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Britain shaped the modern Middle East through the lines that it drew in the sand after the First World War and through the League of Nations mandates over the fledgling states that followed. Less than forty years later, the Suez crisis dealt a fatal blow to Britain’s standing in the Middle East and is often represented as the final throes of British imperialism. However, as this insightful and compelling new book reveals, successive prime ministers have all sought to extend British influence in the Middle East and their actions have often led to a disastrous outcome. While Anthony Eden and Tony Blair are the two most prominent examples of prime ministers whose reputations have been ruined by their interventions in the region, they were not alone in taking significant risks in deploying British forces to the Middle East. There was an unspoken assumption that Britain could help solve its problems, even if only for the reason that British imperialism had created the problems in the first place. Drawing these threads together, Nigel Ashton explores the reasons why British leaders have been unable to resist returning to the mire of the Middle East, while highlighting the misconceptions about the region that have helped shape their interventions, and the legacy of history that has fuelled their pride and arrogance. Ultimately, he shows how their fears and insecurities made them into false prophets who conjured existential threats out of the sands of the Middle East.

A sparkling new translation of one of the greatest travel books ever written: Marco Polo's seminal account of his journeys in the east, in a collectible clothbound edition. Marco Polo was the most famous traveller of his time. His voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which he served the Kublai Khan on numerous diplomatic missions. On his return to the West he was made a prisoner of war and met Rustichello of Pisa, with whom he collaborated on this book. His account of his travels offers a fascinating glimpse of what he encountered abroad: unfamiliar religions, customs and societies; the spices and silks of the East; the precious gems, exotic vegetation and wild beasts of faraway lands. Evoking a remote and long-vanished world with colour and immediacy, Marco's book revolutionized western ideas about the then unknown East and is still one of the greatest travel accounts of all time. For this edition - the first completely new English translation of the Travels in over fifty years - Nigel Cliff has gone back to the original manuscript sources to produce a fresh, authoritative new version. The volume also contains invaluable editorial materials, including an introduction describing the world as it stood on the eve of Polo's departure, and examining the fantastical notions the West had developed of the East. Marco Polo was born in 1254, joining his father on a journey to China in 1271. He spent the next twenty years travelling in the service of Kublai Khan. There is evidence that Marco travelled extensively in the Mongol Empire and it is fairly certain he visited India. He wrote his famous Travels whilst a prisoner in Genoa. Nigel Cliff was previously a theatre and film critic for The Times and a regular writer for The Economist, among other publications, and now writes historical nonfiction books. His first book, The Shakespeare Riots, was published in 2007 and shortlisted for the Washington-based National Award for Arts Writing. His second book, The Last Crusade: Vasco da Gama and the Birth of the Modern World appeared in 2011 and was shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize.

In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell; shortly afterwards the two Germanies reunited, and East Germany ceased to exist. In Stasiland, winner of the 2004 Samuel Johnson Prize, Anna Funder tells extraordinary tales from the underbelly of the former East Germany, a country where the headquarters of the secret police can become a museum literally overnight, and one in fifty East Germans were informing on their countrymen and women. She meets Miriam, who as a sixteen-year-old might have started the Third World War, visits the man who painted the line which became the Berlin Wall and gets drunk with the legendary ‘Mik Jegger’ of the East, who the authorities once declared – to his face – to ‘no longer exist’.

A Cook’s Book is the story of Nigel Slater’s life in the kitchen. From the first jam tart Nigel made with his mum standing on a chair trying to reach the Aga, through to what he is cooking now, this is the ultimate Nigel Slater collection brimming with over 200 recipes. He writes about how his cooking has changed from discovering the best way to roast a chicken to the trick to smoky, smooth aubergine mash. He gives the tales behind the recipes and recalls the first time he ate a baguette in Paris, his love of jewel-bright Japanese pickled radishes and his initial slice of buttercream-topped chocolate cake. These are the favourite recipes Nigel Slater cooks at home every day; the heart and soul of his cooking. Chapters include: a slice of tart, a chicken in the pot, everyday greens, the solace of soup and the ritual of tea. This is the essential Nigel Slater.

Nigel белый / цемент светлый Готовые гостиные. Каркас — ЛДСП.

