 | |
  | |
| Searching ... |
| 0 % | ||
Books by Francis Russell
  | | A City in Terror(1st Edition) Calvin Coolidge and the 1919 Boston Police Strike by Francis Russell, Rosalind Russell Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 2005 by Beacon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-5033-0, ISBN: 0-8070-5033-4 "On September 9, 1919, an American nightmare came true. The entire Boston police force deserted their posts, leaving the city virtually defenseless. Their strike made an inconspicuous governor, Calvin Coolidge, known throughout America, turning him into a national hero and, eventually, a president. It also created a monster: for two days, more than 700,000 residents of Boston’s urban core were without police protection, and the mob ruled ..." |
 | | Places in Italy(3rd Edition) A Private Grand Tour; 150 Essential Places to Visit; 1001 Unforgettable Works of Art by Francis Russell Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2019 by Wilmington Square Books ISBN-13: 978-1-912242-21-4, ISBN: 1-912242-21-4 "A new and 50% enlarged, entertaining, but fundamentally serious selection of the most rewarding places to visit the most visited and beloved country in the world. Places described have gone from 101 to 150 in this edition. Sicily, Calabria and Apulia are the subjects of greater focus. Towns (additions include Bergamo, Pesaro, Cremona and Todi), villages, museums and individual monuments are discussed, characterised and described. A guid ..." |
 | | 123 Places in Turkey A Private Grand Tour by Francis Russell Flexibound, 320 Pages, Published 2017 by Bitter Lemon Press ISBN-13: 978-1-908524-87-4, ISBN: 1-908524-87-1 "This personal and well-informed selection and description of the most interesting towns and individual buildings and archaeological sites in Turkey is the definitive guidebook for the discerning traveler. The author has been visiting Turkey for nearly fifty years and is the perfect companion for those who want to know about more than the obvious attractions. This book will immeasurably enhance any thoughtful traveler's visit, but can al ..." |
 | | The Secret War (World War II Collector's Edition , Vol 29) by Francis Russell, Time-Life Books, Andrew Chaiken, National Geographic Society Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 1998 by Time Life Education ISBN-13: 978-0-7835-5700-7, ISBN: 0-7835-5700-0 "A Collector's Edition in the Time-Life World War II Book Series. Contents: a bodyguard for truth; eavesdropping on the enemy; low tricks for highs stakes; the wizards war; grand elusions. Picture essays: the urgent need for secrecy; Germanys master spy; agents in the field; a pioneer in cryptology; communicating in the field; an American covert force; an arsenal for agents; vengeance from Hitler; a gallery of wonder weapons. Fully illus ..." |
 | | The Shadow of Blooming Grove(1st Edition) Warren G. Harding in His Times by Francis Russell Hardcover, 691 Pages, Published 1968 by Mcgraw-Hill ISBN-13: 978-0-07-054338-6, ISBN: 0-07-054338-0 "601 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. This Contains The Fullest And Most Absorbing Account Ever Provided Of The Dark Convention Of 1920-theconvention That Contributed The Phrase 'smoke-filled Rooms' To Political Folklore-and Of The Dismal Harding Centennial Celebration In Marion, Ohio, In 1965." |
 | | Places in Italy A private grand tour (3rd edition): 150 essential places to visit: 1001 unforgettable works of art by Francis Russell Published 2019 by Bitter Lemon Press ISBN-13: 978-1-912242-22-1, ISBN: 1-912242-22-2 "The corridor ends with the celebrated elliptical staircase built by the little-known Neapolitan Gaetano Barba in 1761–3. Twin flights curl upwards to the top floor. One treads on air, so beautifully does the clear sunlight filter though the structure." |
 | | American Heritage History of Young America 1783-1860 by Francis Russell 630 Pages, Published 2018 by New Word City, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-1-61230-895-1, ISBN: 1-61230-895-3 "Britain closed the West Indian trade to America, but independence meant that American products could be carried anywhere else. Although England still absorbed most of ... boom in imports, exports, and shipping. Virginia planters were receiving twice as much for their tobacco crops as in the best prewar years - until the bottom temporarily fell out of the tobacco market in 1785. ... came to seem in retrospect. A frontier country wit ..." |
 | | 123 Places in Turkey A Private Grand Tour by Francis Russell 320 Pages, Published 2017 by Bitter Lemon Press ISBN-13: 978-1-908524-88-1, ISBN: 1-908524-88-X "But much of the Ionian coastline has been brutally developed and inevitably the context of some of the Greek settlements has ... This, Freya Stark wrote in 1954 ( in Ionia: a Quest), was the Ionian city where ... To the south, built into the slope, is the theatre, a building of particular moment in a city that was the first base in Asia ..." |
 | | American Heritage History of the Confident Years 1866-1914 by Francis Russell 600 Pages, Published 2016 by New Word City ISBN-13: 978-1-61230-950-7, ISBN: 1-61230-950-X "The emergent American industrial millionaires had been far more concerned with the making of money than with the thought of what they might do with it. ... a drooping Van Dyke beard and the beginnings of a potbelly, found his mission in life in molding a plutocracy into an American aristocracy. ... Until William Kissam Vanderbilt and his wife, the former Alva Smith of Mobile, Alabama, surfaced in the New." |
