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The instant Sunday Times bestsellerA Times BBC History Magazine and Daily Mail Book of the Year The UK s bestselling medieval historian brings unforgettably to life the astonishing rise of Henry V who survived rebellion a near fatal arrow wound and a lengthy and precarious princely apprenticeship to become England s greatest warrior king A historian who writes as addictively as any page turning novelist ObserverHenry V reigned over England for only nine years and four months and died at the age of just 35 but he looms over the landscape of the late Middle Ages and beyond The victor of Agincourt was a model king for his successors Shakespeare s version of Henry V saw his youthful folly redirected to sober statesmanship and in the dark days of World War II Henry s victories in France were recounted in British propaganda Churchill called Henry a gleam of splendour in the dark troubled story of medieval England while for one modern medievalist Henry was quite simply the greatest man who ever ruled England For Dan Jones Henry is one of the most intriguing characters in all medieval history but one of the hardest to pin down He was a hardened sometimes brutal warrior yet he was also creative and artistic with a bookish temperament He was a lea

Who works for the government and why does their work matter Michael Lewis bestselling author of The Big Short and The Fifth Risk along with an all star team of writers and storytellers takes us on a riveting journey into a hidden world The government is a vast complex system that citizens pay for rebel against rely upon dismiss and celebrate It s also our shared resource for addressing the biggest problems of society And it s made up of people mostly unrecognized and uncelebrated doing work that can be deeply consequential and beneficial to everyone Michael Lewis invited his favourite writers to find someone doing an interesting job for the government and write about them The stories they found are unexpected riveting and inspiring including a former coal miner devoted to making mine roofs less likely to collapse saving thousands of lives an IRS agent straight out of a crime thriller and the manager who made the National Cemetery Administration the best run organization public or private in the entire country Each essay shines a spotlight on the essential behind the scenes work of exemplary federal employees Whether they re digitizing archives chasing down cybercriminals or discovering new planets these public servants are committed to their

The groundbreaking, intimate and inspiring memoir from Pope Francis. Books of the Year 2025: The Times, Telegraph, Guardian, Independent, Financial Times, New Statesman ''Remarkable'' Guardian ''Elegant and joyful'' Financial Times Pope Francis originally intended this exceptional book to appear only after his death, but the needs of our times and the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope have moved him to make this precious legacy available now. HOPE is the first autobiography in history ever to be published by a Pope. Written over six years, this complete autobiography starts in the early years of the twentieth century, with Pope Franciss Italian roots and his ancestors courageous migration to Latin America, continuing through his childhood, the enthusiasms and preoccupations of his youth, his vocation, adult life, and the whole of his papacy up to the present day. In recounting his memories with intimate narrative force (not forgetting his own personal passions), Pope Francis deals unsparingly with some of the crucial moments of his papacy and writes candidly, fearlessly and prophetically about some of the most important and controversial questions of our present times: war and peace (including the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East), migration, environmental crisis, social policy, the position of women, sexuality, technological developments, the future of the Church and of religion in general. HOPE includes a wealth of revelations, anecdotes and illuminating thoughts. It is a thrilling and very human memoir, moving and sometimes funny, which represents the story of a life and, at the same time, a touching moral and spiritual testament that will fascinate readers throughout the world and will be Pope Franciss legacy of hope for future generations.

As a close personal friend of David Beckham, Gaynor Morgan has earned the confidence of the legendary player and his wife. In this work, discover how a boy from Essex became one of the most recognisable faces in the world, read the truth about his marriage to Victoria, and see a side of David only his closest friends ever see.

Thomas Cromwell is one of the most famous - or notorious - figures in English history. Born in obscurity in Putney, he became a fixer for Cardinal Wolsey in the 1520s. After Wolsey''s fall, Henry VIII promoted him to a series of ever greater offices, and by the end of the 1530s he was effectively running the country for the King. That decade was one of the most momentous in English history: it saw a religious break with the Pope, unprecedented use of parliament, the dissolution of all monasteries. Cromwell was central to all this, but establishing his role with precision, at a distance of nearly five centuries and after the destruction of many of his papers at his own fall, has been notoriously difficult.Diarmaid MacCulloch''s biography is much the most complete and persuasive life ever written of this elusive figure, a masterclass in historical detective work, making connections not previously seen. It overturns many received interpretations, for example that Cromwell was a cynical, ''secular'' politician without deep-felt religious commitment, or that he and Anne Boleyn were allies because of their common religious sympathies - in fact he destroyed her. It introduces the many different personalities of these foundational years, all conscious of the ''terrifyingly unpredictable'' Henry VIII. MacCulloch allows readers to feel that they are immersed in all this, that it is going on around them.For a time, the self-made ''ruffian'' (as he described himself) - ruthless, adept in the exercise of power, quietly determined in religious revolution - was master of events. MacCulloch''s biography for the first time reveals his true place in the making of modern England and Ireland, for good and ill.

