Anton Gill

Peggy Guggenheim -- millionairess, legendary lover, sadomasochist, appalling parent, selective miser -- was one of the greatest and most notorious art patrons of the twentieth century. After her father, Benjamin Guggenheim, went down with the Titanic, the young heiress came into a small fortune and left for Europe. She married the writer Laurence Vail and joined the American expatriate bohemian set. Though her many lovers included such lions of art and literature as Samuel Beckett, Max Ernst (whom she later married), Yves Tanguy, and Roland Penrose, real love always seemed to elude her. In the late 1930s, Peggy set up one of the first galleries of modern art in London, quickly acquiring a magnificent selection of works, buying great numbers of paintings from artists fleeing to America after the Nazi invasion of France. Escaping from Vichy, she moved back to New York, where she was a vital part of the new American abstract expressionist movement. Meticulously researched, filled with colorful incident, and boasting a distinguished cast, Anton Gill's biography reveals the inner drives of a remarkable woman and indefatigable patron of the arts.

A Biography of Peggy Guggenheim

Art Lover

On the night of March 24, 1944, 76 Allied RAF officers escaped from Stalag-Luft III, Nazi Germany’s most secure POW camp. It was the biggest, most daring break-out of World War II. The tenacity and ingenuity of the prisoners has become the stuff of legend, as they carried out their plan to dig the longest and most sophisticated tunnel ever conceived. But the men paid a high price for their bravery—of the 73 men recaptured, 50 were brutally executed on Hitler’s direct orders. The tireless RAF investigation into the atrocity offers a chilling insight into the last hours of the victims and the actions of the killers. Drawing on the meticulous research carried out for the war crimes trial, as well as interviews with survivors and families of the murdered men, Anton Gill gives us the definitive account of the escape and its shocking aftermath. Among the author’s many books are The Journey Back from Hell and Art Lover: A Biography of Peggy Guggenheim.

The Full Dramatic Story with Contributions from Survivors and Their Families

The Great Escape

City of Desire

Brazil, 1595. Sir Walter Raleigh leads a perilous expedition through the Amazonian jungles in search of a myth. He returns to England with tales of an extraordinary discovery. In present day New York, the financial world is rife with a terrifying rumour - that a vast source of gold has been discovered - if it's true, it would mean the downfall of the world economy. Rogue Special Operative Jack Marlow is tasked with finding the source of the rumour, and following his only lead he uncovers the brutal murder of an antique dealer who specializes in maps. But Jack isn't the only person looking for the gold - an ancient and deadly powerful organization is one step ahead - and soon the race to find the gold turns into a race to stay alive.

City of Gold

Focusing on Berlin's heyday as a hotbed of both artistic excellence and moral decadence, this survey also assesses the political and historical factors that encouraged - or failed to prevent - the rise of Nazism.

Berlin Between the Wars

Dance Between Flames, A

Collected reminiscences of former concentration camp inmates.

Conversations with Concentration Camp Survivors : an Oral History

The Journey Back from Hell

Constantinopla, 1204: a cidade santa é destruída por cruzados - as ruas estão inundadas de sangue. Dias atuais em Istambul: um grupo de elite de arqueólogos descobre o túmulo de Enrico Dandolo, uma vez Doge de Veneza, e líder do sanguinário Quarta Cruzada. Eles buscam um conjunto lendário de documentos que revela a verdade por trás de ligações secretas de Dandolo aos Cavaleiros Templários. Dias depois, a equipe desaparece sem deixar vestígios. Tudo o que resta no túmulo saqueado é uma chave estranha inscrita com um código antigo. Os inspetores especiais da Interpol Jack e Laura são chamados para resolver o caso. Eles logo encontram-se lutando contra um inimigo antigo em uma corrida de vida ou morte contra o tempo. O segredo dos Cavaleiros Templários está prestes a ser revelado.

O pergaminho sagrado

Constantinople, en l’An de grâce 1204. La ville est rasée par les Croisés, les rues sont inondées de sang. En 2012, dans un quartier d'Istanbul une équipe d'archéologues découvre le tombeau du chef de la Quatrième Croisade. Quelques jours plus tard, les archéologues disparaissent. La seule chose qui reste dans le tombeau saccagé, c'est une clé gravée de mystérieux symboles. Les agents d’Interpol, Jack Marlow et Laura Graves, tentent de trouver un sens à cette énigme. Ils se retrouvent engagés dans un combat à mort contre des adversaires dont l'origine remonte aux Croisades. Depuis des siècles, l'ultime secret des Templiers déchaîne toutes les convoitises... Un grand thriller historique par un maître du genre.

