Bücher von David Ramsay

The saga of the Lusitania is one of the most remarkable in the annals of maritime history. State-of-the-art when she went into service and the first express liner to be equipped with steam turbines, she outclassed all her rivals. She triumphantly restored British supremacy on the North Atlantic passenger routes and became an acknowledged commercial success; she was highly popular with her regular passengers. Her sinking in May 1915 by a German U-boat, with heavy loss of life, was at that time the most savage attack on civilians in the course of war, and was widely denounced in allied and neutral countries. From that day her loss has become encrusted with legends (including conspiracy theories), many of them created by German propaganda. In this new book David Ramsay has unraveled those myths and legends and tells a clear and compelling saga of terrible maritime disaster and clashes among three powerful nations. It is a story of potentates and presidents, ambassadors and ministers of state, bankers, shipping magnates, spies, and, not least, Captain William Turner, who had to defend himself against charges of incompetence and fight for his reputation. Based on detailed research, this new book almost certainly contains the most objective account of the history of the liner and the circumstances surrounding her sinking. The sinking of Lusitania, which took a mere eighteen minutes, led to a loss of life comparable with the Titanic disaster, and the ramifications were felt across Europe and America; this masterly telling of the story will intrigue the general reader as much as it does the historian and enthusiast.

Histoire De La Revolution D¿¿¿¿¿¿¿Amerique V2: Par Rapport A La Caroline Meridionale (1787) est un livre ¿¿¿¿¿crit par David Ramsay. Il s'agit d'une histoire de la R¿¿¿¿¿volution am¿¿¿¿¿ricaine, en particulier de la Caroline du Sud. Le livre est divis¿¿¿¿¿ en plusieurs chapitres qui couvrent diff¿¿¿¿¿rents aspects de la r¿¿¿¿¿volution, tels que la politique, l'¿¿¿¿¿conomie, la guerre et la diplomatie. Ramsay utilise des sources primaires et secondaires pour ¿¿¿¿¿tayer ses arguments et fournir des d¿¿¿¿¿tails sur les ¿¿¿¿¿v¿¿¿¿¿nements de la r¿¿¿¿¿volution. Le livre est ¿¿¿¿¿crit en fran¿¿¿¿¿ais et est destin¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ un public francophone int¿¿¿¿¿ress¿¿¿¿¿ par l'histoire de la R¿¿¿¿¿volution am¿¿¿¿¿ricaine.This Book Is In French.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Published eight years after George Washington's death, David Ramsay's Life of George Washington achieved great popularity. A contemporary of Washington, historian Ramsay writes with the knowledge and insights one acquires only by being on the scene. George Washington was elected commander-in-chief of the Continental Army by the Second Continental Congress in May 1775. For the next six years, he led his poorly supplied and ill-trained troops in a grueling war with Great Britain. Washington took the oath of office as the first president of the United States on April 30, 1789. David Ramsay, the author, was an active player in the momentous events of America's unfolding drama. He was twice elected a delegate to the Continental Congress, serving as its chairman in a specially appointed post. His biography of Washington is essential reading for anyone interested in the founding events of the United States of America. Includes a foreword by Jay A. Parry, author of The Real George Washington.