SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of SNOBS and creator and writer of the international phenomenon, DOWNTON ABBEY, returns with a thrilling new novel.
It was a time when everything seemed to be changing—and it was, but not always quite as expected. Past Imperfect is Julian Fellowes at his best--a novel of secrets, status, and a world in upheaval.
In a devastating study, Judt, a professor of European studies at New York University, argues that the belief system of postwar intellectuals, propped up by faith in communism, reflected fatal weaknesses in French culture such as the ...
-James Miller , The Washington Post " Past Imperfect is a forthright and uncommonly damning study of those intellectually volatile years [ 1944-1956 ) . Mr. Judt ... does more than simply describe the ideological acrobatics of his ...
Essays that consider how classic movies have reflected history include the writings of such noted historians as Paul Fussell, Antonia Fraser, and Gore Vidal
Damian Baxter is hugely wealthy and dying. He lives alone in a big house in Surrey, looked after by a chauffeur, butler, cook and housemaid. He has but one concern...
... and Fraud--American History from Bancroft and Parkman to Ambrose, Bellesiles, Ellis, and Goodwin Peter Charles Hoffer. Libraries to Remove Discredited Bellesiles Book from Shelves , ” U.S. Newswire , January 8 , 2003 ; Jason Hoppin ...
Past Imperfect: An Autobiography
This is their story, set against the wider narrative of the writing of America's history. It may be, as Flaubert put it, that "Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times.
Past Imperfect encompasses Deborah Turbevilles ground breaking imagery created between 1974 and 1998. This is the work that the photographer herself puts in italics the narrative work which stands at the very center of her oeuvre.
The essays and talks gathered in Past Imperfect cover a broad range of topics of continuing relevance to the humanities and to scholarship in general.