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Writing at the Kitchen Table
Faber and Faber 2011; US$ 18.94Elizabeth David was born into a upper-class family and pursued a rebellious and bohemian life as a student of art and then an actress in Paris, before running off with a married man to Greece and then settling in Cairo, where she worked for the British government. After the Second World War, she returned to England, where she was shocked by poor food... more...
Patrick Leigh Fermor
John Murray 2012; US$ 45.29The authorized biography of the greatest travel writer of his generation more...
Patrick Leigh Fermor
John Murray 2012; Not AvailableThe authorized biography of the greatest travel writer of his generation more...
Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure
New York Review Books 2013; US$ 30.00Patrick Leigh Fermor?s enviably colorful life took off when in 1934, at the age of eighteen, he decided to walk across Europe. In just over a year he had trekked through nine countries and taught himself three languages, and his enthusiasm and curiosity for every kind of experience made him equally happy in caves or country houses, among shepherds... more...
Cairo in the War
John Murray 2013; Not AvailableA history of the glamorous and military critical city of Cairo during the Second World War more...
Cairo in the War
John Murray 2013; US$ 22.64A history of the glamorous and military critical city of Cairo during the Second World War more...
Paris After the Liberation 1944-1949
Penguin Group US 2004; US$ 17.00In this brilliant synthesis of social, political, and cultural history, Antony Beevor and Artemis Cooper present a vivid and compelling portrayal of the City of Lights after its liberation. Paris became the diplomatic battleground in the opening stages of the Cold War. Against this volatile political backdrop, every aspect of life is portrayed: scores... more...
Paris After the Liberation: 1944 - 1949
Penguin Books Ltd 2007; Not AvailablePost liberation Paris ? an epoch charged with political and conflicting emotions. Liberation was greeted with joy but marked by recriminations and the trauma of purges. The feverish intellectual arguments of the young took place amidst the mundane reality of hunger and fuel shortages. This is a stunning historical account of one of the most stimulating... more...
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