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Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Tokas were the talk of pre-war Paris. Photographed by Cecil Beaton and Man Ray, painted by Picasso and written about by Hemingway, they were at the heart of Parisian cultural and literary life. Alice, convinced that Gertrude was a genius, cooked for her, typed her manuscripts and fought to obtain the fame she was convinced Gertrude was due. Alice said Gertrude was the happiest person she had ever known, and was besotted with her for the many years they were together. They were indomitable, charismatic, and wildly eccentric, driving around in ''Auntie'', their Ford, with Basket, their cherished poodle. Using letters, memoirs and the published writings of Gertrude and Alice, Diana Souhami has written a brilliant and witty chronicle of one of the happiest marriages in modern literary history.

The story of the tempestuous romance between screen goddess Greta Garbo and society photographer Cecil Beaton--two enigmatic and iconic legends of the 30s. Best-selling author Souhami has drawn on diaries, letters, photographs, and films to show they both infused their work with the allure of androgyny--while concealing it in their private lives. A beautiful picture of two remarkable individuals and their era. "Compelling reading."--Literary Review. ..."fascinating insight..."--Elle.

Peter the Great (16721725), tsar of Russia for forty-three years, was a dramatic, appealing, and unconventional character. This book provides a vivid sense of the dynamics of his lifeboth public and privateand his reign. Drawing on his letters and papers, as well as on other contemporary accounts, the book provides new insights into Peters complex character, giving information on his actions, deliberations, possessions, and significant fantasy world--his many disguises and pseudonyms, his interest in dwarfs, his clowning and vandalism. It also sheds fresh light on his relationships with individuals such as his second wife Catherine and his favorite, Alexander Menshikov. The book includes discussions of Peters image in painting and sculpture, and there are two final chapters on his legacy and posthumous reputation up to the present. Lindsey Hughes is professor of Russian history at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London. She is also the author of the classic work Russia in the Age of Peter the Great, published by Yale University Press. A main selection of the History Book Club

[…] Es un juego. Un juego que se juega en las calles de Nueva York desde que existe memoria. Se llama Ringolevio y sus reglas son muy simples. Hay dos bandos, cada uno con el mismo número de jugadore

Bernard Quilliet , La Grande Mademoiselle Petite-fille d'Henri IV, cousine germaine de Louis XIV, Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de Montpensier, née en 1627, est le plus beau parti du royaume, mais on fol engagement dans la Fronde brise ses ambitions et ses projets matrimoniaux. Pardonnee par Louis XIV, elle retrouvera sa place aupres du roi apres un long exil. Cependant, une malheureuse histoire d'amour, qui fera les gorges chaudes de la cour, ridiculisera cette femme qui meritait d'etre aimee. Les Memoires qu'elle a laisses ont le privilege de la rarete : les princes se racontent rarement et Mademoiselle est la premiere memorialiste a s'exprimer en son nom propre. Ses souvenirs sont de veritables confessions, ou elle n'hesita pas a livrer ses etats d'ame avec une emouvante sincerite. Elle s'etend longuement sur ses gouts, ses habitudes, ses caprices, ses peines de c?ur ; elle demele les intrigues de l'entourage royal, revele des secrets d'alcove, et devoile ce que la grands pensent du peuple. Ce classique de la litterature française demeure un temoignage capital sur la sensibilite feminine au XVIIe siecle.

Starting with twenty-eight followers, Francisco Pancho Villa rose out of banditry to become a dynamic strategist who mastered the tactical use of a diverse array of weapons, including modern railroads and cavalry, to contest control of Mexico. In his early days as a brigand, the peasantry idolized him because he often gave them the largesse of his raids on the wealthy haciendas. His military career began in 1910 during the Mexican Revolution, and by the time of his defeat at the Battle of Celaya in 1915 he commanded 15,000 horsemen. Villa could be a generous patron to his loyal followers but a terrifying enemy. He believed that those whom he defeated earned the ???privilege??? of being executed by his own hand. During the bloodiest months of the Mexican Revolution, he even contended for control of the nation. He could not be intimidated by anyone, including the U.S. Army??''s Punitive Expedition led by Gen. John J. Pershing, who was sent to capture Villa after his raids into New Mexico during 1916. He died as he lived, violently, the victim of an assassination squad in 1923. Robert Scheina analyzes this complex man and provides a solid overview of Mexico??''s political history against the fabric of social and cultural turmoil.

La suite des mémoires de Philippe de Gaulle couvre une large et riche période de notre histoire contemporaine, des débuts de la IVe République à ceux du premier septennat de François Mitterrand. Ce s

Este libro, que se podría definir como un auténtico thriller político, a medio camino entre la canción de gesta y el realismo mágico, es el resultado de largos años de investigaciones, de cientos de entrevistas y de la recopilacion de testimonios ineditos sobre Fidel Castro. El periodista Serge Raffy desvela detalles de su vida personal, de sus amores, tanto los oficiales como los secretos, y rastrea las causas de su odio visceral hacia la familia y los homosexuales. Descubre las relaciones de Castro con los servicios secretos sovieticos, describe su aterrador sistema represivo, su actuacion durante la crisis de los misiles; no elude hablar del asesinato de Kennedy o la muerte del Che, del papel de Cuba en el golpe de Estado en Chile que acabo con la caida y muerte de Allende, sobre el asunto Ochoa, o el miedo de Gorbachov de morir victima de un atentado en Cuba, o de los tortuosos manejos de la politica estadounidense respecto a la isla.