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Alexandria: A History and Guide by E. M. Forster
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Category: History | Series: Tauris Parke Paperbacks Ser.
In the autumn of 1915, in a "slightly heroic mood," E.M. Forster arrived in Alexandria, full of lofty ideals as a volunteer for the Red Cross. Yet most of his time was spent exploring "the magic, antiquity and complexity" of the place in order to cope with living in what he saw as a "funk-hole." With a ...Show more
Army of the Night: Jean Moulin and the French Resistance by Patrick Marnham
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Category: History | Series: Tauris Parke Paperbacks Ser.
Who was the enigmatic Jean Moulin, a man as skilled in deception as he was in acts of heroism? The memory of this French Resistance hero, who was betrayed to the Gestapo and tortured to death by Klaus Barbie, the infamous ''Butcher of Lyon'', is revered alongside Voltaire and Victor Hugo. But Moulin s s ...Show more
Love in Bloomsbury by Frances Partridge
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Category: Culture Ideas Politics | Series: Tauris Parke Paperbacks Ser.
The Bloomsbury Group was as well known for its love affairs as for the work that was produced by its members. Of all the romantic entanglements, the love quadrangle between Frances Partridge, her husband Ralph Partridge, his first wife, Dora and Lytton Strachey was one of the most tortured (Frances love ...Show more
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