Stacy Schiff

Stacy Schiff plasma en Cleopatra. Una vida el resultado de una investigación meticulosa a través de la cual reconstruye de forma aguda y fascinante la vida de Cleopatra como una de las principales protagonistas de la epoca helenista. Su ojo critico cuestiona y recontextualiza todo lo que se creia saber sobre la reina egipcia para mostrarnos atisbos de la asombrosa mujer que yace debajo de un cumulo de mitos desgastados. La biografia de Schiff es una muy necesaria bocanada de aire fresco que revitaliza a uno de los personajes mas importantes de la historia occidental.

Stacy Schiff nos cuenta, con delicadeza y sensibilidad, una de las historias de amor más grandes de la literatura, la relación entre el escritor Vladimir Nabokov y su esposa, Véra. Tímida, perfeccionista, orgulosa poliglota, Vera Nabokov se nos presenta tan esencial en la obra de su marido como lo fueron Anna Dostoyevski o Sonya Tolstoi. La biografia de Vera Nabokov nos agre las puertas a la vida privada del artista, pero no se limita a ser un simple acceso a aquel , ya que ella es un personaje fascinante en si mismo.

This revelatory biography from a Pulitzer Prize-winning author explores the story of the most essential Founding Fatherthe one who stood behind the change that sparked the American Revolution.A glorious book that is as entertaining as it is vitally important. Ron Chernow, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Alexander Hamilton Thomas Jefferson asserted that if there was any leader of the Revolution, Samuel Adams was the man. With high-minded ideals and bare-knuckle tactics, Adams led what could be called the greatest campaign of civil resistance in American history. Stacy Schiff returns Adams to his seat of glory, introducing us to the shrewd and eloquent man who supplied the moral backbone of the American Revolution. A singular figure at a singular moment, Adams amplified the Boston Massacre. He helped to mastermind the Boston Tea Party. He employed every tool available to rally a town, a colony, and eventually a band of colonies behind him, creating the cause that created a country. For his efforts he became the most wanted man in Americawhen Paul Revere rode to Lexington in 1775, it was to warn Samuel Adams that he was about to be arrested for treason. In The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams, Schiff brings her masterful skills to Adams improbable life, illuminating his transformation from aimless son of a well-off family to tireless, beguiling radical who mobilized the colonies.Arresting, original, and deliriously dramatic, this is a long-overdue chapter in the history of our nation. A beautifully crafted, invaluable biography ... Schiff ingeniously connects the past to our present and future, underscoring the lessons of Adams while reclaiming our nations self-evident truths at a moment when we seemed to have forgotten them. Oprah Daily One of Barack Obamas Favorite Books of 2022 One of The Wall Street Journals 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2022 One of The Los Angeles Times Top 5 Nonfiction Books of 2022 One of The New York Times Most Notable Books of 2022 And named one of the Best Books of 2022 by The New Yorker, TIME, Oprah Daily, USA Today, New York Magazine, Air Mail, Boston Globe, and more!

Named a Best Book of the 21st Century by Kirkus Reviews, this biography from a Pulitzer Prize-winning author brings to life the most intriguing woman in history: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Her palace shimmered with onyx, garnets, and gold, but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Above all else, Cleopatra was a shrewd strategist and an ingenious negotiator. Though her life spanned fewer than forty years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world. She was married twice, each time to a brother. She waged a brutal civil war against the first when both were teenagers. She poisoned the second. Ultimately she dispensed with an ambitious sister as wellincest and assassination were family specialties. Cleopatra appears to have had sex with only two men. They happen, however, to have been Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, among the most prominent Romans of the day. (Both were married to other women.) Cleopatra had a child with Caesar andafter his murderthree more with his protege. Already she was the wealthiest ruler in the Mediterranean, and her relationship with Antony confirmed her status as the most influential woman of the age. The two would together attempt to forge a new empire, in an alliance that spelled their ends. Cleopatra has lodged herself in our imaginations ever since. Famous long before she was notorious, Cleopatra has gone down in history for all the wrong reasons. Shakespeare and Shaw put words in her mouth. Michelangelo, Tiepolo, and Elizabeth Taylor put a face to her name. Along the way, Cleopatras supple personality and the drama of her circumstances have been lost.In a masterly return to the classical sources, Stacy Schiff here boldly separates fact from fiction to rescue the magnetic queen whose death ushered in a new world order. Rich in detail, epic in scope, Schiffs is a luminous, deeply original reconstruction of a dazzling life.Stacy Schiff does a rare thing: She gives us a book wed miss if it didnt exist. The Wall Street Journal

