Stacy Schiff – författare

In this dazzling work of history, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author follows Benjamin Franklin to France for the crowning achievement of his career ● Michael Douglas stars in Franklin, premiering April 12 only on Apple TV+ In December of 1776 a small boat delivered an old man to France." So begins an enthralling narrative account of how Benjamin Franklin--seventy years old, without any diplomatic training, and possessed of the most rudimentary French--convinced France, an absolute monarchy, to underwrite America''s experiment in democracy. When Franklin stepped onto French soil, he well understood he was embarking on the greatest gamble of his career. By virtue of fame, charisma, and ingenuity, Franklin outmaneuvered British spies, French informers, and hostile colleagues; engineered the Franco-American alliance of 1778; and helped to negotiate the peace of 1783. The eight-year French mission stands not only as Franklin''s most vital service to his country but as the most revealing of the man.In A Great Improvisation, Stacy Schiff draws from new and little-known sources to illuminate the least-explored part of Franklin''s life. Here is an unfamiliar, unforgettable chapter of the Revolution, a rousing tale of American infighting, and the treacherous backroom dealings at Versailles that would propel George Washington from near decimation at Valley Forge to victory at Yorktown. From these pages emerge a particularly human and yet fiercely determined Founding Father, as well as a profound sense of how fragile, improvisational, and international was our country''s bid for independence.

''An oppressive, forensic, psychological thriller: J.K. Rowling meets Antony Beevor, Stephen King and Marina Warner ... Schiff''s writing is to die for'' THE TIMESIt began in 1692, over an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a minister''s niece started to scream and convulse. It ended less than a year later, but not before panic had infected the entire colony, nineteen men and women had been hanged, and a band of adolescent girls had brought Massachusetts to its knees.Vividly capturing the dark, unsettled atmosphere of seventeenth-century America, Stacy Schiff''s magisterial history draws us into this anxious time. She shows us how quickly the epidemic of accusations, trials, and executions span out of control. Above all, Schiff''s astonishing research reveals details and complexity that few other historians have seen.

Winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and hailed by critics as both "monumental" (Boston Globe) and "utterly romantic" (New York magazine), Stacy Schiff''s V├®ra, the story of Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov, brings to shimmering life one of the greatest literary love stories of our time. Vladimir Nabokov—the ├®migr├® author of Lolita, Pale Fire, and Speak, Memory—wrote his books first for himself, second for his wifeV├®ra, and third for no one at all.

Set in prewar Europe and postwar America, spanning much of the twentieth century, the story of the Nabokov''s fifty-two-year marriage reads as vividly as a novel. V├®ra, both beautiful and brilliant, is its outsized heroine—a woman who loves as deeply and intelligently as did the great romantic heroines of Austen and Tolstoy. Stacy Schiff''s V├®ra is a triumph of the biographical form.

Biografa câștigătoare a Premiului Pulitzer aduce la viață una dintre cele mai fascinante femei din istoria lumii: Cleopatra, ultima regină a Egiptului. Palatul ei strălucea fiind împodobit cu onix, granate și aur, dar mustea de intrigi politice și sexuale. Peste toate acestea, Cleopatra era un strateg viclean și un negociator priceput. Deși a trăit mai puțin de 40 de ani, a retrasat contururile lumii antice. A fost căsătorită de două ori, de fiecare dată cu un frate. A purtat un violent război civil cu primul, cât ambii erau încă adolescenți. Pe cel de al doilea l-a otrăvit. În cele din urmă, a scăpat și de o soră ambițioasă; incestul și asasinatele erau specialitatea familiei. Din câte se pare, Cleo - patra a avut relații intime cu doar doi bărbați. Cu toate acestea, aceștia au fost Iulius Caesar și Marcus Antonius, doi dintre cei mai cunoscuți romani ai vremurilor lor. Ambii erau căsătoriți cu alte femei. Cleopatra a avut un copil cu Caesar și, după asasinarea acestuia, alți trei cu prote - jatul lui. Era deja cel mai puternic conducător din zona mediteraneană, iar relația cu Antonius i-a confirmat statutul de cea mai influentă fe - meie a epocii. Cei doi vor încerca să fondeze un imperiu, într-o alianță care le va aduce sfârșitul. Faimoasă înainte de a deveni notorie, Cleopatra a intrat în istorie din motive greșite. Shakespeare și Shaw i-au pus cu - vinte în gură, Michelangelo, Tiepolo și Elizabeth Taylor i-au pus un chip. Pe traseu, personalitatea și drama circumstanțelor Cleopatrei s-au pierdut. Întorcân - du-se la sursele clasice, Stacy Schiff separă cu îndrăzneală faptele de ficțiune pentru a o sal - va pe regina fascinantă a cărei moarte a adus cu ea o nouă ordine mondială. Bo - gată în detalii, epică în scop, Schiff real - izează o reconstituire profund originală a unei vieți fascinante.

