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  • The Heart of Africa
    Ellen E. (Ellen Elizabeth) Frewer / Georg August Schweinfurth / William Winwood Reade
    Venture into the heart of 19th-century Africa with Georg Schweinfurth’s 'The Heart of Africa,' Volume 1. This compelling historical account details Schweinfurth’s extensive explorations of Central Africa, offering a firsthand glimpse into a world largely unknown to European audiences at the time.More than just a travelogue, this volume provides invaluable insights into the geog...
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    27,99 €

  • The Martyrdom of Man
    Winwood Reade
    William Winwood Reade (1838 - 1875) was a British historian, explorer, and philosopher. His major work, The Martyrdom of Man (1872), is a secular history of the Western world. According to one historian, the book became a kind of 'substitute bible for secularists'. In it, Reade attempts to trace the development of Western civilization in terms analogous to those used in the nat...
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    10,62 €

  • Savage Africa; being the narrative of a tour in equatorial, southwestern, and northwestern Africa; with notes on the habits of the gorilla; on the existence of unicorns and tailed men; on the slave tr
    W. Winwood Reade / WWinwood Reade
    This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve ...
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    15,02 €

  • The martyrdom of man
    Winwood Reade
    This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book in the same form as it was first published. Hence any marks seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature. ...
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    18,65 €

  • The Martyrdom of Man
    Reade Winwood
    The Martyrdom of Man was a history of the world from an entirely new viewpoint, and was a prominent freethinking text of the late Nineteenth century. It is not an exaggeration to say that it provided a view of History as revolutionary as Darwin's view of Science - an entirely new and non-religious way of looking at the subject. It was very popular and influential on publica...
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    19,74 €

  • Liberty Hall, Oxon; Volume 1
    William Winwood Reade
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important ...
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    24,78 €

  • The Martyrdom of Man, The Outcast, and The Veil Of Isis; or, Mysteries of the Druids
    William Winwood Reade
    'In each generation the human race has been tortured that their children might profit by their woes. Our own prosperity is founded on the agonies of the past.' The Matyrdom of Man (1872) was one of the most controversial books of its day, slated by critics yet becoming a bestseller for a Victorian audience as much enthralled by its triumphant depiction of the power of human pr...
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    28,11 €

  • The Ashantee Campaign
    Winwood Reade
    Colonial warfare on the Dark ContinentThe British Empire rapidly spread it’s influence throughout the globe during the nineteenth century. Predictably these intrusions rarely found favour with the indigenous populations and so, inevitably, the imperial interests of power and commerce were reinforced by the imposition of military and naval might courtesy of the British Army and ...
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    20,60 €

  • The Outcast
    W. Winwood Reade
    William Winwood Reade (1838 - 1875) was a British historian, explorer, and philosopher. His famous work, 'The Outcast', is a short novel about a young man who must deal with being rejected by his religious father and the death of his wife ...
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    9,91 €

  • The Martyrdom of Man
    Winwood Reade
    The Martyrdom of Man was a history of the world from an entirely new viewpoint, and was a prominent freethinking text of the late Nineteenth century. It is not an exaggeration to say that it provided a view of History as revolutionary as Darwin’s view of Science - an entirely new and non-religious way of looking at the subject. It was very popular and influential on publication...
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    15,82 €

  • The African Sketch-book
    William Winwood Reade
    'The African Sketch-book, Volume 2' by William Winwood Reade offers a vivid and detailed account of the author’s travels and observations in Africa. This volume continues Reade’s exploration, providing valuable insights into the cultures, landscapes, and social dynamics of the regions he visited. Accompanied by maps and illustrations, the book serves as both a historical docume...
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    31,84 €

  • The African Sketch-book
    William Winwood Reade
    'The African Sketch-book' by William Winwood Reade, recounts the author’s travels and observations in West Africa during the 19th century. This first volume provides a detailed account of the landscape, people, and cultures encountered. Reade’s narrative offers insights into the social and political dynamics of the region, as well as his personal reflections on the challenges a...
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    29,78 €

  • The Story Of The Ashantee Campaign (1874)
    Winwood Reade
    The Story Of The Ashantee Campaign (1874) is a historical account of the military campaign against the Ashanti Kingdom in West Africa by British forces in 1873-1874. The book is written by Winwood Reade, a British journalist and explorer who accompanied the expedition as a correspondent for the Daily Telegraph. The book details the political and social context of the campaign, ...
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    42,85 €