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Bugatti Type 40
This book is a pictorial tribute to the 4-cylinder Bugatti Type 40. Although sometimes unkindly referred to as 'Ettore's Morris Cowley,' the model nevertheless shared its fine engineering pedigree with all other Bugattis. Packed with mainly period photographs, illustrations and sales literature, it is a visual treat for all admirers of this model, and for added interest the book also features the factory's individual chassis sales records.
Bugatti The 8-Cylinder Touring Cars 1920-1934
A detailed study of the medium sized touring cars in the extensive range built by Bugatti during the fifteen years following the 1914-18 war. Aspects of design and development are considered together with pictures of components and chassis commencing with the Type 28 culminating with the Type 49. These cars represented the bulk of production and typify the Bugatti style and design, which was the basis of the company's unique standing in the field of automobile engineering. Over one hundred and fifty different cars are depicted via over 200 principally contemporary photographs, many of which have not been published before. The works of many different coachbuilders, throughout Europe, built up...
Bugatti - The Designer
Barry Eaglesfield - the well known Bugatti enthusiast and historian has produced a new book on Ettore Bugatti covering a variety of his designs and inventions. Barry owns a large library of information that includes over a hundred photograph albums and articles (four thousand pages in all) devoted entirely to Bugatti and from which he was able to write "The Bugatti Book" in 1953. This book ran for four editions, is still sought after and a useful reference source with the added bonus of a Bugatti car maintenance section. He returned to his archive in 1996 to produce the Bugatti Replacement Parts book and has also written numerous articles relating to all things Bugatti and the Bugatti dynast...
Bugatti Type 40
Packed with mainly period photographs, illustrations and sales literature, this book tells the complete story of the 4-cylinder Bugatti Type 40.
An Illustrated History of the Church
An Illustrated History of the Church is for anyone fascinated by history, for anyone curious about the role of Christianity throughout the centuries, and for anyone who loves art. This stunning book will present a new way to learn?through two parallel pathways of reading and seeing, of words and images. Together, the author's lucid and engaging text and the 566 illustrations with explanatory captions provide not simply a history, but a vivid, multi-dimensional experience of the Church from early Christian times to the present day.
Monseigneur Charles, aumônier de la Sorbonne
Témoignages et anecdotes pour une biographie de Maxime Charles, aumônier de la Sorbonne de 1944 à 1959, homme charismatique qui réussira à mobiliser 10.000 étudiants pour le pèlerinage de Chartres, à lancer des pèlerinages en Espagne et en Italie, à entraîner des milliers d'étudiants à Montmartre pour préparer l'avent.
The Bugatti Queen
Born in 1900 to a soon-to-be-widowed postmaster's wife in a small French village, Hélène Delangle's background offered no suggestion of the extraordinary life she was to lead. The first step was to leave the country behind and head to the city -- in this case, a Paris in the grip of an intoxicating 1920s blend of creativity and debauchery. She became a dancer, and then a stripper. But the demi-monde of gauze veils and admirers was not enough. A visit to the Actors' Championships, a uniquely French meeting of the theatrical world with the race-track, opened her eyes to the glamorous combination of machines and speed. Quickly establishing herself as a racer of uncommon talent and audacity, t...
In Pursuit of the People
The first comparative study of how the French Popular Front and its right-wing opponents transformed the masses into the people, whether in demonstrations and festivals, or theatre and film. Seven chapters examine the representation of the crowd, workers, electorate, nation and symbolic community, exploring parallels between left and right.
