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politically sophisticated thrillers
by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) … Eric Ambler (1909-1998)! British writer Ambler is widely regarded—with Somerset Maugham and Graham Greene—as one of the pioneers of the politically sophisticated (especially espionage) thriller. Ambler published 19 … Continue reading
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Tagged Alec Guinness, alexander korda, anthony george, Arnold Bennett, charles rodda, david lean director, e. mcKnight kauffer, eliot reed novels, eric ambler, glynis johns, Graham Greene, hammond innes, jesse marinoff reyes, joseph cotton, nicholas monsarrat, Orson Welles, orson welles mercury company, rank organization, raoul walsh, sebastian cabot, Somerset Maugham, Somerset Maughan
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WHO SPIKED THE PUNCH
When discussing the fall of Rome, there is a desire to latch onto the shortest, the most accessible, and the most direct and dramatic answer to the question lurking in many minds: mind: what does it actually mean for a … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Goldsworthy, Alboin, Alec Guinness, Anthony Mann The fall of the Roman Empire, Arianism, Bryan Ward Perkins, Charlemagne, Chomsky, Conversion of Clovis, David Frum, Dom Deluise, Dr. Peter Heather, Edward Gibbon, frumforum.com, John Belushi, Jordanes, Julius Nepos, Justinian, lawrence Alma-Tadema, Mel Brooks, Mel Brooks History of the World Part I, National Lampoon Animal House, Noam Chomsky, Orestes, Pepin the Short, Peter Paul Rubens, Rubens, Sam Bronston, Skull cups, Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd
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HAIL TO THE CHIEF:THE EMPEROR WEARS GOLD & HAS NO CLOTHES
”The prevailing soft multiculturalism of our times has made the phrase “the fall of Rome” a surprisingly controversial one. It’s much preferred to talk about “transformation” rather than “decline and fall.” In this “transformationist” view, the High Classical period of … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Goldsworthy, Alaric the Goth, Alec Guinness, Alexander Knights, Anthony Mann The fall of the Roman Empire, Attila the Hun, Augustine The City of God, Bryan Ward Perkins, Caravaggio, Dante Alighieri, David Frum, Edward Gibbon, frumforum.com, Gothic historian Jordanes, James mason, Jean-Jacques Aillagon, John Landis, Jon Landis, Jordanes, Late Antiquity, Peter Heather, Priskos, Saint Augustine, Saint Jerome, Sam Bronston, Sophia Loren, Stilicho the Vandal
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