Anne Sebba

Más allá de la imagen. Este libro pretende ofrecer un retrato objetivo y riguroso de la Madre Teresa de Calcuta, valorando, más allá de la ayuda real que pudo proporcionar a pobres y enfermos, su actitud frente al voluntariado y su coraje, entrega y habilidad para llegar a la conciencia de millones de personas. Fascinada por su personalidad, la autora pretende impulsar una reflexion mas profunda sobre la imagen y el papel espiritual de la Madre Teresa, sin dejar de señalar algunos posibles aspectos conflictivos que, sin embargo, no restan en nada la enormidad e importancia de su figura y obra.

Superb and timely KATE MOSSE Impressive important deeply moving SARAH WATERS Brilliant ANTHONY HOROWITZ What role could music play in a death camp What was the effect on those women who owed their survival to their participation in a Nazi propaganda project And how did it feel to be forced to provide solace to the perpetrators of a genocide that claimed the lives of their family and friends In 1943 German SS officers in charge of Auschwitz Birkenau ordered that an orchestra should be formed among the female prisoners Almost fifty women and girls from eleven nations were assembled to play marching music to other inmates forced labourers who left each morning and returned exhausted and often broken at the end of the day and give weekly concerts for Nazi officers Individual members were sometimes summoned to give solo performances of an officer s favourite piece of music It was the only entirely female orchestra in any of the Nazi prison camps and for almost all of the musicians chosen to take part being in the orchestra was to save their lives In The Women s Orchestra of Auschwitz award winning historian Anne Sebba tells their astonishing story with sensitivity and care

Par quel miracle Bessie Wallis Warfield, jeune américaine roturière née hors mariage et déjà deux fois divorcée, devient-elle la duchesse de Windsor ? Par amour pour elle, Édouard VIII, rencontré en

A heart-piercingly brilliant book about a woman whose personal life put her in the cross-hairs of history HADLEY FREEMANTotally riveting. I couldnt put it down VICTORIA HISLOPEthel sings out for all women who have been misunderstood and wronged, and refuse to bow down NICHOLAS SHAKESPEAREA shocking tale of betrayal, naivety, misogyny and judicial failure SONIA PURNELLA historic miscarriage of justice laid bare for our times PHILIPPE SANDSEthel Rosenberg was a supportive wife, loving mother to two small children and courageous idealist who grew up during the Depression with aspirations to become an opera singer.On 19 June 1953 she became the first woman in the US to be executed for a crime other than murder. She was thirty-seven years old.Ethels conviction for conspiracy to commit espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union followed what FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover called the trial of the century in Cold War America and is still controversial. Now, Anne Sebbas masterly, meticulously researched and deeply moving biography finally tells Ethels true story - a life barbarically cut short on the basis of tainted evidence for a crime she almost certainly did not commit.

Superb and timely KATE MOSSEImpressive, important, deeply moving SARAH WATERSBrilliant ANTHONY HOROWITZWhat role could music play in a death camp? What was the effect on those women who owed their survival to their participation in a Nazi propaganda project? And how did it feel to be forced to provide solace to the perpetrators of a genocide that claimed the lives of their family and friends? In 1943, German SS officers in charge of Auschwitz-Birkenau ordered that an orchestra should be formed among the female prisoners. Almost fifty women and girls from eleven nations were assembled to play marching music to other inmates - forced labourers who left each morning and returned, exhausted and often broken, at the end of the day - and give weekly concerts for Nazi officers. Individual members were sometimes summoned to give solo performances of an officers favourite piece of music. It was the only entirely female orchestra in any of the Nazi prison camps and, for almost all of the musicians chosen to take part, being in the orchestra was to save their lives. In The Womens Orchestra of Auschwitz, award-winning historian Anne Sebba tells their astonishing story with sensitivity and care.

Bestselling biography of the enduringly fascinating Wallis SimpsonOne of Britains most distinguished biographers turns her focus on one of the most vilified women of the twentieth century. Historian Anne Sebba has written the first full biography by a woman of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor. That woman, as she was referred to by the Queen Mother, became a hate figure for ensnaring a British king and destabilising the monarchy. Neither beautiful nor brilliant, she nevertheless became one of the most talked-about women of her generation, and she inspired such deep love and adoration in Edward VIII that he gave up a throne and an empire for her. Wallis lived by her wit and her wits, while both her apparent and alleged moral transgressions added to her aura and dazzle. Based on new archives and material only recently made available, this scrupulously researched biography sheds new light on the character and motivations of a powerful, charismatic and complex woman.

