1850-1949 deadliest churchill lancastria

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2 reviews
Jonathan Fenby

Free Press, 2005

Another great biography
I like this book very much. Fenby creates a rich tapestry of the times and people that surrounded Chiang. As a result the book is much more than a time line of a historical figures life. As usual I'm in no position to judge the scholarship of the work, I'm simply a person with a casual interest in Chinese history that likes to read biography's. Some are better than others for readability and ...

The Sinking of the Lancastria

5 reviews
Jonathan Fenby

Da Capo Press, 2006

Well written account of a sad event
A well researched account of this unfortunately little known incident. Much of it heart-wrenching. One slight problem - to follow what happened to a particular person entails a bit of page-turning, back and forth, to follow an individual's story..

France on the Brink

15 reviews
Jonathan Fenby

Arcade Publishing, 1999

The best book on contemporary France
Jonathan Fenby's "France on the Brink" is the best overview in English of modern-day France, surpassing even Richard Bernstein's "Fragile Glory" (1990), which also is excellent. As a confirmed Francophile, I found that the book skimps a little on some of the qualities that make the country a great place to visit -- such as its food and wine, its efficient public transportation, its superb ...

Alliance
Jonathan Fenby

Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2007

Chiang Kai Shek: China's Generalissimo and the Nation He Lost

19 reviews
Jonathan Fenby

Da Capo Press, 2005

The Men Who Would Be King: The Chairman and the Generalissimo
Short, Philip (1999) Mao: A Life (Holt: New York) Fenby, Jonathan (2003) Chiang Kai-Shek: China's Generalissimo and the Nation He Lost (Carroll & Graf: New York). On October 1, 1949 Chairman Mao Zedong stood at the Gate of Heavenly Peace and declared the founding of the People's Republic of China. He told the assembled crowd, "We, the 475 million Chinese people have stood up and our ...

North Korea

2 reviews
Michel Poivert, Jonathan Fenby

Thames & Hudson, 2007

At home with Kim
Photo books about North Korea are few and far between and then two come along together (I wonder if publishers just hate that?). The other title is Inside North Korea with photos by Mark Harris. In fact they cover different aspects of the same country. Philippe Chancel's book essentially covers the capitol Pyongyang but Harris visits several places in the country. Pyongyang is stuffed ...

Sinking of the Lancastria the Deadliest

1 review
Jonathan Fenby

CARROLL & GRAF @ PUBLISHERS, 2005

A forgotten tragedy brought back to life
In June 1940 Britain's war efforts against Germany were truly on the back foot and the Dunkirk evacuations were in full swing. Only by recovering our troops could we hope to regroup, rearm and then rejoin the fight. Off Normandy, an armada of small boats did an amazing job of work ferrying as many troops as possible safely home to England. Further away, off St. Nazaire a few large ships were also ...

The Seventy Wonders of China

1 review

Thames & Hudson, 2007

An excellent review certain to appeal to both general-interest browsers and students
Any collection strong in China surveys, from college-level holdings to general-interest public libraries, will want to include THE SEVENTY WONDERS OF CHINA in their collection. It provides a cultural and geographical review of the country's wealth with a strong focus on the arts, surveying its modern systems and its achievements. Entries come from experts from leading academic institutions in ...

Dealing With the Dragon: A Year in the New Hong Kong

2 reviews
Jonathan Fenby, 2001

Both Easily Readable and Completely Fascinating...
Since the handover of Hong Kong to the Chinese government in 1997, the former British colony seems to be slowly slipping out of the world's attention. In Mr. Fenby's look at the year 1999 as Hong Kong lived it, we see not only why we need to watch Hong Kong closely, but we realize what stakes China is playing with as it slowly comes to terms with theis quasi-democratic city and its place in the ...

The Sinking of the Lancastria: Britain's Greatest Maritime Disaster and Churchill's Cover-Up

1 review
Jonathan Fenby

Simon & Schuster, 2005

A forgotten tragedy brought back to life
In June 1940 Britain's war efforts against Germany were truly on the back foot and the Dunkirk evacuations were in full swing. Only by recovering our troops could we hope to regroup, rearm and then rejoin the fight. Off Normandy, an armada of small boats did an amazing job of work ferrying as many troops as possible safely home to England. Further away, off St. Nazaire a few large ships were also ...

CHINA: The Longest Journey 1850-1949
Jonathan Fenby

Formasia Books Ltd, 2008

To fully grasp the astonishing distance China has traversed, from one of the world s earliest and most advanced civilizations to the economic giant it is today, one must see the achievement in its historic perspective. China has compressed almost inconceivable change into little more than a century, shedding the last vestiges of age-old imperial dynasties to confront the modern world head on. Even before Mao Tse-tung s Communists came to power, ...

Alliance: The Inside Story of How Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill Won One War and Began Another
Jonathan Fenby

MacAdam Cage, 2007

The history of the Second World War is usually told through its decisive battles and campaigns. But behind the front lines, behind even the command centers of Allied generals and military planners, a different level of strategic thinking was going on. Throughout the war the 'Big Three' - Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin - met in various permutations and locations to thrash out ways to defeat Nazi Germany - and, just as importantly, to decide ...

Dragon Throne
Jonathan Fenby

Quercus, 2008

China's Imperial Dynasties: 1600 BC- AD 1912
Jonathan Fenby, 2008

From the 17th century BC when the Shang rulers of the eastern valley of the Yellow River assumed power in the cradle of Chinese civilization until 1911, when imperial China collapsed in revolutionary chaos, the country was ruled by a succession of powerful dynasties. In Chinas Imperial Dynasties: 1600 BC AD 1912, Jonathan Fenby tells their rich, complex and often turbulent story. Chinas imperial dynasties display a recurring pattern of ...

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