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Informationen zum Autor Angela V. John is an Honorary Professor at Swansea University and president of Llafur, the Welsh People’s History Society. She is a historian and biographer, and the author/editor of a dozen books. They include a biography of Henry Nevinson’s second wife Evelyn Sharp, suffragette, children’s writer, journalist and pacifist. She is currently writing the life of P. H. Burton, the teacher and father figure behind the actor Richard Burton, BBC producer, writer and performer. Klappentext Henry Nevison was a renowned British war correspondent (1856 - 1941) who keenly observed the dramatic political and military conflicts of his day. This book is the first major biography! drawing together his commentary over a period of fifty years. In diaries and print! Nevinson tracked wars from Greece to South Africa and covered the key events of the First World War. He exposed slavery in the Portuguese Empire! championed women's suffrage! struggles in Ireland and the Balkans and visited Palestine! Iraq and the US in the 1920s. Nevinson's original perspectives help to explain the modern world order and the political conflicts of today. Called the "King of Correspondents" Henry W Nevinson (1856-1941) captured the political zeitgeist of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Drawing on Nevinson's private diaries which span nearly 50 years, this work captures the story of a figure whose perspectives illuminate many of the conflicts which resonate in an uncertain society. Zusammenfassung Called the "King of Correspondents" Henry W Nevinson (1856-1941) captured the political zeitgeist of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Drawing on Nevinson's private diaries which span nearly 50 years, this work captures the story of a figure whose perspectives illuminate many of the conflicts which resonate in an uncertain society.
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Called the "King of Correspondents" Henry W Nevinson (1856-1941) captured the political zeitgeist of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Drawing on Nevinson's private diaries which span nearly 50 years, this work captures the story of a figure whose perspectives illuminate many of the conflicts which resonate in an uncertain society.
