A distinguished, scholarly, elegant and witty biography about Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield, one of the immortals of the eighteenth century who represented that world at its best in point of culture, international relations, and the social arts.
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In the long history of mounted warfare, Chevalier Bayard, a homme d'armes, or man-at-arms, was considered the epitome of chivalry and one of the most skillful commanders of his age. To his contemporaries and his successors, he was, with his heroism, piety, and magnanimity, the fearless and faultless knight.
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A has-been stunt man and actor unflaggingly seeks a way back into a profession for which he was once flawlessly suited. In the wings are his devoted wife and his estranged son whose stories intertwine and overlap in this moving saga about the fight for success and coming to terms with oneself in the gold-drenched realm called Hollywood.
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17 weeks a New York Times bestseller. The trials, defeats, and triumphs of a Baptist minister who returns to the small town of his first pastorate to preach at a new church where he will face the greatest challenge of his ministerial and parental career.
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A collection of history articles by an author who studied the past as well as the events of his day with equal enthusiasm. His research was impeccable, and, a story teller to the core, he makes the facts come to life with compelling force.
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