The fall of Shanghai
- 251 stránok
- 9 hodin čítania
Noe l. Barber Knihy
9. september 1909 – 10. júl 1988
Noel Barber bol britský románopisec a novinár, ktorého exotické románky aj historické diela vychádzajú z jeho vlastných skúseností ako popredného zahraničného korešpondenta. Jeho reportáže z Maroka, kde bol päťkrát pobodaný, a z Maďarska, kde prežil strelnú ranu do hlavy počas revolúcie, formovali jeho jedinečný literárny štýl. Barber majstrovsky spájal napínavé príbehy s hlbokým porozumením pre zložité geopolitické situácie. Jeho diela ponúkajú čitateľom fascinujúci pohľad na svet optikou muža, ktorý sám zažil jeho nebezpečenstvá aj krásy.
Tanamera (Coronet Books)
- 736 stránok
- 26 hodin čítania
The story of two lovers and two great dynasties - one British, the other Chinese - of the society that separated them and the passion that bound them.
'The story of the first all-out struggle in Asia between Communism and the West, vividly told in an exciting and engrossing book' Sunday Express
A Farewell to France
- 736 stránok
- 26 hodin čítania
A rich, sweeping novel of love and war from the author of TANAMERA.
A woman of Cairo
- 672 stránok
- 24 hodin čítania
Tracing the childhood friendship between Mark Holt, son of the British resident and Serena Sirry, daughter of a court advisor, that blossoms into a passionate love affair, A Woman of Cairo also paints a fascinating picture of two different societies in a time of violent change.
Tanamera
- 736 stránok
- 26 hodin čítania
A truly Great Read - 'Convincing, exotic, lively, for sheer story-telling it puts other so-called epics in the shade' Standard
The daughters of the prince.
- 528 stránok
- 19 hodin čítania
The story of three Italian sisters; Raefella, Rosanna and Fiammetta, living under Mussolini in 1938 and the men who fell in love with them: Steve, an American playboy; Kurt, a German musician; Hamilton Johns, an English painter. Set in Florence at the beginning of the World War II, this is the last novel by Noel Barber, whose novels include TANAMERA, A FAREWELL TO FRANCE and A WOMAN OF CAIRO.
The Weeping and the Laughter
- 512 stránok
- 18 hodin čítania
This story describes the dramatic lives of Prince Dmitri Korolev and his family caught up in the upheavals of European revolution and war. They flee Russia in 1919, escape to Switzerland and then Paris, but, with the Second World War, they come under further pressure from the Communist police. The author worked for many years in Paris as a foreign correspondent and wrote several novels including "Tanamera", "A Farewell to France", "A Woman of Cairo" and "The Other Side of Paradise".
