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American Jennie

American Jennie

Anne Sebba

W. W. Norton Company
2007
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Brooklyn-born Jennie Jerome married into the British aristocracy in 1874, after a three-day romance. She became Lady Randolph Churchill, wife of a maverick politician and mother of the most famous British statesman of the century. Jennie Churchill was not merely the most talked about and controversial American woman in London society, she was a dynamic behind-the-scenes political force and a woman of sexual fearlessness at a time when women were not supposed to be sexually liberated. A concert pianist, magazine founder and editor, and playwright, she was also, above all, a devoted mother to Winston. In American Jennie, Anne Sebba draws on newly discovered personal correspondences and archives to examine the unusually powerful mutual infatuation between Jennie and her son and to relate the passionate and ultimately tragic career of the woman whom Winston described as having "the wine of life in her veins."
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That Woman

That Woman

Anne Sebba

St. Martin's Griffin
2013
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The first full scale biography of Wallis Simpson to be written by a woman, exploring the mind of one of the most glamorous and reviled figures of the Twentieth Century, a character who played prominently in the blockbuster film The King's Speech.This is the story of the American divorcee notorious for allegedly seducing a British king off his throne. "That woman," so called by Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, was born Bessie Wallis Warfield in 1896 in Baltimore. Neither beautiful nor brilliant, she endured an impoverished childhood, which fostered in her a burning desire to rise above her circumstances.Acclaimed biographer Anne Sebba offers an eye-opening account of one of the most talked about women of her generation. It explores the obsessive nature of Simpson's relationship with Prince Edward, the suggestion that she may have had a Disorder of Sexual Development, and new evidence showing she may never have wanted to marry Edward at all. Since her death, Simpson has become a symbol of female empowerment as well as a style icon. But her psychology remains an enigma. Drawing from interviews and newly discovered letters, That Woman shines a light on this captivating and complex woman, an object of fascination that has only grown with the years.
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Les Parisiennes: Resistance, Collaboration, and the Women of Paris Under Nazi Occupation

Les Parisiennes: Resistance, Collaboration, and the Women of Paris Under Nazi Occupation

Anne Sebba

St. Martin's Griffin
2017
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"Anne Sebba has the nearly miraculous gift of combining the vivid intimacy of the lives of women during The Occupation with the history of the time. This is a remarkable book." --Edmund de Waal, New York Times bestselling author of The Hare with the Amber Eyes In Les Parisiennes, New York Times bestselling author Anne Sebba explores a devastating period in Paris's history and tells the stories of how women survived--or didn't--during the Nazi occupation. Paris in the 1940s was a place of fear, power, aggression, courage, deprivation, and secrets. During the occupation, the swastika flew from the Eiffel Tower and danger lurked on every corner. While Parisian men were either fighting at the front or captured and forced to work in German factories, the women of Paris were left behind where they would come face to face with the German conquerors on a daily basis, as waitresses, shop assistants, or wives and mothers, increasingly desperate to find food to feed their families as hunger became part of everyday life. When the Nazis and the puppet Vichy regime began rounding up Jews to ship east to concentration camps, the full horror of the war was brought home and the choice between collaboration and resistance became unavoidable. Sebba focuses on the role of women, many of whom faced life and death decisions every day. After the war ended, there would be a fierce settling of accounts between those who made peace with or, worse, helped the occupiers and those who fought the Nazis in any way they could.
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Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy

Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy

Anne Sebba

St. Martin's Griffin
2022
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New York Times bestselling author Anne Sebba's moving biography of Ethel Rosenberg, the wife and mother whose execution for espionage-related crimes defined the Cold War and horrified the world. In June 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, a couple with two young sons, were led separately from their prison cells on Death Row and electrocuted moments apart. Both had been convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage for the Soviet Union, despite the fact that the US government was aware that the evidence against Ethel was shaky at best and based on the perjury of her own brother. This book is the first to focus on one half of that couple in more than thirty years, and much new evidence has surfaced since then. Ethel was a bright girl who might have fulfilled her personal dream of becoming an opera singer, but instead found herself struggling with the social mores of the 1950's. She longed to be a good wife and perfect mother, while battling the political paranoia of the McCarthy era, anti-Semitism, misogyny, and a mother who never valued her. Because of her profound love for and loyalty to her husband, she refused to incriminate him, despite government pressure on her to do so. Instead, she courageously faced the death penalty for a crime she hadn't committed, orphaning her children. Seventy years after her trial, this is the first time Ethel's story has been told with the full use of the dramatic and tragic prison letters she exchanged with her husband, her lawyer and her psychotherapist over a three-year period, two of them in solitary confinement. Hers is the resonant story of what happens when a government motivated by fear tramples on the rights of its citizens.
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The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival

