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The much-anticipated memoirs of A. N. Wilson, one of Britain's leading contemporary critics, both literary and cultural, and a figure celebrated for his waspish and subversive writing.

Every December, a huge Christmas tree arrives in Trafalgar Square. Bedeckedin lights, it is a shimmering, festive beacon in the heart of London. But evenmore enchanting than the twinkling decorations and scented pine is the storybehind the tree; a story of loyalty, friendship and resistance.On a cold evening in 1940, German w arships made their w ay tow ards Oslo. Itseemed inevitable that Norw ay, like so many other European nations, w ould soonsubmit to the Nazi regime. But the country's indomitable King Haakon VII refused tosurrender. Making his escape through his country tow ards the safe haven of Britain,King Haakon became an icon of hope for his people. And so, over seventy yearslater, the tree in Trafalgar Square remains as an enduring gift of thanks fromNorw ay to the people of Britain.In The King and the Christmas Tree historian A. N. W ilson artfully w eaves togetherthis tale of courage and friendship betw een nations. Richly illustrated andbeautifully told, it is a delightful Christmas cracker for everyone, young and oldalike.

The first comprehensively researched biography of Queen Victoria ever, by one of Britain's best biographers. This magnificent biography sheds new light on Victoria not just as a queen, but as a woman.

A. N. Wilson has been thinking about the Bible, and reading it, since he read theology for a year at university. Martin Luther King was 'reading the Bible' when he started the Civil Rights movement. When Michelangelo painted the fresco cycles in the Sistine Chapel, he was 'reading the Bible'. In The Book of the People A. N. Wilson explores how readers and thinkers have approached the Bible, and how it might be read today. Charting his own relationship with the Bible over a lifetime of writing, Wilson argues that it remains relevant even in a largely secular society, as a philosophical work, a work of literature and a cultural touchstone that the western world has answered to for nearly two thousand years. He challenges the way fundamentalists whether believers or non-believers - have misused the Bible, either by neglecting and failing to recognize its cultural significance, or by using it as a weapon against those with whom they disagree. Erudite, witty and accessible, The Book of the People seeks to reclaim the Good Book as our seminal work of literature, and a book for the imagination.

Rob Roy is a historical novel, taking place just before the Jacobite rising of 1715, with much of Scotland in turmoil. It is narrated by Frank Osbaldistone, the son of an English merchant who travels first to the North of England, and subsequently to the Scottish Highlands, to collect a debt stolen from his father. On the way he encounters the larger-than-life title character, Rob Roy MacGregor. Though Rob Roy is not the lead character, his personality and actions are key to the novel's development. The book was loosely adapted into a film in 1995, starring Liam Neeson, Tim Roth, and Jessica Lange.

This work includes A.N. Wilson on 'The Gospel According to Matthew', Nick Cave on 'The Gospel According to Mark', Richard Holloway on 'The Gospel According to Luke', Blake Morrison on 'The Gospel According to John' and the King James Bible text of all four Gospels.

Winifred, anglická dívka, vychovávaná původně v sirotčinci v East Grinsteadu, se v osmnácti letech provdala za syna nejrozporuplnějšího génia Německa. Je to vášnivá germanofilka, snivá wagneriánka a teutonská patriotka. Rodina Wagnerových v Německu, rozvráceném po první světové válce a zdeptaném Versailleskou smlouvou, sní o příchodu ne válečníka, neohroženého Siegfrieda, nýbrž Parsifala, mystického idealisty, vykupitelské postavy. V polovině dvacátých let se se svým Parsifalem setkají. Je jím muž s divýma očima, vídeňský operní fanatik v plstěném klobouku, pršiplášti a špatně padnoucím obleku. V jisté části německé společnosti si Hitler už udělal jméno buřičskými projevy na táborech lidu. Winifred se však domnívá, že mu může pomoci ty spíše básnivé představy uskutečnit. Hned při prvním setkání si začnou tykat, ona ho vyzve, aby jí říkal Winnie, a on se nechá překřtít na Wolfa. I Hitler stejně jako Winnie vyrostl na okraji společnosti, stejně jako ji i jeho skličovalo, že je nemožné spojit usilování o lásku s usilováním o moc, a že když člověk usiluje o moc, dospěje nakonec nevyhnutelně k ničení. Oba poznali pokořující zážitek chudoby, oba v sobě měli hněv a cítili se zneužíváni společností a oba vycítili neobyčejnou blízkost toho druhého, projevující se v lásce k opeře.

Features patriotic works from word-smiths such as Hilaire Belloc, G K Chesterton, Rudyard Kipling and the lyrics of Gilbert and Sullivan.

“For some reason, the very negative thoughts which she had during that interview with the rich-stockbroker woman in Kensington did not remain with her… She forgot that she despised the woman for not looking after her own children, and she forgot how much she envied and hated her for being rich enough to pay someone else to shovel her baby’s shit.”