WINNER OF THE FRANCO-BRITISH SOCIETY BOOK PRIZE 2016June, 1940. German troops enter Paris and hoist the swastika over the Arc de Triomphe. The dark days of Occupation begin. How would you have survived? By collaborating with the Nazis, or risking the lives of you and your loved ones to resist? The women of Paris faced this dilemma every day - whether choosing between rations and the black market, or travelling on the Metro, where a German soldier had priority for a seat. Between the extremes of defiance and collusion was a vast moral grey area which all Parisiennes had to navigate in order to survive.Anne Sebba has sought out and interviewed scores of women, and brings us their unforgettable testimonies. Her fascinating cast includes both native Parisiennes and temporary residents: American women and Nazi wives; spies, mothers, mistresses, artists, fashion designers and aristocrats. The result is an enthralling account of life during the Second World War and in the years of recovery and recrimination that followed the Liberation of Paris in 1944. It is a story of fear, deprivation and secrets - and, as ever in the French capital, glamour and determination.

1940, les Allemands occupent Paris, une ville vidée de ses hommes. Coco Chanel ferme boutique et s’installe au Ritz. Irène Némirovsky comprend qu’il est trop tard pour échapper à son destin et entame

Jennie Churchill was said to have had two hundred lovers, three of whom she married. But her love for her son Winston never wavered. Jennie Churchill is an intimate picture of her glittering but ultimately tragic life, and the powerful mutual infatuation between her and her son. Anyone who wants to understand Winston must start here, with this revelatory interpretation. Anne Sebba has gained unprecedented access to private family correspondence, newly discovered archival material and interviews with Jennies two surviving granddaughters. She draws a vivid and frank portrait of her subject, repositioning Jennie as a woman who refused to be cowed by her eras customary repression of women.

Comovente e poderoso. Um retrato vívido e emotivo das mulheres que formaram a orquestra feminina de Auschwitz. Que papel desempenhou a música em Auschwitz? Qual o seu efeito sobre estas mulheres que deviam a sua sobrevivencia a participaço num projeto de propaganda nazi? Qual foi a sensaço de serem forçadas a dar consolo aos perpetradores de um genocidio que ceifou a vida da sua familia e amigos? A aclamada historiadora Anne Sebba traz a luz do dia a extraordinaria historia da Orquestra Feminina de Auschwitz, com base numa investigaço meticulosa e em relatos exclusivos. Em 1943, os oficiais alemes das SS, responsaveis por Auschwitz-Birkenau, ordenaram a formaço de uma orquestra entre as prisioneiras. Foram reunidas cerca de cinquenta mulheres e raparigas de onze paises para tocar musica para os outros prisioneiros que partiam todas as manhs para trabalhar e regressavam, ao fim do dia, exaustos e sem esperança e, semanalmente, faziam concertos para os oficiais nazis. Por vezes, algumas destas mulheres eram convocadas para tocarem sozinhas a musica preferida de um oficial. Esta era a unica orquestra inteiramente feminina em qualquer um dos campos de concentraço nazis e, para quase todas as prisioneiras escolhidas para participar, fazer parte da orquestra significava salvar a sua vida. De Alma Rose, a principal maestrina da orquestra, sobrinha de Gustav Mahler e uma formidavel violinista celebre do pre-guerra, a Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, a violoncelista adolescente e ultima sobrevivente, Anne Sebba baseia-se numa meticulosa pesquisa de arquivos e em relatos exclusivos, em primeira mo, para contar, pela primeira vez, a surpreendente historia desta orquestra, dos seus membros e da reaço de outros prisioneiros.

