Philip Reed crée des récits captivants qui explorent les aspects les plus sombres de la nature humaine et la complexité des relations. Son style se caractérise par des aperçus percutants et une création habile de suspense et d'inquiétude. Reed se concentre sur la profondeur psychologique de ses personnages et sur les dilemmes moraux qu'ils affrontent. Son œuvre séduit les lecteurs en quête d'une narration réfléchie et provocatrice.
Here, Philip Reed turns his attention to the warships of the Second World War. The book is a step-by-step manual for building a scratch waterline model of the Ca Class destroyer HMS Caesar, the sistership of Cavalier now on display in drydock at Chatham Historical Dockyard.
"Building a Miniature Navy Board Model is a must-have for either the amateur or professional ship model builder's library."-- Michael Wall, director of the American Marine Model Gallery Now available in paperback, Philip Reed's latest building guide tackles what many regard as the ultimate expression of the ship model maker's art, the Navy Board model. His step-by-step construction of a miniature 1/192 scale model of HMS Royal George of 1715 demonstrates all the conventions of Navy Board framing and planking. With the aid of nearly four hundred photographs, he takes the reader through every building stage. He covers methods of hull and deck framing, internal and external planking, and the construction of the complex stern. Reed also shows how to render the multitude of decorative carvings on the figurehead, stern, and broadside. A section showing, amongst others, his model of Siren, explains how the techniques used to frame Royal George can be adapted for ships of a later date, using single and double frames closer to full-size practice. This is the first book in many years to cover the well-known and sought-after early eighteenth-century Navy Board models. Here is an invaluable manual from which any model maker can benefit from the lifetime's experience of one of the world's leading exponents of the art of miniature shipbuilding.
Volume Four: 1952-1957
Focusing on the composition of three significant works, this volume of Britten's letters delves into the transformative world trip that profoundly influenced the composer’s style. It offers insights into his creative process and the evolution of his music during this pivotal period.
A detailed synopsis guides the reader through the musical and dramatic action of the opera, Billy Budd.
Volume Five: 1958-1965
Focusing on a pivotal period in Benjamin Britten's life, this volume of letters reveals the intense creative energy leading to his acclaimed pacifist work, War Requiem. The correspondence provides insight into his thoughts, artistic process, and the significant events that shaped his music during this transformative time.
This unmatched volume on the art of static ship modeling is a step-by step guide to building the eighteenth-century 74-gun ship-of-the-line Majestic.
On an archaeological dig in 1930s India, Rebecca pursues love but violence and a lone man on the mountain disrupt her plans. The excavations reveal dramatic finds but there is more danger present than Rebecca and the team realise. She must fight her way up the wild Indian coast to discover the truth...
In February 1995 Donald Mitchell, the foremost authority on the life and works of Gustav Mahler and Benjamin Britten, celebrated his seventieth birthday. To mark this event, the present Festschrift has been compiled under the editorship of Philip Reed. Distinguished composers, scholars, colleagues and friends from around the world have written on aspects of the two composers closest to Mitchell's heart - Mahler and Britten - to produce a volume which not only reflects some of the latest thinking on this pair of remarkable figures in the music of our century, but which also pays full tribute to the impact of Mitchell's own work on these composers over the last fifty years. The volume includes the fullest bibliography of Mitchell's writings yet compiled.
Schritt für Schritt gezeigt
Der Bau eines historischen Segelschiffs, gleich in welchem Maßstab, erfordert ein besonderes Geschick. Dabei spielt die Wahl der richtigen Materialien und Werkzeuge eine Rolle, auch die Gestaltung des Arbeitsplatzes in der Werkstatt. Besonders wichtig ist die Beschaffung der nötigen Planunterlagen. In diesem Buch beschreibt Philip Reed den Bau eines Kriegsschiffes von Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts im Maßstab 1:144. Schritt für Schritt nimmt er den Leser an die Hand und führt ihn durch alle Phasen eines äußerst anspruchsvollen Modellbaus. Der Rumpf, die Decks und die Bewaffnung, der Bug und das Heck und dessen Verzierungen, die Takelage und die Flaggen ... Reed dokumentiert in exakten Beschreibungen und mit über 380 Aufnahmen die ganze Faszination des professionellen Schiffsmodellbaus. So hält der Leser ein Buch in der Hand, das Reportage und Anleitung zugleich ist - und die Ermutigung, sich selbst an ein historisches Modell zu wagen. Aus dem Inhalt: - Die Werkstatt - Bau des Modells - Der Rumpf - Rüsten und Püttinge - Decks und Bewaffnung - Der Glockenstuhl - Das Heck - Der Bug und das Galion - Karronaden, Taue und Boote - Hängemattennetze und andere Details - Wie man das Meer macht - Masten, Spieren, Rahen und Takelung - Der Takelplan - Anker und Hecklaternen - Flaggen - Wie man das Modell fotografiert