Biography & Autobiography

ISBN: 9781648250385
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
Volume: 182
In the course of a multifaceted career, Karl Straube (1873-1950) rose to positions of immense cultural authority in a German musical world caught in unprecedented artistic and sociopolitical upheaval. Son of a German harmonium-builder and an intel... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781838387716
Published by : Army Records Society
Series: Publications of the Army Records Society
Volume: 41
Noël Drury (1884-1975) was from a middle-class Dublin Protestant family and served most of the First World War as an officer in the 6th Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the 10th (Irish) Division. The division was the first of Ireland's wartime volun... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781592111497
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
Series: Classics of Romanian Literature
Volume: III
The famous Romanian writer, George Topîrceanu became a war memoirist when describing his own experiences while fighting in World War I. Despite the dark surrounding and vivid recounts of death and tragedy he witnessed, the soldier Topî... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781783276677
Published by : Boydell Press
Sir Alexander Paterson (1884-1947) is best remembered for his role as Commissioner of Prisons and as the individual responsible for some of the greatest British innovations in the field of penal practice. All major prison reforms of his day can be... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781783276585
Published by : Boydell Press
The singer Emma Bardac (1862-1934) has often been presented as a woman who ensnared Claude Debussy (1862-1918) because she wanted to be associated with his fame and to live a life of luxury. Indeed, in many biographies and composer-related studies... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788859621454
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
Giulio Prunai (1906-2002) was a lieutenant in the Italian Navy during World War II. Captured in Toulon on 8th September 1943, he spent two years in Nazi concentration camps in Germany and Poland. He finally got back to his home in Siena on 5th Sep... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781648250378
Published by : University of Rochester Press
Series: Meliora Press
Volume: 33
This book recounts a success story rooted in one individual's desire to embrace his entrepreneurial spirit and forge his own company. Mark Ain led Kronos Incorporated from concept to the basements and garages of its early core team to a soot-fille... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781910900253
Published by : John Donald
The renowned historian Jenny Wormald was a ground-breaking expert on early modern Scottish history, especially Stewart kingship, noble power and wider society. She was most controversial in her book-length critique of Mary, Queen of Scots. Unfortu... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788859621805
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
Series: I libri della Badia
Volume: 30
This essay reconstructs the history of the “Giornale del Mattino”, an Italian newspaper founded in Florence in 1947, focusing on the role of Ettore Bernabei (1952-1956), who has been editor in chief in the Fifties. The newspaper, which... .... Learn More