Böcker av Robin Harris

A history of two centuries of interactions among the areas bordering the western Indian Ocean, including India, Iran and Africa.

Robin Harris is a multifaceted community leader educated in Religious and secular disciplines dedicated to children. The mother of two has dedicated her life to helping children and families survive the obstacles of society through the Ministry of Education.

Taking as his starting point the larger than life personalities of the Conservative Party's leaders and prime ministers since its inception, the author analyses the interconnected themes and issues which have dominated Conservative politics over the years.

He tells her extraordinary life story, from humble beginnings above her father's grocer's shop in Grantham, her early days as one of the first women in Westminster who became known as 'Thatcher milk-snatcher' during her days in the Ministry for Education and then as Prime Minister.

Since emerging as a settlement in the seventh century, Dubrovnik held a significant position beyond what could have been expected of this tiny city-state. This is a comprehensive history of Dubrovnik's progress over centuries of European development, encompassing arts, architecture, social and economic changes and the traumas of war and politics.