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Hugh Trevor-Roper
Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914-2003)

politician, historian of Modern Age, historian, journalist, essayist, military officer, intelligence officer, opinion journalist

  • University of Oxford, Charterhouse School

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The Last Days of Hitler
Hidden life
Archbishop Laud, 1573-1645
The Goebbels diaries
Europe's physician
Yamaṿ ha-aḥaronim shel Hiṭler
Lisle Letters
Jacob Burckhardt
The rise of Christian Europe
The European witch-craze of the 16th and 17th centuries
Catholics, Anglicans, and Puritans
Letters from Oxford
Religion, the Reformation and social change
Princes and artists
From Counter-Reformation to Glorious Revolution
The Invention of Scotland
Catholics, Anglicans and Puritans
Renaissance essays
The Romantic movement and study of the history
The European Witch-Craze of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
History and imagination
From Counter-Reformation to Glorious Revolution
The European Witch-Craze of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
The secret world
Archbishop Laud, 1573-1645
Catholics, Anglicans and Puritans
Milton and Clarendon
The age of expansion
History & imagination
Hitler's War Directives 1939-1945
Religion, the Reformation and Social Change and Other Essays
Crimes, Follies & Misfortunes
Renaissance Essays
The crisis of the seventeenth century
The rise of Christian Europe
History & imagination
Queen Elizabeth's first historian: William Camden and the beginnings of English "civil history"
Invention of Scotland
Christ Church, Oxford
Hitler's table talk, 1941-44
Historical essays
The decline and fall of the Roman Empire
Archbishop Laud, 1573-1645. --
The crisis of the seventeenth century; religion, the Reformation, and social change
History and imagination
The gentry, 1540-1640
Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
George Buchanan and the ancient Scottish constitution
The European witch-craze of the 16th and 17th centuries and other essays
George Buchanan and the ancient Scottish constitution
De la Réforme aux Lumières
Archbishop Laud, 1573-1645
The gentry, 1540-1640
Collected Essays 5
Hermit Of Peking
Hitler's world policy
The Hermit of Peking
Renaissance essays
Invention of Scotland - Myth and History
Religion, the Reformation and social change. --
Catholics, Anglicans, and Puritans
Archbishop Laud
Clarendon & the practice of history
History and the Enlightenment
Archbishop Laud
Archbishop Laud, 1573-1645
The gentry, 1540-1640
History, professional and lay
History and Imagination
The age of expansion: Europe and the world 1559-1660
Essays in British history, presented to Sir Keith Feiling. --
The Goebbels diaries
World Through Blunted Sight
The Elizabethan aristocracy
Archbishop Laud
Religion, the Reformation and social change, and other essays
War der Nationalsozialismus ohne Beispiel?
The Crisis of the 17th Century
Essays in British history
History, professional and lay
The Philby affair: espionage, treason, and secret services
The Gentry,1540-1640 (Economic Historical Review Supplement)
Theodore De Mayerne
Oliver Cromwell and his parliaments
History and the Enlightenment
Golden Age Of Europe
One hundred letters from Hugh Trevor-Roper
Religion, the Reformation and social change and other essays
The Scottish enlightenment
The European witch-craze of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and other essays
Religion, the Reformation and social change
The plunder of the arts in the seventeenth century
Letters from Oxford
The European witch-craze of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
The European witch-craze of the 16th and 17th centuries
The age of expansion
Crisis of the 17th Century
Hitler's place in history
Crisis of the Seventeenth Century
The gentry, 1540-1640
Men and Essays
German intelligence service and the war
Rise of Christian Europe
Archbishop Laud 1573-1645
Essays in British history
Princes and artists
Men and events
The past and the present
The general crisis of the 17th century
The Romantic movement and the study of history
Jewish and other nationalism
The European witch-craze of the 16th and 17th centuries
LETTERS FROM OXFORD
The golden age of Europe
Larousse encyclopedia of modern history, from 1500 to the present day
Religion, the Reformation, and social change, and other essays
Men and events
Historical essays
The rise of Christian Europe
Las Conversaciones Privadas De Hitler
Essays in British history, presented to Sir Keith Feiling
Archbishop Laud, 1573-1645. --
Historia de las civilizaciones. 8
Jewish and other nationalism
History and the Enlightenment
The European witch-craze of the 16th and 17ty centuries
The crisis of the seventeenth century
1914
Religion, the Reformation, and social change, and other essays
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)

