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THE TIMES BIOGRAPHY OF THE DECADE WINNER OF THE 2013 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION WINNER OF THE 2013 COSTA BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR The story of Gabriele DAnnunzio, poet, daredevil and Fascist. In September 1919 Gabriele DAnnunzio...

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THE TIMES BIOGRAPHY OF THE DECADEWINNER OF THE 2013 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONWINNER OF THE 2013 COSTA BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEARThe story of Gabriele D'Annunzio, poet, daredevil - and Fascist.In September 1919 Gabriele D'Annunzio...

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From the author of 'The Pike' - winner of the 2013 Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction - a compelling story of heroism told through eight famous lives that span from Achilles to Sir Francis Drake.Beginning beneath the walls of Troy, ending in 193...

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THE TIMES BIOGRAPHY OF THE DECADEWINNER OF THE 2013 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONWINNER OF THE 2013 COSTA BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEARThe story of Gabriele D?Annunzio, poet, daredevil ? and Fascist.In September 1919 Gabriele D?Annunzio...

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'One of the best novels of the year so far' The TimesA SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR'Unlike anything I've read. Haunting and huge, and funny and sensuous. It's wonderful' Tessa Hadley'I just enjoyed it so very much' Philip PullmanIt is the 17th centu...

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One of the best novels of the year so far The Times A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR Unlike anything Ive read. Haunting and huge, and funny and sensuous. Its wonderful Tessa Hadley I just enjoyed it so very much Philip Pullman It is the 17th century a...

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From the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize, a stunning biography of one of the most flamboyant and enigmatic seventeenth-century Englishmen at the heart of political and royal life. George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham, was loved by thr...

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Not since Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber have old stories been made to feel so electrically new.Not since Wim Winders' Wings of Desire have the numinous and the everyday been so magically combined. It's in the nature of myth to be infinitely a...

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Not since Angela Carter?s The Bloody Chamber have old stories been made to feel so electrically new.Not since Wim Winders? Wings of Desire have the numinous and the everyday been so magically combined.¿It''s in the nature of myth to be infinitely...

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Not since Angela Carters The Bloody Chamber have old stories been made to feel so electrically new. Not since Wim Winders Wings of Desire have the numinous and the everyday been so magically combined. It's in the nature of myth to be infinite...

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A Kirkus Best Book of 2018"e;Unlike anything Ive read. With its broad scope and its intimacy and exactness, it cuts through the apparatus of life to the vivid moment. Haunting and huge, and funny and sensuous. Its wonderful."e;Tessa Hadley...

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From the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize, an extraordinary story of the meteoric rise and fall of King James I's favorite, George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham. As the king's lover, Buckingham was one of the most flamboyant and enigma...

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Beginning beneath the walls of Troy and culminating in 1930s Europe, a magisterial exploration of the nature of heroism in Western civilization.In this riveting and insightful cultural history, Lucy Hughes-Hallett brings to life eight exceptional ...

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Godfather to Mussolini, national hero of Italy and the WWI irredentist movement, literary icon of Joyce and Pound, lover of actress Eleonora Duse: here is Lucy Hughes-Hallett’s extraordinary biography of Gabriele d’Annunzio, poet, bon ...

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Beginning beneath the walls of Troy and culminating in 1930s Europe, a magisterial exploration of the nature of heroism in Western civilization. In this riveting and insightful cultural history, Lucy Hughes-Hallett brings to life eight exceptional...

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'This is a gripping book... A fascinating account of the way in which succeeding generations have seen Cleopatra; as virtuous suicide, inefficient housewife, exuberant lover, professional courtesan, scheming manipulator, femme fatale, incarnation ...

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'This is a gripping book...A fascinating account of the way in which succeeding generations have seen Cleopatra; as virtuous suicide, inefficient housewife, exuberant lover, professional courtesan, scheming manipulator, femme fatale, incarnat...

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"e;Ein ruhiger herrlicher Sommerabend; die Trauben reifen, die Ochsen pflugen. Nur der Mensch ist vollig verruckt geworden."e;In der Rckschau ist es leicht, Anzeichen fr drohendes Unheil auszumachen. Aber wer mittendrin in der Geschichte s...

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