Alf J Mapp: 3 books
Frock Coats and Epaulets
The Men Who Led the Confederacy
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
The passion of Robert E. Lee and the puritan streak in cavalier J. E. B. Stuart are only two of the surprises in Alf J. Mapp Jr.'s highly regarded psychological analysis of Confederate military and political leaders. In this beautifully written book, Mapp also brings to life the defensively genteel...
Three Golden Ages
Discovering the Creative Secrets of Renaissance Florence, Elizabethan England, and America's Founding
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 1998
In this intriguing book, best-selling author Alf Mapp, Jr. explores three periods in Western history that exploded with creativity: Elizabethan England, Renaissance Florence, and America's founding. What enabled these societies to make staggering jumps in scientific knowledge, develop new political structures, or create timeless works of art?
The Golden Dragon
Alfred the Great and His Times
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2014
King Alfred. Everybody knows that he is called “the Great,” but few remember why. Forgetfulness is strange, for few men have led lives so full of physical, mental, and spiritual adventure, or influenced in so many ways the lives of people in every part of the globe. The Golden Dragon is his fascinating...