The selection of Winston Churchill as Neville Chamberlain's successor in May 1940 is regarded today as one of the most pivotal moments of the 20th century. With his elevation to the premiership Britain was committed to a course of action in the Second World War that ended with victory over Nazi Germ...
Interesting read as the author tries to recreate his aunt's life beginning before WWII through the end of her life. While there were people to talk with and diaries left that explain the time before the war and the time after the war, there were few sources available to reconstruct accurately her li...
Endlich einmal einen Shakespeare gelesen, obgleich sich es nur um Nicholas Shakespeare handelt.... Die Story: Andy fristet ein eher tristes Arbeitsleben in London in einem Verlag. Gerade hat ihn seine Freundin verlassen. Er ist zur richtigen Zeit auf der falschen Beerdigung; die Konsequenz: in dem...
bookshelves: published-2013, radio-4, winter-20132014, nonfiction, biography, wwii, women, under-20, france, fradio, next Read from January 12 to 17, 2014 BOTW R4BBC description: Nicholas Shakespeare writes about his aunt, a glamorous English woman whose life in Paris during the German Occupatio...
Somerset Maugham dramatisations, narrated by Dirk BogardeHave to agree with Inder's summing up - 'You can't read just one - these stories are like delicious, but strangely mysterious, potato chips. Just the thing when you need a smart escape.'
A riveting story told by Colonel Augustin Rejas to a foreign correspondent, John Dyer, of his investigation and capture of a Peruvian guerrilla leader.Dyer was pursuing a different man for an interview when by chance, he met Colonel Rejas. Just like Dyer, I was completely sucked in by the story Rej...
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