Patrick Leigh Fermor
- 448 Seiten
- 16 Lesestunden
The authorized biography shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year, the National Book Awards and the Costa Biography Award
Artemis Cooper Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)
Diese Autorin erforscht komplexe menschliche Beziehungen mit tiefgreifender psychologischer Einsicht. Ihr Stil zeichnet sich durch scharfe Beobachtungsgabe und eine elegante, aber dennoch zugängliche Prosa aus. In ihren Werken reflektiert sie oft Themen wie Identität, Erinnerung und die Suche nach dem eigenen Platz in der Welt. Ihre Schriften regen die Leser an, über ihre eigenen Erfahrungen und die Welt um sie herum nachzudenken.
In this brilliant synthesis of social, political, and cultural history, Antony Beevor and Artemis Cooper present a vivid and compelling portrayal of the City of Lights after its liberation. Paris became the diplomatic battleground in the opening stages of the Cold War. Against this volatile political backdrop, every aspect of life is portrayed: scores were settled in a rough and uneven justice, black marketers grew rich on the misery of the population, and a growing number of intellectual luminaries and artists including Hemingway, Beckett, Camus, Sartre, de Beauvoir, Cocteau, and Picassocontributed new ideas and a renewed vitality to this extraordinary moment in time.
This is an account of life, attitudes and events in Cairo during World War II. It describes the historical background of the events of the Desert War, as well as stories and descriptions of personalities gleaned from the Ambassador's diaries and those of her grandparents, Duff and Diana Cooper.