Myyttisen Kleopatran koko tarina.

Faaraoiden sukuun syntynyt Kleopatra hallitsi yli puolet elämästään Egyptin valtakuntaa. Hän johti armeijaa, keksi antaa rahalle arvon ja painatti kasvonsa roomalaiseen kolikkoon. Hän oli miellyttävä, hauska ja kielitaitoinen, ja hänen samettista ääntään kuunneltiin sielläkin, missä häntä vihattiin. Egyptin kansalle hän oli jumalatar ja hän tiesi sen.

Kleopatra meni naimisiin kahden veljensä kanssa ja surmautti jokaisen sisaruksensa. Hän synnytti pojan Caesarille ja kolme lasta Marcus Antoniukselle. Cicero inhosi häntä, Herodes halusi murhata hänet ja keisari Augustinus yritti estää häntä surmaamasta itseään. Niin omavaltaisesti kuin Kleopatra elämäänsä hallitsikin, oman tarinansa muotoutumisessa hän on ollut voimaton. Palkitun historioitsijan elämäkerta osoittaa, että myyttien ja asenteiden kerroksista riisuttunakin Kleopatran elämä on yhä vailla vertaistaan.

Stacy Schiff (s. 1961) on palkittu yhdysvaltalainen tietokirjailija. Hänen teoksensa Véra – Mrs. Nabokov voitti Pulitzer-palkinnon vuonna 2000. Vuonna 2006 Schiffille myönnettiin Yhdysvaltain Taide- ja kirjallisuusakatemian kirjallisuuspalkinto. Kleopatra on saanut runsaasti kiitosta terävästä ja nautinnollisen analyyttisestä tyylistään.

Myyttisen Kleopatran koko tarina.

Faaraoiden sukuun syntynyt Kleopatra hallitsi yli puolet elämästään Egyptin valtakuntaa. Hän johti armeijaa, keksi antaa rahalle arvon ja painatti kasvonsa roomalaiseen kolikkoon. Hän oli miellyttävä, hauska ja kielitaitoinen, ja hänen samettista ääntään kuunneltiin sielläkin, missä häntä vihattiin. Egyptin kansalle hän oli jumalatar ja hän tiesi sen.

Kleopatra meni naimisiin kahden veljensä kanssa ja surmautti jokaisen sisaruksensa. Hän synnytti pojan Caesarille ja kolme lasta Marcus Antoniukselle. Cicero inhosi häntä, Herodes halusi murhata hänet ja keisari Augustinus yritti estää häntä surmaamasta itseään. Niin omavaltaisesti kuin Kleopatra elämäänsä hallitsikin, oman tarinansa muotoutumisessa hän on ollut voimaton. Palkitun historioitsijan elämäkerta osoittaa, että myyttien ja asenteiden kerroksista riisuttunakin Kleopatran elämä on yhä vailla vertaistaan.

Stacy Schiff (s. 1961) on palkittu yhdysvaltalainen tietokirjailija. Hänen teoksensa Véra – Mrs. Nabokov voitti Pulitzer-palkinnon vuonna 2000. Vuonna 2006 Schiffille myönnettiin Yhdysvaltain Taide- ja kirjallisuusakatemian kirjallisuuspalkinto. Kleopatra on saanut runsaasti kiitosta terävästä ja nautinnollisen analyyttisestä tyylistään.