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An abused child, yet confident of her destiny, passionately sexual yet, she said, a virgin, famed as England''s most successful ruler yet actually doing little, Elizabeth I is full of contradictions. This biography aims to turn the paradox into a person. Starting with Elizabeth''s own speeches and writings, the author lays emphasis on two things: her faith made her see religion as a purely personal relationship between the individual conscience and God, yet her sophisticated education led her to a smoke-and-mirrors view of politics, in which clever image-making and speech-writing could solve or postpone real problems. The result was a surprisingly contemporary approach to some very modern questions, like civil strife in Scotland and Ireland and the risk of England''s absorption into a European super-state. This approach to the enigma of the Queen''s character is presented in a retelling of her reign; her love for Robert Dudley, the tragi-comedy of her favourites and suitors, her struggles with Mary Queen of Scots and Philip II of Spain and the final, humiliating debacle of her relationship with Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.

Clarissa Eden Countess of Avon wife of Prime Minister Anthony Eden once famously said For the past few weeks I have really felt as if the Suez Canal was flowing through my drawing room With her impressive intellect and acerbic wit she was a highly influential muse to many leading figures over several decades At Oxford in the 1940s she fascinated dons and undergraduates alike She went on to work in the film world for Alexander Korda and for George Weidenfeld at Contact Magazine She was a close friend of Cecil Beaton James Pope Hennessy Lucian Freud Isaiah Berlin and Lord Goodman She fascinated Greta Garbo After an early Bohemian life she became a politically active wife to Eden when he was Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister particularly during the Suez Crisis in 1956 Her death at 101 in 2021 has opened the way for this enthralling and revealing biography by the widely admired biographer Hugo Vickers He knew her well for over 40 years and consigned her revealing private papers and sharply written diaries to him Here also are first hand contributions from friends such as Antonia Fraser Clarissa Eden s story sheds invaluable light on a rapidly vanishing age and an extraordinary woman

From the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize an extraordinary story of the meteoric rise and fall of George Villiers the first Duke of Buckingham Lord Buckingham rockets off the page of this gloriously epic seductively detailed biography OLIVIA LAINGAs King James I s favourite Buckingham was also his confidant gatekeeper right hand man and lover When Charles I succeeded his father he was similarly enthralled and made Buckingham his best friend and mentor A dazzling figure on horseback and a skilful player of the political game Buckingham rapidly transformed the influence his beauty gave him into immense wealth and power He became one of the most flamboyant and enigmatic Englishmen at the heart of seventeenth century royal and political life With a novelist s touch Lucy Hughes Hallett transports us into a courtly world of masques and dancing exquisite clothes the art of Rubens and Van Dyck gender fluidity same sex desire and appallingly rudimentary medicine Witch hunts coexisted with Francis Bacon s empiricism and public opinion was becoming a political force Falling from grace spectacularly Buckingham came to represent everything that was wrong with the country From kidnappings and murder plots to men weeping in Parliament over civil liberties

Las creaciones y mil y una empresas del infatigable Serguéi Diáguilev (1872-1929) fueron, a la vez, encarnaciÛn y profecía del más deslumbrante espectáculo de su época. Seguir los pasos de su vida es

El fanático predicador de Hitler. Como ministro de Propaganda y representante plenipotenciario para la puesta en práctica de la guerra total, Joseph Goebbels fue una de las figuras centrales del Tercer Reich. Sin haber influido nunca en la politica o en la estrategia belica de Hitler, marco de manera decisiva la epoca del nacionalsocialismo. Al celebrar a Hitler en su propaganda como la infalible herramienta de la Providencia, creo el mito del Fuhrer y le aseguro asi la adhesion de la nacion hasta el mismo momento de su caida. Los diarios y el legado literario de Joseph Goebbels constituyen la base de esta extraordinaria y detallada biografia elaborada por Ralf Georg Reuth. La biografia de Reuth sera durante mucho tiempo la obra capital sobre Goebbels.Neue Zurcher Zeitung

