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Robert Rhodes James (1933–1999)

Auteur de Gallipoli

17+ oeuvres 407 utilisateurs 9 critiques

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Comprend les noms: Robert Rhodes James, Robert Rhodes James

Comprend aussi: James Rhodes (2)

Œuvres de Robert Rhodes James

Gallipoli (1965) 73 exemplaires
Prince Albert (1983) 60 exemplaires
Anthony Eden (1986) 55 exemplaires
The British revolution, 1880-1939 (1976) 39 exemplaires
Bob Boothby: A Portrait (1991) 27 exemplaires
Lord Randolph Churchill (1919) 21 exemplaires
Henry Wellcome (John Curtis Books) (1994) 15 exemplaires
Victor Cazalet: A Portrait (1976) 3 exemplaires
The United Nations (1970) 2 exemplaires

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Chips : the diaries of Sir Henry Channon (1967) — Directeur de publication — 115 exemplaires
Churchill Speaks 1897-1963: Collected Speeches in Peace & War (1980) — Directeur de publication — 78 exemplaires
Winston S. Churchill: His Complete Speeches, 1897-1963 (8 Volumes) (1974) — Directeur de publication — 9 exemplaires
Memoirs of a Conservative: J.C.C. Davidson's Memoirs and Papers 1910-1937 (1969) — Directeur de publication — 5 exemplaires

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Readable biography of this unusual politician. But not a full biography - in particular, it concentrates heavily on politics, and says very little about Churchill's personal life and marriage. As the author was himself a politician this is perhaps unsurprising; he obviously finds the details of political manoeuvring more interesting than other aspects. The biography also lacks full references, although it does make extensive use of primary sources.
 
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ponsonby | Jun 17, 2021 |
I have no no clear memories of this particular biography of the controversial English Prime Minister. It covers his life from the Boer War to the re-appointment to the Admiralty in 1939. It must be accessible, for it features in a lot of bibliographies. I know I read the hardcover version.
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DinadansFriend | Jan 11, 2018 |
L'impresa che avrebbe potuto costituire la prima grande operazione anfibia di tutti i tempi, impostata sulle geniali intuizioni strategiche e sull'ampia visione politica del giovane Primo Lord dell'Ammiragliato, Winston Churchill, militarmente mal preparata, slegata, intralciata da personalismi, a gelosie, da pregiudizi, dall'urto di interessi contrastanti, nell'attuazione pratica si trasforma in una tragica, inutile carneficina, che dalla riva settentrionale dell'Ellesponto fronteggiante le sponde che videro le mitiche vicende della guerra di Troia, ha fatto un solo, immenso ossario, nel quale riposano le spoglie di oltre cinquantamila combattenti delle forze alleate, frammiste a quelle di centomila difensori turchi.
L'episodio passerà tuttavia alla Storia come una delle più brillanti operazioni militari di tutti i tempi, per il silenzioso reimbarco notturno, inavvertito da un nemico agguerrito, presente a breve distanza, dell'intero superstite corpo di spedizione di ottantamila uomini, senza una sola perdita.
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BiblioLorenzoLodi | 1 autre critique | Aug 6, 2014 |
Archibald Primrose was the son of the Fourth Earl of Rosebery, and became the fifth to hold that title. He did not sit in the House of Lords, as he held this title from the Scottish peerage. He said he had three goals in life "To win the Derby {three of his horses did), to marry an heiress ( Hannah de Rothschild, Heir of the banking fortune), and to be Prime Minister, (1894 - 95). In spite of doing these things I did not find the man, or his achievements, to be of much interest.
 
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DinadansFriend | 1 autre critique | Sep 26, 2013 |

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Œuvres
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407
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Évaluation
3.8
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ISBN
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