Conmovedor y poderoso, este es un vívido retrato de las mujeres que se unieron para formar una orquesta única y sobrevivir a los horrores de Auschwitz.En 1943, los oficiales de la SS alemana a cargo del campo de concentracion Auschwitz-Birkenau ordenaron la formacion de una orquesta entre las prisioneras. Durante nueve meses cruciales, entre 1943 y 1944, Alma Rose, virtuosa violinista y sobrina de Gustav Mahler, recluto y dirigio a las mejores interpretes entre la vasta poblacion cautiva, sin importar la nacionalidad, etnia o lengua materna. Casi cincuenta mujeres y niñas de 11 paises integraron esta banda que era obligada a tocar marchas en cualquier condicion climatica y a dar conciertos semanales para los oficiales nazis. A veces, tambien se convocaba a algunas de sus integrantes para que ofrecieran actuaciones en solitario. A casi todas las musicas elegidas, formar parte de la orquesta les salvo la vida, ¿pero a que precio? La galardonada historiadora inglesa Anne Sebba se basa en una meticulosa investigacion de archivo y testimonios ineditos de primera mano para contar por primera vez la historia completa y asombrosa de la orquesta, de sus integrantes y de la respuesta de otros prisioneros. Desde Rose hasta Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, violonchelista adolescente y ultima integrante sobreviviente que decidio dar a conocer la historia, este es un recorrido exhaustivo por aquellos momentos y personajes cruciales.

Conmovedor y poderoso, este es un vívido retrato de las mujeres que se unieron para formar una orquesta única y sobrevivir a los horrores de Auschwitz.En 1943, los oficiales de la SS alemana a cargo del campo de concentracion Auschwitz-Birkenau ordenaron la formacion de una orquesta entre las prisioneras. Durante nueve meses cruciales, entre 1943 y 1944, Alma Rose, virtuosa violinista y sobrina de Gustav Mahler, recluto y dirigio a las mejores interpretes entre la vasta poblacion cautiva, sin importar la nacionalidad, etnia o lengua materna. Casi cincuenta mujeres y niñas de 11 paises integraron esta banda que era obligada a tocar marchas en cualquier condicion climatica y a dar conciertos semanales para los oficiales nazis. A veces, tambien se convocaba a algunas de sus integrantes para que ofrecieran actuaciones en solitario. A casi todas las musicas elegidas, formar parte de la orquesta les salvo la vida, ¿pero a que precio? La galardonada historiadora inglesa Anne Sebba se basa en una meticulosa investigacion de archivo y testimonios ineditos de primera mano para contar por primera vez la historia completa y asombrosa de la orquesta, de sus integrantes y de la respuesta de otros prisioneros. Desde Rose hasta Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, violonchelista adolescente y ultima integrante sobreviviente que decidio dar a conocer la historia, este es un recorrido exhaustivo por aquellos momentos y personajes cruciales.Audiolibro narrado en español neutro.

Esa mujer? Con tamaño desprecio se refería a ella la reina madre de Inglaterra, pero Wallis Simpson se convirtió en uno de los iconos del siglo XX, y su manera de ser y parecer aun resulta fascinante. Admirada y vilipendiada por igual, fue la persona que puso en jaque a la monarquia britanica, provocando la mayor crisis constitucional de la epoca. Americana, divorciada, sin ningun encanto aparente pero tremendamente ambiciosa, supo seducir al Principe de Gales, quien cayo rendido a sus pies hasta el punto de renunciar al trono en 1936. #En esta exhaustiva biografia, Anne Sebba desvela al ser humano que se ocultaba tras el personaje de la duquesa de Windsor, dando buena cuenta de sus antecedentes familiares, sus desgraciados matrimonios, su experiencia en los juegos eroticos ysu ambivalencia sexual. La autora ha tenido acceso a informacion privilegiada que le ha permitido narrar con detalle los angustiosos meses en que el rey Eduardo VII se debatia entre el trono y la mujer a la que amaba, hasta que la familia real les dio la espalda y la pareja se marcho hacia un exilio ?dorado, eso si? en Francia. #La historia de los duques de Windsor ha pasado a la leyenda como una de las historias de amor mas poderosas de nuestra tradicion. En este libro, Anne Sebba demuestra que no solo hubo amor, sino tambien mucha amargura, mezquindad y desolacion tras la fria sonrisa de esa mujer que se empeño en ganarle el juego a la vida.

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