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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Français
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Winston Churchill, descendant d'une famille aristocratique, commence une carriere dans l'armee. Ses exploits en campagne et sa personnalite tres forte provoquent louanges et hostilites. Lorsque son pere decede prematurment, Churchill devient une personne importante au sein de la classe politique anglaise et est nomme Premier lord de l'amiraute au debut de la Premiere Guerre mondiale.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Français
Description
La Seconde Guerre mondiale est declare en 1939. Il faut quelques mois pour voir la France et la Belgique capituler. Pour l'Angleterre, W. Churchill revenu au poste de Premier ministre, il n'est pas question de se rendre, mais plutot de combattre.
Author
Series
Maggie Hope mysteries volume 1
Language
English
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Description
BARRY AWARD WINNER • Heralding the arrival of a brilliant new heroine, Mr. Churchill’s Secretary captures the drama of an era of unprecedented challenge—and the greatness that rose to meet it.
“With any luck, the adventures of red-haired super-sleuth Maggie Hope will go on forever. . . . Taut, well-plotted, and suspenseful, this is a wartime mystery to sink your teeth into.” —Kate Quinn, New York...
“With any luck, the adventures of red-haired super-sleuth Maggie Hope will go on forever. . . . Taut, well-plotted, and suspenseful, this is a wartime mystery to sink your teeth into.” —Kate Quinn, New York...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Français
Description
Rêvant de s'élever socialement et de conquérir Londres, Doris Delevingne, née en 1900, devient une courtisane convoitée. Elle épouse le vicomte de Castlerosse qu'elle bat et ruine avant d'enchainer les conquêtes amoureuses, de Randolph Churchill à Margot Hoffmann qui lui offre un palais vénitien. Elle éblouit Winston Churchill qui la portraiture à quatre reprises. Elle meurt en 1942.
Author
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Patrick Buchanan makes the case that, if not for the blunders of British statesmen--Winston Churchill first among them--the horrors of two world wars and the Holocaust might have been avoided and the British Empire might never have collapsed into ruins. Half a century of murderous oppression of scores of millions under the iron boot of Communist tyranny might never have happened, and Europe's central role in world affairs might have been sustained...
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The royal family mourns the passing of Winston Churchill. The United Kingdom ushers in a new prime minister, the Labour Party's Harold Wilson whom Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth hear might be a Soviet spy. While Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon visit the USA, the queen, at the bidding of Harold Wilson, asks them to make a side trip to Washington, D.C. to ask President Johnson for financial assistance for the United Kingdom.
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