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#Bookreview CHURCHILL: A GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY by By Vincent Delmas…(@penswordbooks) A beautiful, informative and entertaining present for all ages

Posted on May 4, 2020 by OlgaNunez 11 Comments

Hi all: I bring you another one of Pen & Sword Books, a pretty new experience for me, and one I recommend. Churchill: A Graphic Biography by By Vincent Delmas, François Kersaudy, Foreword by Andrew. Roberts, Illustrations by Alessio Cammardella and Christophe Regnault A full and wholly fair representation of the most adventurous life in the history of British politics.

Posted in Book review, Book reviews biography, graphic biography, non-fiction, Pen & Sword, UK, Winston Churchill, WWII

#Bookreview DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS by Lucinda Hawksley (@penswordbooks) (@lucindahawksley) A fabulous gift, for you or for those you love #Christmas

Posted on December 9, 2019 by OlgaNunez

Hi, all: I bring you a seasonal book and one that I think many of you might appreciate. It would be a wonderful Christmas gift, for sure. Dickens and Christmas by Lucinda Hawksley Dickens and Christmas is an exploration of the 19th-century phenomenon that became the Christmas we know and love today and of the

Posted in Book review, Book reviews A Christmas Carol, biography, Charles Dickens, Christmas traditions, non-fiction, publishing industry, Victorian Christmas, writing in Victorian England

#TuesdayBookBlog #FURIOUS HOURS: MURDER, FRAUD, AND THE LAST TRIAL OF HARPER LEE by Casey Cep (@cncep). Wonderful!

Posted on May 21, 2019 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you a book that is getting a fair amount of attention, well-deserved, in my opinion. Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep. A great book about a great writer and a mystery (or several). ‘A triumph on every level. One of the losses to

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog Alabama, biography, Harper Lee, History, In Cold Blood, non-fiction, Reverend Maxwell, Southern writing, To Kill a Mockingbird, Truman Capote

NUREMBERG’S VOICE OF DOOM: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE CHIEF INTERPRETER AT HISTORY’S GREATEST TRIALS by Wolfe Frank (@penswordbooks) A must read

Posted on April 15, 2019 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you a fabulous book about one of those people that seem too big for everyday life. Nuremberg’s Voice of Doom: The Autobiography of the Chief Interpreter at History’s Greatest Trials by Wolfe Frank The memoirs of Wolfe Frank, which lay hidden in an attic for twenty-five years, are a unique and

Posted in Book review, Book reviews biography, History, internment camps, Memoirs, Nazi Germany, Nurember trials, Paul Hooley, Pen & Sword, simultaneous interpreting, spy, Wolfe Frank, WWII

#Bookreview THE WHITE CRUCIFIXION: A NOVEL ABOUT MARC CHAGALL by Michael Dean (@HollandParkPres) An inside look into the early life and creative process of Marc Chagall that goes well beyond a standard biography #arthistory

Posted on July 16, 2018 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: Those of you who’ve been following my blog for a while, know that I am a bit of a disaster with visuals and even taking digital pictures is a challenge. Despite that, or perhaps, because of it, I love the visual arts: painting, sculpture, photography, and I’m fascinated by the lives of the

Posted in Book review, Book reviews art history, biography, Jewish Fiction, Jewishness, Marc Chagall, Paris, progroms, Russia

#Bookreview and #Blogtour THE OTHER EINSTEIN by Marie Benedict @sourcebooks Re-evaluations and fictionalised history.

Posted on November 25, 2016 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: As you know I read a lot and I share reviews. On this occasion, when I saw this book on offer on NetGalley I thought it looked very intriguing, and when a member of the publicity team for the novel got in touch and asked if I’d like to take part in the

Posted in Blog Tour, Book launch, book promo, Book review, Book reviews biography, Bookreview, Einstein, Marie Curie, Nobel Prize, Physics, Switzerland, Women