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19 produkter
Darling Pol
Letters of Mary Wesley and Eric Siepmann 1944-1967
Av Mary Wesley, Patrick Marnham
Häftad, 2018
138 kr
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Before her death in 2002, Mary Wesley told her biographer Patrick Marnham: 'after I met Eric I never looked at anyone else again. We lived our ups and downs but life was never boring'. Eric Siepmann was her second husband and their correspondence charted their life together (and apart) with unusual …
Wild Mary: The Life Of Mary Wesley
Häftad, 2007
159 kr
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Mary Wesley published her first novel at seventy and went on to write a further nine bestsellers, including the legendary The Camomile Lawn, in a style best described as arsenic without the old lace. Many of her stories were inspired by her experiences during the Blitz, and by her marriages: the …
Snake Dance
Journeys Beneath a Nuclear Sky
Häftad, 2014
192 kr
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The terrifying first use of nuclear weapons over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 was the most controversial act of warfare in history, dramatically ending the Second World War but ushering in the age of mass destruction. Yet it was also the climax of a story that extends beyond Japan and …
Dreaming with His Eyes Open
A Life of Diego Rivera
Häftad, 2000
313 kr
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This engrossing biography of Diego Rivera, the brilliant Mexican artist and revolutionary, captures the explosively passionate nature that made Rivera one of the twentieth-century's most gifted and controversial painters.
So Far from God
Journey to Central America
Inbunden, 1996
142 kr
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A portrayal of the troubled countries of Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua, as the author travels through them by train and bus. The author shows daily lives lived against a backdrop of continued and seemingly endless political friction and conflicts, in places that exhibit the …
Dreaming with His Eyes Open
Life of Diego Rivera
Häftad, 1999
215 kr
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Despite his colourful claims, Diego Rivera was not actually raised by a magical nurse who let him roam the forest. After studying in Mexico, he became a key figure in the heyday of Montparnasse. This book follows him through the free love of Paris and into World War I.
Army of the Night
The Life and Death of Jean Moulin, Legend of the French Resistance
Häftad, 2022
284 kr
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Discover the truth behind one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of World War II.Who was the enigmatic Jean Moulin, a man as skilled in deception as he was in acts of heroism? The memory of this French Resistance hero, who was betrayed to the Gestapo and tortured by Klaus Barbie, the infamous …
Army of the Night
The Life and Death of Jean Moulin, Legend of the French Resistance
E-bok, 2015
241 kr
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Discover the truth behind one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of World War II.Who was the enigmatic Jean Moulin, a man as skilled in deception as he was in acts of heroism? The memory of this French Resistance hero, who was betrayed to the Gestapo and tortured by Klaus Barbie, the infamous …
War in the Shadows
Resistance, Deception and Betrayal in Occupied France
Häftad, 2021
128 kr
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‘One of our very best writers on France.’ Antony BeevorAfter publishing an acclaimed biography of Jean Moulin, leader of the French Resistance, Patrick Marnham received an anonymous letter from a person who claimed to have worked for British Intelligence during the war. The ex-spy praised his book …
Wild Mary: The Life Of Mary Wesley
E-bok, 2014
125 kr
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Mary Wesley published her first novel at seventy and went on to write a further nine bestsellers, including the legendary The Camomile Lawn, in a style best described as arsenic without the old lace. Many of her stories were inspired by her experiences during the Blitz, and by her marriages: the …
Snake Dance
Journeys Beneath a Nuclear Sky
E-bok, 2013
144 kr
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The terrifying first use of nuclear weapons over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 was the most controversial act of warfare in history, dramatically ending the Second World War but ushering in the age of mass destruction. Yet it was also the climax of a story that extends beyond Japan and …
Darling Pol
Letters of Mary Wesley and Eric Siepmann 1944-1967
Av Mary Wesley, Patrick Marnham
E-bok, 2017
108 kr
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Before her death in 2002, Mary Wesley told her biographer Patrick Marnham: 'after I met Eric I never looked at anyone else again. We lived our ups and downs but life was never boring'. Eric Siepmann was her second husband and their correspondence charted their life together (and apart) with unusual …
Resistance and Betrayal
The Death and Life of the Greatest Hero of the French Resistance
E-bok, 2012
96 kr
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“Enthralling and intelligent, a masterly exploration of the sinister labyrinth that was wartime France . . . It is a remarkable book, utterly fascinating.” —Allan Massie Not long after 2:00 p.m. on June 21, 1943, eight men met in secret at a doctor’ s house in Lyon. They represented the warring …
War in the Shadows
Resistance, Deception and Betrayal in Occupied France
E-bok, 2020
133 kr
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‘One of our very best writers on France.’ Antony Beevor After publishing an acclaimed biography of Jean Moulin, leader of the French Resistance, Patrick Marnham received an anonymous letter from a person who claimed to have worked for British Intelligence during the war. The ex-spy praised his book …
Schlangentanz
Reisen zu den Ursprüngen des Nuklearzeitalters
E-bok, 2016
227 kr
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Kann man zu den Ursprüngen der Bombe von Hiroshima reisen? Patrick Marnham, weit gereister BBC-Korrespondent, Biograf und Schriftsteller, kennt den Weg, und Joseph Conrad, Aby Warburg und Robert Oppenheimer sind seine Begleiter. Die Reise führt zunächst von Brüssel mit seinem Justizpalast, erbaut …
Jean Moulin
Häftad, 2014
211 kr
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Vem var Jean Moulin? Enligt den officiella historieskrivningen var han general de Gaulles sändebud till den franska motståndsrörelsen under andra världskriget. 1943 blev han politisk ledare för motståndsrörelsen och senare samma år greps han i Lyon och torterades av Gestapo. Han förmodas ha dött …