politician, journalist, statesperson, naval officer, anti-communist

  • London School of Economics and Political Science, Harvard College

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Profiles in courage
The Kennedy wit
The uncommon wisdom of JFK
John F. Kennedy, word for word
Profiles in Courage (Perennial Classics)
Profiles in Courage (slipcased edition)
Profiles in Courage
The dream that will not die
Profiles in courage
Le courage dans la politique
John F. Kennedy, in his own words
Profiles in Courage
Profiles in Courage
Profiles in courage (Memorial ed.).
Liberty
As we remember Joe
Profiles in courage
The dream that will not die
אומץ ופוליטיקה
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
Why England slept
World Literature 1999
A nation of immigrants
The strategy of peace
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
Words to remember
The wisdom of JFK
President Kennedy's program
The burden and the glory
Prelude to leadership
JFK wants to know
America, the beautiful
John F. Kennedy talks to young people
John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963
The wit and wisdom of John F. Kennedy
John F Kennedy The Inaugural Address
The greatest speeches of President John F. Kennedy
Profiles in Courage CD
More Kennedy wit
The Kennedy-Khrushchev letters
The Kennedy wit
Memorable quotations of John F. Kennedy
Creative America
To turn the tide
The quotable Kennedy
Set your compass true
Profiles in courage ; young readers edition
The quotable Mr. Kennedy
"Let the word go forth"
The first book edition of John F. Kennedy's inaugural address
To turn the tide
State of the Union Addresses
The John F. Kennedy School of Government
Some elements of the American character
Kennedy and the press
"Let the word go forth"
Trade and the Atlantic partnership
The Kennedy presidential press conferences
Kennedy through Indian eyes
Kennedy's Inaugural address of 1961
This Land Is Your Land 2022 Wall Calendar
The U.S. response to Soviet military buildup in Cuba; report to the people October 22, 1962
President John Fitzgerald Kennedy's grand and global alliance
Legacy of a president
President Kenndey's address to the Oireachtas, June 1963
The Letters of John F. Kennedy
The Berlin crisis
The shining moments
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy: profile in courage
Let us call a truce to terror
White House press releases, 1961-1963
Profiles in Courage
John F. Kennedy on education
Perfiles de Coraje
John F. Kennedy speaks
Remarks of the President before a citizen's rally in front of the Texas Hotel, Fort Worth, Texas
John F. Kennedy on Israel, Zionism, and Jewish issues
John F. Kennedy and Poland
The humor of JFK
Chŏngsang ŭl hyanghayŏ
What kind of peace?
Profiles in Courage (Perennial Classics)
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
A step toward peace
Strategie de la paix (The strategy of peace)
Glanz und Bürde
Four speeches
The Cuban missile crisis
John F. Kennedy on education
The inaugural address
The wit of President Kennedy
President Kennedy's report to the people on his trip to Europe, May 30-June 6, 1961
John F. Kennedy
Operation Pan America
Sam Houston & the Senate
Le Fardeau et la gloire
Religious views of President John F. Kennedy in his own words
President Kennedy and the press, 1961-1963
John F. Kennedy
Antología de John F. Kennedy
Let the lady hold up her head
Remarks of the President at ground breaking for the Robert Frost Library, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts
Quotations from the Scriptures
The faith of JFK
As we remember Joe
America's challenge to a race for peace
Kennedy reports progress toward peace
State of the Union Addresses
The unspoken speech of John F. Kennedy at Dallas, November 22, 1963
The military build-up in Cuba
The complete Kennedy wit
To turn the tide: a selection from President Kennedy's public statements from his election through the 1961 adjournment of Congress, setting forth the goals of his first legislative year
The state of the union
State of the Union Addresses of John F. Kennedy
New opportunities in the search for peace
Profiles in Courage CD SP
Remarks of the President upon receiving honorary degree of doctor of laws, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts
The burden and the glory [by] John F. Kennedy
Profiles in Courage SP
Nation of Immigrants, A \ país de inmigrantes, Un
President Kennedy speaks on the Alliance for Progress
Remarks by the President to the Dallas Citizens Council, the Dallas Assembly and the Graduate Research Center of the Southwest, at the Trade Mart, Dallas, Texas, November 22, 1963
Back from the brink
The Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961
The strategy of peace
President Kennedy Speaks
Making Government Work
Appointment book of President Kennedy (1961-1963)
Civil rights during the Kennedy administration, 1961-1963
Carbohydrate chemistry
Macromolecular Chemistry 3
The John F. Kennedy 1960 campaign
Macromolecular Chemistry 1
Macromolecular Chemistry 2
The John F. Kennedy national security files, 1961-1963
John F. Kennedy's inaugural address, delivered on January 20, 1961
A Nation of Immigrants
To turn the tide
Nation of Immigrants, a País de Inmigrantes, un (Spanish Edition)
Toward a strategy of peace
Nation of Immigrants
Profiles in Courage
The letters of John F. Kennedy
Chemistry and processing of wood and plant fibrous materials / ed. by John F. Kennedy, Glyn O. Phillips
The John F. Kennedy national security files
Why England Slept
The burden and the glory
An address by John F. Kennedy
Moral crisis
The Cumulated indexes to the public papers of the Presidents of the United States, John F. Kennedy, 1961-1963
Nation of Immigrants
Why England slept
JFK
The faith of JFK
Istirātizhī-i ṣulḥ
The place of the artist in society
JFK
JFK
Sterilisation of Tissues Using Ionizing Radiations
The economic problems of New England
Inaugural address
Heiwa no tame no senryaku
John F.Kennedy's Inaugural Address
Ba-ḥatirah el ha-shalom
John F. Kennedy
Legacy of a president
JFK
A John F. Kennedy memorial miniature
Amerika in der Welt von Morgen
Bioactive Carbohydrates
John F. Kennedy
JFK
Neither the fanatics nor the faint-hearted
Perfiles de Coraje
John F. Kennedy
To turn the tide
John F. Kennedy in Deutschland
Prelude to Leadership
Why foreign aid?
Nuclear testing and disarmament
America, the beautiful
The USSR & Cuba
President Kennedy's address to the Oireachtas, June 1963
The quotable Mr. Kennedy. (Highlights from the speeches of the President of the United States)
Amerikas Weg in die Zukunft
The burden and the glory
Ian Grey
Ian Grey (1918-1996)

