Bad Faith - A Forgotten History of Family and Fatherland

Informationen zum Autor Carmen Callil was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, but has spent most of her career in the United Kingdom. She founded Virago Press in 1973 and in 1982 became Managing Director of Chatto & Windus, also remaining Chair of Virago until 1995, when she retired from both publishing houses. She co-edited, with Colm Tóibín, The Modern Library: The 200 Best Novels in English since 1950 , and her first book, Bad Faith: A Forgotten History of Family and Fatherland , was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Award. Klappentext Bad Faith tells the story of one of history's most despicable villains and conmen - Louis Darquier, Nazi collaborator and 'Commissioner for Jewish Affairs', who dissembled his way to power in the Vichy government and was responsible for sending thousands of children to the gas chambers. Zusammenfassung Bad Faith tells the story of one of history's most despicable villains and conmen - Louis Darquier, Nazi collaborator and 'Commissioner for Jewish Affairs', who dissembled his way to power in the Vichy government and was responsible for sending thousands of children to the gas chambers.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Carmen Callil, Callil Carmen
• Editore: Vintage UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 05.04.2007
• EAN: 9780099498285
• ISBN: 978-0-09-949828-5
• Pagine: 576
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 36 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > XX° secolo (fino al 1945); Ethnic Studies, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / Europe / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General, Fascism & Nazism, Second World War, Far-right political ideologies and movements, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949