Описание: This original and ';meticulously researched retelling of history's most infamous voyage' (Denise Kiernan, New York Times bestselling author) uses the sinking of the Titanic as a prism through which to examine the end of the Edwardian era and the seismic shift modernity brought to the Western world. ';While there are many Titanic books, this is one readers will consider a favorite' (Voyage).
In April 1912, six notable people were among those privileged to experience the height of luxuryfirst class passage on ';the ship of dreams,' the RMS Titanic: Lucy Leslie, Countess of Rothes; son of the British Empire Tommy Andrews; American captain of industry John Thayer and his son Jack; Jewish-American immigrant Ida Straus; and American model and movie star Dorothy Gibson. Within a week of setting sail, they were all caught up in the horrifying disaster of the Titanic's sinking, one of the biggest news stories of the century.
Today, we can see their stories and the Titanic's voyage as the beginning of the end of the established hierarchy of the Edwardian era.
Writing in his signature elegant prose and using previously unpublished sources, deck plans, journal entries, and surviving artifacts, Gareth Russell peers through the portholes of these first-class travelers to immerse us in a time of unprecedented change in British and American history. Through their intertwining lives, he examines social, technological, political, and economic forces such as the nuances of the British class system, the explosion of competition in the shipping trade, the birth of the movie industry, the Irish Home Rule Crisis, and the Jewish-American immigrant experience while also recounting their intimate stories of bravery, tragedy, and selflessness.
Lavishly illustrated with color and black and white photographs, this is ';a beautiful requiem' (The Wall Street Journal) in which ';readers get the story of this particular floating Tower of Babel in riveting detail, and with all the wider context they could want' (Christian ScienceMonitor).
Автор: Russell Gareth Название: Young and Damned and Fair ISBN: 0008128286 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780008128289 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 2243.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: SHORTLISTED FOR THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2017
Автор: Russell, Gareth Название: Popular ISBN: 0141334533 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141334530 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 646.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is a fabulously witty and entertaining teen read, perfect for fans of "Gossip Girl" and "The Gallagher Girls". Meredith Harper is rich, popular, manipulative and almost unnaturally beautiful. At the age of sixteen, she's already a social legend.
Imogen Dawson, beautiful and sexy-chic, she's Meredith's best friend and a total bombshell. And doesn't she just know it. Then there's ...Kerry Davison, daddy's little princess with a passion for pink and a penchant for Fabulous Induced Breakdowns.
Now meet Cameron Matthews, six-feet tall, blue-eyed and the most popular guy in school. Together they're unfathomably gorgeous and like, totally beau. But under the glamorous surface of parties and spa-days is a wealth of comforting lies and convenient silences, bitching, break-ups and scandal.
Автор: Russell, Gareth Название: Do let`s have another drink ISBN: 0008542619 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780008542610 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 2640.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A Times Best Book on the Royal Family of the Year 2022 This is a biography of the Queen Mother with all the dull bits stripped out. When told that Lady Mountbatten was being buried at sea, the Queen Mother replied cheerfully. 'Dear old Edwina, she always did like to make a splash!' During her lifetime, the Queen Mother was as famous for her clever quips, pointed observations and dry-as-a-Martini delivery style as she was for being a member of the Royal Family.
She was also famed for her fondness for 'drinky-poos' - usually a gin and Dubonnet or three. Now, Do Let's Have Another Drink recounts 101 biographical vignettes - one for each year of her long, remarkable life, including her coming-of-age during World War I, the abdication of her brother-in-law, the truth about her tragic nieces and her relationship with her two daughters over half a century of widowhood. The book is a skimming-stone biography - the story of a life without the boring bits - and a travel guide to a world that no longer exists.
Stepping into the Queen Mother's rarefied universe is a little like falling through the looking glass. The book rightly celebrates her sense of humour but also explores her enmities and feuds, including the truth about her behaviour towards Wallis Simpson, Nerissa Bowes-Lyon and Diana, Princess of Wales. For fans of The Crown and featuring new revelations, never before published, and colourful anecdotes about the woman the high society photographer Cecil Beaton once described as 'a marshmallow made on a welding machine', Do Let's Have Another Drink is a delightful celebration of one of the most consistently popular members of the Royal Family.
Автор: Russell, Gareth Название: Do let`s have another drink ISBN: 0008542627 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780008542627 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 1979.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A Times Best Book on the Royal Family of the Year 2022This is a biography of the Queen Mother with all the dull bits stripped out.When told that Lady Mountbatten was being buried at sea, the Queen Mother replied cheerfully. `Dear old Edwina, she always did like to make a splash!`
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