historian, jurist, military officer

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Stalin, man of history
Catherine the Great, autocrat and Empress of All Russia
Ivan the Terrible
The Horizon history of Russia
The first fifty years: Soviet Russia, 1917-67
Boris Godunov
Peter the Great, Emperor of All Russia
The parliamentarians
Ivan III and the unification of Russia
Ivan III and the Unification of Russia
Sex Stupidity and Greed
Boris Godunov; the tragic Tsar
The Romanovs
The Pelican Fables
Ivan der Schreckliche
Ian III and the unification of Russia. --
Ivan 3 and the unification of Russia
Catherine the Great
Payments and privileges of Commowealth Parliamentarians
Ivan III and the unification of Russia
Ivan the Terrible
Peter the Great, Emperor of all Russia
Peter the Great, Emperor of all Russia
Ivan the Third and the Unification of Russia
Ivan III and the unification of Russia
The first fifty years
Animals in Danger
The Romanovs
Jaswant Singh
Jaswant Singh (1938-2020)

politician, military personnel

  • Mayo College

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Alexander Litvinenko
Alexander Litvinenko (1962-2006)

military personnel, spy

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Blowing up Russia
The Age of Putin
LPG--Lubi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ Prestupnai︠a︡ Gruppirovka
FSB vzryvaet Rossii︠u︡
Neotravlennoe slovo
Genscherismus
Carl Schurz
Carl Schurz (1829-1906)