Salman Rushdie, a self-described ‘emigrant from one place and a newcomer in two’, explores the true meaning of home. Writing with insight, passion and humour, he looks at what it means to belong, whether roots are real and homelands imaginary, what it is like to reconfigure your past from fragments of memory and what happens when East meets West. Selected from the books Shame, Imaginary Homelands and East, West by Salman Rushdie

Артур Конан Дойл - всемирно известный английский писатель, подаривший миру не только великолепный цикл рассказов и повестей о Шерлоке Холмсе, но и множество замечательных романов, отличающихся богатством языка, удивительными персонажами и яркими сюжетами. "Сэр Найджел Лоринг" - это исторический роман Дойла, рассказывающий о юности главного героя, проведённой на службе короля Англии. Автор необычайно живо и ярко описал жизнь и быт английских рыцарей и лучников. Читателя ждут невероятные приключения, настоящие герои и закрученный сюжет. Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале!

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. "Sir Nigel" is a historical novel set during the early days of the Hundred Years' War. As a background story to his book "The White Company", it describes the early life of Sir Nigel Loring in the service of King Edward III at the start of the war.

Готовая гостиная Nigel - это идеальное решение для тех, кто ищет стильное и компактное решение для своей гостиной.Изготовленная из ЛДСП, эта гостиная состоит из ниши под ТВ размером 111 * 72 см, которая позволяет разместить телевизор до 43 дюймов. Эта ниша является идеальным местом для просмотра ваших любимых фильмов и шоу.Слева от ниши расположен шкаф с 3 закрытыми полками, который предоставляет много места для хранения ваших вещей. Над нишей разместилась длинная полка, которая может стать идеальным местом для хранения книг, фоторамок и других декоративных элементов.Под нишей расположен 1 закрытый ящик и 3 открытые полки, которые могут стать идеальным местом для хранения вашей коллекции DVD, игр, журналов и других вещей.Гостиная Nigel - это компактное и стильное решение для вашей гостиной. Она сочетает в себе удобство и функциональность, что делает ее идеальным решением для маленьких комнат. Благодаря своим компактным размерам, она легко впишется в любой интерьер и станет идеальным местом для отдыха и хранения.

Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, and playwright. Although he was an advocate and legal administrator by profession, Scott is most famous for his great literary works and activities in the Royal Highland Society. "The Fortunes of Nigel" tells the story of a young Scottish nobleman, Nigel Olifaunt. He travels to London to ask the King to repay his father's loan. Nigel wishes to buy out his estate, but the Duke of Buckingham and Prince Charles already have plans for it. Therefore, when our hero dives deep into the life of the court, he finds himself in great danger.

Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, and playwright. Although he was an advocate and legal administrator by profession, Scott is most famous for his great literary works and activities in the Royal Highland Society. "The Fortunes of Nigel" tells the story of a young Scottish nobleman, Nigel Olifaunt. He travels to London to ask the King to repay his father's loan. Nigel wishes to buy out his estate, but the Duke of Buckingham and Prince Charles already have plans for it. Therefore, when our hero dives deep into the life of the court, he finds himself in great danger.

Supernatural meets The Da Vinci Code in this action-packed paranormal thriller, the first book in a new series from New York Times bestselling author Kami Garcia, coauthor of the Beautiful Creatures novels. When Kennedy Waters finds her mother dead, her world begins to unravel. She doesn't know that paranormal forces in a much darker world are the ones pulling the strings.

Supernatural meets The Da Vinci Code in this action-packed paranormal thriller, the first book in a new series from New York Times bestselling author Kami Garcia, coauthor of the Beautiful Creatures novels. When Kennedy Waters finds her mother dead, her world begins to unravel. She doesn't know that paranormal forces in a much darker world are the ones pulling the strings.

Walter Scott (1771—1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, and playwright. Although he was an advocate and legal administrator by profession, Scott is most famous for his great literary works and activities in the Royal Highland Society. "The Fortunes of Nigel" tells the story of a young Scottish nobleman, Nigel Olifaunt. He travels to London to ask the King to repay his father's loan. Nigel wishes to buy out his estate, but the Duke of Buckingham and Prince Charles already have plans for it. Therefore, when our hero dives deep into the life of the court, he finds himself in great danger.