Peter Conradi Knihy

Neuvěřitelný příběh jediné osoby, která přímo pracovala pro Hitlera a Franklina D. Roosevelta - příjemného absolventa Harvardu Ernsta Hanfstaengla, který pomáhal vytvořit stvůru nacismu a později pracoval na jejím zničení. Byl to muž, který se těšil důvěře "vůdce" i F. D. Roosevelta, muž s jedinečným celosvětovým rozhledem po katastrofických událostech počátku dvacátého století. Ernst Hanfstaengl (známý jako Putzi) byl domýšlivý Hitlerův dvorní šašek, pianista, který ho dovedl uklidňovat, a mazaný šéf Hitlerova odboru pro zahraniční tisk v období jeho vzestupu; později hrál roli v Rooseveltově nanejvýš tajném projektu, zaměřeném na propagandu proti Třetí říši. Kniha Hitlerův pianista, která odhaluje mnoho skutečností z Hitlerova osobního života a popisuje americkou psychologickou válku, vypráví příběh muže, rozpolceného svou loajalitou vůči dvěma nesmiřitelným odpůrcům.

It's the eve of World War II, and King Edward VIII has abdicated the throne of England to marry the woman he loves. Never has the nation needed a leader more. But the new monarch, George VI--father of today's Queen Elizabeth II--is painfully shy and cursed with a terrible stammer. How can he inspire confidence in his countrymen when he cannot even speak to them? Help arrives in speech therapist Logue, who not only is a commoner, but Australian to boot. Will he be able to give King George his voice? The King's Speech tells an inspiring tale of triumph over adversity and the unlikely friendship between a reluctant king and the charismatic subject who saved the throne.

Peter Conrad explores the phenomenon of Shakespeare, and assesses Shakespeare's global legacy across every continent and across every genre of the creative arts.

A survey of English poetry, fiction, and drama ranges from the 8th century Beowulf to the present

How did we get from the end of the Cold War to Trump and Putin?

Family Business is Peter J. Conradi's multi-stranded memoir. It explores his Jewish background, his rebellious youth, his sexuality, and his relationship with the novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, who became almost a second family for him. Thoughtfully composed and beautifully written, it is a classic in waiting.

Through newly declassified documents, interviews with surviving family members and original writing by Hanfstaengl himself, Peter Conradi recounts a remarkable life.

The extraordinary follow-up to the international bestseller The King's Speech

A full and revealing biography of one of the century's greatest English writers and an icon to a generation.

Published to coincide with his major new biography of Iris Murdoch, Peter Conradi's acclaimed critical appreciation of her work is reissued in a fully revised and updated new edition, with a foreword by John Bayley. schovat popis