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Matthew Sweet

    Operation Chaos
    The West End Front
    Inventing the Victorians
    Shepperton Babylon
    • Shepperton Babylon

      • 400pages
      • 14 heures de lecture
      4,1(95)Évaluer

      Welcome to the lost worlds of British cinema. This book features a secret history of British movies that includes the scandals, the suicides, the immolations and the contract killings - the product of thousands of conversations with veteran film-makers.

      Shepperton Babylon
    • Inventing the Victorians

      • 288pages
      • 11 heures de lecture
      3,7(348)Évaluer

      The book offers a compelling reevaluation of the Victorian Age, presenting it as a vibrant and transformative period rather than the static era often portrayed. Through a wealth of intriguing details, it challenges conventional perceptions and highlights the radical innovations of the time. Critics have praised it for invigorating Victorian studies with fresh insights and captivating information.

      Inventing the Victorians
    • The West End Front

      • 384pages
      • 14 heures de lecture
      3,6(35)Évaluer

      Meet the girl from MI5 who had the gravy browning licked from her legs by Dylan Thomas; the barman who was appointed the keeper of Winston Churchill's private bottle of whisky; the East End Communist who marched with his comrades into the air-raid shelter of the Savoy; the throneless prince born in a suite at Claridge's declared...

      The West End Front
    • Operation Chaos

      • 352pages
      • 13 heures de lecture
      3,5(112)Évaluer

      Operation Chaos tells the real-life thrilling story of a group of US military deserters who found asylum in Sweden during the Vietnam War - one of the great untold tales of the Cold War, where the facts are wilder than any work of fiction.

      Operation Chaos