Robert - Libros y biografía

With the Nazis bombing London on a nightly basis, many working-class families sent their children to the comparative safety of the countryside. When the Blitz ended, the families came for their kids ....

‘A timely and important book . . . he brings to it rare clarity and common sense. His book is a fast-paced account of the last sixteen months of the tsar’s life; brief, sharp, but laced with well-judged...

A classic murder mystery from award winning crime writer, Robert Barnard It was midday on December 21st in the Norwegian city of Tromsø when the boy was last seen – a tall, blond boy swathed in an anorak...

'Set at a time of lengthening shadows, this is a novel about the sparks that illuminate the dark: of wisdom, compassion, defiance and courage. It is wry, piercing and also, fittingly, radiant.' Daily...

Upstairs, in the room looking out to sea, the old man dictates wills, leaving things he no longer has to friends who are long dead. His children, who look after him, can cope with his senility, and thought...

Lydia Perceval was – apparently – a charming and gifted woman. As a successful biographer, she led a privileged and comfortable life in her well-ordered, luxurious country-cottage. She felt terribly sorry...

An engrossing, multigenerational, wickedly nostalgic yet utterly entertaining and candid saga, bringing to life through a host of characters – historical and imagined – nearly fifty years of this secretive...

Charlatan. Guru. Master of disguise. Ahead of his time, wise beyond his years, a simple opportunist or the great pretender; however you choose to see him, one fact is certain: Dr Ragab is a mysterious...

She made her way down the cliff, and on to the beach. At the edge of the waves, she stopped, shaking her wet paws. She knew that somewhere ahead was her person, but far, far away. She miaowed plaintively;...

Almost two decades have passed since the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the USSR. Robert Service, one of our finest historians of modern Russia, sets out to examine the history of communism...

Peter O'Toole was supremely talented, a unique leading man and one of the most charismatic and unpredictable actors of his generation. Described by Richard Burton as 'the most original actor to come out...

A classic British whodunit.Chetton Hall was one of the glories of Jacobean domestic architecture, and the Spenders had lived in Chetton ever since their founder had peculated the money to build it while...

Beginning on 10th April 1941, and lasting for 240 days, the siege of Tobruk is a mesmerising tale of human endurance and heroism. It is an epic story of extraordinary resilience as the Libyan port’s 24,000...

He was hiding in the shadows, staring at her. And he was close. He must have crept around the row of cars when she turned her back. They were alone. All alone . . . When disgraced LA homicide detective...

For the last fifty years, the German Occupation of France has been regarded as a period characterised by four things: cold, hunger, the absence of freedom and above all fear; a time when the indigenous...

In Kremlin Winter, Robert Service, acclaimed biographer of Lenin, Stalin and Trotsky and one of the finest historians of modern Russia, brings his deep understanding of that country to bear on the man...

A Scandal In Belgravia is a story of murder; it is also a penetrating analysis of a decaying social class and a society in transition. And it is the personal, deeply moving story of two men, Peter Proctor,...

Hexton-upon-Weir was ruled by its women: they set the tone, they made the decisions, they called the tune. When they decided to band together to block the appointment of a new vicar who was not only unacceptably...

There were two Mrs Machins, relicts of the talented working-class writer Walter Machin, who was just about to be immortalised by the literary establishment. Viola was large, overbearing and, even in her...

‘Enchanting’ - Simon Russell Beale ‘Remarkable’ - James Shapiro‘Wonderful . . . compulsively readable’ - Nicholas HytnerWhy do the collected works of an Elizabethan writer continue to speak to us as if...

With an introduction by Henry Marsh, author of Do No HarmMy brain, which had just let me down so badly, was perhaps never so active. The paramedics' question was a fundamental one. Who are you? Yes indeed....

Brandon Scofield est américain. Vasili Taleniekov, soviétique. Ces deux agents secrets en fin de carrière sont des ennemis mortels car chacun a la mort d’un être aimé à reprocher à l’autre. Pourtant,...

Cellendhyll de Cortavar tourne en cage à Tygarde, le palais de la Lumière. Son allégeance forcée à l'empereur Priam le rend fou et sa relation avec Constance s'étiole. Très vite, pourtant, il est chargé...

Il ne faudrait jamais revenir sur son passé... Cornouailles, 1981. Chris Napier revient pour la première fois depuis des années à Tredower House, le domaine familial, acquis entre les deux guerres par...

Three decades ago, renowned literary expert Robert Alter radically expanded the horizons of biblical scholarship by recasting the Bible as not only a human creation but a work of literary art deserving...

Des millions de lecteurs dans le monde ont déjà lu  Power, les 48 lois du pouvoir.  Mais l'ultime pouvoir, c'est d'être capable d'atteindre l'excellence...Robert Greene analyse les biographies des plus...

Whether it's in a cockpit at takeoff or the planning of an offensive war, a romantic relationship or a dispute at the office, there are many opportunities to lie and self-deceive -- but deceit and self-deception...

L’apocalypse, c’est maintenant. Missiles et fusées se croisent dans le ciel et font s’abattre sur la terre des tornades de feu. Un vent terrible se lève, les poussières radioactives voilent le soleil,...

Dans l’obscurité venteuse d’un monde ravagé par le feu nucléaire, une poignée de femmes et d’hommes tentent de survivre malgré l’inéluctable déclin de l’humanité. Mais, plus dangereux encore que le froid...

La Haute-Savoie, ce n’est pas seulement celle de la neige d’hiver touristique. C’est aussi, celle des herbes hautes, la Haute-Savoie des bergers, des fruitiers, des maquignons, des bucherons, que Robert...