Ben Gurion Seen Through Pearlman Book Review
The review assesses Moshe Pearlman’s biography of David Ben Gurion, noting a wobbling blur between autobiography and political portrait. It lauds Gurion’s practical leadership, cites his four month stand after Suez, and questions the book’s claims of spiritual aims, ending that Gurion made Israel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Negev
Ben Gurion
Pearlman
En Gurion
Ren Gurion
Eneigh Horh
Bert Katzenelson
Israel
Porter
Germany
Third Reich
Africa
Asia
Suez
Red Sea
Churchill
Bruce of Melbourne a powerful yet flawed imperial figure
A critical survey by Cecil Edwards of Viscount Bruce’s career from 1920 rise in Melbourne to London leadership roles. The biography, based on Bruce papers, traces his prime ministership 1923–1929, London posts 1932–1945, and later influence in finance and industry, highlighting his ambition, reformist views, clashes with Evatt, and mixed personal traits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biebes
Australia
Bruce
England
Edwards
Cambridge
Thenglish Bar
Melbourne
Billy Hughes
Hughes
Country Party
National Union
Billy
Tyro
Latham
London
FAO
Captains of Industry
Churchill
Stafford Cripps
Evatt
Lopokova
Marie Rambert
Evertheless
The
Wells
Dibdin
Grimaldi
Phelps
the Wells
Pinero
Trelawny
Marie Lloyd
Old Vic
Jennie Lee
The Story of Sadler's Wells 1683 1964
Dennis Arundel charts Sadler's Wells history from 1390 on the site of the Holy Wells to a modern theatre. He notes financial crises, subsidies, and plans to demolish the Wells, with curbed access to living figures and a call for support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Birdsall
Sadler's Wells
Dennis Arundell
Dennis Arundel
Hamish Hamilton
Price
London
Drury Lane
Wells
Holy Wells
Richard II
Pers Wells Musick House
Arundell
Old Vic
The
Arundel
Frederick Ashton
Ninette de Valois
Markova
Constant Lambert
Sophie Fedorovich
Australian Biography Dictionary Volume 1 Overview
The Australian Lan TIONARY OF BIO GRAPHY Volume 1 from Melbourne University Press presents 535 entries by about 250 authors under general editor Douglas Pike. The project is a national collaboration of universities and societies aiming for a 12 volume, 6,000 entry dictionary, with late 1968 publication plans and Juliana type typography noted as a key feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Pike
A. G. L. Shaw
C. M. H. Clark
Melbourne University Press
Australian National University
Australia
Pike
Clive Turnbull
Tasmania
Australian Dictionary OF Biography
Jacqueline Inchbeld
Summer's Lease Trip Through Sir John Rothenstein Autobiography
A critical take on the first volume covering 1901 to 1938. The critic mocks the lavish name dropping of English arts figures and gentry, notes the author’s network, and questions readship while acknowledging Rothenstein’s impact on making art accessible in Provincial England. The piece reflects nostalgia and mixed admiration for the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir John Rothenstein
Hamish Hamilton
Sir John
Smith
Eden
Oxford
T. E. Lawrence
John
Austria
Edward Dent
Cambridge
Arthur Bliss
Smith and Jones
Schmidt and Baum
John Strachey
Edward Sackville- West
David Cecil
Ottoline Morrell
On Strachey
Aldous Oxley
Duncan Grant
Gandfather
Leeds
John Rothenstein
England
Joseph Conrad
William Gerhardt
T. E. Shaw
Lawrence
Eric Gill
Frederic Manning
Stanley Spencer
Bernard Berenson
Jacques-Emile Bianche
Arnold Bennett
Andre Gide
Paul Nesh
Siegfried Sasoon Ae
The Secret Battalion by Michael J Bird
A moving account of the Maquis resistance in German occupied Europe, detailing the February 1944 rising in High Savoy, the clash between de Gaulleist and Communist forces, and the brutal German reprisals. Bird highlights political intrigue, personal clashes, and heroism amid uncertainty and division among French factions.
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Ichael Bird
High
Savoy
de Gaullist
Francs
Glieves
Germany
Bern
Abbet Bird
France
Bruce of Melbourne Man of Two Worlds bio review
Cecil Edwards profiles former Australian Prime Minister Bruce in an engaging biography tracing his rise to power and Canberra move, his surprising post political career in London and UN roles, plus notes on related works and a major biographical dictionary project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce
Melbourne
Cecil Edwards
Australia
United Kingdom
Canberra
Lester
Beig
London
War Cabinet
League of United Nations Council
UN World Food Council
British Finance Corporation For Industry
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By Gershon Weiler
Moshe Pearlman
Weidenfeld and Nicolson
David Ben Gurion
Geoffrey Sawer
Heinemann
Melbourne Herald
S&s M. Bruce
Viscount Bruce
Mirer
Curtin
Andee
Lang Labor Party
Stalin
de Tipps
Frank McDougall
Boyd Orr
Ruce
Adam
Whitehall
Barrow
Canada
Massey
Lord Bruce
Hope Hewitt
Professor Pike
Art
Donald Brook
Rotheareia
Tate Gallery
America
Berenson
Sheffield
A. D. Hope
H.C. Cameron
Joseph Banks Cecil Edwards Bruce
Verity Hewitt
Gerema Arcade
By George Zubrzycki
Secret Battalion
Michael J. Bird
Muller
Sig
Europe
Belgium
Norway
Poland
BBC
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