Results for: books tagged ‘WWII’
Free Fall: William Golding
Somehow, somewhere, Sammy Mountjoy lost his freedom, the faculty of freewill 'that cannot be debated but only experienced, like a colour or the taste of potatoes'. As he retraces his ... More
Tom and Clem: Stephen Churchett
It's July 1945, and Clement Atlee arrives in defeated Germany for the Potsdam conference with Stalin and Truman . . .. Tom & Clem explores the nature of personal and ... More
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Plenty: David Hare
Keith Douglas: The Complete Poems: Keith Douglas
By the time he was killed in Normandy, aged only twenty-four, in June 1944, Keith Douglas had achieved a body of work that has earned him the reputation as the ... More
Diana Mosley: Jan Dalley
Diana Mosley (née Mitford) had brains, beauty and charm, wealth and social position: she risked everything to follow the dark new creed of fascism when, at twenty-two, she fell in ... More
Time to Be in Earnest: P. D. James
In this intriguing and very personal book, part diary, part memoir, P.D. James considers the twelve months of her life between her 77th and 78th birthdays, 'a time to be ... More
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Tales from Hollywood: Odon Von Horvath
With the Austro-Hungarian dramatist Odon Von Horvath as our guide, Christopher Hampton’s witty and erudite play takes us on a tour of the sun-soaked boulevards of 1940s Los Angeles. Taking ... More
An Artist of the Floating World: Kazuo Ishiguro
It is 1948. Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamity of World War II, her people putting defeat behind them and looking to the future. The celebrated painter, Masuji ... More
Celia's Secret: Michael Frayn and David Burke
One day during the run of Michael Fryan's play Copenhagen, a curious letter arrived from a housewife in Chiswick. She enclosed a few faded pages of barely legible German which ... More
The Forger: Paul Watkins
Paris, 1939. Europe is on the brink of a second World War. David Halifax, a young American art student, is arrested for forgery. Unbeknownst to Halifax, an unscrupulous art dealer ... More
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