Books with Histories
David Pearson
Books with Histories
David Pearson
Leverbaar
Levertijd: ca. 4 tot 6 werkdagen
This book tells the remarkable life of Balthild of Francia (c. 633-80), a seventh-century Anglo-Saxon slave who became a queen of France. Described in contemporary sources as beautiful and intelligent, she rose to power though her marriage to the short-lived King Clovis II.
A centuries old pillar of West African oral tradition, this narrative recounts the deeds and achievements of revered ancestors of the Manding peoples, led by the hero Sunjata as he liberates his people from the rule of Sumaworo Kanté, sorcerer king of Sosso, and establishes the foundations of the great medieval empire of Mali.
Today William Gladstone is known as a great Victorian statesman whose father was a slave owner and who tried to rescue prostitutes. In this biography, Michael Wheeler focuses on his complex and often troubled spiritual life, and on his earnest attempts to follow the precepts of Christianity in both the public realm and in private philanthropy.