The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival

Anne Sebba

St. Martin's Press
2025
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Moving and powerful, this is a vivid portrait of the women who came together to form an orchestra in order to survive the horrors of Auschwitz. New York Times bestselling author of Les Parisiennes and That Woman: A Life of Wallis Simpson now examines how a disparate band of young girls struggled to overcome differences and little musical knowledge to please the often-sadistic Nazi overseers. In 1943, German SS officers in charge of Auschwitz-Birkenau ordered that an orchestra be formed among the female prisoners. Almost fifty women and girls from eleven nations were drafted into a band that would play in all weathers marching music to other inmates, forced laborers who left each morning and returned, exhausted and often broken, at the end of the day. While still living amid the harshest of circumstances, with little more than a bowl of soup to eat, they were also made to give weekly concerts for Nazi officers, and individual members were sometimes summoned to give solo performances. For almost all of the musicians chosen to take part, being in the orchestra saved their lives. But at what cost? What role could music play in a death camp? What was the effect on those women who owed their survival to their participation in a Nazi propaganda project? And how did it feel to be forced to provide solace to the perpetrators of a genocide that claimed the lives of their family and friends? In The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz, award-winning historian Anne Sebba traces these tangled questions of deep moral complexity with sensitivity and care. From Alma Ros , the orchestra's main conductor, niece of Gustav Mahler and a formidable pre-war celebrity violinist, to Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, its teenage cellist and last surviving member, Sebba draws on meticulous archival research and exclusive first-hand accounts to tell the full and astonishing story of the orchestra, its members, and the response of other prisoners for the first time.
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The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz

The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz

Anne Sebba

ORION PUBLISHING CO
2025
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'Superb and timely' KATE MOSSE'Impressive, important, deeply moving' SARAH WATERS'Brilliant' ANTHONY HOROWITZWhat role could music play in a death camp? What was the effect on those women who owed their survival to their participation in a Nazi propaganda project? And how did it feel to be forced to provide solace to the perpetrators of a genocide that claimed the lives of their family and friends? In 1943, German SS officers in charge of Auschwitz-Birkenau ordered that an orchestra should be formed among the female prisoners. Almost fifty women and girls from eleven nations were assembled to play marching music to other inmates - forced labourers who left each morning and returned, exhausted and often broken, at the end of the day - and give weekly concerts for Nazi officers. Individual members were sometimes summoned to give solo performances of an officer's favourite piece of music. It was the only entirely female orchestra in any of the Nazi prison camps and, for almost all of the musicians chosen to take part, being in the orchestra was to save their lives. In The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz, award-winning historian Anne Sebba tells their astonishing story with sensitivity and care.
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The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz

The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz

Anne Sebba

ORION PUBLISHING CO
2026
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'Superb and timely' KATE MOSSE'Impressive, important, deeply moving' SARAH WATERS'Brilliant' ANTHONY HOROWITZWhat role could music play in a death camp? What was the effect on those women who owed their survival to their participation in a Nazi propaganda project? And how did it feel to be forced to provide solace to the perpetrators of a genocide that claimed the lives of their family and friends? In 1943, German SS officers in charge of Auschwitz-Birkenau ordered that an orchestra should be formed among the female prisoners. Almost fifty women and girls from eleven nations were assembled to play marching music to other inmates - forced labourers who left each morning and returned, exhausted and often broken, at the end of the day - and give weekly concerts for Nazi officers. Individual members were sometimes summoned to give solo performances of an officer's favourite piece of music. It was the only entirely female orchestra in any of the Nazi prison camps and, for almost all of the musicians chosen to take part, being in the orchestra was to save their lives. In The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz, award-winning historian Anne Sebba tells their astonishing story with sensitivity and care.
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Jennie Churchill

