Jesuits : a multibiography
- 550 pages
- 20 hours of reading
Portrays the history of the Jesuits in relation to world events of the past five centuries, describing how the Society of Jesus came to be the most powerful Christian religious order
Jean Lacouture Book order
June 9, 1921 – July 16, 2015
Jean Lacouture was a journalist, historian, and author, particularly renowned for his biographies. His works delved into the lives of significant figures, examining their political and intellectual impact. Lacouture's approach to writing was deeply rooted in his career as a journalist and editor, allowing him to bring forth accurate and insightful analyses. His extensive writings offer readers a detailed look into key historical individuals and their influence on the world.
- 1995
- 1975
André Malraux
- 510 pages
- 18 hours of reading
Few men have lived the twentieth century as André Malraux. From Angkor Wat to China in the 1920s, from the Spanish Civil War to the French Resistance against the Germans, from being an intellectual viewing the world from the outside to being the cabinet minister -- working for de Gaulle and others to rule it -- such is Malraux's life as it has been known to the world. But is this really Malraux's life? What is appearance and what reality? Jean Lacouture turns now to trace the life of this most ambiguous and complex person. Based on vast research and a great many interviews, some with Malraux himself, Lacouture has written a biography that is both a marvel of scholarly investigation and an exceptionally subtle description of those shadow areas that exist between a man's life and his work, his memory and his imagination. -- From publisher's description
