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Bad Faith : A Forgotten History of Family and Fatherland by Carmen Callil
Category: Biography
This brilliant book tells the story of one of history's most despicable villains and conmen – Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, Nazi collaborator and 'Commissioner for Jewish Affairs', who managed the Vichy government's dirty work, 'controlling' its Jewish population. Born into an established, politically mo ...Show more
Bad Faith : A story of Family and Fatherland by Carmen Callil
Category: Biography
"Bad Faith" tells the story of one of history's most despicable villains and conmen - Louis Darquier, Nazi collaborator and 'Commissioner for Jewish Affairs', who dissembled his way to power in the Vichy government's and was responsible for sending thousands of children to the gas chambers. After the wa ...Show more
Oh Happy Day: Those Times & These Times by Carmen Callil
Category: Biography
Carmen Callil explores her roots in a book that is a miracle of research and whose writing is fuelled by righteous anger - a story of Empire, migration and the poverty and injustice of nineteenth-century England In this remarkable book, Carmen Callil discovers the story of her British ancestors, beginni ...Show more
Oh Happy Day: Those Times and These Times by Carmen Callil
Category: History
Carmen Callil explores her roots in a book that is a miracle of research and whose writing is fuelled by righteous anger - a story of Empire, migration and the poverty and injustices of nineteenth-century England.'A triumphant family memoir' Hallie RubenholdIn this remarkable book, Carmen Callil discove ...Show more
THE MODERN LIBRARY : THE 200 BEST NOVELS IN ENGLISH SINCE 1950 by Carmen Callil; Colm Tóibín
Category: Reference
The authors have chosen the 200 books since 1950 that they consider to be the best. It includes some familiar names and some surprises. Witty and controversial, their aim is to encourage reading.
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