This author explores the complexities of the human experience with a distinctive style, often setting his narratives against the global backdrop of his extensive travels. His works delve into themes of war, cross-cultural encounters, and the profound human connections that transcend geographical and cultural divides. Through meticulous language and insightful characters, he offers readers reflections on the nature of conflict and the power of art and poetry. His literary contribution lies in a unique ability to bridge personal narratives with broader historical and philosophical inquiries.
Robert Payne guides readers through the powerfully erotic underworld of L'Homme blesse, giving the cinematic milestone the critical attention it deserves. Combining formal analysis, historical research, and original interviews, this book cements L'Homme blesse in its rightful place within queer cultural history.
Lesbian Mothering in Contemporary French Literature
Exploring the evolving concept of family, this book delves into diverse structures and relationships that challenge traditional norms. It examines the impact of cultural, social, and economic factors on familial dynamics, highlighting stories and perspectives that redefine what it means to be a family in contemporary society. Through insightful analysis and real-life examples, the text encourages readers to reconsider their own views on love, support, and connection within familial bonds.
A spelendid panorama of the Roman world, its history, culture and people. In its sheer scope, the Roman epoch is unsurpassed in history. What has endured to our own time is its great legacy to Western civilization, in law, language, architecture and the art of government, and of course the fascination of its story. Ancient Rome presents the history and heritage of that remarkable era. In this richly illustrated volume, the reader can enjoy an all-round introduction to the politics, people, culture and everyday life of the world ruled by Rome. Unlike most general histories of the subject, it enables the reader to know the Romans not only from reading about them, but by hearing directly from them in their own words, through the works of orators, philosophers, historians, poets, playwrights and satirists.
The story of Heinrich Schliemann, most unscientific of archaeologists, who claimed to have excavated buried Troy and certainly founded the modern science of archaeology. The author's previous books include "The Splendour of Persia".
Für die Menschen des mittelalterlichen Abendlandes war Jerusalem die Stadt der Träume. Zu Hunderttausenden verließen sie zwischen 1096 und 1270 n. Chr. Heimat und Familie,um den Muslims das Land zu entreißen, wo ihr Erlöser gelebt hatte. Es war eine Reise in fremde Welten. Unter unsäglichen Mühen kämpften sie sich von Schlachtfeld zu Schlachtfeld bis zum Heiligen Land durch und wüteten dort, im Namen des Kreuzes, oft wie Zerstörer. Der Historiker Robert Payne erzählt die Geschichte dieser Glaubenskriege auf unnachahmliche Weise. Es ist eine dramatische Geschichte, die die Welt verändert hat.
Die dramatische Lebensgeschichte des ersten russischen Zaren Iwan IV. (1530-84).
Greta Garbo - Die Göttliche - bk931; Heyne Verlag; Robert Payne; pocket_book; 1979
Mit Abb. u. Tab. 715 S. Alt: 3482 138 Erw. N.-A.
