Although very little is known for certain about Pontius Pilate, the man who crucified Christ, this has not stopped writers in every age from imagining his life. This is also the...
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The truth about Perkin Warbeck is shrouded in mystery. He claimed to be Richard of York, one of the princes in the Tower and, as such, tormented Henry VII for eight years. Every...
His revolution would shatter the earth's illusions, shock men and women with new visions, find true Love and Liberty - and take everyone with him. Ann Wroe's book takes the life...
Being Shelley: The Poet's Search for Himself
Ann Wroe · ISBN 9780307280527
Julkaistu 2008 Kieli englanti nidottu
From Ann Wroe, a biographer of the first rank, comes a startlingly original look at one of the greatest poets in the Western tradition. Being Shelley aims to turn the poet's lif...
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK - "Sublime . . . The definitive study of Pilate."--The Washington Post Book World "A masterwork . . . one of the most interesting and creative book...
Lifescapes: A Biographer's Search for the Soul
Ann Wroe · ISBN 9781400347933
Julkaistu 2024 Kieli englanti nidottu
"A lyrical, radiant memoir." --Kirkus Reviews, Starred ReviewAnn Wroe, obituaries editor for The Economist, reflects on the art and impossibility of capturing life on the page....
The acclaimed biographer and obituarist for The Economist reflects on a career spent pursuing life and capturing it on the page'Lifescapes is the universe in miniature'DAILY TEL...
'She's a genius, I believe, because she lights up every subject she touches.' Hilary Mantel A Spectator Book of the YearGoethe claimed to know what light was. Galileo and Einste...
**LONGLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2019****SHORTLISTED FOR THE CATHOLIC HERALD BOOK AWARDS 2019**A life of St Francis in verseThroughout her career Ann Wroe has constant...
The acclaimed biographer and obituarist for The Economist reflects on a career spent pursuing life and capturing it on the page***A FINANCIAL TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND TIMES LITER...
He may be myth, but his lyre still sounds, entrancing everything that hears it: animals, trees, water, stones, and men. In this extraordinary work Ann Wroe goes in search of O...
A Fool and His Money: Life in a Partitioned Town in Fourteenth-Century France
Ann Wroe; Anne Wroe · ISBN 9780809015924
Julkaistu 1996 Kieli englanti nidottu
Ann Wroe brings to life a rich and perplexing culture of a city physically divided-as so many communities are today-by political factions in this skillful re-creation of fourtee...
She has a deathly beauty that intrigues me. Her eyes, still intense, see nothing, and I am envious of the quiet inside of her. I want to go to sleep and dream soft dreams, but I...
Twenty-one, passionate and headstrong, Ann Veronica Stanley is determined to live her own life. When her father forbids her from attending a fashionable Ball, she decides she ha...
Ann Boleyn the Queen's Consort
Kristina Howells · ISBN 9780244900779
Julkaistu 2017 Kieli englanti nidottu