Esta brillante obra de historia militar, política y cultural pone en escena la composición de la famosa Séptima Sinfonía de Dmitri Shostakóvich frente al trágico telón de fondo del asedio y de los años...

Arctic explorer, survival expert and naturalist Freddy Spencer Chapman was trapped behind enemy lines when the Japanese overran Malaya in 1942. His response was to begin a commando campaign of such lethal...

The great echoing phrases of the King James Bible that have boomed through the English-speaking mind for 400 years - an eye for an eye . . . eat, drink and be merry . . . . death, where is thy sting?...

Forgotten Soldiers is an enthralling work of military history that shows how the courage, intelligence or simple good fortune of the individual can exert a decisive influence on the outcome of a battle...

Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony was first played in the city of its birth on 9 August, 1942. There has never been a first performance to match it. Pray God, there never will be again. Almost a year earlier,...

               La symphonie du siège La première de la Septième Symphonie de Chostakovitch eut lieu à Leningrad le 9 août 1942, au 335e jour d’un siège qui tua plus de 1 800 000 personnes. Aucun concert...