A fascinating account of the life of one of the centurys great eccentrics - the brilliant Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Born in 1900 of impoverished aristocracy, he swiftly developed a mania for aviation, despite his chaotic mind and total technological incompetence. He flew reconnaissance missions in the War and wrote some strange and wonderful books, including the classic childrens story THE LITTLE PRINCE, between theatrically executed airplane crashed. He died in the air in 1944, and his brief life instantly acquired mythical status. Every facet of Saint-Exuperys short and dramatic life is covered in this fascinating biography. This is Stacy Schiffs first book, but she writes with all the skill, assurance and mastery of an old literary hand. If there was such a thing as a prize for a first biography, I would nominate this book. Frank McLynn, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH.

*The New York Times Bestseller*A dazzling reassessment of the most iconic - and maligned - woman in history.Famous long before she was notorious, Cleopatra has gone down in history for all the wrong reasons. Shakespeare and Shaw put words in her mouth. Michelangelo, Tiepolo and Elizabeth Taylor put a face to her name. Along the way, Cleopatras supple personality and ingenuity have been lost.Now, in a masterly return to the classical sources, Pulitzer Prizewinner Stacy Schiff separates fact from fiction to rescue the magnetic queen whose death ushered in a new world order. Rich in detail, epic in scope, Schiffs is a luminous, deeply original reconstruction of a dazzling life.An inspired combination of carefully parsed texts, new research and pulse-quickening descriptive writing ... SpellbindingGuardianImaginative, energetic, evocativeDaily Telegraph

Um dos mais sombrios episódios do passado norte-americano revelado de forma emocionante por uma das mais aclamadas escritoras da atualidade1692, baía de Massachussets, Nova Inglaterra. A puritana aldeia de Salem assistiu a execuço de catorze mulheres, cinco homens e dois cachorros todos acusados de bruxaria. A feitiçaria se materializou em janeiro, o primeiro enforcamento ocorreu em junho, tudo terminou em setembro. Depois dos julgamentos, fez-se um silencio crivado de culpa.Com base em meticulosa pesquisa, a renomada jornalista Stacy Schiff, vencedora do Pulitzer, reconstitui com preciso historica e prosa vibrante os acontecimentos daquele ano sombrio e o surto coletivo que desencadeou o drama das bruxas de Salem.Um retrato em que Schiff traz a baila as ansiedades da America do Norte dos primeiros tempos para compara-las, brilhantemente, com as de hoje. Em nossa epoca de redes sociais, inimigos invisiveis e intolerancia as diferenças, esta historia sobre o obscurantismo religioso faz mais sentido que nunca. Um capitulo distopico do passado norte-americano que no devemos nunca esquecer e muito menos repetir."Magistral Stacy Schiff reconstroi detalhadamente no apenas os acontecimentos de 1692, mas o mundo que os criou." The Los Angeles Times"Um thriller psicologico opressivo, forense." The Times"Stacy Schiff em grande forma, dando a um evento historico o maximo de vida, misterio e tragedia como a melhor das romancistas." Vanity Fair"Sua pesquisa e impecavel; nenhum outro escritor foi to a fundo." The New York Review of Books

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the awardwinning author of The Revolutionary and The Witches comes an elegantly nuanced portrait of [Vladimir Nabokovs] wife, showing us just how pivotal Nabokovs marriage was to his hermetic existence and how it indelibly shaped his work.Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times ONE OF ESQUIRES 50 BEST BIOGRAPHIES OF ALL TIMEMonumental.The Boston GlobeUtterly romantic.New York magazineDeeply moving.The Seattle TimesStacy Schiff brings to shimmering life one of the greatest literary love stories of our time: Vladimir Nabokov, emigre author of Lolita; Pale Fire; and Speak, Memory, and his beloved wife, Vera. Nabokov wrote his books first for himself, second for his wife, and third for no one at all. Without my wife, he once noted, I wouldnt have written a single novel. Set in prewar Europe and postwar America, spanning much of the twentieth century, the story of the Nabokovs fifty-two-year marriage reads as vividly as a novel. Vera, both beautiful and brilliant, is its outsized heroinea woman who loves as deeply and intelligently as did the great romantic heroines of Austen and Tolstoy. Stacy Schiffs Vera is a triumph of the biographical form.

