Dit verhaal wordt tegenwoordig zo beroemd, met twee grote televisieseries ervan gemaakt, dat ik de hoofdpersonages al kende hoewel heb ik noch de Britse noch de Amerikaanse tv-series bekeken. Om het boek eindelijk te lezen voelt best vreemd. Het grootste verschil tussen boek en televisie is de rel...
Este foi um livro que despertou a minha curiosidade devido ao seu título. Já tinha ouvido referências à série televisiva “House of Cards”, distribuída pela HBO, assim como já tinha também ouvido que o Kevin Spacey tem um desempenho excelente nesta série sobre os meandros da política norte-americana....
Dziś przyszła pora na kolejną książkę. Tym razem jest to coś o czego filmowej adaptacji (tej drugiej, bo pierwszą BBC nagrało już w roku 1990) słyszałem bardzo wiele dobrego. O samej książce nie słyszałem natomiast nic. Postanowiłem, z uwagi na to, że serialu nie da się oglądać jeżdżąc na rowerze, a...
Book #2 in the Winston Churchill series This historical fiction is set the first month of Churchill’s premiership during the time when Britain was uncertain if the country had the will or the mean to stand up and fight. The story tells what turned out to be one of the most important three weeks of t...
House of Cards is the first book in the Francis Urquhart series by Michael Dobbs. Francis is the Chief Whip. He must know the vote at all times, which gives him reason to know every secret in politics. The thrilling part is Francis will betray them all to become Prime Minister. Mattie is a young rep...
I was fascinated by the dreadful mistakes the British government made leading up to WWII. I knew nothing except the names of Churchill and Chamberlain before reading this book, but now I can talk about the British side of WWII almost as well as I can the Australian and the American. I would recomm...
Whether it was all completely true or not (not knowing anything at all about Churchill or much about the British government during WWII, it didn’t matter if Dobbs made it up or not, I couldn’t tell), I found the thought that what Dobbs wrote might have been true absolutely fascinating. I have two m...
Once again I found the information about not only Churchill, but also Stalin and Roosevelt fascinating. The apparent senility of Roosevelt, the manipulation and inhumanity of Stalin. I had no idea how brutal and merciless Stalin and his army were, it’s almost a toss-up as to who was worse – Hitler...
Once again I found the information about not only Churchill, but also Stalin and Roosevelt fascinating. The apparent senility of Roosevelt, the manipulation and inhumanity of Stalin. I had no idea how brutal and merciless Stalin and his army were, it’s almost a toss-up as to who was worse – Hitler...
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