L'ultime secret

L'ultimo segreto dei cavalieri templari sta per essere svelatoUn enigma senza tempo. Una reliquia leggendaria.Dall'autore della saga di Assassin's Creed.Un grande thriller di Anton GillIstanbul. Un gruppo di archeologi apre la tomba di Enrico Dandolo, doge di Venezia, in cerca di documenti che facciano luce sul legame tra questo misterioso e crudele personaggio, protagonista della Quarta Crociata, e il leggendario ordine dei Cavalieri Templari. Ma pochi giorni dopo tutta la squadra di archeologi sparisce senza lasciare traccia. E dalla tomba, evidentemente, manca qualcosa. Viene però ritrovata la fotografia di una strana chiave su cui è inciso un oscuro codice. Toccherà a tre esperti investigatori, Jack Marlow, Laura Graves e Leon Lopez, studiare il caso e cercare di svelare un mistero che attraversa i secoli e che coinvolge personaggi del calibro di Lenin e Hitler. La loro indagine si trasformerà presto in una pericolosissima caccia che li porterà da Istanbul a Berlino, da New York a Gerusalemme, alla ricerca di un’antica reliquia dagli enormi e terribili poteri, su cui in tanti hanno già messo gli occhi... Dall'autore di Assassin's Creed, un thriller mozzafiato.Non riuscirete a smettere di leggerlo.Una squadra di archeologi scompare. Una tomba è stata profanata. Un oscuro codice da decifrare.Cospirazioni, antichi segreti: la ricerca della reliquia che avrebbe potuto cambiare il corso del mondo.Anton GillÈ nato a Londra nel 1948 e ha studiato a Cambridge. È autore di diversi saggi sulla storia contemporanea europea (tra cui The Journey Back to Hell, vincitore dell’HH Wingate Award), e ha pubblicato una serie di thriller storici ambientati nell’Antico Egitto. Dopo aver vissuto a lungo tra Londra e Parigi, recentemente si è stabilito a Londra. Con lo pseudonimo Oliver Bowden ha pubblicato i romanzi della serie Assassin’s Creed, ispirati al celebre videogioco bestseller in tutto il mondo. Il suo sito internet è www.antongill.com.

Codex Templare

Eine Serie geheimnisvoller Mädchenmorde zur Zeit des Pharaos Tutenchamun gibt einem scharfsinnig kombinierenden Privatdetektiv fast unlösbare Rätsel auf.

Roman

Tod am Nil

The 12 years between the death of Lorenzo de' Medici and the unveiling of the David are the most dramatic in the history of Florence, and the most dramatic of Michelangelo's life.

Michelangelo, Florence, and the David 1492-1504

Il Gigante

A Life of William Dampier, Pirate and Explorer, 1651-1715

The Devil's Mariner

Constantinople 1204: the holy city is razed to the ground by Crusaders - the streets awash with blood. Modern day Istanbul: an elite group of archaeologists uncover the grave of Enrico Dandolo, once Doge of Venice, and leader of the bloodthirsty Fourth Crusade. They seek a legendary set of documents that reveal the truth behind Dandolo's rumoured secret links to the Templar knights. Days later the team vanishes without a trace. All that remains in the ransacked grave is a strange key inscribed with an ancient code. Special Interpol Operatives Jack and Laura are called in. They soon find themselves battling against an ancient enemy in a life or death race against time. The dark secret of the Templar knights is about to be revealed.

The Sacred Scroll

Mrs Guggenheim, how many husbands have you had? Do you mean my own, or other people's? Peggy Guggenheim was an American millionairess art collector and legendary lover, whose father died on the Titanic returning from installing the lift machinery in the Eiffel Tower. She lived in Paris in the 1930s and got to know all the major artists - especially the Surrealists. (Later she bullied Max Ernst into marrying her, but was snubbed by Picasso.) When the Second World War broke out, she bought great numbers of paintings from artists fleeing to America; as a Jew she escaped from Vichy, France and set up in New York, where in the 1940s and 1950s she befriended and encouraged the New York School (Jackson Pollock, Rothko, and others)

The Life of an Art Addict

Peggy Guggenheim

Not many survived. Seen in terms of numbers, this is a story of defeat. But in the larger moral universe, it must be acknowledged as an honourable defeat: against awful odds and in appalling circumstances, these men and women kept the faith - a tribute to the power of human conscience.

A History of German Resistance to Hitler, 1933-1945

An Honourable Defeat

Huy (first seen in City of the Horizon) was once a scribe in the pharaoh's court. But now he's lost his job to palace politics, and been reduced to freelance problem-solving ? working, essentially, as the world's first private eye. And that work has to be kept very quiet if he's to avoid attracting the notice of the secret police. ?Quiet? could be tricky, because Huy's latest case shows every indication of becoming extremely high-profile. A serial killer has been stalking wealthy young women in Thebes, and with every clue that Huy uncovers it becomes apparent that the killer is a person of terrifying power and influence. ?Huy goes down the mean streets of ancient Egypt in a fine, swaggering style, ? said the Glasgow Herald, but those streets are getting meaner by the day.

Teh Second Egyptian Mystery

City of Dreams

Tutankhamun is killed while on a hunting trip to celebrate the pregnancy of his wife, Ankhsenpaamun. A vicious struggle for the succession ensues. The lives of the widow and her unborn child are in danger and only Huy, the lowly scribe, has the means to discover the truth about the pharoah's death.

The Third Egyptian Mystery

City of the Dead

Transworld Publishers

A fascinating look at the making of the Titanic in vivid, colorful detail. A skilled workforce of thousands spent years building the ship in a remarkable feat of design and engineering. From the engine room to the ball room, here is the story of the riveters, engineers, electricians, carpenters, cabinet makers, and artisans who designed, built, and fitted the “ship of dreams.”

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