A Guardian Favorite Book of the Year A. N. Wilson's landmark sequel to The Victorians is a colorful, panoramic portrait of the era that began with the death of Queen Victoria in 1901 and extended to the dawn of the Cold War in the early 1950s. Expertly mapping the connections between military, political, social, and cultural history, After the Victorians is an incisive chronicle of Great Britain's decline. Wilson delivers a timely analysis of imperialism and its discontents and a fresh account of the birth pangs of the modern world.

A brilliant, controversial and insightful biography from the author of the universally acclaimed The Victorians.A.N. Wilson’s tutor at Oxford was John Bayley, and it was there that Wilson met Irish Murdoch. He remained a close friend of them both, and it was at Iris’s pleading in 1988 that he agreed to write her biography. The biography was bound to be controversial, and Wilson pulls no punches in his attack on Bayley’s own book on Iris and the portrayal of her as an Alzheimer’s victim. Instead, he gives us back the fiercely intelligent novelist and philosopher, and shows us a relationship that was deeply loving yet profoundly eccentric, and very unconventional for its day.From the Hardcover edition.

The structure of the book is chronological, with digressions. From Roman and then Norman London, we move on to Chaucer's London - the city of the Peasants Revolt, Dick Whittington and the great Livery Companies. In Tudor and Stuart London many believed the city was being wrecked by over-population, over-building and the greed of speculators. Eighteenth-century London witnessed the South Sea Bubble, gin, highwaymen and the Gordon riots; but also banking, hospitals, and the elegant design of everyday things. In the nineteenth century, expanding vigorously, the city resisted any overall make-over. With Queen Victoria came the Railway Age, which made and unmade the city. Chartism, anti-semitism, overcrowding and cholera. But engineering triumphs too. If the First World War was a nightmare happening elsewhere, the amazing six years of 1939-45 were the city's finest hour. Post-1945, property developers took over, with disastrous results. The author celebrates the cosmopolitan city that mobility and immigration have created, while deploring the `moronization' of the city, exemplified by the Millennium Dome and Ken Livingstone's 2002 London Plan.

This large-format hardback offers a portrait of the Victorian era, featuring over 150 illustrations, including photographs, paintings, drawings, and cartoons from that time.

Historie britského královského rodu, místo panovníků v politickém systému země a perspektivy další existence monarchie.

Was sind die Fakten über das Leben Jesu im Gegensatz zu den Mythen oder unbewiesenen Glaubenssätzen, die die Wunder, den Tod und die Auferstehung umgeben? Wie und wann wurde das Christentum zu einer eigenen Religion, getrennt vom Judentum, in das Jesus geboren wurde? Inwieweit war seine Macht über Zeitgenossen politischer als religiöser Natur? A. N. Wilsons Antworten auf diese Fragen werden Leser aller Glaubensrichtungen oder Skepsis faszinieren.

Andrew N. Wilson wurde 1950 in England geboren. In seiner Heimat hat er zahlreiche Biografien sowie Bücher mit historischem Hintergrund veröffentlicht.

In a book that is as daring and unconventional as it is scholarly, the celebrated biographer of Tolstoy and C.S. Lewis searches for the elusive historical reality in the life of Jesus of Nazareth. Wilson enables readers of every shade of faith or skepticism to discover the man who became the central figure in Western civilization and whose teachings have survived nearly 2,000 years.

C S Lewis was a brilliant, prolific writer and a deeply complex man, capable of inspiring both great devotion and great hostility. This acclaimed biography charts the progress of the clever chid from the 'Little End Room' of his Ulster childhood to Oxford and adult life, exploring Lewis's unwilling conversion to Christianity, the genesis of his writing and the web of his relationships.

Lebensklug, humorvoll und herzzerreiß DER Klassiker für alle Katzenfreunde endlich als Neuausgabe.Pufftail ist ein Streuner, ein bisschen zerrupft und mit vielen Jahren auf dem Buckel. Er hat wahrlich viel erlebt; und es ist eine wahre Freude, den Erzählungen dieses alten, stolzen Katers zuzuhören, der mehr über die Menschen weiß als sie selber. Sein abenteuerliches Leben ist eine zauberhafte, amüsante und anrührende Geschichte für alle Katzenliebhaber.«Wenn du erst so viele Jahre auf der Welt bist wie ich, wirst du auch voller Erinnerungen sein, die du gern jemandem mitteilen möchtest, und ich hoffe, dass du ein Enkelkätzchen haben wirst, wie ich jetzt, das geduldig dasitzt und dir zuhört.»

The story of the sentimental education of a boy orphaned in World War II and brought up in a quiet English village by his aunt and his uncle, vicar of the local church.

The lives of a trio of women, Monica, Linda, and Richeldis, who in their youth shared a bachelorette flat, become entangled when Richeldis's husband Simon begins an affair with Monica

When Fanny Williams, a successful boutique owner, tries to buy an abandoned church to use as a warehouse, she learns that its architect was Oswald Fish, who has played an unsuspected role in her life

Pamela Cowper must deal with life and confront death after being diagnosed as having cancer