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Bamber Gascoigne

    24 janvier 1935 – 8 février 2022

    Bamber Gascoigne est célèbre pour sa longue présentation de l'émission de télévision University Challenge. Son travail explore principalement le théâtre, l'art et l'histoire culturelle, se penchant souvent sur des analyses détaillées des époques sociales et artistiques. Gascoigne écrit avec une perspicacité analytique aiguë, offrant aux lecteurs une exploration captivante du développement de la civilisation occidentale. Son héritage réside dans sa capacité à rendre les concepts historiques et culturels complexes accessibles à un large public.

    Kina Kejsare, Dynastier och Konstskatter
    Das kaiserliche China und seine Kunstschätze
    A Brief History of Christianity
    The Great Moghuls
    Encyclopedia of Britain
    How to Identify Prints Revised and Expanded Edition
    • A Brief History of Christianity

      • 304pages
      • 11 heures de lecture

      This volume tells the story of Christianity through the individual men and women who shaped it. It is a story of colossal undertakings and spectacular successes as well as ferocious intolerance, greed and bloodshed. Bamber Gascoigne traces a clear path through a complicated history, exploring the motives, the passions, the fears and the achievements of the Christians. His approach is objective and he writes in a conversational style, focusing on moments of significant detail and a vast and varied cast of characters.

      A Brief History of Christianity2018
      3,6
    • This comprehensive reference work provides all the answers to all the technical questions that constantly arise when trying to identify accurately any kind of print. Some 90 different techniques are described, as well as essential features of printing history and related matters such as colour separation.

      How to Identify Prints Revised and Expanded Edition2004
      4,4
    • Alfabetisk opslagsværk over engelske personer, begivenheder og begreber, såvel historiske som nutidige

      Encyclopedia of Britain1993
      4,3
    • The Great Moghuls

      • 264pages
      • 10 heures de lecture

      A paperback edition of a book, previously published in 1971 by Cape, recounting the history of the six Moghul emperors who ruled India for nearly two hundred years. Contains 52 colour pages and 78 black and white illustrations.

      The Great Moghuls1971
      3,9