politician, military officer, diplomat, revolutionary, journalist, editor

  • University of Bonn, Dreikönigsgymnasium

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Abraham Lincoln
Life of Henry Clay
The reminiscences of Carl Schurz
Carl Schurz
Sturmjahre; Lebenserinnerungen 1829-1852
Unter dem Sternenbanner
Flucht aus der Festung Rastatt
The reminiscences of Carl Schurz
Die Befreiung Gottfried Kinkels aus dem Zuchthaus in Spandau
Life of Henry Clay
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
The reminiscences of Carl Schurz ...
Reminiscences of a long life
Reminiscences of a long life
Aus den Lebenserinnerungen eines Achtundvierzigers
Reminiscences of a long life
Henry Clay
Der erste Eindruck des neuen Landes
Carl Schurz
Intimate letters of Carl Schurz, 1841-1869
Judge Douglas--the bill of indictment
Speeches, correspondence and political papers of Carl Schurz
American Imperialism: The Convocation Address Delivered on the Occasion of the Twenty-seventh ..
Life of Henry Clay
Speeches of Carl Schurz
American imperialism
Report on the Condition of the South
Douglas and popular sovereignty
The great issue of American politics
The policy of imperialism
For the great empire of liberty, forward
The new South
Charles Sumner, an essay
Lebenserinnerungen
Speech of Hon. Carl Schurz, of Missouri, at Indianapolis, Indiana, July 20, 1880
Reminiscences
Renewed struggles
Eulogy on Charles Sumner
American leadership for peace and arbitration
Annexation of San Domingo
Abraham Lincoln, a biographical essay
Intimate Letters of Carl Schurz, 1841-1869
An address delivered before the Archæan society of Beloit college, at its anniversary
Encouragements and warnings
The necessity and progress of civil service reform
For American principles and American honor
Address of Carl Schurz at Brooklyn, N.Y., August 5, 1884
Vormärz in Deutschland
Court of inquiry on Maj.-genl. Hooker's report of the night engagement of Wauhatchie
The Reminiscences of Carl Schurz 1829 to 1852
Life of Henry Clay
Speech of the Hon. Carl Schurz
Civil-service reform and democracy
Slavery at war with the moral sentiment of the world
Speech of Hon. Carl Schurz, at the mass meeting, Cooper Institute, New York, March 6, 1862
Die Anklage-Acte gegen Stephen A Douglas
Congress and the spoils system
A speech delivered by Gen. Carl Schurz, at Philadelphia, September 8, 1866
The Reminiscences of Carl Schurz 1829 to 1852 V1
Political disabilities
To business men
The New South
Report on the Condition of the South (American Negro His History and Literature No 3)
Election of Senator Caldwell
Autobiography
Sales of arms to French agents
Life of slavery, or, The life of the nation?: speech of Hon. Carl Schurz, at the mass meeting, Cooper Institute, New York, March 6, 1862
Speech of Carl Schurz, at Cooper Institute, New York, Thursday, September 13, 1860
The spoils system
Usurpation of the war powers
Die Briefe von Carl Schurz an Gottfried Kinkel
For truth, justice and liberty
Speeches (Notable American Authors) 6 Volumes
Speeches, Correspondence And Political Papers Of Carl Schurz V5
Intimate Letters of Carl Schurz, 1841 to 1869
Admission of Georgia
To the independent voter
Republican nominations
Abraham Lincoln, an essay
The democracy of the merit system
Aus den Lebenserinnerungen eines Achtundvierzigers
Can the South solve the Negro problem?
Als Amerika noch jung war
Jugendjahre in Deutschland (Lebenserinnerungen)
Reminenisence of Carl Schurz ( 3 Volumes)
Henry Clay (American statesmen)
Henry Clay
Honest money and labor
Report of the George William Curtis Memorial Committee
