Writesideleft aug 2020 (2 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Interregnum offers an alternative history of the country's--and Winston Churchill's--finest hour.1946. Britain is occupied by Nazi Germany. All seems lost--until the February Rising sees off Hitler. The Fuhrer's death triggers a struggle for power among the Nazis, revolt across the Occupied Continent, and schism in the Oval Office in Washington.Caught in this maelstrom are the teenage princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. For Churchill, what price the lives of the two women, first and second in line to the throne, weighed against the threat of an atom bomb poised to destroy New York There's a Tolstoyan cast including the princesses themselves, their uncle Edward VIII, Wallis Simpson, President Roosevelt, the Kennedy family and sundry Air Chief Marshals, Field Marshals and First Sea Lords.As to the plot, this triple-decked thriller, detective story and literary Ludo keeps its readers guessing until the very last word.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Poor George has just about had it with the publishing world, lunches, infidelities and a lifetime of a right bunch of comedian wannabes whose utter tosh (think sports biogs by 'celebrities') he's practically (OMG, 'practically' is as bad as 'literally'' and 'like'? and 'totally') had to rewrite. What if he's bothered to sit down and produce his own oeuvre. A proper book! And what if it is a kiss 'n' tell If it's true How would he get it published While he's looking for a way, one of his stocking-fillers gets caught up in a bidding war, which ought to be good news for him. But really isn't.Move over Spitting Image, Private Eye and? Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift. Any character who pitches from Mr Grylls's pen across his pages is at risk of being skewered. In the nicest possible way.An exquisitely written, erudite and hilarious satire in the finest vintage tradition.…