A must read for anyone with an interest in history politics or the fascinating story and enduring legacy of an extraordinary figure Winston Churchill Widely regarded as one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century Sir Winston Churchill was a central figure in shaping British and global politics throughout his momentous career and more than six decades in the public eye Published to commemorate what would have been his 150th birthday this volume draws on a wealth of archive material from The Times and Imperial War Museums and features previously unpublished material including Private letters and correspondenceRarely seen photographsHistoric articles from The Times archiveOriginal artwork posters and wartime imagery from Imperial War MuseumsThis superbly illustrated edition offers a unique and nuanced perspective on the tireless statesman and victorious wartime leader

Faltaba en lengua española la gran biografía del jerarca nazi, Hermann Goering, que por fin llega de la mano del historiador François Kardesky. Es ésta una biografía minuciosa y rigurosa de un person

La mejor biografía sobre uno de los pensadores ingleses del siglo XIX más importantes. Convertido al catolicismo tras estudiar los orígenes del cristianismo, murió siendo cardenal. La vida de John Henry Newman (1801-1890) y toda su epoca queda fielmente reflejada en esta extraordinaria biografia del profesor universitario y pastor anglicano de Oxford que murio siendo cardenal de la Iglesia catolica. Se trata de uno de los personajes mas interesantes del siglo XIX, y que mas repercusion sigue teniendo en el pensamiento cristiano. Pero tambien esta obra de Ian Ker ha sido considerada no solo como la mejor `vida de Newman, sino una de las mejores biografias de cualquier escritor del siglo XIX (K. Tilloston). El autor, ha sido capaz de hilvanar con las palabras del propio Newman, -utilizando un extenso material procedente de sus cartas y trabajos- cada uno de los momentos de su vida, lo que tenia en su cabeza y su corazon mientras buscaba ser fiel a Dios en sus diversas empresas intelectuales y apostolicas (Universidad catolica de Dublin, Oratorio de San Felipe Neri en Birmingham, etc.). Newman destaca en medio de sus contemporaneos por su asombrosa lucidez para anticipar el futuro con la mayor serenidad posible, especialmente, cuando el presente no acierta a encontrar el camino justo. El Papa Benedicto XVI ha dicho de Newman que nos dejo un ejemplo extraordinario de fidelidad a la verdad revelada, siguiendo esta luz amable donde quiera que lo llevo, incluso a un costo personal considerable. En la Iglesia de hoy se necesitan grandes escritores y comunicadores de su estatura e integridad. Y, aludiendo a su beatificacion en 2010, realzada por la presencia del propio Papa en Inglaterra, añade: mi esperanza es que la devocion hacia el sirva de inspiracion a muchos para seguir sus pasos

El hecho de que esta biografía ganara el premio Pulitzer contribuyó decisivamente a rescatar a T. E. Lawrence del proceso de mitificación al que parecía destinado irremediablemente. En esta obra, John Mack explora, de un modo a la vez sensible y objetivo, la relacion entre la vida interior de Lawrence y los actos de gran significado historico que llevo a cabo. Las extensas citas del personaje en cuestion y el acceso a su correspondencia, asi como a los despachos del Ministerio de la Guerra y a muchas cartas ineditas, constituyen los fundamentos de esta delicada investigacion sobre las dimensiones psicologicas de la personalidad de Lawrence. Ademas, el autor examina los aspectos mas pertinentes de la historia, la politica y la sociologia de la epoca para sopesar las verdaderas fuerzas con las que Lawrence se enfrento y que influyeron decisivamente en su persona.

Neil Young is one of rock and roll's most important, influential and enigmatic figures, an intensely reticent artist who has granted no writer access to his inner sanctum - until now. In Shakey, Jimmy McDonough tells the whole story of Young's incredible life and career: from his childhood in Canada to his cofounding of the pioneering folk-rock group Buffalo Springfield; to the bleary conglomeration of Crazy Horse and simultaneous monstrous success of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young; to the depraved depths of Tonight's the Night and the strange changes of the Geffen years; to Young's unprecedented nineties "comeback" with Ragged Glory and Harvest Moon." McDonough spent six years doggedly pursuing rock's most elusive quarry, talking to more than three hundred of Young's associates (many of whom spoke freely for the first time), as well as sitting down with Young in person for more than fifty hours of interviews. This long-awaited, unprecendented story of a rock and roll legend is filled with never-before-published words directly from the artist himself.