 | | The Boss of Boston by Francis Russell 41 Pages, Published 2014 by New Word City ISBN-13: 978-1-61230-782-4, ISBN: 1-61230-782-5 "The Purple Shamrock was the beginningofthe Curley legendand the first attempt to put his career in perspective. The storywas true and often amazingly frank. Dinneen admitted that money was never a problem for Curley although he could ..." |
 | | Adams An American Dynasty by Francis Russell 575 Pages, Published 2014 by New Word City ISBN-13: 978-1-61230-785-5, ISBN: 1-61230-785-X "Francis Russell. Dover looming up ahead of him, and in spite of seasickness he had a feeling of coming home. In London, he found rooms overlooking the Thames at the Adelphi Hotel in the Strand, outrageously expensive yet not unlike what ..." |
 | | Boston 1775 by Francis Russell 133 Pages, Published 2014 by New Word City, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-1-61230-829-6, ISBN: 1-61230-829-5 "... and Publisher Donna Sammons Carpenter President andAssociate Publisher Maurice Coyle Chief Financial Officer Cindy Butler Sammons Managing Editor Molly Jones Art Director Matthew Pollock Senior Editors Ruth Hlavacek Larry Martz William Souder Sebastian Stuart Associate Editors Donald Detore Donna Manovich Robert W. McCune Val Pendergrast Chairwoman Emeritus Juanita C. Sammons Published by New Word City LLC, 2014 www.NewWordCity ..." |
 | | Places in Jordan(1st Edition) A Pocket Grand Tour by Francis Russell Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2012 by Frances Lincoln ISBN-13: 978-0-7112-3269-3, ISBN: 0-7112-3269-5 "In this compact guide, the erudite and highly readable Francis Russell describes fifty-two places in Jordan, following an itinerary that allows the independent sightseer to see as many major monuments in their proper contexts as is practical in a limited time.Best known for the astonishing Petra, carved out of rock by the Nabateans, the territory has seen many former rulers. From the Romans whose desert forts long protected the urban ci ..." |
 | | Places in Syria A Pocket Grand Tour by Francis Russell Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2011 by Frances Lincoln ISBN-13: 978-0-7112-3166-5, ISBN: 0-7112-3166-4 "In this compact guide, the erudite and highly readable Francis Russell describes nearly 60 places in Syria. Following an itinerary that allows the independent sightseer to see as many major monuments in their proper contexts as is practical in a limited time, he visits cities, towns, and desert villages; the great monastery of St. Simeon, at the heart of the series of "dead cities" of Byzantine times; Hama and its famous nourias, the gr ..." |
 | | Places in Turkey(1st Edition) A Pocket Grand Tour by Francis Russell Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2010 by Frances Lincoln ISBN-13: 978-0-7112-3061-3, ISBN: 0-7112-3061-7 "Turkey for the tourist is a daunting, yet infinitely rewarding, proposition. The guide books cover everything most efficiently, but present a different problem: how to choose between the places? Francis Russell has been traveling in Turkey for more than 20 years, and with the 83 recommendations here he provides a fascinating and comprehensive itinerary. More interested in extant buildings than excavations, Russell favors unexcavated si ..." |
 | | A Short History of the East India Company Exhibiting a State of Their Affairs, Abroad and at Home, Political and Commercial; ...the Second Edition, With Some Additions. to Which is Added, an Abridgment of the New Act. (Paperback) by Francis. Russell 122 Pages, Published 2010 by - - ISBN-13: 978-1-170-59730-9, ISBN: 1-170-59730-0 |
 | | The Secret War(Updated) (World War II) by Francis Russell Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 1982 by Time Life Education ISBN-13: 978-0-8094-2546-4, ISBN: 0-8094-2546-7 "Magazine Size Hardcover without dustjacket as issued. 208 pages. World War II Series. Chapters include: A Bodyguard for Truth, Evesdropping on the Enemy, Low Tricks for High Stakes, The Wizards' War, and Grand Delusions. Color and Black and White Photographs throughout." |
 | | The Secret War (World War II Ser.) by Francis Russell, Time-Life Books Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 1982 by Time-Life Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8094-2548-8, ISBN: 0-8094-2548-3 "The secret war (World War II)" |
 | | Adams An Amerian Dynasty(1st Edition) by Francis Russell, Page Smith Hardcover, 374 Pages, Published 1976 by American Heritage Pub. Co.: Book Trade Distribution By Mcgraw-Hill ISBN-13: 978-0-07-054302-7, ISBN: 0-07-054302-X "Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. In original pictorial slip-case with slightest suggestion of edge-nicking. ; 0 pages; Description: Adams: 374 p. ; Jefferson: 310 p. Ill. Subjects: Jefferson - Biography. Adams - Biography. Complete in 2 volumes." |
 | | Concise History of Germany by Francis Russell 224 Pages, Published 1973 by Cassell ISBN-13: 978-0-304-29237-0, ISBN: 0-304-29237-0 |
All Authors
All Bindings
All Editions
All Years
All Regions
Francis Russell
All Bindings
All Editions
All Years
All Regions