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The Impostor
How do we explain what Perry Anderson calls "the bizarre prominence of Bernard-Henri Lvy," easily the best-known "thinker" under sixty in France? "It would," he continues, "be difficult to imagine a more extraordinary reversal of national standards of taste and intelligence than the attention accorded this crass booby in France's public sphere, despite innumerable demonstrations of his inability to get a fact or an idea straight. Could such a grotesque flourish in any other major Western culture today?" This book, based on a careful investigation comparing BHL's words with his deeds, seeks to explore the remarkable persistence of this celebrity pseudo-philosopher since he burst onto the scen...
The Son of a Monster
Since 2008, the Fourniret affair has been devastating France and Belgium. The serial killer Michel Fourniret was sentenced to life imprisonment for a series of kidnappings, rapes and murders. His wife, Monique Olivier, was also given life imprisonment with preventive detention of twenty-eight years. Their shadows continue to hover over some thirty unsolved murders. In 2014, the journalist Oli Porri Santoro began his investigation; and in the process, he met and befriended Selim, the only son of the diabolical couple. Selim had since built a new life for himself in the south of France, under a new identity. The day after their meeting, fate intervened. Selim received a letter from his father,...
Richard III: His Life & Character, Reviewed in the Light of Recent Research
In 'Richard III: His Life & Character, Reviewed in the Light of Recent Research' by Clements R. Sir Markham, the author delves into the life and character of one of England's most controversial monarchs. Written in a detailed and scholarly style, the book explores Richard III's reign with a critical eye, analyzing his actions and decisions in the context of the political turmoil of the time. Drawing on recent research, Sir Markham provides a fresh perspective on Richard III's legacy, challenging common perceptions and shedding new light on this historical figure. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in medieval history and the complex interplay of power and personality in the royal courts of the past.
Collaboration and Resistance Reviewed
Ch. 5 (p. 144-178), "Patrick Modiano", discusses the novels of the French writer (born in 1945, of a Jewish father) on the occupation period. Modiano typifies the "retro" mode of the late 1960s and 1970s which set out to reevaluate or contest the French myth of the Resistance. In his novel "La Place de l'Étoile" (1968), Modiano suggests the anti-Jewish atmosphere and feelings in French society through its anti-hero, Raphael Schlemilovitch, an embodiment of the archetypal Jew, molded on antisemitic prejudices circulating in the Vichy period.
The Jail Busters
In the new year of 1944 the French Resistance in northern France was on its knees. Relentless attacks on its diverse and disorganised networks by the Gestapo and the Abwehr had put many of its best operatives in prison, or worse. But in the lead up to Operation Overlord, 'D Day', the Resistance had never been more important to the Allied war effort, and many groups were in the pay of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, MI6. One such was organised by a patriot called Dominic Ponchardier. For months he had watched helplessly as his friends and colleagues had been swept up by the Nazi drag net, and cast into the old prison on the eastern outskirts of Amiens. In desperation he asked his MI6 h...
The Loire
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Il furto della Gioconda
Il furto della Gioconda di Leonardo, avvenuto il 21 agosto 1911, ha rappresentato la più famosa sottrazione di un’opera d’arte. Lo Una dettagliata ricostruzione del clamoroso evento ha permesso di riscrivere un’altra storia: l’indiscusso ideatore ed esecutore del furto, Vincenzo Peruggia, quel 21 agosto non entrò mai al Louvre. Nuovi scenari e nuovi personaggi si prospettano all’orizzonte, come il marchese Edmondo de Valfierno, un falsario francese che accende i riflettori su una possibilità finora remota: la Gioconda esposta al Museo del Louvre è l’originale o siamo di fronte a un falso?
