Christopher Lee

Autobiography of one of Britain's most distinguished actors.

The Autobiography of Christopher Lee

Lord of Misrule

What is Britishness? What allowed one small island group to rule a quarter of the world and, even today, to have the most spoken language after Chinese? What makes Americans admire the guts, traditions and loyalties of these island Anglo-Saxon and Celtic peoples? What is it that makes cynical Europeans and once-dominated Asians look to the British for opinion, literature, social norms and justice? The answers lie within the creation of British institutions, both Commoner and Aristocracy, during the past 2000 years. Following the thought-provoking style of the original This Sceptred Isle, this new volume brings to life the character and frustrations so carefully studied by allies and enemies for twenty-one centuries - from Romans to al-Qaeda. Here Lee makes all the connections with institutions and changing industrial and social characteristics that even show us that Britishness is not exclusively British. At a time when a major section of the British, the English, appear to be less and less sure who they are and who they are meant to be, This Sceptred Isle confirms who it is we really are.

This Sceptred Isle

aesthetic mediation in Asian American literature

The semblance of identity

Christopher Lee: Tall, Dark and Gruesome

This Sceptred Isle (BBC Radio Collection)

Microsoft Excel 2010 for Beginners

Kerry Packer's War

Howzat!

England, Summer 1975. The Australian cricket team, visiting for an Ashes series, fields players who will become legends of the game OCo Ian Chappell, Rodney Marsh, Dennis Lillee, Jeff Thomson OCo against celebrated English power-cricketers Tony Greig, John Snow and Phil Edmonds. It is the pinnacle of the game of cricket OCo the two oldest enemies in the game going head to head. At the beautifully green grounds the games are exciting, filled with colour, intrigue and expectation. But soon after cricket will undergo a revolution. It will no longer be a game of tradition, run by traditionalists. There will be cricket under lights, players in colourful gear, and the way itOCOs broadcast on television will be transformed, no longer shot by a single camera, screened in black and white on the ABC and the BBC. This thrilling book tells the story of World Series Cricket and the Australian media mogul Kerry Packer, who saw a business opportunity in the game he loved and challenged its grand traditions. A high-stakes story of money and power, elite sportsman, legal drama, it is also at its heart a tale of love of the game."

Kerry Packer's Cricket War

International film actor Christopher Lee details his childhood, war years, friendships with Peter Cushing, Vincent Price, Robert Bloch and Boris Karloff, and, of course, his varied and interesting film career. Mr. Lee first published his autobiography in Britian in 1977. The Midnight Marquee edition is updated, Americanized and includes many new and rare photos personally selected by Mr. Lee A must for all film fans. Released before the filming of Lord of the Rings and Star Wars.

Tall, Dark, and Gruesome

Ilan Goldman

Jean Reno

Benoit Magimel

Angels of the Apocalypse

Crimson Rivers 2

The late 1950s, twilight years of the British Empire, saw the end of the era of the 'tramp steamer' - coal-burning merchant ships that 'tramped' from port to port in the days before bulk carriers, hunting for any cargo that needed hauling to any place. In this marvelous memoir Christopher Lee offers the diaries of a 'Lad' much like himself who, at the age of 17, took his first job aboard the tramp ship Empire Heywood. Over two years this Lad would get to travel through the Suez canal, into the Indian Ocean and across the Pacific - so acquiring a panoramic view of the fading empire - before returning home to England as a man. The diaries give a splendid account of all the dramas of life aboard ship, with an eccentric cast of characters and a wealth of lively seafaring language. A third-person narrative from the author provides invaluable historical context.

Diaries from a Tramp Steamer

Eight Bells and Top Masts

A look at the state of today's British monarchy, how the past has shaped it, and how it will secure its survival, if at all, in the future—will William be "the last?" This examination addresses the reasons the British monarchy has lasted longer than any other, the role of the current Monarch in the UK and all the countries of the Commonwealth, current public opinion polls including European and American public perceptions, the Monarch as a modern head of state, and the "good for tourism" argument. The future of Britain and its monarchy are called into question by the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's child, the debate surrounding the succession of the Prince and Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall and whether it should skip a generation, and issues relating to the constitution of the UK—the future of the House of Lords, Scottish independence, and the future of the Established Church. All of these issues are covered in full, as is the key question of the British monarchy—the institution's staying power beyond the current succession.

Past, Present . . . and Future?

Monarchy

It's easy to underestimate the eccentric, quietly spoken Inspector James Boswell Hodge Leonard, with his bicycle and his tweeds, and his superiors who make the mistake of doing so soon discover he's not too keen on toeing the Establishment line. When the grisly corpse of a traveller is found outside a Roman bath, Leonard's orders are to clear up the mess with no fuss, but he begins to kick over Bath's social dustbins and out tumbles decades of secrets and suspects, not smelling too sweetly... The rich and sadistic Montague James, controller of people's lives; Hilary, the former adult film star; Norma, the painter of controversial nudes; they all know more than they are revealing. Leonard's problem is to find the one person who knows the truth - before the rest do, and before the powers that be put the lids back on those dustbins...

A Bath Detective Mystery

The Bath Detective

Horatio Nelson is Britain's greatest naval hero; Trafalgar, in 1805, her greatest naval victory. Nelson and Napoleon, first published in 2005, is the story of how Britannia came to rule the waves for more than a hundred years. Christopher Lee re-examines the myths of Trafalgar, plotting Napoleon's overweening ambition to invade England and Nelson's single-minded dedication to seeking glory. He shows how Villeneuve had worked out Nelson's famous plan of attack, and demonstrates how the battle could easily have turned the other way. Lee also paints a vivid picture of the protagonists: particularly of the creation of a national hero in Nelson and his intense rivalry with Napoleon. 'Christopher Lee's vivid and painstaking account cuts through the folklore, replacing it with wonderful insights into early nineteenth-century Britain and Europe.' Daily Express

The Long Haul to Trafalgar

Nelson and Napoleon

A Kaleidoscope of Song

Ian Fleming

Roger Moore

The Man with the Golden Gun

Sandhya Shukla

Pamila Gupta

Marissa Moorman

This issue of Radical History Review explores the Global South and its meanings for reframing transnational histories between Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as its potential for new forms of radical praxis beyond the Euro-American political order--back cover.

Histories, Politics, Maps

The Global South

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Author Handbook

Worlds collide when, deep in the dark tunnels of an abandoned sewer a scenario of unimaginable proportions unfolds. A child killer, Hector Pike, pursued by Detective Mervin Daniels is traced to the sewer where a gunfight ensues. However, an Underworld High Spirit is also keen on tracing Hector Pike so that he may possess him. Out of the ensuing chaos Margaret the Abomination is born. The events that follow draw in the leaders of Matrix Earth, Third Heaven, and the Underworld as mankind is dragged into a spine chilling nightmare rained down on them by the Abomination. Will Detective Daniels, Abigail Okafor, Captain Gounden and Colonel Rage, along with their Third Heaven counterparts stop the horde of Underworld warriors, led by the Super-Beast who has instructions to annihilate the Abomination, and anyone who stands in his way? A fast paced Supernatural Thriller that takes the reader on an imaginative journey across the various dimensions of existence.

Christopher Lee

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