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The Man Who Knew Too
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Alfred Hitchcock directs the first of his classic British spy thrillers. While holidaying in the Swiss Alps with their daughter Betty, English couple Bob (Leslie Banks) & Jill Lawrence (Edna Best) are befriended by Frenchman Louis Bernard (Pierre Fresnay). When he is shot by international spies, Louis warns Jill with his dying breath that his killers intend to assassinate a leading diplomat in Britain. However, before Jill & Bob can inform the police, Betty is kidnapped by the spies who warn the couple that unless they maintain their silence they will never see their daughter again. Peter Lorre makes his English-speaking debut as the charming but psychotic kidnapper, Abbott. Hitchcock later decided to produce a big-budget, colour remake of the film with James Stewart & Doris Day. ...
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Robert was one of the most important witnesses at both the US & British Inquiries, answering hundreds of gruelling questions. His testimony became the ‘traditional’ story of the tragedy people know today.

In The Man Who Sank Titanic, Robert’s great-granddaughter Sally Nilsson seeks to set the record straight & reveal the true character of the man her family knew. This is one man’s story of survival, betrayal & determination.

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• ISBN: 9780752460710
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 160
• Author: Sally Nilsson
• Publisher: The History Press
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The Man Who Sold The World

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No artist offered a more incisive and accurate portrait of the troubled landscape of the 1970s than David Bowie. Cultural historian Peter Doggett explores the rich heritage of Bowies most productive and inspired decade, and traces the way
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No artist offered a more incisive & accurate portrait of the troubled landscape of the 1970s than David Bowie. Cultural historian Peter Doggett explores the rich heritage of Bowies most productive & inspired decade, & traces the way in which his music reflected & influenced the world around him.

From Space Oddity, his dark vision of mankinds voyage into the unknown terrain of space, to the Scary Monsters album, Doggett examines in detail Bowies audacious creation of an alien rock star, Ziggy Stardust, & his increasingly perilous explorations of the nature of identity & the meaning of fame.

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Mixing brilliant musical critique with biographical insight & acute cultural analysis, The Man Who Sold The World is a unique study of a major artist & his times.

This paperback book has 432 pages & measures: 19.8 x 13 x 2.7cm.

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