 9780330488631], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Pan Books, London, England], WORLD WAR TWO, WW2, WAR, MILITARY, WARSAW, POLAND, NORMAN DAVIES, Softcover, reprint, 628gms, 752 pages. … Mehr…

[EAN: 9780330488631], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Pan Books, London, England], WORLD WAR TWO, WW2, WAR, MILITARY, WARSAW, POLAND, NORMAN DAVIES, Softcover, reprint, 628gms, 752 pages. The story of the Warsaw Uprising is undoubtedly one of the most heroic and tragic in history, and Davies's book is both scholarly and gripping. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration throughout. There is a remainder mark to the bottom of page edges, otherwise no other pre-loved markings., Books<