An abused child, yet confident of her destiny, passionately sexual yet, she said, a virgin, famed as England''s most successful ruler yet actually doing little, Elizabeth I is full of contradictions. This biography aims to turn the paradox into a person. Starting with Elizabeth''s own speeches and writings, the author lays emphasis on two things: her faith made her see religion as a purely personal relationship between the individual conscience and God, yet her sophisticated education led her to a smoke-and-mirrors view of politics, in which clever image-making and speech-writing could solve or postpone real problems. The result was a surprisingly contemporary approach to some very modern questions, like civil strife in Scotland and Ireland and the risk of England''s absorption into a European super-state. This approach to the enigma of the Queen''s character is presented in a retelling of her reign; her love for Robert Dudley, the tragi-comedy of her favourites and suitors, her struggles with Mary Queen of Scots and Philip II of Spain and the final, humiliating debacle of her relationship with Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.

Clarissa Eden Countess of Avon wife of Prime Minister Anthony Eden once famously said For the past few weeks I have really felt as if the Suez Canal was flowing through my drawing room With her impressive intellect and acerbic wit she was a highly influential muse to many leading figures over several decades At Oxford in the 1940s she fascinated dons and undergraduates alike She went on to work in the film world for Alexander Korda and for George Weidenfeld at Contact Magazine She was a close friend of Cecil Beaton James Pope Hennessy Lucian Freud Isaiah Berlin and Lord Goodman She fascinated Greta Garbo After an early Bohemian life she became a politically active wife to Eden when he was Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister particularly during the Suez Crisis in 1956 Her death at 101 in 2021 has opened the way for this enthralling and revealing biography by the widely admired biographer Hugo Vickers He knew her well for over 40 years and consigned her revealing private papers and sharply written diaries to him Here also are first hand contributions from friends such as Antonia Fraser Clarissa Eden s story sheds invaluable light on a rapidly vanishing age and an extraordinary woman

From the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize an extraordinary story of the meteoric rise and fall of George Villiers the first Duke of Buckingham Lord Buckingham rockets off the page of this gloriously epic seductively detailed biography OLIVIA LAINGAs King James I s favourite Buckingham was also his confidant gatekeeper right hand man and lover When Charles I succeeded his father he was similarly enthralled and made Buckingham his best friend and mentor A dazzling figure on horseback and a skilful player of the political game Buckingham rapidly transformed the influence his beauty gave him into immense wealth and power He became one of the most flamboyant and enigmatic Englishmen at the heart of seventeenth century royal and political life With a novelist s touch Lucy Hughes Hallett transports us into a courtly world of masques and dancing exquisite clothes the art of Rubens and Van Dyck gender fluidity same sex desire and appallingly rudimentary medicine Witch hunts coexisted with Francis Bacon s empiricism and public opinion was becoming a political force Falling from grace spectacularly Buckingham came to represent everything that was wrong with the country From kidnappings and murder plots to men weeping in Parliament over civil liberties

Las creaciones y mil y una empresas del infatigable Serguéi Diáguilev (1872-1929) fueron, a la vez, encarnaciÛn y profecía del más deslumbrante espectáculo de su época. Seguir los pasos de su vida es

Faltaba en lengua española la gran biografía del jerarca nazi, Hermann Goering, que por fin llega de la mano del historiador François Kardesky. Es ésta una biografía minuciosa y rigurosa de un person

El fanático predicador de Hitler. Como ministro de Propaganda y representante plenipotenciario para la puesta en práctica de la guerra total, Joseph Goebbels fue una de las figuras centrales del Tercer Reich. Sin haber influido nunca en la politica o en la estrategia belica de Hitler, marco de manera decisiva la epoca del nacionalsocialismo. Al celebrar a Hitler en su propaganda como la infalible herramienta de la Providencia, creo el mito del Fuhrer y le aseguro asi la adhesion de la nacion hasta el mismo momento de su caida. Los diarios y el legado literario de Joseph Goebbels constituyen la base de esta extraordinaria y detallada biografia elaborada por Ralf Georg Reuth. La biografia de Reuth sera durante mucho tiempo la obra capital sobre Goebbels.Neue Zurcher Zeitung

