Colourful portrait of the man who was France
Al Dy wi Tae ee 192 M. Galante an editor of Paris Match writes a journalist’s biography of General de Gaulle. The work is a lively, poster-colour portrait of a man described as awkward stubborn and meddlesome yet recognisable. It surveys his life from Lille birth in 1890 through war service and rise to leadership of Free France. It notes his clashes with Britain and America and his defining but contested legacy. De Gaulle is depicted as a towering but controversial figure whose greatness and failures are both acknowledged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Galante
Paris Match
General de Gaulle
France
St Military Academy
St Cyr
Rhineland
Syria
War Office
Liddellart
Galante
Mr Bourne
John Elliot
Iival
Mr Elliot
Dam Builders review notes flaws and strengths in Bourne novel
A critical look at The Dam Builders by John Bourne, praising its plot and Middle East setting while faulting character depth and over technical detail. The piece comments on dialogue and pacing, mentions war service author background, and notes potential film adaptation after discussing extraneous subplots and other titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle East
Tigris
Bourne
North Africa
Jerusalem
British Council Overseas Service
Enga
Dam
Archaeological Pi
Of prime ministers and presidents
A critical review of two works on American and British executive power, examining how the U S presidency and the British prime ministership compare. It discusses Cunliffe’s lively history from Washington to LBJ with Nixon foreseen, and King’s collection arguing the PM increasingly resembles a presidential model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
LBJ
Nixon
Calian Hostess Cook Book PT Merges Titles
A fragmented listing of cook book titles and authors includes Calian Hostess Cook Book PT and related works such as The Link, Youne Australia Cook Book, Gottes Modemn Encycl, and others. The readable items reference culinary guides and period publishing in a scattered catalog-style snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calian Hostess
The Link and The Tichborne Mystery Reexamined
Robin Maugham’s The Link uses the Tichborne Claimant saga to explore Victorian ideas of property and identity through a psychological study of a young heir and a later claim, while John Elliot’s Duel follows a geneticist hunted by a media driven world as a television journalist pursues a truth with moral tension. Both works examine power, legitimacy, and the costs of knowledge in a changing society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robin Maugham
Heineman
John Elliot
Souvenir Press
Lord Maugham
Maugham
Exploits of a master thief
David Leitch chronicles Xavier Richier and his gang who for four years looted chateaux and churches, stealing $6 million in art, furniture, and tapestries. The book details their methods, motives, and the art trade in Paris, with thorough documentation and readable narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacques Dupont
Ile de France
Xavier Richier
Dupont
Historical Monuments Department
Eang
Chateau
Richier
Cathedral
le Mans
Poitiers
Pot
Leitch
Mavier Richier
France
Paris
Golden Days Recalled by Alec Chisholm Autobiography
Alec Chisholm reflects on a long life as journalist naturalist and historian born 1890 in Maryborough. He recalls youth mining digs orchard work and bird chasing, later editing the Australian Encyclopaedia and writing extensively on Australian birds and history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chisholm
Maryborough
Orchids of Australia and other noted works
A catalog of new and notable books including Orchids of Australia by W H Nicholls 476 plates 129 pages of supplements Allan Treagove biography of John Grey Gorton Sir Arthur Fadden memoir The Secret Lives of Lawrence of Arabia and more with prices and brief descriptions in a late 1960s catalog tone
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orchids OF Australia
W. H. Nicholls
W. H. Nicholl
John Grey Gorton
Allan Treagove
Australa
Harold Holt
John Gorton
Alan Trengove
Australia
Arthur Fadden
Acthuc
Lawrence OF Arabia
Philip Knightly
Colin Simpson
A. H.chapman
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Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle
Lille
T. B. Millar
de Gaulle
Reynaud
London
Churchill
By Robin Brown
John Bourne
Cassell
Offrom
University of Queensland Press
Rudd
UQP
Douglas Rutherford
Faber
R. C. Hutchinson
John Creasey
Brian Cleeve
Edmund Crispin
Henry Cecil
Victor Canning
Michael Gilbert
Underworld
Asa Duttrie
Jonathan Cape
Miss Stevie Smith
Dolly
Getstead
Paul Pe
Len Evans
Marcus Cunliffe
Eyre and Spottiswoode
Anthony King
Macmillan
Papua New Guinea
Gortonwatchers
Professor Cunliffe
Manchester
Bryce, Brogan
North
Cunlife
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
TPNG
King of Essex
P. Mackintosh
D. J. Heasman
Francis Williams
Norman Hunt
R. H
Crossman
G. W. Jones
Richard Neustadt
Jones
Mackintosh
Neustadt
Wallace
Truman
Kennedy
House of Commons
Bagehots
House of Lords
10 Downing Street
Westminster
Port Moresby
F. J. Waltes
SDS
Robin M. Inaugharn Og
Gottes Modemn
East Row
Civic
Grose Squam, Kington
Francis G. Castles
New South Wales
Tichborne
Wagga Wagga
Times
Aires
James Bond
W. S. Ramson
David Leitch
Hodder and Stoughton
A. H. Chisholm
Collins
Alec Chisholm
Robin Knox- Jonssiew
Suhaili
Falmouth
Suhail
Civic Centre
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