Jasper Ridley: 3 books
The Freemasons
A History of the World's Most Powerful Secret Society
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
What did Mozart and Bach, Oscar Wilde and Anthony Trollope, George Washington and Frederick the Great, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt have in common? They were all Freemasons, a subject of endless fascination. To the layman, they are a mysterious brotherhood of profound if uncertain influence,...
Mussolini
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2000
Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) was the founder of Fascism and iron-fisted ruler of Italy for two decades. He was also an extremely able politician who won the esteem of many statesmen—including Winston Churchill and influential persons in the United States.
This biography describes Mussolini's...
by Jasper Ridley
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2013
From the arrival of Henry Tudor and his army, at Milford in 1485, to the death of the great Queen Elizabeth I in 1603, this was an astonishingly eventful and contradictory age. All the strands of Tudor life are gathered in a rich tapestry - London and the country, costumes, furniture and food, travel,...