An oppressive, forensic, psychological thriller: J.K. Rowling meets Antony Beevor, Stephen King and Marina Warner ... Schiffs writing is to die forTHE TIMESIt began in 1692, over an exceptionally raw Massachusetts winter, when a ministers niece started to scream and convulse. It ended less than a year later, but not before panic had infected the entire colony, nineteen men and women had been hanged, and a band of adolescent girls had brought Massachusetts to its knees.Vividly capturing the dark, unsettled atmosphere of seventeenth-century America, Stacy Schiffs magisterial history draws us into this anxious time. She shows us how quickly the epidemic of accusations, trials, and executions span out of control. Above all, Schiffs astonishing research reveals details and complexity that few other historians have seen.

Todo comenzó en 1692, durante un invierno excepcionalmente crudo en Massachusetts, con los gritos y las convulsiones de la hija de un ministro. El pánico estalló por todo el pueblo e involucró a los hombres y a los politicos mas prominentes de la colonia. Padres e hijos acusaron a esposas y hermanas, y a todo ser viviente que pudiera resultar una amenaza. Ese año la Colonia de la Bahia ejecuto por brujeria a catorce mujeres, cinco hombres y dos perros. La hechiceria se materializo en enero y en septiembre murio la ultima ahorcada; siguio despues un silencio absoluto y lleno de azoro que duro una generacion. Lo que perturbo a quienes sobrevivieron el calvario no fue la maliciosa practica de la brujeria, sino la torpe administracion de justicia a una mayoria compuesta por mujeres. En 1692 el dogma y la implacable cruzada contra el mal se combinaron en Salem y ofrecieron el escenario ideal para el episodio sensacionalista por definicion, un capitulo distopico del pasado colonial puritano que con espasmos, crujidos y destellos sigue abriendose paso a traves del imaginario colectivo a mas de trescientos años de distancia.

Cleopatra VII, una de las mujeres más famosas de la historia, gobernó Egipto durante 22 años. Perdió su reino una vez, lo recuperó, casi lo volvió a perder, amasó un imperio y finalmente lo perdió todo. Una diosa de niña, una reina a los 18, una celebridad poco despues, fue incluso en su tiempo objeto de especulacion y veneracion, de habladurias y leyendas. Durante el apogeo de su poderio controlo practicamente toda la costa oriental mediterranea. Por un fugaz momento, tuvo el destino del mundo occidental en sus manos. Concibio un hijo con un hombre casado; tres mas con otro. Murio a los 39 años, una generacion antes del nacimiento de Cristo. Su fin fue subito y sensacional. Muchas personas han hablado por ella, incluyendo a los mas excelsos dramaturgos y poetas; hemos puesto palabras en su boca a lo largo de 2000 años. Stacy Schiff es editora, ensayista y escritora de biografias y novela historica. Su obra Vera (Sra. Vladimir Nabokov) gano el Premio Pulitzer de Biografia en 2000 y Saint-Exupery (2006) tambien fue finalista para el mismo premio.

Cleopatra VII, una de las mujeres más famosas de la historia, gobernó Egipto durante 22 años. Perdió su reino una vez, lo recuperó, casi lo volvió a perder, amasó un imperio y finalmente lo perdió todo. Una diosa de niña, una reina a los 18, una celebridad poco despues, fue incluso en su tiempo objeto de especulacion y veneracion, de habladurias y leyendas. Durante el apogeo de su poderio controlo practicamente toda la costa oriental mediterranea. Por un fugaz momento, tuvo el destino del mundo occidental en sus manos. Concibio un hijo con un hombre casado; tres mas con otro. Murio a los 39 años, una generacion antes del nacimiento de Cristo. Su fin fue subito y sensacional. Muchas personas han hablado por ella, incluyendo a los mas excelsos dramaturgos y poetas; hemos puesto palabras en su boca a lo largo de 2000 años. OUna magnifica biografia de la mujer mas famosa del mundo antiguo" (Los Angeles Times)OSchiff demuestra una habilidad magica para evocar los mundos que habito su protagonista" (The New York Times)ONinguna imagen esta a la altura de la mujer que Schiff conjura a partir de una inspirada combinacion de textos, nuevas investigaciones y una escritura que acelera el pulso" (The Guardian)OOlvidese de la seductora sexy de la historia. La Cleopat

Stacy Schiff plasma en Cleopatra. Una vida el resultado de una investigación meticulosa a través de la cual reconstruye de forma aguda y fascinante la vida de Cleopatra como una de las principales protagonistas de la epoca helenista. Su ojo critico cuestiona y recontextualiza todo lo que se creia saber sobre la reina egipcia para mostrarnos atisbos de la asombrosa mujer que yace debajo de un cumulo de mitos desgastados. La biografia de Schiff es una muy necesaria bocanada de aire fresco que revitaliza a uno de los personajes mas importantes de la historia occidenta