Die Briefe von Carl Schurz an Gottfried Kinkel. Eingeleitet und hrsg. von Eberhard Kessel
Junglingsjahre in Deutschland
The Autobiography of Carl Schurz
Intimate letters of Carl Schurz, 1841-1869
Lebenserinnerungen
Charles Sumner
Henry Clay
The reminiscences of Carl Schurz ... illustrated with portraits and original drawings
Henry Clay
Address of Hon. Carl Schurz
Können ehrliche Amerikaner für James G. Blaine stimmen?
Rede des Herrn Carl Schurz
Jünglingsjahre in Deutschland
Some object lessons
The warning cry
Speech of the Hon. Carl Schurz, delivered at Central Music Hall, September 5, 1896, under the auspices of the American Honest Money League, Chicago, Ill
Lebenserinnerungen von Carl Shurz
Abraham Lincoln
Sales of arms to French agents, and how they are officially justified
Carl Schurz über die Silberfrage
Die Rede des Ministers Carl Schurz, abgehalten zu Cincinnati, O., am 20. August 1879
Speech of Carl Schurz
DER ERSTE EINDRUCK DES NEUEN LANDES = THE FIRST IMPRESSION OF THE NEW COUNTRY
Reform. Speech of Hon. Carl Schurz
To the independent voter
Judge Douglas
The currency, specie payments
Message of the President of the United States
Civil service reform
The reminiscences of Carl Schurz ..
Lebenserinnerungen
The currency question
Admission of Georgia
Abraham Lincoln
Judge Douglas--the bill of indictment
Rufer im Streit
Ganz kurz
Speech of Carl Schurz at Cooper Institute, New York, Thursday, September 13, 1860
Usurpation of the war powers
The life of Henry Clay
American leadership for peace and arbitration
Removal of the Ponca Indians
Carl Schurz über die Silberfrage
Speech of Carl Schurz, delivered at Verandah Hall, St. Louis, Aug. 1, 1860
Karol Schurz o naszej monecie
Carl Schurz' Rede in Rochester N.Y.
Pensions
Address of Carl Schurz at Brooklyn, N.Y., August 5, 1884
The condition of the South
Election of Senator Caldwell
Rede von Carl Shurz, gehalten am 5. September, 1896 in Chicago
For the republic of Washington and Lincoln
Speech of the Hon. Carl Schurz
Slavery at war with the moral sentiment of the world
Douglas and popular sovereignty
Unanswerable exposition of the folly of fiat money
Rede des Achtbaren Carl Schurz, gehalten zu Indianapolis, Ind., am 20. Juli 1880
United States export almanac
Douglas und Volks-Sonveränität
Currency--national banks
Enforcement of fifteenth amendment
The irrepressible conflict and the dissolution of the union
Can honest Americans vote for Jas. G. Blaine?
Speeches, correspondence and political papers of Carl Schurz
Address of Mr. Schurz
Schurz over ons geld
Speech ... delivered at Central Music Hall, September 15, 1896
Die Anklage-Acte gegen Stephen A. Douglas
Oceans apart?
The life of slavery, or the life of the nation?
Henry Clay
Rede des Herrn Schurz
Address of Carl Schurz at Brooklyn, New York, August 5, 1884
Henry Clay
Honest money and labor
Douglasism exposed and Republicanism vindicated
Woman suffrage
Speech of Carl Schurz at the Greeley ratification meeting, at St. Louis, July 22
Douglas and popular sovereignty
Autobiography of Carl Schurz
General amnesty. Speech of Hon. Carl Schurz, of Missouri
Silver and farm prices
The reminiscences of Carl Schurz, [1829-1869]
The True issue
Abraham Lincoln
Desmond Young
Desmond Young (1891-1966)

military officer, salvor, journalist, actor, autobiographer, military personnel

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Neil Cantlie
Neil Cantlie (1892-1975)

military personnel, biographer

  • Robert Gordon's College, University of Aberdeen

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