Author: Charles Lysaght
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Brendan Bracken
Author: Charles Lysaght
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Poor, Dear Brendan
Author: Andrew Boyle
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Aria
Author: Brendan Bracken
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1546290354
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
This is the love story of Consuella, a young girl from the convent in Verona, and Antonio, a dashing young man from Milan. While visiting his former teacher and mentor, Father Martine, in Verona, Antonio is persuaded by his teacher to stay for a special celebration in the monastery chapel. Father Martines objective is to make sure Antonio hears a young Consuella singing in the choir. On hearing her voice, he immediately recognises her special gift. After much persuasion, Antonio brings her to Milan; she takes the opera world by storm. Over the next two years, they fall in love. Antonios dearest wish is to marry Consuella. He returns to Verona to seek her fathers consent. During his absence, Don Barcese, an influential figure in the opera community, begins to cause mischief. He promises Consuella that, under his management, she will become the most famous opera star in the world. By the time Antonio returns, the damage is already done.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1546290354
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
This is the love story of Consuella, a young girl from the convent in Verona, and Antonio, a dashing young man from Milan. While visiting his former teacher and mentor, Father Martine, in Verona, Antonio is persuaded by his teacher to stay for a special celebration in the monastery chapel. Father Martines objective is to make sure Antonio hears a young Consuella singing in the choir. On hearing her voice, he immediately recognises her special gift. After much persuasion, Antonio brings her to Milan; she takes the opera world by storm. Over the next two years, they fall in love. Antonios dearest wish is to marry Consuella. He returns to Verona to seek her fathers consent. During his absence, Don Barcese, an influential figure in the opera community, begins to cause mischief. He promises Consuella that, under his management, she will become the most famous opera star in the world. By the time Antonio returns, the damage is already done.
Brendan Bracken, 1901-1958
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Churchill and the Jews
Author: Michael Joseph Cohen
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780714632544
Category : Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Discusses the attitudes and fluctuating policies of Winston Churchill towards the Jews and Zionism. Churchill attacked the 1905 Aliens Act, designed to restrict Jewish immigration to Britain. However, he may have been motivated partly by opportunism, as his Manchester constituency contained a high proportion of Jewish voters. He was not above exploiting antisemitism in an attack on Sir Marcus Samuel in 1914, accusing him of extorting high prices from the British Admiralty. Churchill was affected by "Jewish conspiracy" theories, and tended to accept the stereotype of the Jews' immense wealth and influence. Paradoxically, this may have played a role in his sympathy for Zionism. Churchill's supposed friendship with the Jews did not find expression in substantive actions on their behalf during the 1930s and World War II.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780714632544
Category : Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Discusses the attitudes and fluctuating policies of Winston Churchill towards the Jews and Zionism. Churchill attacked the 1905 Aliens Act, designed to restrict Jewish immigration to Britain. However, he may have been motivated partly by opportunism, as his Manchester constituency contained a high proportion of Jewish voters. He was not above exploiting antisemitism in an attack on Sir Marcus Samuel in 1914, accusing him of extorting high prices from the British Admiralty. Churchill was affected by "Jewish conspiracy" theories, and tended to accept the stereotype of the Jews' immense wealth and influence. Paradoxically, this may have played a role in his sympathy for Zionism. Churchill's supposed friendship with the Jews did not find expression in substantive actions on their behalf during the 1930s and World War II.
Joan of Arc
Author: Winston Churchill
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
An extract from Winston Churchill's A History of the English-Speaking Peoples relating the life of the martyr whose divine inspiration helped Charles VII Become King of France.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
An extract from Winston Churchill's A History of the English-Speaking Peoples relating the life of the martyr whose divine inspiration helped Charles VII Become King of France.
