The Story of Roger Tur, Honorary Consul of France in ZaragozaThe year is 1972 when three far-left activists cause a fire in the French consulate in Zaragoza, accidentally leading to the death of Roger Tur, the honorary consul.
Few men in the Victorian Age achieved the stature of Field Marshal Garnet Wolesley, a dedicated soldier, man of foresight and vision, colonial administrator and up holder of the Pax Britannica from India to Africa.
Dieser ungewöhnliche Roman wurde von mir geschrieben, dem Sohn eines Holocaust-Überlebenden, und basiert auf den Prüfungen und den Anfechtungen, die meiner Familie im Ersten und Zweiten Weltkrieg ausgesetzt war.
An unflinching look at unemployment and life among the working classes in Britain during the Great Depression, The Road to Wigan Pier offers an in-depth examination of socio-economic conditions in the coal-mining communities of England's industrial areas, including detailed analysis of workers' wages, living conditions, and working environments.
At the height of the Spanish Civil War, George Orwell served from 1936-1937 as a private for the POUM, the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification, an anti-Stalinist communist party.
"Se me ha ordenado por su consejo ir a la Torre, un lugar más apto para un falso traidor que para un súbdito verdadero, lo que, por lo que se, lo quiera o no, aún ante este reino lo soy", escribió la Princesa Isabel Tudor en su carta de última hora a su hermana la Reina María mientras los guardias esperaban para transportarla a la Torre de Londres.
The leading historian on the Spanish Civil War reveals the truth about one of the most horrifying events of the twentieth century - the destruction of Guernica.
