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Julia Dent Grant Cantacuzène Spiransky, Princess Cantacuzène, Countess Spiransky (6 June 1876 – 4 October 1975), was an American author and historian. She was the eldest child of Frederick Dent Grant …

Feliks Volkhovskii (1846-1914) was a significant figure in the Russian revolutionary movement of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He lived through pivotal changes ranging from the rise o …

Ten Days That Shook the World is a book by American journalist John Reed , published in 1919. The book is a first-hand account of the October Revolution in Russia , which led to the rise of the Sovie …

 In order to obtain a clear understanding of Byzantine civilization, to visualize the mode of life and the dominant tastes in this vanished society, and to realize the mentality of the Greeks in the …

History of the Civil War, 1861–1865 : annottated by James Ford Rhodes. Includes Maps. James Ford Rhodes (1848 –1927), was an American industrialist and historian born in Cleveland, Ohio. After earnin …

Here is Russian history focussed on when her ruler, Peter the Great, turned West. The main body of the text highlights the great "new Russia" formed in the years 1648-1772. The scene shifts …

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The Ray Dalio explanation of Principles of Dealing with Changing World Order serves as the introduction to this comprehensive overview. What follows is a thorough study of h …

IN my history of the Mongols we have seen how Hulagu beguiled the Assassins and slaughtered them. We have seen also how he ended the Kalifat at Bagdad, showing no more regard for the heir of Mohammed …

The Americans as They Are: Described in a tour through the valley of the Mississippi written by Charles Sealsfield who was  the pseudonym of Austrian-American journalist, an advocate for a German dem …

The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism is Bertrand Russell’s critique of the Communist system he witnessed in the Soviet Union. Russell, a proponent of Communist ideals, believed that the future happi …