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Seit den letzten Kämpfen sind Jahre eines vermeintlichen Friedens ins Land gegangen. Um den Traum seines verstorbenen Vaters zu erfüllen, ist König Edward weiterhin bestrebt, die Vereinigung der sächsischen Königreiche voranzutreiben. Doch eine Horde Nordmänner und Aufstände in den eigenen Reihen drohen seine Pläne zu zerstören. Uhtred ist mit dem Schutz von Edwards unehelichem Sohn Æthelstan, dem zukünftigen König von England, betraut worden....

Criminal procedure study aid Audience: Law school students enrolled in basic criminal procedure classes"--

The explosive (The New York Times) bestseller--now with a new introduction by the author When Hitler's Pope, the shocking story of Pope Pius XII that redefined the history of the twentieth century (The Washington Post) was originally published, it sparked a firestorm of controversy both inside and outside the Catholic Church. Now, award-winning journalist John Cornwell has revisited this seminal work of history with a new introduction that bot...

Als Richard Sharpe (Sean Bean, ¿Der Herr der Ringe¿-Trilogie) mit seinem alten Kampfgefährten Harper (Daragh O¿Malley, ¿Silent Witness¿) unterwegs nach Madras ist, um die hübsche Marie-Angelique Bonnet (Beatrice Rosen, ¿The Dark Knight¿) zu ihrem Verlobten zu begleiten, wird die Reisegesellschaft überfallen. Sharpe muss die Führung übernehmen und einen verlotterten Trupp Soldaten durch 300 Kilometer Feindesland führen¿

One of the most extraordinary memoirs of recent years, the acclaimed writer John Cornwell has finally written his own story, and the story of a choice he had to make between the Church and a life lived outside its confines.

John Cornwell examines Pope Francis's life and legacy, and his efforts to break up the traditional Catholic Church so that it may be reshaped as a source of hope, guidance, and support. With exceptional insight, prescient analysis, and original reporting, Cornwell traces the ways in which the Church has fallen from esteem in recent years - and the manner in which the pope has instigated fresh ideas for disrupting entrenched Catholic mindsets i...

The story of the very first volunteer for the Sheffield Pals, as well as that of the last survivor. Insight into officer training and life in the trenches.

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The story of the very first volunteer for the Sheffield Pals, as well as that of the last survivor.

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A practical and passionate resource that provides support for Secondary teachers in teaching Citizenship effectively.

Secondo molti cattolici Pio XII merita di essere proclamato santo. Tuttavia la figura di Eugenio Pacelli, papa dal 1939 al 1958, è da tempo oggetto di un infuocato dibattito per il suo atteggiamento all'epoca del nazismo e nei confronti della Shoah. Per comprendere il comportamento di Pio XII nei confronti di Hitler, John Cornwell ricostruisce, attingendo a varie fonti, la sua biografia e la sua carriera ecclesiastica, inserendo le scelte di P...

Our lives, states of health, relationships, behavior, experiences of the natural world, and the technologies that shape our contemporary existence are subject to a superfluity of competing, multi-faceted and sometimes incompatible explanations. Widespread confusion about the nature of "explanation" and its scope and limits pervades popular exposition of the natural sciences, popular history and philosophy of science. This fascinating book expl...

The sacred and profane history of confession in the Catholic Church, with a shocking new expose of its role in the child abuse scandals of the 20th century. Now in paperback.

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Confession is a crucial ritual of the Catholic Church, offering absolution of sin and spiritual guidance to the faithful. Yet this ancient sacrament has also been a source of controversy and oppression, culminating, as prize-winning historian John Cornwell reveals in The Dark Box, with the scandal of clerical child abuse. Drawing on extensive historical sources, contemporary reports, and first-hand accounts, Cornwell takes a hard look at the l...

A masterly portrait of the recently beatified John Henry Newman that deals with his exceptional intellect and the sensational events surrounding him.

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Cornwell evokes a vanished time and way of life in this moving and, at times, troubling memoir of an adolescence spent in the isolated all-male world of the seminary.