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.
-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 ...
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...
Essays that consider how classic movies have reflected history include the writings of such noted historians as Paul Fussell, Antonia Fraser, and Gore Vidal
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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 ...
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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.
These are poems of great intensity, driven by intelligence, tracing the barely knowable contours of a soul-in-progress.
THE SAUNDERS SOUND-OFF WHERE ARE THEY NOW?