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182) War and peace
Series
Criterion collection volume 983
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Three-DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (422 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out leaflet (color illustrations ; 47 x 37cm, folded to 19 x 12 cm).
Language
Russian
Description
The fates of three souls-- the blundering, good-hearted Pierre; the heroically tragic Prince Andrei; and the radiant, tempestuous Natasha-- collide amid the tumult of the Napoleonic Wars in Russia. The film conjures a sweeping vision of grand balls that glitter with rococo beauty and epic breathtaking battles.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
1st Pegasus Books hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
522 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
October, 1812. Britain and France are still at war when Bow Street Runner and former private investigator Matthew Hawkwood, now of the British Secret Service, joins a colleague in Paris on a special mission to successfully negotiate a peace treaty between France and the allies. Failure would mean prison, torture and a meeting with the guillotine.
Author
Series
Campaigns and commanders volume 21
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
xvii, 286 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
185) Waterloo
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
111 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
A Nick McIver time adventure volume 1
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
10 CDs (690 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With the help of Lord Hawke, whose children have been taken by the evil pirate Captain Billy Blood, young Nick McIver uses a time machine to rescue the two children as well as change the course of events in two time periods, the Napoleonic Wars and World War II.
188) Imperial scandal
Author
Series
Malcolm and Suzanne Rannoch volume 2
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
xiv, 482 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When her husband, Intelligence Agent Malcolm Rannoch, is sent on a perilous mission in the wake of Napoleon's escape from Elba, Suzanne must help him expose a killer as they are both forced to play a deadly game of murder, espionage and betrayal.
189) From time to time
Publisher
Freestyle Digital Media
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It is 1944 and thirteen year-old Tolly Oldknow is sent to spend Christmas with his grandmother, while his mother searches for news of his father in wartime London. In the old house, he becomes a witness to events during the Napoleonic wars and finds himself slowly drawn into participating in the drama. Invisible to most people in the past, he begins to unravel the mystery which has bewildered his family for two centuries. The solution to the puzzle...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
8 Blu-rays (939 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Breakfast at Tiffany's: A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.
Funny face: An impromptu fashion shoot at a book store brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk.
My fair lady: In 1910s London, snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make crude flower girl Eliza Doolittle presentable in high...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
523 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"How can a meek wallflower help a returning war hero whose dreams are plunged into darkness? Mary Bloomfield has no illusions. Her chances for matrimony have long since passed her by. Still, her circumstances are pleasant enough, especially now that she has found purpose in assisting her father with his medical practice in England's beautiful Lake District. Even without love, it's a peaceful life. That is until Adam Edgerton returns to the sleepy...
192) The only victor
Author
Series
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
Chicago, IL,
Physical Desc
384 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1806 Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho "carries the news of Trafalgar to southern Africa, where he is to aid British ground forces in any way he can to retake Cape Town from the Dutch. ... [Then] he undertakes a secret mission to Denmark, which nearly ends in disaster and further damages his sight."--Cover.
193) Beyond the reef
Author
Series
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
349 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In March 1808 war is spreading through Europe as Napoleon holds Portugal and threatens his old ally, Spain. Vice Admiral Bolitho is ordered once more to the Cape of Good Hope, to establish a permanent naval force there.
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