Jennie Churchill

Anne Sebba

Weidenfeld Nicolson
2019
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Jennie Churchill was said to have had two hundred lovers, three of whom she married. But her love for her son Winston never wavered. Jennie Churchill is an intimate picture of her glittering but ultimately tragic life, and the powerful mutual infatuation between her and her son. Anyone who wants to understand Winston must start here, with this revelatory interpretation. Anne Sebba has gained unprecedented access to private family correspondence, newly discovered archival material and interviews with Jennie's two surviving granddaughters. She draws a vivid and frank portrait of her subject, repositioning Jennie as a woman who refused to be cowed by her era's customary repression of women.
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Ethel Rosenberg

Ethel Rosenberg

Anne Sebba

ORION PUBLISHING CO
2022
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'A heart-piercingly brilliant book about a woman whose personal life put her in the cross-hairs of history' HADLEY FREEMAN'Totally riveting. I couldn't put it down' VICTORIA HISLOP'Ethel sings out for all women who have been misunderstood and wronged, and refuse to bow down' NICHOLAS SHAKESPEARE'A shocking tale of betrayal, naivety, misogyny and judicial failure' SONIA PURNELL'A historic miscarriage of justice laid bare for our times' PHILIPPE SANDSEthel Rosenberg was a supportive wife, loving mother to two small children and courageous idealist who grew up during the Depression with aspirations to become an opera singer.On 19 June 1953 she became the first woman in the US to be executed for a crime other than murder. She was thirty-seven years old.Ethel's conviction for conspiracy to commit espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union followed what FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover called the 'trial of the century' in Cold War America and is still controversial. Now, Anne Sebba's masterly, meticulously researched and deeply moving biography finally tells Ethel's true story - a life barbarically cut short on the basis of tainted evidence for a crime she almost certainly did not commit.
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Auschwitzin orkesteri

Auschwitzin orkesteri

Anne Sebba

Otava
2026
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Auschwitzin naisorkesterin tarina avaa uuden näkökulman keskitysleiritodellisuuteen. Auschwitzin naisorkesteri perustettiin vuonna 1943. Sen tehtävä oli soittaa marssimusiikkia keskitysleirin portilla, kun vangit lähtivät aamulla töihin ja saapuivat sieltä illalla. Naiset soittivat myös yksityisesti korkea-arvoisille natseille. Orkesterissa soittaneet 40 naista olivat nuoria, monet vasta teinityttöjä. Orkesteri pelasti heidän henkensä, mutta traumat jäivät. Osa tytöistä tuhosi soittimensa leiriltä vapauduttuaan eikä soittanut säveltäkään enää koskaan. ”Vaikuttava, tärkeä, syvästi liikuttava kirja.” – Sarah Waters
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La Orquesta de Mujeres de Auschwitz (Novela Histórica) / The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz (a Historical Novel)

La Orquesta de Mujeres de Auschwitz (Novela Histórica) / The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz (a Historical Novel)

Anne Sebba

Planeta Publishing
2025
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Conmovedor y poderoso, este es un v vido retrato de las mujeres que se unieron para formar una orquesta nica y sobrevivir a los horrores de Auschwitz. En 1943, los oficiales de la SS alemana a cargo del campo de concentraci n Auschwitz-Birkenau ordenaron la formaci n de una orquesta entre las prisioneras. Durante nueve meses cruciales, entre 1943 y 1944, Alma Ros , virtuosa violinista y sobrina de Gustav Mahler, reclut y dirigi a las mejores int rpretes entre la vasta poblaci n cautiva, sin importar la nacionalidad, etnia o lengua materna. Casi cincuenta mujeres y ni as de 11 pa ses integraron esta banda que era obligada a tocar marchas en cualquier condici n clim tica y a dar conciertos semanales para los oficiales nazis. A veces, tambi n se convocaba a algunas de sus integrantes para que ofrecieran actuaciones en solitario. A casi todas las m sicas elegidas, formar parte de la orquesta les salv la vida, pero a qu precio? La galardonada historiadora inglesa Anne Sebba se basa en una meticulosa investigaci n de archivo y testimonios in ditos de primera mano para contar por primera vez la historia completa y asombrosa de la orquesta, de sus integrantes y de la respuesta de otros prisioneros. Desde Ros hasta Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, violonchelista adolescente y ltima integrante sobreviviente que decidi dar a conocer la historia, este es un recorrido exhaustivo por aquellos momentos y personajes cruciales. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Moving and powerful, this is a vivid portrait of the women who came together to form a unique orchestra and survive the horrors of Auschwitz. In 1943, the German SS officers in charge of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp ordered the formation of an orchestra among the female prisoners. During nine crucial months, between 1943 and 1944, Alma Ros , a virtuoso violinist and niece of Gustav Mahler, recruited and led the finest performers from the vast captive population, regardless of nationality, ethnicity, or native language. Nearly fifty women and girls from eleven countries made up this band, which was forced to play marches in all weather conditions and give weekly concerts for Nazi officers. At times, some members were also summoned to perform solo pieces. For almost all the selected musicians, being part of the orchestra saved their lives--but at what cost? Award-winning British historian Anne Sebba draws on meticulous archival research and previously unpublished firsthand testimonies to tell, for the first time, the full and astonishing story of the orchestra, its members, and the reactions of other prisoners. From Ros to Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, a teenage cellist and the last surviving member who chose to share the story, this is a thorough journey through those pivotal moments and unforgettable individuals.
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Improving Research through User Engagement

