Автор: Cowan Justine Название: The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames ISBN: 0349013195 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780349013190 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 1668.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание: A gripping memoir and revelatory investigation into the history of the Foundling Hospital and one girl who grew up in its care - the author`s own mother.
Описание: At ninety years old, the author is the only surviving child of Winston and Clementine Churchill. This title follows her early life from an idyllic childhood in her own `Garden of Eden` at Chartwell to her ATS service in mixed anti-aircraft batteries during the war. It offers a glimpse into her personal diary.
Автор: Mary Soames Название: A daughter`s tale ISBN: 0385604483 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780385604482 Издательство: Transworld Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 3300.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In this charming and intimate memoir, Winston Churchill's youngest daughter shares stories from her remarkable life--and tells of the unbreakable bond she forged with her father through some of the most tumultuous years in British history. Now approaching her ninetieth birthday, Mary Soames is the only surviving child of Winston and Clementine Churchill. Through a combination of personal reminiscences and never-before-published diary entries, she describes what it was like growing up as the scion of one of the lions of twentieth-century statecraft. Warm memories of a childhood spent roaming the grounds of the family's country estate, tending to a small menagerie of pets, evoke the idyllic mood of England between the wars. As she matures into one of her father's most trusted companions, we are given rare glimpses inside the glittering social milieu through which the Churchills moved--as well as the rough-and-tumble world of British politics. With fly-on-the-wall immediacy, Mary describes the momentous debate in Parliament where Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was driven from office, paving the way for Winston Churchill's ascension and the grueling crucible of World War II. During the war Mary served as a gunner in the women's auxiliary, helping to shoot down the German V-1 rockets then bedeviling London. Styling herself as Private M. Churchill to avoid publicity, she led a unique double life that comes vividly alive again in the retelling. Splitting her time between luncheons at Chequers--where she spent time with the likes of Lord Mountbatten--and the turret of an anti-aircraft battery, she was never far from the center of the action. Hitler even reportedly hatched a plan, never consummated, to hire spies to seduce her in order to gain access to secret British war plans. She attended the Potsdam Conference as her father's aide-de-camp, arranging a memorable dinner with Harry Truman and Josef Stalin (whom she acidly remembers as "small, dapper, and rather twinkly"). And when British voters overwhelmingly turned on Churchill in the 1945 election, it is left to Mary to recount the pain and devastation her father could never publicly express. The mutual love and affection between Mary Soames and her parents pours forth from every page of this elegantly written memoir. "A Daughter's Tale" is both a moving personal history and a source of untold insight into one of the enduring icons of British national life.
Автор: Soames, Nicolas Название: The Story Of Naxos ISBN: 0749956941 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780749956943 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 1213.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Lorenz Boeninger tells the story of Niccolo di Lorenzo della Magna, a major printer of Renaissance Italy. Niccolo`s hitherto mysterious life and career provide unparalleled insight into the business of printing in its earliest years, illuminating the economic, legal, and intellectual forces that surrounded the publication and dissemination of texts.
Автор: Cowan, Justine Название: The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames ISBN: 0349013179 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780349013176 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 2275.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Reminded by the Instruments offers an in-depth look at the work of post-war avant-garde pianist and composer David Tudor. Examining not only Tudor`s pioneering work as a composer-performer but also his homemade modular instruments that radically altered electronic music, author You Nakai illuminates our understanding of the means of sound production in experimental music.
Автор: Cowan, Justine Название: The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames ISBN: 0349013187 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780349013183 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 3036.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A gripping memoir and revelatory investigation into the history of the Foundling Hospital and one girl who grew up in its care - the author`s own mother.
Автор: S. M. Kemmett, Kemmett Название: Hemlock soames and the waterhorse ISBN: 0648650006 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780648650003 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1654.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Hermia Barrington is not content with keeping house or hosting endless tea parties. She`s determined to join her husband`s expedition in search of the legendary Waterhorse. It`s time for Hemlock Soames, Hemmy`s childhood alter ego, to return!But is Society ready for Hemlock Soames?
Автор: Cowan Justine Название: The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames: A Memoir ISBN: 0062991019 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062991010 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Рейтинг: Цена: 3695.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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A riveting family drama evocative of Angela's Ashes and The Glass Castle, about a woman who discovers the shocking secret at the center of her mother's life.
Justine had always been told that her mother came from royal blood. The proof could be found in her mother's elegance, in the uppercrust London accent she had never shed--and in a cryptic letter hinting at her claim to a country estate. But beneath the polished veneer lay a fearsome, unpredictable temper that drove Justine from home the moment she was old enough to escape. Years later, when her mother sent her an envelope filled with secrets from a past that had never been spoken about, Justine buried it in the back of an old filing cabinet.
After her mother's death, overcome with grief, Justine found herself drawn back to that envelope. Its contents revealed a mystery that would stretch back to the early years of World War II and lead her across the Atlantic Ocean to discover a truth she could scarcely imagine. Her mother did not grow up among London's elite, but had been raised in the Hospital for the Maintenance and Education of Exposed and Deserted Young Children, commonly known as the Foundling Hospital. Established in the eighteenth century to raise "bastard" children to clean chamber pots for England's ruling class, the Foundling Hospital was tied to some of the most influential historical figures and events. From its role in the development of solitary confinement and human medical experimentation to the creation of the British Museum and the Royal Academy of Arts, the Hospital's impact on Western culture continues to reverberate. It was also the environment that shaped a young girl then known as Dorothy Soames, who bravely withstood years of physical and emotional abuse at the hands of a sadistic headmistress--a resilient child who dreamed of escape as German bombers rained death from the skies, unaware that her own mother was fighting to get her back.
Heartbreaking, surprising, and unforgettable, The Secret Life of Dorothy Soames is the true story of one woman's quest to understand the secrets that had poisoned her mother's mind, and her startling discovery that her family's fate had been sealed centuries before.
Автор: Soames, Nicole Название: Negotiation book ISBN: 1911498428 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781911498421 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1582.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Simple, practical approach to leverage your EQ for business success
Автор: Soames, Nicolas Название: The Story Of Naxos ISBN: 0349400598 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780349400594 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 2579.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: An highly original account of psychology through the discipline`s great practitioners ( Freud, Jung etc) and their thoughts. It functions both as narrative and by extension a sophisticated self-help book. To be compared with Sarah Bakewell`s How to Live and Alain de Botton`s The Consolations of Philosophy
Автор: Soames, Mary Название: Clementine Churchill ISBN: 0385607415 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780385607414 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 3300.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Clementine, Lady Spencer-Churchill died in 1977, aged 92. In this updated biography, her daughter, Mary Soames, throws new light on her mother, her 57-year marriage to Winston, her strongly held political views and a life that spans many of the major events of the 20th century.
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