El reinado del emperador Adriano (76 138 d.C.), entre los años 117 y 138 d.C., marcó un hito en la historia del Imperio Romano. La presente obra, «que deja obsoletos todos los trabajos realizados ant

The instant Sunday Times bestsellerA Times BBC History Magazine and Daily Mail Book of the Year The UK s bestselling medieval historian brings unforgettably to life the astonishing rise of Henry V who survived rebellion a near fatal arrow wound and a lengthy and precarious princely apprenticeship to become England s greatest warrior king A historian who writes as addictively as any page turning novelist ObserverHenry V reigned over England for only nine years and four months and died at the age of just 35 but he looms over the landscape of the late Middle Ages and beyond The victor of Agincourt was a model king for his successors Shakespeare s version of Henry V saw his youthful folly redirected to sober statesmanship and in the dark days of World War II Henry s victories in France were recounted in British propaganda Churchill called Henry a gleam of splendour in the dark troubled story of medieval England while for one modern medievalist Henry was quite simply the greatest man who ever ruled England For Dan Jones Henry is one of the most intriguing characters in all medieval history but one of the hardest to pin down He was a hardened sometimes brutal warrior yet he was also creative and artistic with a bookish temperament He was a lea

Who works for the government and why does their work matter Michael Lewis bestselling author of The Big Short and The Fifth Risk along with an all star team of writers and storytellers takes us on a riveting journey into a hidden world The government is a vast complex system that citizens pay for rebel against rely upon dismiss and celebrate It s also our shared resource for addressing the biggest problems of society And it s made up of people mostly unrecognized and uncelebrated doing work that can be deeply consequential and beneficial to everyone Michael Lewis invited his favourite writers to find someone doing an interesting job for the government and write about them The stories they found are unexpected riveting and inspiring including a former coal miner devoted to making mine roofs less likely to collapse saving thousands of lives an IRS agent straight out of a crime thriller and the manager who made the National Cemetery Administration the best run organization public or private in the entire country Each essay shines a spotlight on the essential behind the scenes work of exemplary federal employees Whether they re digitizing archives chasing down cybercriminals or discovering new planets these public servants are committed to their

The groundbreaking, intimate and inspiring memoir from Pope Francis. Books of the Year 2025: The Times, Telegraph, Guardian, Independent, Financial Times, New Statesman ''Remarkable'' Guardian ''Elegant and joyful'' Financial Times Pope Francis originally intended this exceptional book to appear only after his death, but the needs of our times and the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope have moved him to make this precious legacy available now. HOPE is the first autobiography in history ever to be published by a Pope. Written over six years, this complete autobiography starts in the early years of the twentieth century, with Pope Franciss Italian roots and his ancestors courageous migration to Latin America, continuing through his childhood, the enthusiasms and preoccupations of his youth, his vocation, adult life, and the whole of his papacy up to the present day. In recounting his memories with intimate narrative force (not forgetting his own personal passions), Pope Francis deals unsparingly with some of the crucial moments of his papacy and writes candidly, fearlessly and prophetically about some of the most important and controversial questions of our present times: war and peace (including the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East), migration, environmental crisis, social policy, the position of women, sexuality, technological developments, the future of the Church and of religion in general. HOPE includes a wealth of revelations, anecdotes and illuminating thoughts. It is a thrilling and very human memoir, moving and sometimes funny, which represents the story of a life and, at the same time, a touching moral and spiritual testament that will fascinate readers throughout the world and will be Pope Franciss legacy of hope for future generations.

As a close personal friend of David Beckham, Gaynor Morgan has earned the confidence of the legendary player and his wife. In this work, discover how a boy from Essex became one of the most recognisable faces in the world, read the truth about his marriage to Victoria, and see a side of David only his closest friends ever see.

Thomas Cromwell is one of the most famous - or notorious - figures in English history. Born in obscurity in Putney, he became a fixer for Cardinal Wolsey in the 1520s. After Wolsey''s fall, Henry VIII promoted him to a series of ever greater offices, and by the end of the 1530s he was effectively running the country for the King. That decade was one of the most momentous in English history: it saw a religious break with the Pope, unprecedented use of parliament, the dissolution of all monasteries. Cromwell was central to all this, but establishing his role with precision, at a distance of nearly five centuries and after the destruction of many of his papers at his own fall, has been notoriously difficult.Diarmaid MacCulloch''s biography is much the most complete and persuasive life ever written of this elusive figure, a masterclass in historical detective work, making connections not previously seen. It overturns many received interpretations, for example that Cromwell was a cynical, ''secular'' politician without deep-felt religious commitment, or that he and Anne Boleyn were allies because of their common religious sympathies - in fact he destroyed her. It introduces the many different personalities of these foundational years, all conscious of the ''terrifyingly unpredictable'' Henry VIII. MacCulloch allows readers to feel that they are immersed in all this, that it is going on around them.For a time, the self-made ''ruffian'' (as he described himself) - ruthless, adept in the exercise of power, quietly determined in religious revolution - was master of events. MacCulloch''s biography for the first time reveals his true place in the making of modern England and Ireland, for good and ill.

El reinado del emperador Adriano (76 138 d.C.), entre los años 117 y 138 d.C., marcó un hito en la historia del Imperio Romano. La presente obra, «que deja obsoletos todos los trabajos realizados ant