Improving Research through User Engagement

Mark Rickinson; Judy Sebba; Anne Edwards

Routledge
2011
sidottu
There are increasing calls for social science researchers to work more closely with research users. References to engaging users in and with research are now common in research funding requirements, national research strategies and large-scale research programmes. User engagement has therefore become part of the rhetoric of educational and social science research. But what is user engagement, how can it be achieved and what challenges and opportunities does it present for researchers and research users?The authors of this new book present an authoritative overview of recent theoretical debates, practical developments and empirical evidence on the role of user engagement in contemporary educational and social science research. The book focuses on the relationship between user engagement and research design, and emphasises how user engagement needs to be understood as an interplay between the different kinds of knowledge and expertise held by researchers and users. Drawing on evidence from studies involving different kinds of research users, there is detailed discussion of the dynamics and complexities of working with practitioners, service users and policy-makers. The authors make clear that user engagement has definite implications for the way in which research is designed, managed and commissioned, and the way in which researchers and research users are trained, supported and encouraged to interact.Written for the many professionals involved in funding, doing and using research within education and other social sciences, this book provides:conceptual guidance on different approaches and interpretations of user engagementexamples and evidence of effective strategies for engaging practitioners, service users and policy-makerscapacity building ideas and implications for researchers and research usersspecific suggestions as to how the conceptualization, management, scaling up and evidence base of user engagement could be improved.At the core of this forward-thinking text is a robust analysis of an important facet of modern social science research. The authors’ evidence-based, evaluative approach provides a useful, detailed analysis of an area of social science research methodology which is increasingly valued and emphasised by research councils and mediators.
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Improving Research through User Engagement

Improving Research through User Engagement

Mark Rickinson; Judy Sebba; Anne Edwards

Routledge
2011
nidottu
There are increasing calls for social science researchers to work more closely with research users. References to engaging users in and with research are now common in research funding requirements, national research strategies and large-scale research programmes. User engagement has therefore become part of the rhetoric of educational and social science research. But what is user engagement, how can it be achieved and what challenges and opportunities does it present for researchers and research users?The authors of this new book present an authoritative overview of recent theoretical debates, practical developments and empirical evidence on the role of user engagement in contemporary educational and social science research. The book focuses on the relationship between user engagement and research design, and emphasises how user engagement needs to be understood as an interplay between the different kinds of knowledge and expertise held by researchers and users. Drawing on evidence from studies involving different kinds of research users, there is detailed discussion of the dynamics and complexities of working with practitioners, service users and policy-makers. The authors make clear that user engagement has definite implications for the way in which research is designed, managed and commissioned, and the way in which researchers and research users are trained, supported and encouraged to interact.Written for the many professionals involved in funding, doing and using research within education and other social sciences, this book provides:conceptual guidance on different approaches and interpretations of user engagementexamples and evidence of effective strategies for engaging practitioners, service users and policy-makerscapacity building ideas and implications for researchers and research usersspecific suggestions as to how the conceptualization, management, scaling up and evidence base of user engagement could be improved.At the core of this forward-thinking text is a robust analysis of an important facet of modern social science research. The authors’ evidence-based, evaluative approach provides a useful, detailed analysis of an area of social science research methodology which is increasingly valued and emphasised by research councils and mediators.
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Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

Mary Sebag-Montefiore

Usborne Publishing Ltd
2014
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The Cuthberts of Green Gables asked for a boy from the orphanage to help them out around the farm, so they are rather surprised when a talkative, red-headed little girl steps off the train to meet them.
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