Churchill
Author: Robert Blake
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0198206267
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Essays on the policies and motives of Winston Churchill
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0198206267
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Essays on the policies and motives of Winston Churchill
My Dear Max
Author: Brendan Bracken
Publisher: London : Historians' Press
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher: London : Historians' Press
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Cloak of Enemies
Author: Tom Keene
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752483757
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
SOE was born from Churchill’s vision to set ‘Europe ablaze’. However, Tom Keene’s book reveals for the first time how close it came to never existing at all. Many saw SOE as a threat to the existence of MI5 and other intelligence agencies, and some in the armed forces refused to work with the new agency, fearing its broad remit and lack of experienced operatives. SOE, in turn, became ever more secretive, hiding details of their operations from anyone outside the agency. This backstabbing climate of rivalry, confusion and secrecy, not only nearly destroyed SOE, but also had tragic repercussions for the daring Commandos who took part in the legendary ‘Cockleshell Raid’.Cloak of Enemies exposes the secret war within Whitehall and its far-reaching consequences.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752483757
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
SOE was born from Churchill’s vision to set ‘Europe ablaze’. However, Tom Keene’s book reveals for the first time how close it came to never existing at all. Many saw SOE as a threat to the existence of MI5 and other intelligence agencies, and some in the armed forces refused to work with the new agency, fearing its broad remit and lack of experienced operatives. SOE, in turn, became ever more secretive, hiding details of their operations from anyone outside the agency. This backstabbing climate of rivalry, confusion and secrecy, not only nearly destroyed SOE, but also had tragic repercussions for the daring Commandos who took part in the legendary ‘Cockleshell Raid’.Cloak of Enemies exposes the secret war within Whitehall and its far-reaching consequences.
Churchill & Son
Author: Josh Ireland
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 152474445X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
The intimate, untold story of Winston Churchill's enduring yet volatile bond with his only son, Randolph “Ireland draws unforgettable sketches of life in the Churchill circle, much like Erik Larson did in The Splendid and the Vile.”―Kirkus • “Fascinating… well-researched and well-written.”—Andrew Roberts • “Beautifully written… A triumph.”—Damien Lewis • “Fascinating, acute and touching.”—Simon Sebag Montefiore We think we know Winston Churchill: the bulldog grimace, the ever-present cigar, the wit and wisdom that led Great Britain through the Second World War. Yet away from the House of Commons and the Cabinet War Rooms, Churchill was a loving family man who doted on his children, none more so than Randolph, his only boy and Winston's anointed heir to the Churchill legacy. Randolph may have been born in his father's shadow, but his father, who had been neglected by his own parents, was determined to see him go far. For decades, throughout Winston's climb to greatness, father and son were inseparable—dining with Britain's elite, gossiping and swilling Champagne at high society parties, holidaying on the French Riviera, touring Prohibition-era America. Captivated by Winston's power, bravery, and charisma, Randolph worshipped his father, and Winston obsessed over his son's future. But their love was complex and combustible, complicated by money, class, and privilege, shaded with ambition, outsize expectations, resentments, and failures. Deeply researched and magnificently written, Churchill & Son is a revealing and surprising portrait of one of history's most celebrated figures.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 152474445X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
The intimate, untold story of Winston Churchill's enduring yet volatile bond with his only son, Randolph “Ireland draws unforgettable sketches of life in the Churchill circle, much like Erik Larson did in The Splendid and the Vile.”―Kirkus • “Fascinating… well-researched and well-written.”—Andrew Roberts • “Beautifully written… A triumph.”—Damien Lewis • “Fascinating, acute and touching.”—Simon Sebag Montefiore We think we know Winston Churchill: the bulldog grimace, the ever-present cigar, the wit and wisdom that led Great Britain through the Second World War. Yet away from the House of Commons and the Cabinet War Rooms, Churchill was a loving family man who doted on his children, none more so than Randolph, his only boy and Winston's anointed heir to the Churchill legacy. Randolph may have been born in his father's shadow, but his father, who had been neglected by his own parents, was determined to see him go far. For decades, throughout Winston's climb to greatness, father and son were inseparable—dining with Britain's elite, gossiping and swilling Champagne at high society parties, holidaying on the French Riviera, touring Prohibition-era America. Captivated by Winston's power, bravery, and charisma, Randolph worshipped his father, and Winston obsessed over his son's future. But their love was complex and combustible, complicated by money, class, and privilege, shaded with ambition, outsize expectations, resentments, and failures. Deeply researched and magnificently written, Churchill & Son is a revealing and surprising portrait of one of history's most celebrated figures.