Troy: one of the most captivating and mysterious stories of antiquity...But was Troy an actual place or just a legend of Homer's epic? It took the most unlikely of people, Heinrich Schliemann - a grocer's-apprentice turned self-made...

Paperback edition of Moorehead's book which tells the story of 230 French women resisters who were rounded up by the Gestapo in 1943 and sent on a train to Auschwitz. 49 of them survived, and this is a portrait not just of a harrowing...

Edda Mussolini was Benito's favourite daughter: spoilt, venal, uneducated but clever, faithless but flamboyant, a brilliant diplomat, wild but brave, and ultimately strong and loyal.She was her father's confidante during the 20 years of...

"Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vichy France" von Caroline Moorehead erzählt die wahre Geschichte des abgelegenen französischen Bergdorfes Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, das während des Zweiten Weltkriegs tausenden Juden Zuflucht bot....

"Freya Stark (Lives of Modern Women)" von Caroline Moorehead ist eine Biografie, die das faszinierende Leben der britischen Reiseschriftstellerin und Entdeckerin Freya Stark beleuchtet. Das Buch zeichnet Starks außergewöhnliche Reisen im...

'Moorehead paints a wonderfully vivid and moving portrait of the women of the Italian Resistance...an excellent book... She depicts a tragic fate that is timeless, of dreams forged in adversity, shattered by collisions with practical...

"A literary landmark. Gellhorn's prose . . . is at its finest in the letter form."-Francine du Plessix Gray, The New York Times Book ReviewMartha Gellhorn's reporting career brought her to the front lines of virtually every significant...

'Moorehead paints a wonderfully vivid and moving portrait of the women of the Italian Resistance' MAX HASTINGS, SUNDAY TIMESThe extraordinary story of the courageous women who spearheaded the Italian Resistance during the Second World...