The Italian premier Vittorio Orlando came to Paris as one of the "Big Four," yet in April 1919 he walked out in one of the most dramatic crises of the Peace Conferences. Orlando’s failure to satisfy h
Readers of The Odyssey who enjoy traveling often turn their attention to the places that are featured in the hero’s wanderings and his son’s journey in search of his absent father. Yet this book is no
Paul Hymans was the champion of the small states in the League of Nations Commission at the Paris Peace Conference and was rewarded by being named the League’s first president. He thereby brought abou
Jan Smuts was one of the key figures behind the creation of the League of Nations; Woodrow Wilson was inspired by his ideas, including the mandates scheme. Smuts pleaded for a magnanimous peace, warni
Poland's sovereignty as an independent state was secured at the Paris Conference by Ignacy Paderewski, an acquaintance of Woodrow Wilson. He was later blamed for being excessively confident that the G
“Rembrandt was, above all, a painter and etcher of scenes from the Old and New Testaments and it is in the description of his interpretations of these texts that Dr Tumpel is unrivalled among modern w
The legend of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel—the “Desert Fox”—is threefold: he was a simple soldier who did his duty and knew nothing about Nazism; he was a commander of superlative talent who ran rings a
For many, the role of Georges Clemenceau is still based on John Maynard Keynes’ misjudged caricature—that he had imposed a treaty of overwhelming harshness and severity. The French, however, have ofte
Joy Melville’s major biography of the Russian impresario brings to life a brief and daring age of sophisticated and hedonistic pleasure set against the backdrop of a swiftly changing world. In Paris a
This book follows Fredrich Ebert's rise to national prominence in the pre-war Social Democratic Party, his role in the First World War, and his short tenure as the first president of the Weimar Repub
David Lloyd George (1863-1945). The end of the First World War saw Britain at the height of its power. Its fleet and air force were the largest in the world. Its armies had triumphed in the Middle Eas
The London Stage is an encyclopaedic view of the plays, players and performers of London's West End throughout the last century. No other city anywhere on earth came close to rivalling London in terms
A British journalist specializing in the Balkans, Barnett presents a biography of the man who to many embodied Yugoslavia from the Second World War until his death in 1980. He led a communist revoluti
Provides a glimpse into the extraordinary life of Britain's greatest prime minister, recreating his many accomplishments, trials, and tribulations that contributed to his success.
A mountain peak above the Monastery of St Catherine in Egypt, Mount Sinai is best known as the site where Moses received the Ten Commandments in the biblical Book of Exodus.An Armchair Traveller’s His
