William Manchester

AUTHOR'S NOTE COMPLETE AT LAST, this book is a source of pride, which is pleasant, though in this instance somewhat odd. It is, after all, a slight work, with no scholarly pretensions. All the sources are secondary, and few are new; I have not mastered recent scholarship on the early sixteenth...

^ i he French had collapsed. The Dutch had been overwhelmed. The A Belgians had surrendered. The British army, trapped, fought free and fell back toward the Channel ports, converging on a fishing town whose name was then spelled Dunkerque. Behind them lay the sea. It was England's greatest...

Ungvári Tamás könyvtárából. Henry Louis Mencken was an American journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic and scholar of American English. He commented widely on the social scene, literature, music, prominent politicians and contemporary movements. His satirical reporting on the Scopes...

M I i Introduction The significance of H. L. Mencken in the second half of the twentieth century may well be greater, but it will be different from what it was in the first half. No doubt the kettle-drummer of the revolt of the twenties will continue to engage the interest of literary...

Caesar was not and is not lovable. His generosity to defeated opponents, magnanimous though it was, did not win their affection. He won his soldiers' devotion by the victories that his intellectual ability, applied to warfare, brought them. Yet, though not lovable, Caesar was and is attractive,...