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Pilate
Av Ann Wroe
Häftad, 2000
176 kr
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Although very little is known for certain about Pontius Pilate, the man who crucified Christ, this has not stopped writers in every age from imagining his life. In this extraordinary book, Ann Wroe recounts the lives of all our Pilates; among them the glittering medieval tyrant, devoted to gambling …
Perkin
Av Ann Wroe
Häftad, 2004
209 kr
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The story of Perkin Warbeck is one of the most compelling mysteries of English history. A young man suddenly emerged claiming to be Richard of York, the younger of the Princes in the Tower. As such, he tormented Henry VII for eight years. He tried three times to invade England and behaved like a …
Perfect Prince
Truth and Deception in Renaissance Europe
Av Ann Wroe
E-bok, 2007
79 kr
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In 1491, as Machiavelli advised popes and princes and Leonardo da Vinci astonished the art world, a young man boarded a ship in Portugal bound for Ireland. He would be greeted upon arrival as the rightful heir to the throne of England. The trouble was, England already had a king. The most …
A Fool and His Money: Life in a Partitioned Town in Fourteenth-Century France
Av Ann Wroe
Häftad, 1995
284 kr
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Lifescapes
A Biographer's Search for the Soul
Av Ann Wroe
Häftad, 1900
297 kr
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"A lyrical, radiant memoir." — Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review Ann Wroe, obituaries editor for The Economist , reflects on the art and impossibility of capturing life on the page. Through her experiences and through people she has known, studied, or merely glimpsed in windows, she movingly explores …
Fool And His Money
Life in a Partitioned Medieval Town
Av Ann Wroe
E-bok, 2011
96 kr
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Few books have captured the atmosphere of daily medieval life as well or as movingly as A Fool and His Money. Rodez, in southern France, was divided for centuries by a feud between two masters. This partitioned town thus acquired two distinct cultures. The story focuses on the strange case of Peyre …
Perkin
Av Ann Wroe
E-bok, 2010
144 kr
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The story of Perkin Warbeck is one of the most compelling mysteries of English history. A young man suddenly emerged claiming to be Richard of York, the younger of the Princes in the Tower. As such, he tormented Henry VII for eight years. He tried three times to invade England and behaved like a …
Pilate
Av Ann Wroe
E-bok, 2010
136 kr
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Although very little is known for certain about Pontius Pilate, the man who crucified Christ, this has not stopped writers in every age from imagining his life. In this extraordinary book, Ann Wroe recounts the lives of all our Pilates; among them the glittering medieval tyrant, devoted to gambling …
Orpheus
The Song of Life
Av Ann Wroe
E-bok, 2011
170 kr
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For at least two and a half millennia, the figure of Orpheus has haunted humanity. Half-man, half-god, musician, magician, theologian, poet and lover, his story never leaves us. He may be myth, but his lyre still sounds, entrancing everything that hears it: animals, trees, water, stones, and men.In …
Being Shelley
The Poet's Search for Himself
Av Ann Wroe
E-bok, 2011
147 kr
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Four questions consumed Shelley and coloured everything he wrote. Who, or what, was he? What was his purpose? Where had he come from? And where was he going? He sought the answers in order to free and empower not only himself, but the whole human race. His revolution would shatter the earth's …
Six Facets Of Light
Av Ann Wroe
E-bok, 2016
166 kr
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'She's a genius, I believe, because she lights up every subject she touches.' Hilary Mantel A Spectator Book of the YearGoethe claimed to know what light was. Galileo and Einstein both confessed they didn't. On the essential nature of light, and how it operates, the scientific jury is still out. …
Francis
A Life in Songs
Av Ann Wroe
E-bok, 2018
102 kr
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**LONGLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2019****SHORTLISTED FOR THE CATHOLIC HERALD BOOK AWARDS 2019**A life of St Francis in verseThroughout her career Ann Wroe has constantly confounded expectations, following her own unique path. Now, in Francis, she turns to verse to tell the life of St …
Lifescapes
A Biographer’s Search for the Soul
Av Ann Wroe
E-bok, 2023
167 kr
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The acclaimed biographer and obituarist for The Economist reflects on a career spent pursuing life and capturing it on the page'Lifescapes is the universe in miniature'DAILY TELEGRAPHIt is soul that I go looking for. Or, to put it another way, real life.'She's a genius, I believe'HILARY MANTEL, …
Lifescapes
A Biographer’s Search for the Soul
Av Ann Wroe
Ljudbok, 2023
184 kr
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Brought to you by Penguin. The acclaimed biographer and obituarist for The Economist reflects on a career spent pursuing life and capturing it on the page. It is soul that I go looking for. Or, to put it another way, real life. ''What is life?'' asked the poet Shelley, and could not come up with an …
Lifescapes
A Biographer’s Search for the Soul
Av Ann Wroe
Häftad, 2024
141 kr
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The acclaimed biographer and obituarist for The Economist reflects on a career spent pursuing life and capturing it on the page'Lifescapes is the universe in miniature'DAILY TELEGRAPHIt is soul that I go looking for. Or, to put it another way, real life.'She's a genius, I believe'HILARY MANTEL, …
Francis
A Life in Songs
Av Ann Wroe
Inbunden, 2018
198 kr
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**LONGLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2019****SHORTLISTED FOR THE CATHOLIC HERALD BOOK AWARDS 2019**A life of St Francis in verseThroughout her career Ann Wroe has constantly confounded expectations, following her own unique path. Now, in Francis, she turns to verse to tell the life of St …
Lifescapes
A Biographer’s Search for the Soul
Av Ann Wroe
Inbunden, 2023
221 kr
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The acclaimed biographer and obituarist for The Economist reflects on a career spent pursuing life and capturing it on the page ***A FINANCIAL TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023*** ** SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY** ' Lifescapes is the …
Orpheus
The Song of Life
Av Ann Wroe
Häftad, 2012
210 kr
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For at least two and a half millennia, the figure of Orpheus has haunted humanity. Half-man, half-god, musician, magician, theologian, poet and lover, his story never leaves us. He may be myth, but his lyre still sounds, entrancing everything that hears it: animals, trees, water, stones, and men.In …
Six Facets Of Light
Av Ann Wroe
Häftad, 2019
207 kr
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'She's a genius, I believe, because she lights up every subject she touches.' Hilary Mantel A Spectator Book of the YearGoethe claimed to know what light was. Galileo and Einstein both confessed they didn't. On the essential nature of light, and how it operates, the scientific jury is still out. …
