Noel Barber Knihy
9. září 1909 – 10. červenec 1988
Noel Barber byl britský romanopisec a novinář, jehož exotické romance i historická díla čerpají z jeho vlastních zkušeností jako předního zahraničního zpravodaje. Jeho reportáže z Maroka, kde byl pětkrát pobodán, a z Maďarska, kde přežil střelnou ránu do hlavy během revoluce, formovaly jeho jedinečný literární styl. Barber mistrně propojoval napínavé příběhy s hlubokým porozuměním pro složité geopolitické situace. Jeho díla nabízejí čtenářům fascinující vhled do světa skrze optiku muže, který sám zažil jeho nebezpečí i krásy.
Tanamera (Coronet Books)
- 736 stránek
- 26 hodin čtení
The story of two lovers and two great dynasties - one British, the other Chinese - of the society that separated them and the passion that bound them.
'The story of the first all-out struggle in Asia between Communism and the West, vividly told in an exciting and engrossing book' Sunday Express
A Farewell to France
- 736 stránek
- 26 hodin čtení
A rich, sweeping novel of love and war from the author of TANAMERA.
A woman of Cairo
- 672 stránek
- 24 hodin čtení
Tracing the childhood friendship between Mark Holt, son of the British resident and Serena Sirry, daughter of a court advisor, that blossoms into a passionate love affair, A Woman of Cairo also paints a fascinating picture of two different societies in a time of violent change.
Tanamera
- 736 stránek
- 26 hodin čtení
A truly Great Read - 'Convincing, exotic, lively, for sheer story-telling it puts other so-called epics in the shade' Standard
The daughters of the prince.
- 528 stránek
- 19 hodin čtení
The story of three Italian sisters; Raefella, Rosanna and Fiammetta, living under Mussolini in 1938 and the men who fell in love with them: Steve, an American playboy; Kurt, a German musician; Hamilton Johns, an English painter. Set in Florence at the beginning of the World War II, this is the last novel by Noel Barber, whose novels include TANAMERA, A FAREWELL TO FRANCE and A WOMAN OF CAIRO.
The Weeping and the Laughter
- 512 stránek
- 18 hodin čtení
This story describes the dramatic lives of Prince Dmitri Korolev and his family caught up in the upheavals of European revolution and war. They flee Russia in 1919, escape to Switzerland and then Paris, but, with the Second World War, they come under further pressure from the Communist police. The author worked for many years in Paris as a foreign correspondent and wrote several novels including "Tanamera", "A Farewell to France", "A Woman of Cairo" and "The Other Side of Paradise".
