The Empress And The English Doctor
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Author | : Lucy Ward |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2022-04-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0861542460 |
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A TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022 SO FAR Shortlisted for the Pushkin House Book Prize 2022 ‘Sparkling history…with a fairytale atmosphere of sleigh rides, royal palaces and heroic risk-taking’ The Times A killer virus…an all-powerful Empress…an encounter cloaked in secrecy…the astonishing true story. Within living memory, smallpox was a dreaded disease. Over human history it has killed untold millions. Back in the eighteenth century, as epidemics swept Europe, the first rumours emerged of an effective treatment: a mysterious method called inoculation. But a key problem remained: convincing people to accept the preventative remedy, the forerunner of vaccination. Arguments raged over risks and benefits, and public resistance ran high. As smallpox ravaged her empire and threatened her court, Catherine the Great took the momentous decision to summon the Quaker physician Thomas Dimsdale to St Petersburg to carry out a secret mission that would transform both their lives. Lucy Ward expertly unveils the extraordinary story of Enlightenment ideals, female leadership and the fight to promote science over superstition. ‘A rich and wonderfully urgent work of history’ Tristram Hunt
Author | : Lucy Ward |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023 |
Genre | : Diseases |
ISBN | : 9781004127306 |
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Within living memory, smallpox was a dreaded disease. Over human history it has killed untold millions. Back in the eighteenth century, as epidemics swept Europe, the first rumours emerged of an effective treatment: a mysterious method called inoculation. But a key problem remained: convincing people to accept the preventative remedy, the forerunner of vaccination. Arguments raged over risks and benefits, and public resistance ran high. As smallpox ravaged her empire and threatened her court, Catherine the Great took the momentous decision to summon the Quaker physician Thomas Dimsdale to St. Petersburg to carry out a secret mission that would transform both their lives.
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Total Pages | : 1326 |
Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Dentistry |
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Author | : Empress Victoria (consort of Frederick III, German Emperor) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 1913 |
Genre | : Empresses |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Anchee Min |
Publisher | : HMH |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2005-04-11 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0547347200 |
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“A fascinating novel, similar to Arthur Golden’s Memoirs of a Geisha . . . A revisionist portrait of a beautiful and strong-willed woman” (Houston Chronicle). A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year From Anchee Min, a master of the historical novel, Empress Orchid sweeps readers into the heart of the Forbidden City to tell the fascinating story of a young concubine who becomes China’s last empress. Min introduces the beautiful Tzu Hsi, known as Orchid, and weaves an epic of the country girl who seized power through seduction, murder, and endless intrigue. When China is threatened by enemies, she alone seems capable of holding the country together. In this “absorbing companion piece to her novel Becoming Madame Mao,” readers and reading groups will once again be transported by Min’s lavish evocation of the Forbidden City in its last days of imperial glory and by her brilliant portrait of a flawed yet utterly compelling woman who survived, and ultimately dominated, a male world (The New York Times). “Superb . . . [An] unforgettable heroine.” —People “A sexually charged, eye-opening portrayal of the Chinese empire . . . with heart-wrenching scenes of desperate failure and a sensuality that rises off its heated pages.” —Elle
Author | : Philip Walsingham Sergeant |
Publisher | : London : T.W. Laurie |
Total Pages | : 446 |
Release | : 1907 |
Genre | : France |
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Author | : Francesca Cavallo |
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Release | : 2020-10-20 |
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ISBN | : 9781953592002 |
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An illustrated children's book about coronavirus based on facts, from the co-creator of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls.
Author | : Felix Gilbert |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Germany |
ISBN | : 9780393025521 |
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World-renowned historian and eyewitness to history, Felix Gilbert offers in his memoirs a unique perspective on the events of the 20th century. He recalls his childhood during the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and vividly describes the devastation of his native Germany by the Nazis.
Author | : Richard Hingston Fox |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 510 |
Release | : 1919 |
Genre | : Botany |
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Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 1903 |
Genre | : India |
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