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Of Empire
Oct 31, 2024 3:19 AM

Author:Francis Bacon

Of Empire

Francis Bacon's landmark writings on subjects ranging from anger and ambition, marriage and money to envy and empire established him as the founding father of modern scientific thinking, with his rejection of superstition and his emphasis on proof and experiment, rational enquiry and reasoned argument.

Reviews

'An overwhelmingly honest account of one boy's wartime memories'

—— The Good Books Guide

'Written to almost make you wish you had been there'

—— The Times

'Terrific, an insightful memoir about family love'

—— Evening Standard

Vividly readable... Leslie Thomas is one of nature's life enchancers

—— Sunday Express

A fine storyteller

—— Sunday Telegraph

Grossman was above all a clear-eyed and generous witness to the human cost of war, civilians and soldiers of both sides, the lost women and broken men; in the very highest order of journalistic achievement, he was as alert to the victims as much as to the heroes his audience was required to read about

—— David Flusfeder , Daily Telegraph

Impeccably edited, the commentary as informative as it is unobtrusive.

—— Robert Chandler , Financial Times

In bringing his notebooks to a wider audience, and in reminding us about this brilliant witness, Beevor and Vinogradova have done their readers - and Grossman's memory - a great service

—— Independent

'Nicholas Stargardt evokes the individual voices of children under Nazi rule. In re-creating their wartime experiences, he has produced a challenging new historical interpretation of the Second World War

—— History Today
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