A must read for anyone with an interest in history politics or the fascinating story and enduring legacy of an extraordinary figure Winston Churchill Widely regarded as one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century Sir Winston Churchill was a central figure in shaping British and global politics throughout his momentous career and more than six decades in the public eye Published to commemorate what would have been his 150th birthday this volume draws on a wealth of archive material from The Times and Imperial War Museums and features previously unpublished material including Private letters and correspondenceRarely seen photographsHistoric articles from The Times archiveOriginal artwork posters and wartime imagery from Imperial War MuseumsThis superbly illustrated edition offers a unique and nuanced perspective on the tireless statesman and victorious wartime leader

La mejor biografía sobre uno de los pensadores ingleses del siglo XIX más importantes. Convertido al catolicismo tras estudiar los orígenes del cristianismo, murió siendo cardenal. La vida de John Henry Newman (1801-1890) y toda su epoca queda fielmente reflejada en esta extraordinaria biografia del profesor universitario y pastor anglicano de Oxford que murio siendo cardenal de la Iglesia catolica. Se trata de uno de los personajes mas interesantes del siglo XIX, y que mas repercusion sigue teniendo en el pensamiento cristiano. Pero tambien esta obra de Ian Ker ha sido considerada no solo como la mejor `vida de Newman, sino una de las mejores biografias de cualquier escritor del siglo XIX (K. Tilloston). El autor, ha sido capaz de hilvanar con las palabras del propio Newman, -utilizando un extenso material procedente de sus cartas y trabajos- cada uno de los momentos de su vida, lo que tenia en su cabeza y su corazon mientras buscaba ser fiel a Dios en sus diversas empresas intelectuales y apostolicas (Universidad catolica de Dublin, Oratorio de San Felipe Neri en Birmingham, etc.). Newman destaca en medio de sus contemporaneos por su asombrosa lucidez para anticipar el futuro con la mayor serenidad posible, especialmente, cuando el presente no acierta a encontrar el camino justo. El Papa Benedicto XVI ha dicho de Newman que nos dejo un ejemplo extraordinario de fidelidad a la verdad revelada, siguiendo esta luz amable donde quiera que lo llevo, incluso a un costo personal considerable. En la Iglesia de hoy se necesitan grandes escritores y comunicadores de su estatura e integridad. Y, aludiendo a su beatificacion en 2010, realzada por la presencia del propio Papa en Inglaterra, añade: mi esperanza es que la devocion hacia el sirva de inspiracion a muchos para seguir sus pasos

El hecho de que esta biografía ganara el premio Pulitzer contribuyó decisivamente a rescatar a T. E. Lawrence del proceso de mitificación al que parecía destinado irremediablemente. En esta obra, John Mack explora, de un modo a la vez sensible y objetivo, la relacion entre la vida interior de Lawrence y los actos de gran significado historico que llevo a cabo. Las extensas citas del personaje en cuestion y el acceso a su correspondencia, asi como a los despachos del Ministerio de la Guerra y a muchas cartas ineditas, constituyen los fundamentos de esta delicada investigacion sobre las dimensiones psicologicas de la personalidad de Lawrence. Ademas, el autor examina los aspectos mas pertinentes de la historia, la politica y la sociologia de la epoca para sopesar las verdaderas fuerzas con las que Lawrence se enfrento y que influyeron decisivamente en su persona.

Neil Young is one of rock and roll's most important, influential and enigmatic figures, an intensely reticent artist who has granted no writer access to his inner sanctum - until now. In Shakey, Jimmy McDonough tells the whole story of Young's incredible life and career: from his childhood in Canada to his cofounding of the pioneering folk-rock group Buffalo Springfield; to the bleary conglomeration of Crazy Horse and simultaneous monstrous success of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young; to the depraved depths of Tonight's the Night and the strange changes of the Geffen years; to Young's unprecedented nineties "comeback" with Ragged Glory and Harvest Moon." McDonough spent six years doggedly pursuing rock's most elusive quarry, talking to more than three hundred of Young's associates (many of whom spoke freely for the first time), as well as sitting down with Young in person for more than fifty hours of interviews. This long-awaited, unprecendented story of a rock and roll legend is filled with never-before-published words directly from the artist himself.